Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
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Original Name |
Name in antiquity |
Name in 1209 |
Name in 1249 |
Description |
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Ninshubar |
Khonsu |
Menelaos |
Dominic |
Queen of the East and vizier to Inanna. Consort to Honoria and Protector of the House in Beziers. Once a soldier in the army of Alexander the Great. |
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Enki |
Tahat |
Honoria |
Michel de La-Roche-en-Ardennes |
Lord of the Waters and of Justice. Consort to Menelaos, twin sister to Marcus, and Protector of the House in Beziers. Once the daughter of a provincial Roman equestrian in Gaul. |
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Ninharsag |
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Anna |
Mathilde |
Lady of the Mountains, a fertility goddess. Her present incarnation, Mathilde le Pelletier, is Michel's older sister and cousin to Roland d'Agincourt. She is mother to Blanche, and later on, a widow and merchant femme sole, carrying on her late husband's successful business as a furrier. |
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Ereshkigal |
Cecilia |
Cecilia |
Cecilia |
Queen of the Underworld. The eldest and most powerful of the djinn. |
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none |
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Basil |
Basil |
Consort to Leila. |
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Emesh |
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Horst |
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God of the Fields. Consort to Cecilia. Before becoming a djinn, Horst was a Swedish soldier, sent by the Tsar of Russia to serve the Byzantine Emperor Basil II Bulgaroktonos in 988 AD as a member of the Imperial Bodyguard. |
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none |
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Leila |
Leila |
A daughter of the House of the Rose. Consort to Basil. Leila was Transformed into a djinn as a reward for finding Honoria and Marcus, and restoring them to their rightful places among the djinn. |
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Enlil |
Zayoos |
Marcus |
Roland d'Agincourt |
Twin brother of Honoria, consort to Sharibet. Once the son of a provincial Roman equestrian in Gaul. |
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Utu |
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Raymond-Soleil |
Robert d'Agincourt |
The Sun God. |
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Inanna |
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not Found |
Blanche |
Queen of Heaven, Love, and War. Exiled and Forgotten for her crimes against the Apkallu and the House. On the pain of banishment and Forgetting, no person of the House may aid or offer comfort to Inanna's reincarnations, nor is any djinn allowed to Raise and Name her. her reincarnation |
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Eresh-erib |
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Sharibet |
Sharibet |
The high priestess of Ereshkigal. Consort to Marcus. Sharibet was Transformed into a djinniah for aiding Ereshkigal, the sole survivor of the original group of djinni, after the cataclysm that destroyed the cities of the plain. Sharibet's daughters were the founders of the House of the Rose, and almost all the members of the House are Sharibet's lineal descendants. |
Hakim Abdal-Baqee - a physician and visitor from the Cairo House. True Name: Ibi-Sin
Isidore de la Rose - Master of the Béziers House, and husband to Odette
Jehanne de la Rose - eldest daughter to Isidore and Odette. Concubine to the djinn Raymond-Soleil and pregnant with his child. True Name: Utusigila.
Odette de la Rose - Lady of the Béziers House, and wife to Isidore
Solange de la Rose - mother to Isidore and the matriarch of the House in Beziers. True Name: Erib-nammu
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Arnaud Amaury* - Abbot of Cîteaux, Papal Legate during the Albigensian Crusade, and later Archbishop of Narbonne
Count Raymond of Toulouse* - the overlord of the region of the southern France that includes Beziers
Marilis (Old Lady) d'Albi - matriarch of a rival clan of perfumers
Viscount Raymond-Roger Trencavel of Béziers* - the lord of Beziers, Carcassone, and the neighboring countryside.
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Abdulaziz al-Warda - valet to Roland
Ayesha al-Warda - matriarch of the House
Hala al-Warda - a visitor from the House of the Rose in Baghdad (True Name: Nannarmena)
Hisham al-Warda - valet to Menelaos
Nadira al-Warda - daughter of Abdulaziz; later concubine to Roland and chief handmaiden to Sharibet
Muzaffar al-Warda - brother to Nazir; captain of the St. Barnabas
Nazir al-Warda - Sharibet's most trusted business agent in Egypt
Tharwan al-Warda - pigeon-keeper and grandson to Ayesha
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Almaric, Baron de Sens - the ruthless French nobleman who leads the raid against the House of the Rose's caravan in Egypt.
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers* - brother to King Louis
Dabliz le Habelie - a half-Saracen turcopole
Jean, Viscount de Beaumont* - an official of King Louis
Joscelin - squire to Sir Oswald of Geddington and brother to Nicolas
Geoffrey, Count of Anjou* - brother to King Louis
Imbert de Beaujeu* - Constable of France and companion to King Louis
Lord du Val* - a reckless French knight; brother to Sir Pierre d'Avallon
Louis IX of France* (later St. Louis) - King of France
Nicolas - squire to Baron de Sens and Joscelin's brother
Sir Bernard d'Uxelles - a French knight who accompanies de Sens on the raid
Sir Foucault de le Merle* - a knight companion of Robert d'Artois.
Sir Geoffrey de Villette* - friend and aide to King Louis
Sir Gui de Tancarville - a French knight who accompanies de Sens on the raid
Sir Hugues le Bon - a young Breton knight who accompanies de Sens on the raid
Sir Jean de Pézenas - a southern French knight who accompanies de Sens on the raid
Sir Michel de La-Roche-en-Ardennes - see table
Sir Matthew de Marly* - a knight in King Louis's household
Sir Oswald of Geddington - an English knight, companion and lover of the Baron de Sens
Sir Pierre d'Avallon* - a reckless French knight; brother to the Lord du Val
Sir Philip de Nanteuil* - a knight in King Louis's household
Sir Robert d'Agincourt - a knight in the household of King Louis. Older brother to Roland d'Agincourt and cousin to Sir Michel de La-Roche-en-Ardennes - a young knight on Crusade for adventure and to accompany his disgraced cousin, Sir Roland d'Agincourt.
Sir Roland d'Agincourt - see table.
Queen Blanche* - Queen of France and wife to King Louis
Robert, Count of Artois* - brother to King Louis
William Longspee, Earl of Salisbury* - leader of the English contigent of Crusaders.
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Aybeg* - General of the Egyptian army and second husband of Shajar ad Durr
Diemal-ed-Din* - palace eunuch and confidant to the Sultana
Fakr ed Din* - General of the Egyptian army
Nasir Daoud* - Prince of Karak and commander of the army defending Al-Mansurah
Shajar ad Durr* - Armenian-born wife to Sultan es-Salih Ayyub. Later the ruling Sultana of Egypt.
Sultan es-Salih Ayyub* - Ruler of Egypt until 1249.
Turan-shah* - son and heir of Sultan es-Salih Ayyub
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Andrea Falier - a Knight-Brother originally from Venice; offers to help Michel and Robert rescue Roland
Aumery FitzWalter- a Sergeant-Brother; Michel's squire
Conrad von Bicken - a Knight Brother originally from Germany; offers to help Michel and Robert rescue Roland
Esteban de Vilanova - a Knight-Brother; commander of the House of the Hebron squadron
Gauthier - a Sergeant-Brother; assistant to the Marshal, in charge of the stables in Damietta.
Gervais de Toucy - a Knight Brother originally from France; offers to help Michel and Robert rescue Roland
Guillaume de Sonnac* - the Master of the Order
Henry de Trouville - a Knight Brother; offers to help Michel and Robert rescue Roland
Jakob - a Chaplain-Brother
Peter de Honfleur - a Knight-Brother originally from Brittany; recruits Michel for the Order
Reynaud de Vichiers* - Marshal of the Order
Timotheo of Homs - a Knight Brother born in Outremer; offers to help Michel and Robert rescue Roland
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Fatimah al-Warda - the matriarch of the Mansurah House
Hakim al-Warda - son to Fatimah; one of the rooftop guards during the invasion
Shaheed al-Warda - husband one of Fatimah's daughters; one of the rooftop guards during the invasion
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Cosima al-Warda - first a maid fostered from the Alexandria House, and later wife to Simon Minor. True Name: Anki-namnar
Ginevra dalle Rose - matriarch of the Venice House; mother to Simon Major
Marco dalle Rose - son to Simon Major and younger brother to Simon Minor
Maryam dalle Rose - Lady of the Venice House; wife to Simon Major
Simon Major (dalle Rose) - Master of the Venice House; husband to Maryam
Simon Minor (dalle Rose) - son to Simon Major and Maryam; later headman
Tirgit al-Warda - Cecilia's maid and confidant
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Antonio Michiel - son and heir to a powerful merchant family;
Graziano d'Veneto - a slave trader; owner of the Ca'd'Veneto
Nebogu - a slave boy
Piero Contarini - son and heir to a powerful merchant family; lover to Cecilia during Dominic's convalescence.
Piero Dona - grandson and heir to a powerful merchant family;
Ser Morosini - grandson to the Doge of Venice
Ser Orio - son of a powerful landlord
Ser Sanudo - son and heir to a powerful merchant family;
Ser Zorzi - son and heir to a powerful merchant family;
Smerdy - a slave boy
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Archambaut de Montélimar - the Preceptor of Pezénas
Brother Giles - the Chaplain-Brother of the preceptory
Sir Bartholomew - a novice Knight-Brother
Sir Stephen - a novice Knight-Brother
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Fausta [Farkhunda] de la Rose - Lady of the Ypres House; wife to Josef. True Name: Du-ki-sikil
Josef [Yusuf] de la Rose - Master of the Ypres House. True Name: Enki-am-dir
Katherine de la Rose - daughter to Fausta and Josef
Marie de la Rose - daughter to Fausta and Josef
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Evrard de Bressoux - betrothed husband to Blanche; son of Madame and Sieur de Bressoux, minor nobility of Liege.
Katrin Mergelhynck - neighbor and friend to Mathilde
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
Philippe - a Sergeant-Brother; assistant to Michel in Ypres
Richars - Chaplain-Brother in the preceptory
Characters marked with an asterisk [*] are real historical personages.
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