Scarred Man (38 page)

Achulti (ak-WUL-ti) — ‘leader of sixteen'; commander of a xuauhtli

Alberrich — criminal, based in Leserlang

Amatios — man of the Kuvnos

Ambra — Midacean witch

Ce Atli (SEE-at-lee) — Mertian doctor

Enst — former Reader's assistant, based in Leserlang

Eztli-Ichtaca (esh-li-ICK-tak-ka) — the ‘world of could be'; the Mertian spirit world that seers can glimpse

Guaman — the Rogue; leader of the Rogue Troop

Hinrik — former Bane of Myrrhini; Acolyte of Varuun

Hue — man of the Kuvnos

Huitzilin (wet-SIL-in) — achulti of the Blindfolded Queen

Ilmari — former Acolyte of Varuun

Iskopra — Apros Seagull; navigator aboard the
Queen's Quest
; Agent of the Blindfolded Queen

Ispaca — member of the Rogue Troop

Itxtli (itsh-LEE) — achulti of the Blindfolded Queen

Joukahainen — former Wielder of the Key of Varuun

Keshik — nomadic mercenary; Tulugma Swordmaster

Kielevinenrohkimainen — ancient Revenant, trapped for ages beneath Vogel

Kirri — woman of the Kuvnos

Maida — nomadic mercenary

Mayehqueh (may-EK-way) — lower class in the society of the Blindfolded Queen; they tend to be either servants or drafted Agents

Mixcoatl (mish-CO-atl) — achulti of the Blindfolded Queen, based in Usterust

Myrrhini — Eye of Varuun; late of the Place of the Acolytes

Nagual (na-GWAL) — Agent of the Blindfolded Queen

Nikolo — Midacean seer and oracle

Opochtli (oh-POK-lee) — Agent of the Blindfolded Queen

Ozcollo — member of the Rogue Troop

Patecoatl (pat-EKO-atl) — Agent of the Blindfolded Queen, based in Usterust

Quetzalxoitl (kate-sal-SHOE-it) — the Blindfolded Queen

Seppe — Midacean barman

Slave — slave of Sondelle

Tatya — shapeshifter

Tchinwukana (chin-WUK-ana) — Agent of the Blindfolded Queen

Tlatoque (LAT-ok) — military rank; commander of sixty-four xuauhtlis

Tochtli (toch-LI) — Agent of the Blindfolded Queen

Tynos — man of the Kuvnos

Vasilis — solpon of the Kuvnos, a nomadic tribe of the northern tundra

Xuauhtli (shoe-AH-ti) — the basic military unit of the Agents of the Blindfolded Queen, consisting of sixteen Agents

Xahnatl yatl (shar-NAT-yat) — an old Mertian expression meaning ‘you're welcome' or ‘it is nothing'

Yaotl (yah-OT) — Agent of the Blindfolded Queen

Youxinatl (you-SHI-nat) — Agent of the Blindfolded Queen; a ‘serf' in a ‘free' xuauhtli