DIWRNACH — King of Lleyn
EACHERN — One of Derfel’s spearmen
EINION — Son of Culhwch
EMRYS — Bishop of Durnovaria, later Bishop of Silurian Isca
ERCE — A Saxon, Derfel’s mother
FERGAL — Argante’s Druid
GALAHAD — Half-brother to Lancelot, one of Arthur’s warriors
GAWAIN — Prince of Broceliande, son of King Budic
GUINEVERE — Arthur’s wife
GWYDRE — Arthur and Guinevere’s son
HYGWYDD — Arthur’s servant
IGRAINE — Queen of Powys after Arthur’s time. Married to Brochvael
ISSA — Derfel’s second-in-command
LANCELOT — Exiled King of Benoic, now allied to Cerdic
LANVAL — One of Arthur’s warriors
LIOFA — Cerdic’s champion
LLADARN — Bishop in Gwent
LOHOLT — Bastard son of Arthur, twin to Amhar
MARDOC — Son of Mordred and Cywyllog
MERLIN — Druid of Dumnonia
MEURIG — King of Gwent, son of Tewdric
MORDRED — King of Dumnonia
MORFANS — ‘The Ugly’, one of Arthur’s warriors
MORGAN — Arthur’s sister, married to Sansum
MORWENNA — Derfel and Ceinwyn’s daughter, married to Gwydre
NIALL — Commander of Argante’s Blackshield guard
NIMUE — Merlin’s priestess
OENGUS MAC AIREM — King of Demetia, leader of the Blackshields
OLWEN THE SILVER — Follower of Merlin and Nimue
PERDDEL — Cuneglas’s son, later King of Powys
PEREDUR — Lancelot’s son
PYRLIG — Derfel’s bard
SAGRAMOR — Commander of one of Arthur’s warbands
SANSUM — Bishop of Durnovaria, later Bishop at Dinnewrac monastery
SCARACH — Issa’s wife
SEREN (I) — Derfel and Ceinwyn’s daughter
SEREN (2) — Daughter of Gwydre and Morwenna, Arthur’s granddaughter
TALIESIN — ‘Shining Brow’, a famous bard
TEWDRIC — Once King of Gwent, now a Christian hermit
TUDWAL — Monk at Dinnewrac monastery
UTHER — Once King of Dumnonia, Mordred’s grandfather, Arthur’s father
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