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Recurring Characters in order of appearance:

  (Ages, appearances, and titles are given as they were the time of each character’s first appearance.)

  Yazadril, Prince of The High People

  Description: male Mountain Elf, 140 cm tall, average build, initially long white hair and beard, by chapter 4 dark steely gray hair and clean-shaven, 8476 years old.

  Introduced: At the beginning of Blessings Of A Curse

  Mark Longstrider

  Description: male Human, 251 cm tall, moderately muscular, black hair, blue eyes, 17 years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 1 of Blessings Of A Curse

  Dilimon, Sentry of The High People

  Description: male Mountain Elf, 140 cm tall, sandy brown hair, brown eyes, 293 years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 1 of Blessings Of A Curse

  Yalla, Sentry Wizard of The High People, fiance of Dilimon

  Description: female Mountain Elf, 135 cm tall, brown hair, green eyes, 405 years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 1 of Blessings Of A Curse

  Mark’s deceased family and neighbors from Shinosa Valley; his little sister Shelvy, his younger brother Steb, father Markhan, his mother Helem, his girlfriend Marja Dobbim, Dob Jorman the miller, Dob’s son Verk.

  Alilia, Princess of the People of Life

  Description: female Forrest Elf, 137 cm tall, slim, white hair, brown eyes, 4856 years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 1 of Blessings Of A Curse

  Theramin, Senior Wizard of The High People

  Description: male Mountain Elf, 132 cm tall, stout, grey hair and beard, green eyes.

  Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

  Nemia, Senior Wizard of The High People, wife of Yazadril

  Description: female Mountain Elf , 133 cm tall, slim, curly blond hair, light blue eyes. 258 years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

  Talia, Daughter of Yazadril and Nemia

  Description: female Mountain Elf , 134 cm tall, slim, wavy blond hair, blue eyes, 29 years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

  Dalia, Daughter of Yazadril and Nemia

  Description: female Mountain Elf , 134 cm tall, slim, wavy blond hair, blue eyes, 29 years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

  Bezedil, Son of Alilia and Gorsh

  Description: male Forrest Elf, 139 cm tall, dark brown hair, brown eyes, 38 years old

  Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

  Hilsith, Senior Healer of The Warm People

  Description: female Polar Elf, 133 cm tall, bluish white hair and skin, very light gray eyes, 716 years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 2 of Blessings Of A Curse

  Jaromir, Prince of The Elves of Thon

  Description: male Plains Elf, 167 cm tall, dark brown hair and eyes

  Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

  Yzell, Midwife of The High People, wife of Theramin

  Description: female Mountain Elf, 134 cm tall, auburn hair, green eyes

  Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

  Balen, Wizard in training of The High People, The Volunteers

  Description: female Mountain Elf, 120 cm tall, bright red hair, green eyes, 19 years old

  Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

  Gorsh, Wizard of The People Of Life, husband of Alilia.

  Description: male Forrest Elf, 171 cm tall, blond hair, blue eyes, 4856 years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

  Silaran, Warrior of The People of Morning

  Description: male Unicorn, 287 cm high at the shoulder, 353 cm tall in relaxed stance, the heavy build of a war-horse, brilliant white with pink hooves, mane, and tail, a dark pink spiraled horn, and light pink eyes.

  Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

  Kragorram, Warrior of Xervian Draconia.

  Description: male Dragon, 62.2 meters long, muscular, crimson red, 0.7 cm average scale diameter, gold eyes, rearward-pointing horns over his eyes 215 cm long, a 150cm beard.

  Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

  Povon, Sorcerer-Magician of Xervian Draconia, mated to Kragorram.

  Description: female Dragon, 35.4 meters long, slim, silver, 5 cm average scale diameter, blue eyes, blue claws

  Introduced: Chapter 5 of Blessings Of A Curse; Mark and Talia’s wedding

  Sheramiv, Financial Privy Secretary of the Civic Authority of Bojoston, Thon, The Atoning.

  Description: female Plains elf, 138 cm tall, dark brown hair, dark eyes.

  Introduced: Chapter 6 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the building of The Living Palace

  Zayobod, junior Wizard of The High People, The Volunteers

  Description: male Mountain Elf, 141 cm tall, blond hair, blue eyes, 24 years old

  Introduced: Chapter 6 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the building of The Living Palace

  Holanam, junior Wizard of The High People, The Volunteers

  Description: male Mountain Elf, 136 cm tall, black hair, brown eyes, 22 years old

  Introduced: Chapter 6 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the building of The Living Palace

  Equemev, Fifteenth Ranked Sorcerer of The People of Morning

  Description: female Unicorn, Thoroughbred build, 183 cm high at the shoulder, 230 cm tall in relaxed stance, black with silver horn, eyes, eyelashes, hooves, mane and tail

  Introduced: Chapter 6 of Blessings Of A Curse, at The Living Palace

  Tithian, First Sorcerer and First Magician of The People of Morning, Seer and Oracle, Chief Justicer of The Grand Council of Xervia.

  Description: female Unicorn, Thoroughbred build, 183 cm high at the shoulder, 230 cm tall in relaxed stance, black with silver horn, eyes, eyelashes, hooves, mane and tail, graying muzzle

  Introduced: Chapter 6 of Blessings Of A Curse, at The Living Palace

  Somonik, Speaker for The Circle of Ninety-Nine; ruling council of the dragons of Xervia, First Speaker of The Grand Council of Xervia

  Description: male Dragon, 19.5 meters long, white, purple eyes, burned on right side wing, arm, face, and chest, 63,456,251 years old

  Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

  Grakonexikaldoron, Chronicler for The Circle of Ninety-Nine, prominent astronomer of Xervia

  Description: female Dragon, 58.8 meterslong, all gold,

  Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

  Osbald the Eighth, Emperor of the Humans of Thon

  Description: male Human, 188 cm tall, slim, square shouldered, steel gray eyes and hair, 487 years old

  Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

  Senchak, Lord of Overclan Beijur

  Description: male Dwarf, 155 cm tall, 142 kg, long black hair and beard

  Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

  The Lady Emeroth, Empress of Verzaclon

  Description: female Giant, 4.25 meters tall, olive skin, black hair, 41 years old

  Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

  Quewanak, Eldest of All.

  Description: male dragon, 9.15 meters long (missing 275 cm of tail) green, about 122 million years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

  King Dren of Finitra

  Description: male Human, 194 cm tall, slim, gray hair, brown eyes, 32 years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

  Kevim, Emperor of Sming

  Description: male human, 166 cm tall, slim, short white hair and beard, 129 years old.
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  Introduced: Chapter 8 of Blessings Of a Curse; first meeting of The Just Alliance.

  Ria, The Spirit of The First Sword of Visinniria

  Description: rigid female plains elf, 148 cm tall, curly red hair, pale blue eyes – elvish rapier, plain silver furniture, forged steel blade

  Introduced: Chapter 9 of Blessings Of A Curse; magic lessons at The Living Palace

  Kalem, junior Wizard of The High People, The Volunteers

  Description: female Mountain Elf, 127 cmtall, brown hair, brown eyes, 21 years old

  Introduced: Chapter 10 of Blessings Of A Curse; the tour of the properties

  Relgemit, General of the Imperial Armies of Kuth, The Atoning

  Description: male Plains Elf, 149 cm inches tall, graying dark brown hair, hazel eyes

  Introduced: Chapter 10 of Blessings Of A Curse; the tour of the properties

  Joseth Narr, Foreman of Winghoof Estates, Colonel of The Imperial Cavalry of Sming (Retired)

  Description: male human, 186 cm tall, dark brown hair and eyes, missing part of pinky finger.

  Introduced: Chapter 10 of Blessings Of A Curse; the tour of the properties

  Neela, First Goddess of Humans

  Description: female human, 166 cm tall, straight black hair, black skin, and black eyes. She appeared to be about thirty-five years old.

  Introduced: Chapter 12 of Blessings Of A Curse; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

  Visinniria, Elven Goddess of War

  Description: female plains elf, 148 cm inches tall, curly red hair, pale blue eyes

  Introduced: Chapter 12 of Blessings Of A Curse; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

  Heklivmalgiso, First God Of Elves

  Description: early elf, 146 cm tall, very long white hair and beard, blue eyes

  Introduced: Chapter 12 of Blessings Of A Curse; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

  Falgaroth, Eighth God of The People Of Morning

  Description: male Unicorn, 367 cm high at the shoulder, 475 cm tall in relaxed stance, all blue, heavy build of a Clydesdale war-horse

  Introduced: Chapter 12 of Blessings Of A Curse; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

  Amirgath, First God Of Dragons

  Description: male dragon, 127.25 meters long, appears composed of quicksilver

  Introduced: Chapter 12 of Blessings Of A Curse; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

  Glup, God of The Zurb, first god on Kellaran

  Description: somewhat like a glossy black lobster over 3.7 meters in length, three pairs of symmetrical claws, six pairs of legs, twelve pairs of antennas were arranged in two rows down the back of his head and thorax.

  Introduced:; the first Manifestation at Royal Beach, Hilia

  Prince Reen, Squire and covert agent of Sming

  Description: male human, 171 cm tall, slim, dark brown hair and eyes, 16 years old

  Introduced: Chapter 13 of Blessings Of A Curse, at The Emperor’s Palace in Latrel, Sming

  Junior Liutenant Nek Sibook, of Sming

  Description: female human, 169 cm tall, black eyes, black skin and short black hair

  Introduced: Chapter 13 of Blessings Of A Curse, at Norka’s Palace of Refreshments in Latrel, Sming

  Zone Inspector Rayn, of Finitra, J.A. Anti-Conspiracy Brigade

  Description: male human, 175 cm tall, light reddish-blond hair, blue eyes, ruddy skin, late twenties or early thirties

  Introduced: Chapter 13 of Blessings Of A Curse, at Norka’s Palace of Refreshments in Latrel, Sming

  Mark’s Belinhome Finitran family: his mom’s sister aunt Tilfi, her husband Birg, Paternal Granpa Mark, Granma Sana, Uncle Wittan 40, wife Karna, son Dren 22, new wife Mandri 21, daughter Petha 19, Aunt Sannen 32, husband Dalev, daughter Migby 12, son Jind 9, Uncle Petro 31, wife Nilla, daughter Vimma 6, son Bano 4

  Description: every Longstrider male is very similar, with brown hair, the same muscular build, and the adults among them are uniformly within 2 cm of 2.3 meters tall

  Introduced: Chapter 14 of Blessings Of A Curse, at Mark’s grandfather’s estate in Belinhome Finitra, Mark’s 17th birthday

  Mandri, Battle Wizard of Finitra, girlfriend of Dren Longstrider

  Description: female human, 151 cm tall, slim, blond hair, hazel eyes, 21 years old

  Introduced: Chapter 14 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the couples’ tournament at Hilia for Mark’s 17th birthday

  Dulyamil, business person from Kuth

  Description: plains elf, 167 cm tall, 80 kg, very muscular,

  Introduced: Chapter 14 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the couples’ tournament at Hilia for Mark’s 17th birthday

  Meri, Countess of Bingok, Kuth

  Description: female human, 195 cm tall, very fit, long light-red hair,

  Introduced: Chapter 14 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the couples’ tournament at Hilia for Mark’s 17th birthday

  Zarkog, Dragon Lord of Serminak

  Description: male dragon, 188.7 meters in length, black, silver on the edges of his scales and the tips of his horns and dorsal spines, with gold eyes, claws, eyebrow ridges, teeth, and the scales over his wing-bones.

  Introduced: Chapter 15 of Blessings Of A Curse, the Meeting of the Alliance for diplomacy with Serminak

  First Burgundy, Triax God of Hiding

  Description: male Triax; “It was roughly a triangle with curved edges. Its form was forty-five centimeters long and twenty-five wide, with a surface like burgundy velvet on its top side, white velvet on the bottom. It was generally flat, being about an three centimeters thick in the center, and paper thin at the edges. The closest of the three sides was shorter than the other two, and just above the middle of that edge were three small round eyes, each a different color, themselves arranged in a triangle and spaced two centimeters apart. The foremost eye was blue, the right-rear one green, and the left-rear one red. They blinked often and with independent timing in a disconcerting manner. The skin around them formed circular eyelids and the opening between them remained circular as they irised open and closed. Just below the front edge of the creature under the eyes was a five centimeter wide horizontal slit that might have been a mouth. The creature’s edges rippled gently as it regarded them.”

  Introduced: Chapter 16 of Blessings Of A Curse, the great chase

  Empress Honey, ruler of The Swarm

  Description: female insectoid, 182 cm high with legs fully extended, 274 cmlong, 366 cm wingspan, coppery body like a wasp, transparent wings of a dragonfly, vertically-moving bottom jaw

  Introduced: Chapter 18 of Blessings Of A Curse, at the Swarm preserve, Xervia

  Zwak Deathbringer, General of Seminak

  Description: male Sylvan, 222 cm tall, long black hair, yellow slitted eyes

  Introduced: Chapter 20 of Blessings Of A Curse, the victory celebration

  First Mauve, Triax God of Intelligence

  Description: female Triax, 8.5 meters long, mauve top, white bottom, scarred by demon-fire, forward eye replaced by a diamond sphere

  Introduced: Chapter 20 of Blessings Of A Curse, the victory celebration

  First Aquamarine, Triax God of Power

  Description: male Triax, 195 meters long, aquamarine top, white bottom, scarred by demon-fire, missing a 6 meter wide notch from his trailing edge

  Introduced: Chapter 20 of Blessings Of A Curse, the victory celebration