Protagonist and allies:
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Violant of Avallach
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Protagonist and returner. In her previous lifetime the wife of Gervase who got used and betrayed by him.
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Malford
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Violant’s loyal personal butler. Despite him appearing like a twelve years old boy, he is in fact a powerful elder vampire.
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Millicent
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A silky. One of Violant’s personal maids.
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Abigail
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One of Violant’s personal maids. A chatterbox.
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Huwcyn
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A ceffyl dwr. Violant’s mount who she calls Huw.
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Alarun
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A schrat. Violant’s peerless healer and wise friend.
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Hraban
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A night-raven. Serves as the wild hunt’s envoy to Violant.
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Arinnefja
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A troll. A genius inventor and strategist who played a major part in the great troll uprising in Violant’s past lifetime, albeit unwillingly. In this timeline she puts her talents into service for Violant. Called Nefja by Violant.
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Hrimnir
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A white giant wolf. Arinnefja’s mount and important family.
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Eibhlin
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An elf. Violant’s magic tutor who originally unsuccessfully ran a magic shop business in Avallach town.
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Cuilennain
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An each-sith. Eibhlin’s mount. Infatuated with her.
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Banadietrich von Hackelberg
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The nachtj?ger, leader of the wild hunt. Violant’s loyal retainer.
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Rambold
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A wild huntsman, sent to Violant as a henchman by Banadietrich.
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Waldolf
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A headless wild huntsman, sent to Violant as a henchman by Banadietrich.
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Margravial house of Avallach and retainers:
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Orderic of Avallach
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Current margrave. Uncle and foster father of Violant.
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Annota of Nussex
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Orderic’s late wife, mother of Parcie and Mortimer.
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Evelyn of Avallach
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Orderic’s late sister, mother of Violant.
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Parcie of Avallach
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Orderic’s older son. A musclehead. Prince Wynkin’s tutor in martial arts.
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Mortimer of Avallach
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Orderic’s younger son. Rather scholarly, designated heir of the margraviate.
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Hanarr Filason
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A dwarf. The margrave’s exclusive smith in Avallach. A grumpy but capable fellow.
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Augustine
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The old librarian of Avallach Castle and one of Violant’s tutors. A scholar deeply interested in the other march.
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Lady Alse
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Violant’s governess and her teacher for courtly standards and practices. Finds other employment after her student’s coming of age.
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Lawrence
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The impeccable head butler of Avallach Castle.
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Andrew
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Mortimer’s personal butler and also a capable coachman.
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Doctor Wace
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The healer of Avallach Castle responsible for the sickbay.
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Ottiwell
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Doctor Wace’s assistant.
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Sir Thopas
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Knight commander of Avallach’s garrison.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.
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Cecily
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The daughter of Sir Thopas.
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Edric-Wynkin faction:
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Wynkin of Yteland
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8<sup>th</sup> son of King Baldwin. A sickly boy contracting berserk syndrome. Rather two-faced, with a masklike childish personality and a hidden cold and cunning personality.
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Dryp
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A fairy. Wynkin’s companion who knows of his true nature.
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Edric of Yteland
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2<sup>nd</sup> son of King Baldwin. A scholarly recluse interested in the kingdom’s welfare.
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Mafalda Lictorini of Giudena
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Concubine of King Baldwin and mother of Edric. Originally from the merchant republic of Giudena.
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Berengaria of Ealdon
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Queen and main wife of King Baldwin. Mother of Mabel and Wynkin. Dotes on Wynkin.
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Mabel of Yteland
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King Baldwin’s eldest child and only daughter. Married to the chief minister. Dotes on Wynkin.
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Jocelyn of Sulia
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Chief minister and Mabel’s husband.
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Sybil of Sulia
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Jocelyn’s sister. A somewhat sickly but modest and graceful woman. Deeply in love with Mortimer whom she later marries.
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Adelaide of Sulia
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Current duchess and head of the family. Mother of Jocelyn and Sybil. Very protective of her daughter.
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Petronella of Sulia
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Mabel’s and Jocelyn’s eldest child. Pet named Nelly.
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Adelard of Sulia
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Mabel’s and Jocelyn’s second child. Jocenlyn’s future successor.
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Gervase faction:
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Gervase of Yteland
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3<sup>rd</sup> son of King Baldwin. Aims for the throne. In his previous lifetime the husband of Violant who used her to become king but then discarded her
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Salome of Serpantine
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Concubine of King Baldwin and mother of Gervase. A schemer without equal.
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Marquis Serpantine
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Salome’s father and Gervase’s grandfather.
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Felicity of Marchester
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From a marquis house. In Violant’s previous life Gervase’s concubine and later Queen.
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Tancred of Marchester
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Felicity’s younger brother. Shamed Violant after her downfall in her previous life.
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Marquis Marchester
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Father of three children: Felicity, Tancred, and their elder brother.
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Royal family:
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Baldwin of Yteland
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King of Yteland and father of the eight princes.
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Rowland of Yteland
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1<sup>st</sup> son of King Baldwin. Fell on the battlefield two years prior to the beginning of the story.
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Rosamund of Doocaster
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Late concubine of King Baldwin and mother of Rowland. Cousin of Adelaide of Sulia. Friends with both Queen Berengaria and Duchess Adelaide.
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Hal of Yteland
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4<sup>th</sup> son of King Baldwin. The kingdom’s best jousting knight. Jarm’s twin. Aims for the throne.
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Jarm of Yteland
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5<sup>th</sup> son of King Baldwin. Hal’s twin. Captain of the royal knight order. Aims for the throne.
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Humphrey of Yteland
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6<sup>th</sup> son of King Baldwin. Aims for the throne.
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Janet of Linkan
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Concubine of King Baldwin and mother of Humphrey. Twin sister of Ethel and aunt of Fulk. A wallflower.
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Fulk of Yteland
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7<sup>th</sup> son of King Baldwin. Aims for the throne.
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Ethel of Linkan
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Concubine of King Baldwin and mother of Fulk. Twin sister of Janet and aunt of Humphrey. A wallflower.
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Nobles:
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Euphemia of Nussex
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Violant’s obnoxious cousin from her late aunt’s side of the family. Sees Violant unilaterally as a rival in vying for Mortimer’s affection but fails to realize that she is completely disliked by him.
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Barnabas of Nussex
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Orderic’s brother-in-law and Euphemia’s father. A marquis.
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Georgina of Herinald
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Euphemia’s mother and Barnabas’s wife, daughter of court nobles from the capital.
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Alphege of Wuldington
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An old friend of Orderic. A count. Often requests help in dealing with supernatural events. Called Uncle Ally by Violant.
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Mildred of Oakbury
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Count Alphege’s wife. A charitable person. Called Aunt Milly by Violant.
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Hubert of Wuldington
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Count Alphege’s only son and designated heir. Taciturn vice-captain of the royal knight order.
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Count Linkan
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Grandfather of the princes Humphrey and Fulk.
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Others from Yteland and the other march:
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Ipos
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Demon, infernal earl and prince. Violant’s biological father. Helped her to return to the past.
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Mansie
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A hideous warlock and the culprit behind the great troll uprising in Violant’s previous lifetime.
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Dougald
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A vicious and belligerent redcap. Twin of Donnell and friend of Arinnefja.
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Donnell
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A vicious and belligerent redcap. Twin of Dougald and friend of Arinnefja.
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Heardred
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The kingdom’s mythical founder king, a berserk who was able to keep his sanity. A friend of Alarun.
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?scwine of Avallach
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The founder of the margravial house, best known for slaying a cockatrice.
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Mérovie:
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Médard de Crêtou
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Duke and a dreaded warrior. Chief commander of the Mérovian army.
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Amaury de Mérovie
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King of Mérovie.
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The Grand Duchy:
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Svyatoslav the Great
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The grand duke and chief commander of the grand duchy’s army. A dreaded warrior.
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Dobromysl
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Svyatoslav’s ambitious uncle, leader of the quelled coup d’état who got executed for his participation.
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Skarbimir the Gentle
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The previous grand duke and Svyatoslav’s late father. A peace-loving ruler.
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Giudena
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Dottorena Lictorini
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Head merchant of Giudena, Mafalda’s younger sister.
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Martuccio Lictorini
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Once head merchant of the merchant republic Guidena. Mafalda’s and Dottorena’s father.
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Lionetto
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Secretary of the merchant council of Giudena.
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The Empire:
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Myrtis Porphyrina
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Edric’s fiancée. The niece of the empire’s current emperor. Originally the empire’s leading female scholar, later continuing her research in Yteland.
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Artostre
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A panotian. Myrtis’s old and trusty nurse.
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Stylianos Porphyrios
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The late emperor and Myrtis’s father.
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Gennadios Porphyrios
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Current emperor and Myrtis’s uncle. Younger brother of Stylianos.
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Euphrasios
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A bishop from the empire. Myrtis’s mentor and kind of a father figure for her.
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