Till We Have Faces

Characters

Royalty

  • Trom: King of Glome
  • Orual: oldest daughter of Trom
    • Maia: Psyche's Greek nickname for Orual (μαῖα, Greek for "foster-mother")
  • Redival: second daughter of Trom
  • Istra: youngest daughter of Trom, half-sister of Orual and Redival
    • Psyche: Orual's Greek nickname for Istra
  • Trunia: prince of the neighbouring country of Phars, marries Redival
  • Daaran: son of Trunia and Redival, nephew and heir of Orual
  • Argan: another prince of Phars, defeated by Orual.

Other people

  • Batta: nurse to the sisters
  • Fox (Lysias): Greek slave who acts as tutor and counsellor, a follower of Stoicism
  • Poobi: faithful maid of Orual
  • Alit: daughter of Poobi
  • Tarin: soldier who is castrated
  • Bardia: trusted soldier
  • Ansit: wife of Bardia
  • Ilerdia: son of Bardia
  • Gram: a soldier
  • Penuan: noble of Glome
  • Arnom: Second Priest of Ungit

Gods

  • Ungit: goddess of Glome, equivalent to Aphrodite/Venus
  • God of the Grey Mountain: son of Ungit, equivalent to Eros/Cupid
  • Talapal: name for Ungit in Essur
  • Ialim: son of Talapal, equivalent to Eros/Cupid

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