Dramatis Personae

In Aven

The Vitelliae:
Aulus Vitellius, a Popularist Senator
Vipsania, his wife, a mage of Water, deceased
Aula Vitellia, their oldest daughter, a widow
Vitellia Secunda, called Latona, their second daughter, a mage of Spirit and Fire
Vitellia Tertia, called Alhena, their third daughter, a mage of Time
Helva, a freedwoman, mage of Time, and Aula’s personal attendant
Merula, a Phrygian slave, Latona’s personal attendant
Mus, a Cantabrian slave, Alhena’s personal attendant

Vibius Sempronius Tarren, a Popularist Senator and a mage of Shadow and Water
Vibia Sempronia, his sister, a mage of Fracture
Taius Mella, her husband
Corvinus, a freedman, mage of Water, and Sempronius’s steward
Djadi, an Abydosian slave, Sempronius’s household clerk

Galerius Orator, a moderate Senator
Marcia Tullia, his wife, a mage of Air
Lucius Galerius, their son, a mage of Air

Marcus Autronius, a Senator and a mage of Earth
Autronius Felix, his younger brother
Gnaeus Autronius and Dula Spurinna, their parents

Vatinius Obir, client to Sempronius, head of the Esquiline Collegium
Vatinius Nisso, his brother

Numerius Herennius, Latona’s husband
Aemilia Fullia, High Priestess of Juno
Ama Rubellia, High Priestess of Venus, friend to Latona
Quinta Terentia, a Vestal Virgin, a mage of Light
Terentilla, her sister, a mage of Earth
Maia Domitia, friend to Aula
Crispinia and Crispinilla, friends of the Vitelliae
Publius Rufilius and Proculus Crispinius, friends to Felix
Rufilius Albinicus and Aufidus Strato, famous generals

The Optimates:
Lucretius Rabirus, a Senator
Young Lucretius, his son
Arrius Buteo, a Senator
Licinius Cornicen, a Senator
Decius Gratianus, a Senator
Pinarius Scaeva, a Priest of Janus
In Iberia

Gaius Vitellius, a military tribune, son to Aulus Vitellius and brother to Aula, Latona, and Alhena
Titus Mennenius, a military tribune
Calix, a centurion

Ekialde, chieftain of the Lusetani
Neitin, his wife
Bailar, a magic-man, Ekialde’s uncle
Otiger, a magic-man, Neitin’s uncle

Bartasco, chieftain of the Arevaci
Hanath, his wife, a Numidian warrior