Forral



When Forral was young, he was raised by Gerlant... later, he became a soldier... when he first heard of Gerlant`s death, he tried to visit Eilin as soon as possible... and so he came, 8 years after that mysterious accident, and Eilin`s reaction hurt him... but he didn`t leave... his former friend`s daughter needed someone to look after her, and after some fights with Eilin, they finally agreed... years later, he got a high job at the Garrison in Nexus... (which Miathan arranged after Aurian`s illness)... he thought of Aurian as the little girl he left behind, but she had changed... she wasn`t a little girl anymore who played with fireballs, she was a grown-up woman (as he found out *grinning*)... he became one of the 3 people who got big might in Nexus (not counting the mages): Vannor, head of the merchants... Forral, head of the Garrison... and one corrupt guy who was Miathan`s puppet...
when it became clear Aurian and Forral became lovers, Miathan`s hatred grew and grew... and when he was standing against Miathan during a meeting (it was about raising the taxes for the sewer-system), Miathan became so mad that he used the Coldron... (see Anvar in the mages section ) and so the Great Forral died...

Vannor



The leader of the merchant`s guild, he`s got quite some power in the town of Nexus...
He might be in a high position, the way he got there ain`t really a lawful one... he is an ally of the smugglers, what got him his riches... his youngest daughter, Zanna, fancies the leader of the smugglers... his oldest daughter is already married, and, as far as I know, isn`t named in the book... then there`s his son, who`s also with the smugglers at the moment, but he`s still young... too young to do any work...
Vannor was there with Anvar when Forral and Finbar died, and he fled with Anvar and Aurian... when Anvar and Aurian fled Nexus, he asked them to take Sara with them, not knowing his wife was once Anvar`s lover...
He later leads the refugees/rebels, while they are in the valley near Nexus (yes, the one Aurian once lived)... After they arrived there, they had a fight with one of Miathan`s puppets, who became leader of the Garrison after Forral`s death... the soldiers captured the rebels, and they were to be killed, but somehow, the new leader of the Garrison died, as well as the soldiers, who were killed by the trees... what the rebels didn`t know was that this was done by D`arvan and Maya, who couldn`t be seen because of their task... (see D`arvan and Davorshan in the mages section )

Sara



Another one of those other-using-people, the only difference is that Sara is neutral... she`s the daughter of a miller, and Arvan is her former lover (see Anvar in the mages section ) she was once pregnant of Anvar, but he was given away as a slave, and the child was removed from her (dunno how to say it in English, sorry)... something went wrong, and Sara couldn`t get children anymore...
she became Vannor`s wife, and she got used to having slaves around and stuff... she couldn`t really get along with Vannor`s kids, and had fights with Zanna quite often...
after the Nihilim attack, she was taken with Aurian and Anvar, and they got blown by Eliseth`s winds, and reached the southern continents... there, Sara and Anvar became prisinors... Anvar became a slave once again, while Zarah became a queen there.... Aurian was taken a prisinor for using magic, and she was sentenced to fight in an arena... there, she won the first two fights, and was forced to fight Shia (see Shia , in the creatures section ) Sara was watching, and when Aurian fought Shia and they refused to kill each other, Sara was asked to judge what should happen... she did her thumbs down... Aurian and Shia would have been killed, if it wasn`t for Harihn`s interference...

Parric



Parric is another soldier, and he too has got another pretty high job in the Garrison... he`s probably the 3rd in command there, behind Forral and Maya...
after a lot of things have happened, he decides to travel down south to the southern continent, to try and search for Aurian... the ship takes damage, and the crew and captain let them off at the southern continent, but not where they were supposed to be taken... the reason is that they couldn`t stand the Insane Meiriel anymore (see Meiriel, in the mages section ) (note: I`m currentley reading the books again, and i`m in the 2nd part right now... Parric will have a major part agains the Xandim (if I`m not mistaken) later, so I`ll update this later...)

Maya



Second in command at the Garrison (she was the one who would get the job Forral now has, if Forral wouldn`t come to Nexus) she hated Forral and Aurian at first, but they became good friends soon... after Aurian took D`arvan to the Garrison, he and Maya became good friends, and later lovers... she went with D`arvan to the valley, where she teached him a bit about swordplay... after D`arvan called for his dad, the elven king, and had to pay his price, she also had to suffer... she became a unicorn, invisible to everyone (if I`m not mistaken there`s a little joke here... the cafe all soldiers, Aurian, D`arvan and Anvar go to is called the "Invisible Unicorn") and she and D`arvan are the new guardians of the valley... (see D`arvan and Davorshan in the mages section for more info)
When the rebels fight the Soldiers in the Valley, Maya is the one who kills the leader of the soldiers, while the soldiers and the rebels can`t see her... D`arvan is the one who uses the trees to kill the rest of the soldiers)

(note: there are some mortals who don`t play major parts.... these are below...)


Ria: Anvar`s mother, someone used by Miathan once...
Torl: the guy who raised Anvar, someone who helped the rebels, till he was killed by his real son...
Bern: Anvar`s half-brother, Torl and Ria`s son...
Harihn: prince of one of the kingdoms down south, he helped and betrayed Aurian and the rest a few times, and was once being controlled by Miathan
Raaf: Princess of the cloud-riders, she is used by Miathan, who was in Harihn`s body...
Bohan: faithfull servant to Aurian, but can`t speak (he did however scream)