ARCHER of Arrand, Bishop—Ordo Verbi Dei theologian and preacher; later, Bishop of Dhassa [CH].
ARIELLA of Festil, Princess—elder sister of the former King Imre and mother of his son, Mark [CC, SC, (CH)].
ARIK—a guard of Rhys’s and Evaine’s household [CH].
ARMAGH, Master—an arms master to King Imre [CC].
AUGARIN, King—first Haldane King of Gwynedd; reigned 645–673 (CH).
BARTHOLOMEW—a guard of Rhys’s and Evaine’s household [CH].
BAYVEL de Cameron, Lord—uncle to Queen Megan [SC].
BEARAND, King and Saint—Haldane King of Gwynedd reigning 736–794; great-great-grandfather of King Cinhil (CC, SC, CH).
BENEDICT—King Cinhil’s name in religion [CC].
BEREN, Sir—a Michaeline knight (SC).
BERTRAND—squire to Prince Javan [CH].
BLAINE, King—fourth Festillic King of Gwynedd, reigned 885–900; father of Imre (CC).
BORS—soldier under command of Coel Howell [CC].
BOTOLPH—horse-keeper at Valoret [CH].
CALEB—a guard of Bishop Cullen’s household [CH].
CAMBER Allin MacLean—called Camlin, age 11; son of Adrian MacLean and foster-brother to Aidan Thuryn [CH].
CAMBER Kyriell MacRorie, Lord—Earl of Culdi; Chancellor under King Blaine; canonized as Saint Camber in 906; Defensor Hominum and patron of Deryni magic; sainthood rescinded by Council of Ramos in 917 [CC, SC, CH].
CAMERON—family name of Queen Megan [CC].
CARLE—one of Earl Maldred’s men [CC].
CATHAN MacRorie, Lord—Camber’s eldest son and heir; member of Imre’s council; murdered by Imre in 903 for suspected treason [CC, (SC, CH)].
CHARLES, Brother—a Servant of Saint Camber at Dolban; formerly a baker in village at Caerrorie [SC].
CIERAN, Brother—lay brother at Saint Piran’s Priory [CC].
CINHIL, Donal Ifor Haldane, King—restored King of Gwynedd, reigning 904–917; formerly a priest of the Ordo Verbi Dei under the name of Benedict; kidnapped from his monastery by Joram and Rhys [CC, SC, CH].
COEL Howell, Lord—brother of Elinor, Cathan’s wife; member of Imre’s council; executed by King Cinhil in 905 [CC, (SC)].
CORUND—guard assigned to the service of Princes Javan and Rhys Michael; killed in hunting ambush [CH].
CREVAN Allyn—see Allyn, Crevan.
CRINAN—Cathan’s squire; doubled for Rhys under a shape-changing spell [CC, (SC, CH)].
CULLEN, Bishop Alister—see Alister Cullen.
DAFYDD Leslie, Lord—nephew of Lord Jowerth Leslie; died during interrogation by Tavis O’Neill [CH].
DAMON—a guard of Rhys’s and Evaine’s household [CH].
DANIEL Draper—as Prince Aidan Haldane, only surviving son of King Ifor; grandfather of Cinhil [CC, (CH)].
DAVET Nevan, Bishop—one of Gwynedd’s six itinerant bishops before the Council of Ramos [SC, CH].
DAVIN Elathan MacRorie, Lord—elder son of Cathan, age 19; Earl of Culdi [CC, SC, CH].
DENZIL Carmichael, Lord—Deryni bowman involved in assassination attempt on Princes Javan and Rhys Michael; died during interrogation [CH].
DERYNI (Der-ín-ee)—racial group gifted with paranormal/supernatural powers and abilities.
DERMOT O’Beirne, Bishop—human Bishop of Cashien [SC, CH].
DESCANTOR, Bishop Kai—see Kai Descantor, Bishop.
DOMINIC, Brother—infirmarian at Saint Mary’s in the Hills, Kierney [CH].
DOMINIC, Father—priest at Saint Liam’s Abbey; former teacher of Joram and Rhys [CC].
DORN—squire to Prince Javan; killed in hunting ambush [CH].
DOTHAN of Erne, Lord—former Festillic minister imprisoned for trial by Cinhil; son and daughter killed in assassination attempt on Cinhil (SC).
DOV, Lord—Healer slain at Saint Neot’s (CH).
DRAPER—surname used by the Haldanes during the Interregnum: see Daniel, Nicholas, and Royston Draper.
DRUMMOND, James—see James Drummond.
DUALTA Jarriot, Lord—a Michaeline knight [SC].
DURIN, Master—a Healer at Iomaire [SC].
DYLAN ap Thomas, Lord—Deryni assassin killed in ambush of Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].
EDMOND—a former Archbishop of Valoret (CH).
EDULF—ostler to Camber at Caerrorie; one of fifty peasants executed at Imre’s command in retribution for death of Lord Rannulf [CC].
EDWARD, Father—priest who baptized Nicholas Draper (CC).
EDWARD MacInnis of Arnham, Bishop—twenty-year-old son of Earl Manfred, who is brother to Bishop Hubert; itinerant bishop and later Bishop of Grecotha [CH].
EIDIARD of Clure—soldier replaced by Davin MacRorie; assigned to guard Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].
ELINOR MacRorie, Lady—widow of Cathan; mother of Davin and Ansel; wife to James Drummond [CC, SC, (CH)].
EMRYS, Dom—Deryni adept and Healer; Abbot of the Order of Saint Gabriel [SC, CH].
ERCON, Saint—scholar and historian flourishing shortly after Saint Bearand Haldane; brother of Saint Willim (CH).
EUSTACE of Fairleigh, Bishop—one of Gwynedd’s six itinerant bishops before the Council of Ramos [SC, CH].
EVAINE MacRorie Thuryn, Lady—daughter of Camber and wife to Rhys; an original member of the Camberian Council [CC, SC, CH].
EWAN of Rhendall, Lord—Earl of Rhendall and eldest son of Duke Sighere; a regent of Gwynedd; later, Duke of Claibourne and Earl Marshal of Gwynedd [SC, CH].
FARNHAM, Lord and Lady—parents of Megan de Cameron (CC).
FESTIL I, King—Deryni noble who engineered the Festillic Coup of 822 and founded the Festillic dynasty; reigned 822–839.
FESTIL II, King—second Festillic king; reigned 839–851.
FESTIL III, King—third Festillic king; grandfather of Imre; reigned 851–885.
FINELLA—Revan’s “love” (CH).
FINTAN, Lord—human earl on Cinhil’s council [SC].
FIONA MacLean, Lady—sister of Adrian and granddaughter of Camber’s sister Aislinn [CH].
FULBERT de Morrisey, Lord—Deryni assassin involved in ambush of Princes Javan and Rhys Michael; later executed by regents [CH].
FULK—soldier under command of Coel Howell [CC].
GABRILITES—priests and Healers of the Order of Saint Gabriel, an all-Deryni esoteric brotherhood founded in 745 and based at Saint Neot’s Abbey in the south Lendour mountains; especially noted for training Healers [CC, SC, CH].
GAVIN—Prince Alroy’s squire [CH].
GELLIS de Cleary, Father—acting Percentor of the Michaelines [SC].
GIFFORD—manservant to Rhys [CC].
GILBERT, Master—a silversmith [CH].
GILLIS, Brother—Gabrilite brother slain at Saint Neot’s [CH].
GREGORY of Arden, Father—Abbot of Saint Jarlath’s Abbey [CC].
GREGORY of Ebor, Lord—Earl of Ebor and an original member of the Camberian Council [CH].
GUAIRE of Arliss, Lord—friend of Cathan; former aide to Alister Cullen; finally, a founding Servant of Saint Camber [SC].
GUTHRIE—sergeant of Bishop Cullen’s household guard [CH].
HALDANE—surname of the royal House of Gwynedd.
HILDRED, Lord—human baron on Cinhil’s council; expert on horses [SC, (CH)].
HOWELL, Coel—see Coel Howell.
HOWICCAN, Pargan—classic Deryni lyric poet (CC, SC, CH).
HRORIK of Eastmarch, Lord—middle son of Duke Sighere; Earl of Eastmarch [SC, CH].
HUBERT MacInnis, Bishop—a regent of Gwynedd and Auxiliary Bishop of Rhemuth; later, Archbishop of Valoret and Primate of All Gwynedd [CH].
HUMPHREY of Gallareaux, Father—Michaeline priest responsible for the death of Cinhil’s firstborn son, Prince Aidan [CC].
IFOR, King—last pre-Interregnum King of Gwynedd; reigned 794–822; father of Prince Aidan (Daniel Draper) (CC).
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p; ILLAN, Lord—a Michaeline knight [SC].
IMRE, King—fifth and last Festillic King of Gwynedd; reigned 900–904; died after defeat by Cinhil Haldane; father of Mark of Festil, by his sister Ariella [CC, (SC, CH)].
IVO Lovat, Lord—Deryni executed by regents following assassination attempt on Princes Javan and Rhys Michael; youngest son of Baron Frizell [CH].
JAFFRAY of Carbury, Archbishop—Deryni and former Gabrilite; successor to Anscom of Trevas as Archbishop of Valoret and Primate of All Gwynedd; an original member of the Camberian Council [SC, CH].
JAMES Drummond, Lord—grand-nephew of Camber and husband to the widowed Elinor [CC, SC, CH].
JARLATH, Saint—sixth century Bishop of Meara and abbot; founder of the Ordo Verbi Dei (CC, SC, CH).
JASON, Sir—knight assigned to guard the Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].
JASON Brown—apprentice to Daniel Draper; inherited the business (CC).
JASPER Miller, Father—non-combatant Michaeline priest [CC, SC].
JAVAN Jashan Urien Haldane, Prince—twin brother of King Alroy; born with club foot [SC, CH].
JEBEDIAH of Alcara, Lord—Deryni Grand Master of the Order of Saint Michael, knight, and Earl Marshal of Gwynedd under Cinhil; an original member of the Camberian Council [CC, SC, CH].
JERUSHA Evaine Thuryn—infant daughter of Rhys and Evaine; a future Healer [CH].
JESSE, Lord—Master of Ebor; eldest son and heir of Earl Gregory [CH].
JOHANNES, Brother—lay Michaeline monk, servant of Alister Cullen [SC].
JOHN—factor who bought Dolban for the Servants of Saint Camber (SC).
JOHN, Brother—an alias of Evaine [SC].
JOHN, son of Daniel—the first “Benedict” at Saint Piran’s Priory [CC].
JONAS, Father—old parish priest at Caerrorie (CC).
JORAM MacRorie, Father—youngest son of Camber; priest and knight of the Order of Saint Michael; confidential secretary to Bishop Alister Cullen; an original member of the Camberian Council [CC, SC, CH].
JOSEPH—one of Earl Maldred’s men (CC).
JOWERTH Leslie, Lord—Deryni uncle of Dafydd Leslie; on Cinhil’s staff until his death in 915 [SC, (CH)].
JUBAL, Brother—monk at Saint Foillan’s Abbey [CC].
JURIS, Dom—Gabrilite priest [CH].
KAI Descantor, Bishop—Deryni itinerant bishop [SC, CH].
KENRIC, Dom—Healer at Saint Neot’s [CH].
KINEVAN, Dom Queron—see Queron Kinevan, Dom.
KYRIELL—Camber’s name in religion [SC].
LAUREN, Sir—a Michaeline knight [SC].
LESLIE, Dafydd and Jowerth—see Dafydd Leslie and Jowerth Leslie.
LIREL, Dame—former nurse to the princes (CH).
LLEW—a guard of Bishop Cullen’s household [CH].
LORCAN, Brother—Ansel MacRorie’s alias as a Michaeline lay brother [CH].
MACGREGOR, Bishop Ailin—see Ailin MacGregor, Bishop.
MACINNIS—see Hubert Edward, and Manfred MacInnis.
MACRORIE—surname of Camber’s family; see Ansel, Camber, Cathan, Davin, Evaine, Joram.
MAHAEL—ancient Deryni historian, author of History of Kheldour (CH).
MAIRI MacLean, Lady—wife to Adrian MacLean and mother of Camber Allin MacLean [CH].
MALDRED, Earl—one of Imre’s warlords; assassinated by Coel Howell’s hireling [CC].
MANFRED MacInnis, Lord—Baron of Marlor, and Earl of Culdi after Davin’s attainder; brother of Bishop Hubert and father of Bishop Edward MacInnis of Arnham [CH].
MARIS—maidservant to Princess Ariella [CC].
MARK of Festil, Prince—son of Ariella and Imre and carrier of the Festillic line after his parents’ death [SC].
MEGAN de Cameron, Queen—wife and queen to Cinhil; mother of Alroy, Javan, and Rhys Michael; formerly Camber’s ward; lived 888–907 [CC, SC, (CH)].
MELISSA Howell, Lady—sister of Coel Howell; brought to court to tempt Imre (CC).
MICAH, Brother—a Servant of Saint Camber [CH].
MICHAELINES—priests, knights, and lay brothers of the Order of Saint Michael, a militant fighting and teaching Order, predominantly Deryni, formed during the reign of King Bearand Haldane to hold the Anvil of the Lord against Moorish incursions and defend the sea-lanes [CC, SC, CH].
MURDOCH of Carthane, Lord—human Earl of Carthane; one of King Alroy’s regents [SC, CH].
NATHAN, Father—a Michaeline priest [CC, SC].
NESTA—Deryni seeress who foretold the doom of Caeriesse (CH).
NEVAN, Bishop Davet—see Davet Nevan, Bishop.
NIALLAN Trey, Bishop—Deryni Bishop of Dhassa [SC, CH].
NICHOLAS Draper—the third “Benedict”; grandson of Daniel; see Cinhil.
NIMUR, King—Deryni King of Torenth; connected to the Festils of Gwynedd through the female line (SC).
O’BEIRNE, Bishop Dermot—see Dermot O’Beirne, Bishop.
O’NEILL, Lord Tavis—see Tavis O’Neill, Lord.
ORIEL, Lord—a young Healer [CH].
ORIN—Deryni mystic and magician; author of the Protocols of Orin, a collection of scrolls containing extremely potent spells of Deryni magic (SC, CH).
ORISS, Archbishop Robert—Archbishop of Rhemuth; formerly Vicar General of the Ordo Verbi Dei [CC, SC, CH].
PARGAN Howiccan—see Howiccan, Pargan.
PATRICK, Brother—Prior of Saint Foillan’s Abbey; later, Abbot [CC].
PAUL, Brother—monk at Saint Foillan’s Abbey [CC].
PAULIN of Ramos, Bishop—stepson of Earl Tammaron; founder of the Little Brothers of Saint Ercon (912), a teaching order; itinerant bishop and later first bishop of new See of Stavenham [CH].
PHINEAS, Brother—gate-warder at Saint Foillan’s Abbey [CC].
PIEDUR, Sir—knight assigned to guard the Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].
PORRIC Lunal, Father—priest of the Order of Saint Michael and a candidate to succeed Alister Cullen as Vicar General (SC).
QUERON Kinevan, Dom—Deryni Healer-priest, formerly of Order of Saint Gabriel; a founder of the Servants of Saint Camber; later, a member of the Camberian Council replacing Jaffray [SC, CH].
RANALD Gilstrachan, Lord—Deryni assassin executed by the regents [CH].
RANNULF, Lord—Deryni noble drawn and quartered by Willimite terrorists in 903 (CC, CH).
RAYMOND, Bishop—former Prince-Bishop of Dhassa and maternal uncle of Alister Cullen, whom he ordained to the priesthood (SC).
REVAN—lame former carpenter’s apprentice saved by Cathan; clark and tutor to Rhys’s and Evaine’s children [CC, SC, CH].
REYNARD, Brother—infirmarian at Saint Foillan’s Abbey [CC].
RHUN of Horthness, Baron—called The Ruthless, age 32; one of King Alroy’s regents; later, Earl of Sheele [CH].
RHYS MICHAEL Alister Haldane, Prince—youngest surviving son of Cinhil, age 10 [CH].
RHYS Thuryn, Lord—Deryni physician and Healer; husband of Evaine and son-in-law to Camber; developer of the Thuryn technique of concentration; an original member of the Camberian Council [CC, SC, CH].
RHYSEL Jocelyn Thuryn—daughter of Rhys and Evaine, age 7 [CH].
ROBEAR, Sir—knight assigned to guard the Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].
ROBERT Oriss, Archbishop—see Oriss, Archbishop Robert.
ROLAND, Bishop—Auxiliary Bishop of Valoret under Anscom; died 916 (CC).
RONDEL—knight in the service of Manfred, Earl of Culdi [CH].
ROYSTON John Draper—alias of Prince Alroy, who was father to Cinhil (CC, CH).
SAM’L—loyal retainer of Camber at Caerrorie [CC].
SANTARE, Lord—Earl of Grand-Tellie; one of Imre’s warlords [CC].
SELKIRK, Master—an arms master to Imre [CC].
SELLAR, Wat and Tim—among the fifty peasants executed at Imre’s command for the murder of Lord Rannulf [CC].
SHAW Farquharson, Lord—Deryni assassin killed in ambush on princes [CH].
SHOLTO MacDhugal, Lord—Deryn
i bowman who escaped from ambush/assassination attempt on Princes Javan and Rhys Michael [CH].
SIGHERE, Duke—former independent Earl of Eastmarch; first Duke of Claibourne; technically a regent of King Alroy, but failing health never permitted him to assume his duties [SC, (CH)].
SIGHERE of Marley, Lord—youngest son of Duke Sighere and later Earl of Marley [SC, CH].
SIMONN—Healer student at Saint Neot’s [CH].
SORLE—Cinhil’s squire; knighted by Cinhil at Twelfth Night, 917 [SC, CH].
STEPHEN—student at Saint Neot’s [CH].
SULIEN of R’Kassi—ancient Deryni adept, author of Annals (CH).
TAMMARON Fitz-Arthur, Earl—one of King Alroy’s regents; Chancellor of Gwynedd after Alister Cullen [SC, CH].
TAVIS O’Neill, Lord—Healer to Prince Javan [CH].
TERMOD of Rhorau, Lord—Deryni princeling, cousin of Imre, executed by Willimite terrorists in 903 (CC, SC).
THOMAS—a guard of Rhys’s and Evaine’s household [CH].
THOMAS—bailiff at Dolban, for the Servants of Saint Camber (SC).
THOMAS—a former Archbishop of Valoret (CH).
THOMPSON, Dickon—a baker [CH].
THURYN—surname of Rhys.
TIEG Joram Thuryn—younger son of Rhys and Evaine; a future Healer, age 3 [CH].
TIVAR, Dom—Gabrilite priest and weapons master at Saint Neot’s [CH].
TOBAN—a hospice page [SC].
TOMAIS—squire to Prince Rhys Michael [CH].
TORCUILL de la Marche, Lord—Deryni baron; formerly a Festillic minister, now on Cinhil’s staff; dismissed by the regents [SC, CH].
TORIN—a guard of Bishop Cullen’s household [CH].
TREFOR of Morland, Lord—Deryni assassin killed in ambush on princes [CH].
TREY, Bishop Niallan—see Niallan Trey, Bishop.
TURLOUGH, Bishop—one of Gwynedd’s itinerant bishops; later, first Bishop of Marbury [SC, CH].
TURSTANE, Dom—Gabrilite Healer; a stonecutter’s apprentice before his Healer’s training; an original member of the Camberian Council (CH).
UDAUT, Earl—Constable of Gwynedd [SC, CH].
ULLIAM ap Lugh, Bishop—Bishop of Nyford [SC, CH].
ULRIC—novice Healer at Saint Neot’s who went berserk while Queron still taught there; killed by Dom Emrys (CH).
UMPHRED—Camber’s bailiff at Caerrorie [CC, SC].
VALERIAN, Brother—Latin master to the princes [CH].
VARNARITES—Deryni adepts and scholars who founded a proto-university at Grecotha, late 7th–early 8th century; the Gabrilite Order broke off pre-745.