Sword in the Storm/Characters

This is a list of all characters appearing in the novel Sword in the Storm.
Major characters are marked in bold.
Characters that are only mentioned and never depicted appear in italics.
==Humans==
=== Keltoi ===
==== Rigante ====
===== Three Streams =====
* Arbonacast, Ruathain's chief herdsman
* Arian, daughter of Nanncumal, love interest of Connavar
* Banouin the Young, son of Vorna and Banouin the Foreigner
* Baria, daughter of Nanncumal, dies in infancy
* Bendegit Bran, younger son of Ruathain and Meria
* Borga the Baker, husband of Pelain
* Braefar, eldest son of Ruathain and Meria
* Cassia, an earth maiden
* Casta, herdsman working for Ruathain, later husband of Arian
* Cerif, father of Meria
* Connavar, son of Varaconn and Meria, leader of the Rigante
* Eanor, crofter
* Eriatha, earth maiden and friend of Connavar and Meria
* Galanis, Baris, and Gethenan
* Gariapha, metalworker
* Govannan, son of Nanncumal, rival and later friend of Connavar
* Gwydia, daughter of Nanncumal, love interest of Braefar, later wife of Fiallach
* Meria, his wife (widow of Varaconn and mother of Connavar)
* Nanncumal the smith
* Pallae, mother of Ruathain
* Pelain, cousin of Meria and tavern owner
* Riamfada, crippled son of Gariapha, metalworker and friend of Connavar
* Ruathain, First Swordsman of the Rigante, stepfather of Connavar
* Vorna, village witch and midwife
* Wiocca, wife of Gariapha and mother of Riamfada
===== Old Oaks =====
* Leia, deceased wife of Maccus
* the Long Laird
* Maccus, First Counsel to the Laird
* Brother Solstice, druid
===== Seven Willows =====
* Dara, Phaeton's housekeeper
* Farrar
* Fiallach, chief adviser to Llysona, Tae's suitor
* Garon
* Legat, cousin of Tae, horse breeder
* Lady Llysona, wife of the Long Laird
* Oras
* Phaeton, merchant, traitor
* Tae, daughter of the Long Laird, wife of Connavar
===== Other Rigante =====
* Arna, one-eyed chieftain
* Calasain, ferryman
* Calavanus, great hero
* Elagareth, legendary vanquisher of the Ugly Folk
* Gallis the Cruel, last king of the Rigante
* Lycus, mine governor
* Sanepta, wife of Calasain
* Senecal, son of Calasain, thief
==== Pannones ====
* Alar, Fisher Laird's son
* Ferol, thief and murderer
* the Fisher Laird, Lord of the Pannones
* the Highland Laird, successor to the Fisher Laird
* Maggria, seer
* Roca, Ferol's cousin and accomplice
* Vor, the Fisher Laird's son
==== Gath ====
* Arix, Ostaran's brother and second in command
* Camoe, village leader
* Daran, one of Ostaran's men
* Ostaran, Gath chieftain who sides with the Stone army
==== Perdii ====
* Alea, former king
* Alinae, wife of Alea
* Arakar, son of Carac
* Bek
* Carac, king, brother and usurper of Alea
* Diatka, merchant
==== Ostro ====
* Lexac
==== Rodessi ====
* Parax the hunter
==== Other Keltoi (tribe unknown) ====
* Garshon, merchant and senior councillor of Goriasa
* Tudri
=== Stone ===
* Appius, Stone general
* Banouin, former Stone general; travelling merchant and friend of Connavar
* Barus, junior officer under Appius
* Jasaray, commander of the Stone army
* Palia, wife of Appius
* Sobius, former general
* Valanus, Stone officer who befriends Connavar
=== Vars ===
* Arald, Vars king
* Jarik, Shard's brother
* Kidrik, one of Shard's raiders
* Shard, Vars prince
==Spirits and deities==
*Daan, Keltoi deity
*Gianis, Blood God worshipped by the Gath
*the Great Mother, Keltoi deity, source of earth magic
*the Seidh
**Bean-Nighe
**Bean-Si
**the Morrigu, goddess of death and mischief
**the Thagda, the Old Man of the Forest
*Taranis, Keltoi deity
*Wotan, Vars deity
==Animals==
*Bannioa, breeding cow owned by Ruathain
*a black bear which attacks the young Connavar and his friends
*Caval, black war hound, pet of Connavar's family
*Dark Blade, white colt
*Mentha, aging black bull owned by Ruathain