creatures

Angels: also known as Watchers or bene elim, are large winged creatures, human-like in form but whose bodies are made of light not flesh. Angels are ancient beings whose true form is composed of intelligence and feeling. They are able to see and pass through the invisible windows between the worlds.

Gallivespians: a diminutive people whose short stature - no taller than a human's hand span - belies the deadly poisonous sting held in the spurs of their ankles. Because of their exceptionaly smallness, Gallivespians make useful spies, though their haughty behavior would certainly give them away were they larger in size.

Gobblers: a term used for the people responsible for the disapearances of children across the country, the term actually refers to the Oblation Board.

Gyptians: a nomadic group of waterfarers who live on canal boats and travel to Oxford for the spring and autumn fairs.

Mulefa: cattle-like creatures dependant on large round seedpods they use as wheel attachements at the bottoms of their legs. The Mulefa live in communal societies that are very much in touch with the natural world that surrounds them. It is through her contact with the Mulefa that Dr. Mary Malone discovers the Amber Spyglass and uncovers the mystery of the disapperaing sraf (the Mulefa word for Dust). The word Mulefa simply means people.

Panserbjorne: armored bears who live in the northern region of Svalbard. While not ppossessed of daemons, the panserbjorne make special armor that they liken to their own souls.

Specters: phantom-like beings that feed on the consciousness of adults leaving them zombie-like and void forever after. Children are unable to see these hideous creatures.

Tartars: a warlike people who live to the north and are known to perform a scalping operation called trepanning. They sometimes perform this operation on themselves to let in more Dust.

Tualapi: gigantic, white malevolent birds that periodically attack Mulefa settlements destroying buildings and raiding food stores.