Agape - Christos's childhood sweetheart, Stratos's daughter, fiery and a great dancer

  Agapios - Militia in Theodorus's company, way too old and kind to be a soldier

  Alsu / Ana - First wife of Konstantinos Sideris, Iohannes's mother, escaped Tatar slave

  Apostolos Nomikos - First son to Lord Adanis Nomikos, polite to a fault

  Arsinoe - Zeno Makris's sister, Niece to Philemon Makris, and an avid harp player

  Captain Arion - Former commander of Probatoufrorio, cruel and disciplinarian

  Captain Athanasios - Captain of the Royal Guard of Mangup, dragged along on drunken escapades by his subordinate, Sergeant Nikolaos

  Cassandra - Second Daughter to Lord Adanis Nomikos, hair made of copper, heart made of gold

  Charilaos - Veteran in Theodorus's company, wannabe-bard

  Christos - Rebellious shepherd from the village of Kerasia, Headstrong and a Giant

  Demetrios - Theodorus's trusted aide and servant, perpetually sighing

  Dimos - Veteran Sergeant in Kyriakos's company

  Despina - Stratos's wife, Agape's mother

  Euphrosyne - Royal Princess of Theodoro, A dazzling smile, but thorns hiding underneath

  Evander - Minor landowner of northern Theodoro, in a trade agreement with Iohannes Sideris

  Evangelos - Kratos's father, a stubborn old shepherd of Northern Theodoro

  Father Damianus - Metropolitan of Gothia, the highest religious authority in the Principality, kind and elderly?

  Father Mikael - Priest of the Sideris estate, perpetually nervous

  Filippos - Veteran Men-at-arms of Probatoufrorio, first-grade bastard, but not completely heartless

  Georgius Siderius - Second son of Konstantinos Sideris, reckless and wrathful

  Glykeria - Wife of Old Zisis, more sensible than her husband and enjoys smacking heads

  Hilda Nomikos - Youngest daughter to Lord Kostakis, an unruly mop of black hair

  Hypatius Nomikos - Youngest brother to Lord Adanis Nomikos, as dangerous as a leopard, as elusive as a knight

  Iason - Nephew to Lord Adanis Nomikos, young cupbearer

  Iadeus - Young relative to Lord Adanis, scribe assistant to Steward Theophylact

  Ilnur - Tatar family chief to escaped nomadic families, suspicious of everyone and has a mysterious past

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  Iohannes Sideris - Eldest son to Konstantinos Sideris, Penny-pincher and no sense of humour

  Konstantinos Sideris - Sideris Patriarch, passed away, lived a dramatic, adventurous life, worthy of its own novel

  Lord Kostakis - Middle brother of Lord Adanis Nomikos, passed away

  Kostis - Senior Diplomat and nobleman of the Principality, a sensible voice of reason?

  Kratos - Militia in Theodorus's company, country-bumpkin always mad at something

  Kyriakos Nomikos - Military Aide in Suyren, first-grade jokester and a terror at the card tables

  Lady Anastasia - Consort to the Megas Doux, A blue rose faded with experience

  Leonidas - Men-at-arms under the Megas Doux, No nonsense slab of muscle

  Lycomedes - Georgius's second in command, former captain at the Sideris estate

  Madame Stella - Mangup's castle Cook, elderly woman who gets along well with Leonidas

  Madame Zeta - Suyren's courtly instructor, nanny to all the Nomikos brothers

  Marios - Kratos's elder brother, the perfect shepherd

  Markos - Philemon Makris's slave, a playful cat and a golden lily

  Me?li - Youngest son to the Crimean Khan, Mad or Genius?

  Michail Nomikos - Military Aide in Suyren, grumpy and short

  Mustafa - Nur Devlet's blood brother, missing a leg, but doesn't seem to mind

  Nikos - Probatofrourio Sergeant, Half-Tatar, Half-Greek

  Sergeant Nikolaos - Sergeant in the Royal Guard, enjoys fine wine and annoying his wife

  Nikos Karagiannis - 21st Century History Professor, bitter and jaded that he doesn't get to see his cats again

  Nur Devlet - Eldest son to the Crimean Khan, Prone to fits of rage and secretly a masochist

  Orestis - Sergeant of Probatoufrorio, Guilt-ridden, axe-wielding veteran

  Othon Zervas - Sergeant in Suyren, Adanis Nomikos's bastard

  Panagiotis - Steward to the Sideris estate, always has a handkerchief on hand to dab away sweat

  Panagiotis Papadoupolos - Megas Doux and Papadoupolos Patriarch, some say the reason he hated Philemon and Konstantinos was because of their luscious hair

  Pantelis - Headman of a northern Theodoran village, weary and doesn't believe in the government, i think we can all relate to that

  Master Petros - Wine merchant, has dealings with the Sideris household

  Philemon Makris - Commander of the east and Patriarch of the Makris Family, cunning and ambitious, will stop at nothing to #?!??**'%/!(/" oops, nearly spoiled the plot

  Principe Alexios Gabras - First son of Prince John and heir to the Principality, zealous and insane?

  Prince John Gabras - Ruler of the principality of Theodoro, weary and tired

  Remus Nomikos - Eldest son of Lord Kostakis, Nephew to Lord Adanis Nomikos, tall, thin and thinks way too highly of himself

  Seit Bozkurt - Bey of the Crimean Bozkurt Clan, survived the ambush just to spite Nur and make his life miserable

  Sir Silvanus - Senior Captain of the Royal Guard, escorted Theodorus from probatoufrorio to the capital to receive his promotion, no one knows how he got the nickname 'copper sword', well not the true story

  Sir Spiros - Marshall of the Sideris estate, takes everything stride or just doesn't care, sports a prodigious moustache

  Steward Theophylact - Steward of Suyren, people are not sure if his stutter is congenital or due to nervousness

  Stratos - Agape's father, miller turned Kerasia village chief, trying to be a better headman than the previous, not exactly a tall task

  Stathis - Veteran men-at-arms in Theodorus's company

  Theodorus Sideris - Uhhhm, if you're actually reading this description you must be having fun reading the glossary

  Yusuf - Crimean henchman and executioner, the Khan's personal bodyguard. Only thing he treats with care in this world is his mace, which he nicknamed Balim, or 'My honey'

  Zeno Makris - Military aide to the Megas Doux, has more in common with his uncle than he cares to admit

  Old Zisis - Glykeria's husband, elder of the village of Kerasia and- Wait a damn minute! I ain't ever agree to be part of this damn sheet of names and bad jokes. Get me out'a here, Old Zisis don't fall for no nomad trap!