Characters marked with an asterisk were real historical figures. The rest might have been.
Aetius* – Gaius Flavius Aetius, born 398 in the frontier town of Silestria, in modern-day Bulgaria. The son of Gaudentius, Master-General of Cavalry, and himself later Master-General of the Roman Army in the West
Aladar – Hun warrior, son of Chanat, one of Attila’s eight generals
Amalasuntha* – only daughter of King Theodoric of the Visigoths
Andronicus – captain of the Imperial Guard, Constantinople
Arapovian – Count Grigorius Khachadour Arapovian, an Armenian nobleman
Ariobarzanes – Lord of Azimuntium
Athenais* – married to the eastern Emperor Theodosius II, and re-named Eudoxia
Attila* – born 398, King of the Huns
Bela – Hun general
Cadoc – a Briton, son of Lucius
Candac – Hun general
Chanat – Hun general, father of Aladar
Checa* – first wife of Attila
Chrysaphius* – a Byzantine courtier
Csaba – Hun general
Dengizek* – eldest son of Attila
Ellak* – son of Attila
Enkhtuya – a Hun witch
Galla Placidia* – born 388, daughter of Emperor Theodosius the Great, sister of Emperor Honorius, mother of Emperor Valentinian III
Gamaliel – an aged, well-travelled medical man
Genseric* – King of the Vandals
Geukchu – Hun general
Honoria* – daughter of Galla Placidia, sister of Valentinian
Idilico – a Burgundian girl
Jormunreik – Visigothic wolf-lord
Juchi – Hun general
Knuckles – baptised Anastasius, a Rhineland legionary
Leo* – Bishop of Rome
Little Bird – a Hun shaman
Lucius – also Ciddwmtarth, a British leader of his people
Malchus – a captain of cavalry
Marcian* – eastern Emperor, 450-457, married to Pulcheria
Nemesianus – a wealthy man of Aquileia
Nicias – a Cretan alchemist
Noyan – Hun general
Odoacer* – a Gothic warlord
Orestes* – a Greek by birth, Attila’s lifelong companion
Priscus of Panium* – a humble scribe
Pulcheria* – sister of Theodosius II
Romulus Augustulus* – the last emperor
Sabinus – Legionary Legate of the VII at Viminacium
Sangiban* – King of the Alans
Tarasicodissa Rousoumbladeotes* – Isaurian chieftain, also known as Zeno
Tatullus – First Centurion of the VII at Viminacium
Themistius* – an orator
Theodoric* – King of the Visigoths, 419-451
Theodoric* – Visigothic prince, eldest son of King Theodoric
Theodosius* – eastern Emperor, 408-450
Torismond* – Visigothic prince, son of King Theodoric
Valamir – Visigothic wolf-lord
Valentinian* – western Emperor, 425-455
Vigilas* – a Byzantine courtier