general for Gavin during the False Prism’s war. He was thrice bested by smaller forces commanded by Corvan Danavis.
Sadah Superviolet: The Parian representative, a superviolet drafter, often the swing vote on the Spectrum.
Samite: One of Karris’s best friends. She is a Blackguard and a bodyguard for Kip, and one of the strongest female Blackguards.
Sanson: A village boy from Rekton.
Satrap of Atash: See Aravind, Lord.
Sayeh, Meena: Cousin to Samila Sayeh. She was just seven years old when she was killed in Gad Delmarta’s purge of the royal family at Ru.
Sayeh, Samila: A blue drafter for Gavin’s army. She fought in the defense of Garriston under Gavin Guile.
Selene, Lady: A Tyrean blue/green bichrome. She is in charge of the greens in Garriston so that they can dredge the key irrigation canals.
Sendinas, the: A Rekton family.
Shadowblinder, Karris: Lucidonius’s wife and later widow. She was the second Prism. See also Atiriel, Karris.
Sharp, Master: One of Andross Guile’s agents. He wears a necklace of human teeth.
Shayam, Lord: One of the lords of the air, set to oversee redistribution of the city of Garriston by the Color Prince.
Shimmercloak, Gebalyn: Vox Shimmercloak’s former partner. She seems to have died in a fire while on an assignment.
Shimmercloak, Niah: An assassin. She is the partner of Vox and a lightsplitter.
Shimmercloak, Vox: A green drafter and assassin. He was kicked out of the Chromeria at thirteen; he worships Atirat.
Shining Spear: Originally called El-Anat. Once he converted to the Light, he became Forushalzmarish, then Shining Spear so the locals could pronounce it.
Siluz, Rea: Fourth undersecretary of the Chromeria library and a weak yellow drafter. She knows Janus Borig and directs Kip to meet her.
Small Bear: A huge archer with just one eye. He served Zee Oakenshield.
Spear: A commander of the Blackguards when Gavin first became Prism.
Spreading Oak, Alexander: The Prism before Gavin. Likely a poppy addict, he spent most of his time hiding in his apartments.
Stump: A Parian Blackguard.
Sworrins, the: A Rekton family.
Tala: A drafter and warrior in the False Prism’s War. She was also a defender of Garriston. Her grandson is Aheyyad Brightwater, and her sister is Tayri.
Tala (the Younger): A yellow/green bichrome. Named after the hero of the False Prism’s War, she is an excellent drafter, though not yet an excellent fighter.
Talim, Sayid: A former Prism. He nearly got himself named promachos to face the nonexistent armada he claimed waited beyond the gates, forty-seven years ago.
Tamerah: A Blackguard scrub, a blue monochrome.
Tana: A Blackguard legacy, a scrub.
Tanner: A Blackguard scrub.
Tarkian: A polychrome drafter.
Tayri: A Parian drafter and defender of Garriston. Her sister is Tala.
Tazerwalt: A princess of the Tlaglanu tribe of Paria. She married Hanishu, the dey of Aghbalu.
Temnos, Dalos the Younger: A drafter who fought in both the False Prism’s War and the defense of Garriston under Gavin Guile.
Tempus: A Blackguard put in charge of greens during the battle at Ruic Head.
Tep, Usef: A drafter who fought in the False Prism’s War. He is also known as the Purple Bear, because he is a discontiguous bichrome in red and blue. After the war, he and Samila Sayeh became lovers, despite having fought on opposite sides.
Third Eye, the: A Seer, the leader of Seers Island.
Tiziri: A student at the Chromeria. She has a birthmark over the left half of her face.
Tizrik: The son of the dey of Aghbalu. He fails the Blackguard testing, though not before Kip breaks his nose for being a bully.
Tlatig: One of the Blackguard’s most skilled archers.
Tolver, Jia: The Yellow on the Spectrum. An Abornean drafter, she is a cousin of Arys Greenveil (the Sub-red).
Tremblefist: A Blackguard. He is Ironfist’s younger brother, and was once the dey of Aghbalu.
Tristaem: The author of On the Fundaments of Reason .
Tufayyur: A Blackguard scrub.
Tugertent: One of