Into the Darkness

Into the Darkness

Harry Turtledove

CONTENT

Dramatis Personae

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Dramatis Personae

Algarve

Alardo
: Duke of Ban

Alcina:
Gardener in Tricarico

Balastro:
Marquis; Algarvian minister to Zuwayza

Balozio:
Man of Kaunian blood in Tricarico

Bembo*:
Constable in Tricarico

Borso:
Commandant of dragon farm outside Trapani

Cilandro:
Colonel of footsoldiers near Tricarico

Corbeo:
Dragonflier in Sabrino’s wing

Dalinda:
Gardener in Tricarico

Domiziano:
Captain-squadron commander in Sabrino’s wing

Dudone:
King Mezentio’s predecessor

Elio:
Lieutenant in Tealdo’s regiment

Evadne:
Kaunian woman in Tricarico; Falsirone’s wife

Falsirone:
Kaunian hair stylist in Tricarico; Evadne’s husband

Fiametta:
Courtesan in Tricarico

Frontino:
Warder in Tricarico

Gabrina:
Slattern in Tricarico

Galafrone:
Captain replacing Larbino

Ippalca:
Algarvian noblewoman

Ivone:
Grand duke commanding Algarvian forces in Valmiera

Larbino:
Captain in Tealdo’s regiment

Lurcanio:
Count and colonel occupying Prickule

Mainardo:
Mezentio’s brother, named King of Jelgava

Martusino:
Thief in Tricarico

Mezentio:
King of Algarve

Mosco Captain:
Colonel Lurcanio’s adjutant

Ombruno:
Colonel commanding officer of Tealdo’s regiment

Oraste:
Constable in Tricarico

Orosio:
Senior lieutenant in Sabrino’s wing

Panfilo:
Sergeant in Tealdo’s regiment

Pesaro:
Constabulary sergeant in Tricarico

Procla:
Gardener in Tricarico

Sabrino*:
Count and colonel of dragonfliers

Saffa:
Constabulary sketch artist in Tricarico

Sasso:
Constabulary captain in Tricarico

Spinello:
Major commanding occupiers in Oyngestun

Tealdo*:
Common soldier

Trasone:
Common soldier; Tealdo’s friend

Forthweg

Agmund:
Master of Algarvian, Gromheort

Arnulf:
Firstman in village in eastern Forthweg

Bede:
Master of classical Kaunian, Gromheort

Beocca:
Leofsig’s squadmate

Brivibas:
Vanai’s grandfather

Brorda:
Count of Gromheort

Burgred:
Laborer in Leofsig’s gang

Ceolnoth:
Magecraft master at Ealstan and Sidroc’s academy

Conberge:
Ealstan and Leofsig’s sister

Cynfrid:
Brigadier; senior officer in captives’ camp

Ealstan*:
Student in Gromheort; Leofsig’s younger brother

Elfryth:
Ealstan and Leofsig, and Conberge’s mother

Elfsig:
Felgilde’s father

Felgilde:
Leofsig’s girlfriend

Frithstan:
Professor of ancient history

Gutauskas:
Kaunian war captive

Hengist:
Sidroc’s father; Hestan’s brother

Hestan:
Ealstan, Leofsig, and Conberge’s father—a bookkeeper

Leofsig*:
Soldier in King Penda’s levy; Ealstan’s older brother

Merwit:
War captive

Odda:
One of Ealstan’s classmates

Osgar:
Master of herblore in Gromheort

Penda:
King of Forthweg

Sidroc:
Ealstan’s first cousin

Swithulf:
Headmaster of Ealstan and Sidroc’s academy

Tamulis:
Kaunian apothecary in Oyngestun

Vanai*:
Young Kaunian woman in Forthweg

Womer:
Linen merchant in Gromheort

Wulfher:
Ealstan’s uncle

Gyongyos

Arpad:
Ekrekek (King) of Gyongyos

Borsos:
Dowser on Obuda

Gergely:
Borsos’s wife

Horthy:
Gyongyosian minister to Zuwayza

Istvan*:
Common soldier on island of Obuda

Jokai:
Sergeant in Istvan’s company

Kisfaludy:
Major in Istvan’s battalion

Kun:
Soldier on Obuda; former mage’s apprentice

Szonyi:
Soldier on Obuda

Turul:
Dragonkeeper

The Ice People

Doeg:
Caravan master

Jelgava

Adomu:
Colonel of Talsu’s regiment, replacing Dzirnavu

Ausra:
Talsu’s younger sister

Balozhu:
Colonel commanding Talsu’s regiment, replacing Adomu

Donalitu:
King of Jelgava

Dzirnavu:
Count and colonel of Talsu’s regiment

Laitsina:
Talsu’s mother

Smilsu:
Talsu’s friend

Talsu*:
Common soldier in Bratanu Mountains

Traku:
Talsu’s father, a tailor

Vartu:
Colonel Dzirnavu’s servant

Kuusamo

Alkio:
Theoretical sorcerer; Raahe’s husband

Elimaki:
Pekka’s sister

Ilmarinen:
Raffish elderly master theoretical sorcerer

Joroinen:
One of the Seven Princes of Kuusamo

Leino:
Pekka’s husband; a practical mage

Olavin:
Elimaki’s husband—a banker

Pekka*:
Professor of theoretical sorcery, Kajaani City College

Piilis:
Theoretical sorcerer

Raahe:
Theoretical sorcerer; Alkio’s wife

Risto:
Admiral fighting in the Bothnian Ocean

Siuntio:
Elderly master theoretical sorcerer

Uto:
Pekka and Leino’s son

Lagoas

Brinco:
Secretary to Grandmaster of Lagoan Guild of Mages

Ebastiao:
Naval captain in Setubal

Fernao*:
First-rank mage

Pinhiero:
Grandmaster of the Lagoan Guild of Mages

Ramalho:
Naval lieutenant in Setubal

Ribiero:
Naval commodore in Setubal

Rogelio:
Captain of the Leopardess

Shelomith:
A spy

Sibiu

Burebistu:
King of Sibiu

Cornelu*:
Commander and leviathan-rider, Sibian navy

Costache:
Cornelu’s wife

Delfinu:
Commodore, Sibian navy

Propatriu:
Captain of the Impaler

Vitor:
King of Sibiu

Unkerlant

Agen:
A peasant in Zossen

Annore:
Garivald’s wife

Ansovald:
Unkerlanter minister to Zuwayza

Berthar:
One of Leudast’s squadmates

Dagulf:
A peasant in Zossen; Garivald’s friend

Droctulf:
General commanding Unkerlanter attack on

Zuwayza

Garivald*:
Unkerlanter peasant in the village of Zossen

Gernot:
Soldier in Leudast’s squad in Forthweg

Gurmun:
Droctulf’s successor in command in Zuwayza

Herka:
Firstman Waddo’s wife

Herpo:
A traveling spice seller

Huk:
Soldier in Leudast’s squad in Forthweg

Ibert:
Deputy foreign minister