Harshini

Rorin — Seneschal to the High Arrion of the Sorcerers' Collective.

Soothan — Captain of a Hythrun fishing boat.

Karien

Aringard — Queen of Karien. Married to Jasnoff and mother of Cratyn.

Charity — Karien noblewoman. Granddaughter of Baron Lodnan.

Chastity — Daughter of Terbolt. Adrina's Lady-In-Waiting. Formerly betrothed to Cratyn.

Cratyn — Crown Prince of Karien. Son of Jasnoff and Aringard.

Drendyn — Karien. Earl of Tiler's Pass. Cratyn's cousin and nephew of King Jasnoff.

Elfron — Karien priest sent to the Citadel with Lord Pieter to denounce the Sisterhood's handling of the pagans.

Garanus — Karien Priest sent to the Citadel with Terbolt, the Duke of Setenton.

Hope — Adrina's Lady-In-Waiting.

Jasnoff — King of Karien. Married to Aringard. Father of Cratyn and uncle to Drendyn.

Jaymes of Kirkland — Karien page attached to Lord Laetho's retinue. Son of Lord Laetho's Third Steward, he cannot by knighted due to his common birth.

Lord Pieter — Karien Envoy to Medalon.

Mikel of Kirkland — Karien page attached to Lord Laetho's retinue. Jaymes' younger brother. Appointed as Adrina's page following his escape from Medalon.

Overlord — See Xaphista.

Pacifica — Adrina's Lady-In-Waiting.

Terbolt — Karien. Duke of Setenton and father of Chastity.

Vonulus — Karien Priest appointed as Confessor to Adrina.

Xaphista — The Overlord. God of the Kariens.

Fardohnya

Adrina — Princess of Fardohnya. Eldest legitimate child of King Hablet and his first wife. Adrina's mother was beheaded for trying to assassinate her husband's mistress and her illegitimate son Tristan.

Cassandra — Princess of Fardohnya. Adrina's younger sister and second legitimate child of Hablet.

Hablet — King of the Fardohnyans. Has 14 illegitimate sons and thirteen legitimate daughters. He refuses to name his heir hoping one of his wives will give him a legitimate son.

Japinel — Fardohnyan tailor, alchemist and con-man.

Lecter Turon — Chamberlain of the Fardohnyan Court. Lector is a eunuch who makes his fortune collecting bribes.

Raven — Head of the Assassins' Guild that operates in Hythria and Fardohnya.

Teriahna — The Raven. Head of the Assassins' Guild.

Tamylan — Fardohnyan slave raised to serve Adrina. Lover of Tristan on Adrina's orders.

Tristan — Bastard son of King Hablet of Fardohnya. Adrina's half — brother and Captain of her Guard sent to Karien.

Illustrations by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

Demon

Demons Molding into Dragon

Dragon in Flight

Detail from Cover: Leaving Sanctuary

Detail from Cover: Sanctuary

Cover Detail of Sanctuary

Cover Detail: R'shiel and Demons

Detail from Cover: R'shiel and Demons

Sketch for Demon

Sketch for Demon

Interview with Jennifer Fallon

By Stephanie Smith,

Editor of The Demon Child Trilogy

1. Was Medalon your first manuscript or do you still have some in the “bottom drawer”?

The first book I wrote was when I was 14. It was an outback murder mystery and it's long gone, which is probably a good thing. The next piece I wrote was a short story about a girl in a mental institution. I still have that one. I wrote a Mills and Boon when I was 20, which was duly rejected (thank God!) and then I started another four or five novels before writing my first full sci-fi/fantasy effort. I submitted none of them for publication until I wrote Medalon, which was the first novel I felt confident was worth trying to get published.

2. Are your characters based on any specific people in your life? Do your family and friends think that you have based characters on them? Does this make your relationships different from when you had not published any books?

Not really, although some people tell me that they can see certain characteristics in some of the characters. I