The Wall of Storms

LIST OF MAJOR CHARACTERS

KUNI GARU: Emperor Ragin of Dara.

MATA ZYNDU: Hegemon of Dara (deceased).

JIA MATIZA: Empress of Jia; a skilled herbalist.

CONSORT RISANA: an illusionist and accomplished musician.

COGO YELU: Prime Minister of Dara.

GIN MAZOTI: Marshal of Dara; Queen of Géjira; the greatest battlefield tactician of her age. Aya Mazoti is her daughter.

RIN CODA: Imperial Farsight Secretary; childhood friend of Kuni.

MÜN ÇAKRI: First General of the Infantry.

THAN CARUCONO: First General of the Cavalry and First Admiral of the Navy.

PUMA YEMU: Marquess of Porin; practitioner of raiding tactics.

THÉCA KIMO: Duke of Arulugi.

DAFIRO MIRO: Captain of the Palace Guards.

OTHO KRIN: Chatelain to Emperor Ragin.

SOTO ZYNDU: Jia’s confidante and adviser.

PRINCE TIMU (nursing name: Toto-tika): Kuni’s firstborn; son of Empress Jia.

PRINCESS THÉRA (nursing name: Rata-tika): daughter of Empress Jia.

PRINCE PHYRO (nursing name: Hudo-tika): son of Consort Risana.

PRINCESS FARA (nursing name: Ada-tika): daughter of Consort Fina, who died in childbirth.

LUAN ZYA: Kuni’s chief strategist during his rise, who refused all titles; Gin Mazoti’s lover.

ZATO RUTHI: Imperial Tutor; leading Moralist of the age.

ZOMI KIDOSU: prized student of a mysterious teacher; daughter of a farming-fishing family in Dasu (Oga and Aki Kidosu).

KON FIJI: ancient Ano philosopher; founder of the Moralist school.

RA OJI: ancient Ano epigrammatist; founder of the Fluxist school.

NA MOJI: ancient Xana engineer who studied the flights of birds; founder of the Patternist school.

GI ANJI: modern philosopher of the Tiro states era; founder of the Incentivist school.

PÉKYU TENRYO ROATAN: leader of the Lyucu.

PRINCESS VADYU ROATAN (nicknamed “Tanvanaki”): the best garinafin pilot; daughter of Tenryo.

PRINCE CUDYU ROATAN: son of Tenryo.

KIJI: patron of Xana; Lord of the Air; god of wind, flight, and birds; his pawi is the Mingén falcon; favors a white traveling cloak.

TUTUTIKA: patron of Amu; youngest of the gods; goddess of agriculture, beauty, and fresh water; her pawi is the golden carp.

KANA AND RAPA: twin patrons of Cocru; Kana is the goddess of fire, ash, cremation, and death; Rapa is the goddess of ice, snow, glaciers, and sleep; their pawi are twin ravens: one black, one white.

RUFIZO: patron of Faça; Divine Healer; his pawi is the dove.

TAZU: patron of Gan; unpredictable, chaotic, delighting in chance; god of sea currents, tsunamis, and sunken treasures; his pawi is the shark.

LUTHO: patron of Haan; god of fisherman, divination, mathematics, and knowledge; his pawi is the sea turtle.

FITHOWÉO: patron of Rima; god of war, the hunt, and the forge; his pawi is the wolf.