Wonderful
– his long-suffering Second.
Whirrun of Bligh
– a famous hero from the utmost North, who wields the Father of Swords. Also called Cracknut, on account of his nut being cracked.
Jolly Yon Cumber, Brack-i-Dayn, Scorry Tiptoe, Agrick, Athroc
and
Drofd
– other members of Craw’s dozen.
Scale’s Men
Scale
– Bethod’s eldest son, now the least powerful of Dow’s five War Chiefs, strong as a bull, brave as a bull, and with a bull’s brain too.
Pale-as-Snow
– once one of Bethod’s War Chiefs, now Scale’s Second.
White-Eye Hansul
– a Named Man with a blind eye, once Bethod’s herald.
‘Prince’ Calder
– Bethod’s younger son, an infamous coward and schemer, temporarily exiled for suggesting peace.
Seff
– his pregnant wife, the daughter of Caul Reachey.
Deep
and
Shallow
– a pair of killers, watching over Calder in the hope of riches.
Caul Reachey’s Men
Caul Reachey
– one of Dow’s five War Chiefs, an elderly warrior, famously honourable, father to Seff, father-in-law to Calder.
Brydian Flood
– a Named Man formerly a member of Craw’s dozen.
Beck
– a young farmer craving glory on the battlefield, the son of Shama Heartless.
Reft, Colving, Stodder
and
Brait
– other young lads pressed into service with Beck.
Glama Golden’s Men
Glama Golden
– one of Dow’s five War Chiefs, intolerably vain, locked in a feud with Cairm Ironhead.
Sutt Brittle
– a famously greedy Named Man.
Lightsleep
– a Carl in Golden’s employ.
Cairm Ironhead’s Men
Cairm Ironhead
– one of Dow’s five War Chiefs, notoriously stubborn, locked in a feud with Glama Golden.
Curly
– a stout-hearted scout.
Irig
– an ill-tempered axeman.
Temper
– a foul-mouthed bowman.
Others
Brodd Tenways
– the most loyal of Dow’s five War Chiefs, ugly as incest.
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