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Many of the persons and places mentioned in this book first appeared in The Book of the Long Sun, to which the reader is referred. In the following list, the most significant names are given in CAPITALS, less significant names in lower case.

Alubukham, a concubine.

Auk, a Vironese burglar.

BABBIE, a tame hus.

Bahar, one of the RAJAN’s ministers.

Barsat, a woodcutter.

Beled, a coastal town on Blue settled by people from Trivigaunte.

Blazingstar, a New Vironese merchant.

Blood, a crime lord, now dead.

BLUE, the better of the two habitable planets of the SHORT SUN System.

Book of Silk, HORN and NETTLE’s great literary work, also called The Book of the Long Sun.

Brother, a small boy living with his sister in a forest northwest of GAON.

Bush, a tavern in PAJAROCU.

Chandi, a concubine.

Chenille, the woman who accompanied Auk to GREEN.

Choora, a long, straight, single-edged knife favored by the RAJAN.

Chota, a nickname given EVENSONG by her fellow concubines. Trooper Darjan, a Gaonese boy.

Dorp, a coastal town.

Echidna, a major goddess, the mother of the gods of the LONG SUN WHORL.

Eschar, a New Vironese merchant.

EVENSONG, the concubine given the RAJAN OF GAON by the MANOFHAN.

Gadwall, a New Vironese smith.

GAON, a troubled inland town on BLUE.

Geier, one of travelers assembled in PAJAROCU.

Gelada, a convict murdered by Auk long ago.

GREEN, the worse of the habitable planets of the SHORT SUN System.

Gyrfalcon, a New Vironese merchant.

Corporal Hammerstone, a soldier in the army of VIRON.

HAN, a populous town south of GAON.

HARIMAU, the citizen who brought the RAJAN to GAON.

He-bring-skin, a citizen of PAJAROCU.

He-bold-fire, the captain of PAJAROCU’s lander.

He-pen-sheep, a hunter.

He-sing-spell, one of He-hold-fire’s subordinates.

He-take-bow, one of He-hold-fire’s subordinates.

Hephaestus, a minor god of the LONG SUN WHORL.

Hide, one of HORN’S twin sons.

Hierax, a major god of the LONG SUN WHORL, the god of death.

Hoof, one of HORN’s twin sons.

Hoop, one of the RAJAN’s scribes.

Aunt Hop, one of NETTLE’s sisters.

HORN, a New Vironese paper-maker, the protagonist.

Hyacinth, SILK’s beautiful wife.

Jahlee, an inhuma rescued by the RAJAN and EVENSONG.

Kilhari, a hunter of GAON.

KRAIT, the inhumu adopted by HORN.

Kypris, the goddess of love in the LONG SUN WHORL.

Lake Limna, a large lake south of VIRON.

Lal, a small boy of GAON, Mehman’s grandson.

LIZARD, an island north of NEW VIRON, the site of HORN’s mill.

LONG SUN WHORL, the interior of the WHORL.

Mahawat, the RAJAN’s elephant driver.

Main, the eastern continent.

Mamelta, the sleeper rescued by SILK, now dead.

MAN OF HAN, the ruler of HAN.

Maytera MARBLE, the former sibyl who accompanied the colonists to BLUE and resumed her vocation there, a chem.

MARROW, a New Vironese merchant.

Mehman, the RAJAN’s head gardener.

General Mint, the heroine of VIRON’s revolution, also known as Maytera Mint.

Molybdenum, a name assumed by Maytera MARBLE.