AT QUEENSGRACE
| Aeldra of Queensgrace | countess, wife to Dewin, Sabine’s |
| cousin | |
| Baylisa of Disart | lady-in-waiting |
| Dewin of Queensgrace | count |
| Elyot of Aspen Vale | master mage, educated in Carthak |
| Graeme of Aspen Vale | baron, Elyot’s older brother |
| Fay | talkative baker |
| Fess | very old dust spinner |
| Iris | talkative baker |
| Lewyth of Disart | lady-in-waiting |
| Linnet Beck | six-year-old slave |
| Niccols | castle steward |
| Parris Eckard | silk merchant |
| Rosewyn | noblewoman |
| Wyttabyrd | lady-in-waiting |