territory called Imbesh.
Bekele, an officer in the Matile army.
Keteme, an officer in the Matile army.
Tewolo, a soldier.
Asenafe, a place guard.
Adisu, a leather-worker.
Tamair, a widow.
Eshetu, a peasant farmer from the hinterland.
Sallamawit, the sister of Eshetu.
Desta, a woman of the hinterland.
Jass Mofo, leader of the Ashaki set, or gang, of tsotsi bandits.
Kimbi, consort of Jass Mofo.
Kalisha, a tsotsi, from Jass Mofo’s set, who infiltrated the House of Amiyas in the
guise of a servant.
Kece, a tsotsi of the Ashaki set.
Jumu, a tsotsi of the Ashaki set.
Kutu, a tsotsi of the Ashaki set.
Jass Nunu, head of the Hafar set of tsotsis, rivals to the Ashaki.
Etiya, a woman of ancient times whose singing first summoned the Jagasti.
Jaussa, the first Matile to makes use of the magic called ashuma.
Dardar Issuri, the first Emperor of the Matile Mala.
Dardar Tesfaru, Emperor of the Matile at the time of the Storm Wars.
Dardar Agaw, the Emperor of the Matile at the end of the Storm Wars.
Dardar Birhi, an earlier Emperor of the Matile.
Dardar Shumet, an ancient Empress of the Matile.
Wolde, the drummer during Matile coronation ceremonies.
Yekunu, the greatest of Matile sculptors of earlier times.
Of the Fidi:
Kyroun ni Channar, sorcerer and Seer of the Almovaad faith.
Byallis ni Shalla, an Adept of the Almovaads.
Ulrithana, an Adept of the Almovaads.
Hara, an Adept of the Almovaads.
Eimos, an Acolyte of the Almovaads.
Ruk, an Acolyte of the Almovaads.
Ferroun ni Tamiz, an Almovaad administrator who survived the sinking of the Swordfish.
Niall, a survivor of the sinking of the Swordfish.
Diamid, a survivor of the sinking of the Swordfish.
Aeliel, an Elven woman who survived the sinking of the Swordfish.
Pel Muldure, captain of the White Gull.
Lyann, first mate of the White Gull, and lover of Pel Muldure.
Athir Rin, a rogue sailor on the White Gull.
Herrin Junn, a sailor on the White Gull.
Hulett Jull, a Fidi merchant who travelled to Abengoni before the Storm Wars.
Channar ni Abdu, father of Kyroun.
Hulm Stonefist, a Fidi Dwarf.
Of the Tokoloshe:
Bulamalayo, the nominal head of the Tokoloshe Embassy in Khambawe.
Rumundulu, the true head of the Tokoloshe Embassy.
Mungulutu, the ruler of the Tokoloshe.
Izindikwa, a Tokoloshe woman.
Chiminuka, an elderly Tokoloshe woman.
Humutungu, the first Tokoloshe child to be born in many years.
Of The Uloans:
Jass Imbiah, ruler of the Uloa Islands
Bujiji, a Uloan warrior.
Awiwi, lover of Bujiji.
Sehaye, a Uloan spy among the Matile in Khambawe.
Jawai, an elder.
Of the Thabas:
Tshakane, a chieftain who is uniting the Thaba tribes and menacing the rural population of the Matile Mala.
RACES AND ETHNICITIES
Matile, the dominant people of the northern part of the continent of Abengoni,
founders of the Matile Mala Empire.
Uloans, people of Matile descent who inhabit a chain of islands of the same name off the
coast of Abengoni. An ancient feud has made the Uloans the arch-enemies of the Matile.
Kipalende, a small-statured, peaceful people who preceded the Uloans in the islands.
Tokoloshe, a secretive, dwarf-like race allied with the Matile.
Thabas, a pastoral, tribal people who dwell in the hill country to the south of the Matile
lands.
Kidogo, a pygmy race that dwells in the forests south of the land of the Thabas.
Bashombe, a full-sized people who live in the same forests as the Kidogo.
Kwa’manga, diminutive, golden-brown desert-dwellers.
Ole-kisongo, nomadic herders who live in the savanna south of the desert.
Wakyambi, an Elven race that dwells in the savanna.
Ikuya, the tall people who live at the southern tip of Abengoni.
Changami, a hybrid people who live in the Gundagumu region in Abengoni’s northeast.
Fidi, the people of the far-off continent of Cym Dinath. The name derives from the port
city of Fiadol, from which many voyages to Abengoni set sail in the distant past.
Yaghan, a community of sorcerers who dwell in the Rafja Mountains.
Shadim, a secretive race from the east of Cym Dinath.
Dwarvenkind, a short, stocky, long-lived people.
Elven, an immortal, ethereal, aloof race.
DEITIES AND OTHER SUPERNATURALS Ateti, a Jagasti, known to the Matile as the Goddess of lakes and rivers.Akpema, a Jagasti, known to the Matile as the God of the sun.Alamak, a Jagasti, known to the Matile as the Goddess of the stars.
Chaile, a Jagasti, known to the Matile as the God of fortune both good and ill.
Halasha, a Jagasti, known to the Matile as the God of iron, the blacksmith’s craft, and war.Legaba, a Jagasti, known to the Matile as the God of the Underworld.
Metelit, a Jagasti, known to the Matile as the Goddess of the Afterworld.
Nama-kwah, a Jagasti, known to the Matile as the Goddess of the Sea.
Sama-wai, a Jagasti, known to the Matile as the Goddess of illness and decay.
Ufashwe, a Jagasti, known to the Matile as the God of the wind.
Adwe, a world-spanning serpent that imprisoned the ancient ancestors of the people of Abengoni.
Almovaar, a Fidi deity worshipped by the Almovaads.
PLACESAbengoni, a vast, tropical continent separated from most of the rest of the known world by huge expanses of ocean, including the Sea of Storms.Matile Mala Empire, in times past, the mightiest polity ever known on Abengoni. Now reduced through war and catastrophe to a remnant clinging to its last stronghold on the shores of the Sea of Storms.Khambawe, the Jewel City, capital of the Matile Mala Empire.
Gebbi Senafa, the royal palace of the Matile Emperors in Khambawe.
Gebbi Zimballa, the Old Palace of the Matile Emperors.
Beit-Amiya, the House of the Vessels of the Jagasti, a temple and dwelling place in
Khambawe.
The Maim, an extremely violent, crime-infested slum in Khambawe.
Imbesh, a Matile hinterland territory recently overrun by the Thabas.
Kembana, a rural territory.
Aglada, a city in the Matile Mala Empire.
Gondaba, a city in the Matile Mala Empire.
Ibela, a city in the Matile Mala Empire.
Jimmar, a city in the Matile Mala Empire.
Tesseni, a city in the Matile Mala Empire.
Nangi Kihunu, a devastated territory east of the Matile Mala, inhabited by beasts fearsomely altered by the uncontrolled sorcery of the Storm Wars.
Uloa Islands, also called The Shattered Isles, an archipelago located to the northwest of the continent of Abengoni.
Jayaya, the largest island of the Uloas.
Ompong, the capital city of Jayaya.
Makula, an island of the Uloas.
Omanee, an island of the Uloas.
Akara, a small island off the southwestern coast of Abengoni, not part of the Shattered Isles.
Khumba Khourou, a desert located to the
