1Allies

Aly - main character

Dove - 12 year old Balitang great friend of Aly's

Sairai - 17 year old Balitang great friend of Aly's

Winnamine - Duchess and mother of the Balitang children (not Sairai and Dove)

Maquen - Duke and father of all of the Balitang children

Elsren - Winnamine's second child and sole son of Maquen

Petranna - Winnamine's first child

Nawat - a crow that turned into a human because of his love and curiosity of Aly. He is a great fighter and a funny, lovable character

Chenaol - head cook for the Balitangs as well as a leader in the conspiracy

Fesgao - a man-at-arms for the Balitangs and a leader in the conspiracy

Junai - bodyguard to Aly and then to Dove and Sairai

Kyprioth - trickster god of the Copper Isles as well os the god of the Raka

Lokeij - hostler for the Balitangs and a leader in the conspiracy (is very old)

Ochobu - the lauren-hating Balitang mage that is Junai's grandmother and Ulasim's mother

Pembery - maid to the Balitangs

Rahini - Raka healer

Ulasim - head footman to the balitangs and a leader in the conspiracy

Allanna the Lioness - Aly's famous knight mother

George Cooper - Aly's father and Tortall's official spymaster

Enemies

Brunau - brother to the unofficial prince of the Copper Isles

Oron - king until he died, he exiled the Balitangs