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CAST OF CHARACTERS

These character descriptions reflect each person's status at the beginning of Sirens Unbound. No spoilers here :)

The Bant Family

Mira Bant de Atlantic

 An active siren, author of Sirens: An Overview for the Newly-Transitioned

Jack Bant

Mira’s husband, deceased

Mary Bant Arnold

Mira’s eldest child, a latent siren, married to Mike Arnold, mother of John and Alicia

Thomas Bant de Atlantic

Mira’s son, an active siren, progenitor of Kevin and Jason

Dr. Amy Elizabeth Bant

Mira’s middle daughter, a latent siren

Courtier Cordelia Bant de Atlantic

Mira’s youngest daughter, an active siren; member of the Atlantic High Court

The Atlantics (Active Sirens)

Vassals

High Court

High Court

  • The Atlantea - Queen of the Atlantics, neé Sisi
  • Jarl Georg de Atlantic - Ruler of the Northern Atlantic satellite court; past contender for the Atlantic throne

High Court

High Court

High Court

  • Courtier Zale de Atlantic -Atlantea’s right hand
  • Courtier Louisa de Atlantic - Commander of the Armies
  • Courtier Vincent de Atlantic - Guardian of the Fae
  • Courtier Marisol de Atlantic - Mira’s progenitor
  • Courtier Isioma de Atlantic - an older, respected siren
  • Courtier Daan de Atlantic - a younger siren known for his intelligence

Military

High Court

Military

  • Strategos Devin de Atlantic - A warrior-spy, sworn to Atlantea’s service
  • Susan de Atlantic - Devin’s right hand, and member of his Enomotia (or Sacred Band)
  • Jason de Atlantic - Thomas’s genetic son; a guard stationed on Ascension Island

Other Oceans (Active Sirens)

Arctics

Mediterraneans

Mediterraneans

  

  • The Arktisa - Queen of the Arctics; neé Lea

Mediterraneans

Mediterraneans

Mediterraneans

  

  • Queen Sophia - Queen of the Mediterraneans

Indians

Pacifics

Pacifics

  

  • Raj Varuna - King of the Indians
  • Rahul de Indian - A young siren male
  • Shravya de Indian - Raj Varuna’s offspring

Pacifics

Pacifics

Pacifics

  

  • Kōkai-Heika - King of the Pacifics
  • Bo-Long de Pacific - Pacific envoy to Australia
  • Kevin de Pacific - Thomas’s genetic son
  • Liu Yang de Pacific - Bo-Long’s offspring; mother to Kevin’s unborn child

The Taiga Fae (aka The Original Fae)

Num

Seelie lord of the Taiga; brother of Nga

Nga

The seelie Lord of the Underworld; brother of Num, known for his wild parties 

Ares

The seelie Lord of War

Oksana

A halfling (part fae whose fae nature is strong enough to enable the changeling to live among the fae); cousin to Ares; espoused to the Australian Cabalist Dahlia

The Aos Sí (Fae)

Titania

Seelie queen of the Aos Sí; mother of Morgan Le Fay; Oberon’s widow 

Oberon

A seelie man; Titania’s consort; deceased

Angus mac Og

The seelie Lord of Youth and Beauty

The Shawnee Preserve (Fae)

Seelie Court

Seelie Court

Seelie Court

  • Lord Garuda - A seelie lord; former general in Nga's army
  • Dionysus - A man in Garuda's court; Garuda's consort
  • Cybele - A woman in Garuda's court
  • Flora - A woman in Garuda's court

Others

Seelie Court

Seelie Court

  • Kresimir - A frog prince
  • Julia - A were-jaguar
  • Essen - A vila man
  • Era - A vila woman
  • Ilma - A young vila woman
  • Boreas - The elemental faerie known as The North Wind

Fae Residing Along the Potomac River

Velka

A bolotnik woman

Räme

A bolotnik man

Eliphas

A nõiamoor man

The Blue Hills Preserve

Fae

Werewolf Pack

Werewolf Pack

  • Belutha - A moss woman
  • Ludmilla - A leshy woman
  • Olvin - A leshy man
  • Grûen - A moss man
  • Elia - a moss woman

Werewolf Pack

Werewolf Pack

Werewolf Pack

  • Haly'a - Packleader, father of Nimchuk
  • Nimchuk - Son of Haly'a, leader of the Honor Guard
  • Havik - Nimchuk's second
  • Becky - A female member of the Honor Guard
  • Matt - A male member of the Honor Guard
  • Izzy - A female member of the Honor Guard
  • David - A male member of the Honor Guard
  • Colin - A male member of the Honor Guard

Boston, MA (Mundanes)

Dr. Eli Eisner

Chair, Harvard Medical School Department of Neurology, and Director of the Harvard Magical-Neurology Research Lab 

Dr. Arnold Tucker (Arnie)

Neurosurgeon at the Harvard Magical-Neurology Research Lab; former member of the Gehard Hass surgical team 

Dr. Graham Litner

Neurosurgeon at the Harvard Magical-Neurology Research Lab; Amy’s protégé, husband to Sheila

Gillian

Office Manager at the Harvard Magical-Neurology Research Lab 

Washington D.C. Area

Key Players

DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Mundanes)

DoD: Department of Defense (Mundanes)

  • Mike Arnold - Truth-teller changeling; Mary’s husband, father of Alicia and John
  • Roger Godfrey - Newly-appointed ambassador to Arabia

DoD: Department of Defense (Mundanes)

DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Mundanes)

DoD: Department of Defense (Mundanes)

  • Major General Hayden - U.S. Army general responsible for the Middle East, including Project Hurricane, the U.S.-Danjou joint venture to enhance military capabilities against Arabian magick
  • Colonel Cox - Air Force colonel overseeing Project Hurricane
  • Lieutenant Steve Allen - Member of General Hayden’s staff

DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Mundanes)

DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Mundanes)

DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Mundanes)

  • Stephen Villar, Ph.D. - Director of DARPA, Retired Army captain and a mechanical engineer
  • Commander Dan Thompson - Naval surgeon responsible for Project Hathor, a collaboration between the Pentagon and the Danjou Enclave to develop the medical procedure sought by the Arabs

Brazilians

Kyoko Almeida de Brazil

A Class Four mage; the first breaker-mage born since the First Mage War; formerly apprenticed to Gerel  

Gerel ni Gobi

Vampire Ruler of Rio de Janeiro; former Class Five mage; Kyoko’s master and one of Chía’s first mage-sacrifices 

Marcia Santos

Thomas’s mundane business partner

Kadu

Son of the Bahian Were-Jaguar clan matriarch; Thomas's friend

Ana

Member of the Bahian Were-Jaguar clans

The Danjou Enclave (Mages)

Hesperia, CA

Lancaster, CA

Lancaster, CA

  • Ted (Theodore) Riccie - Class Five via-enchanter assigned to Project Hathor
  • Jonah Eris - Class Three mage; Mira’s spy at the Danjou Enclave
  • Elder Simon Riccie - Class Five battlemage; head of the Riccie Clan; Elder Rachael’s husband, Barry’s father
  • Elder Rachael Riccie - Class Five binder mage; Elder Simon’s wife, Barry’s mother, Ted’s aunt
  • Barry Riccie - aka “Patient B”; Simon Riccie’s mundane son
  • Elder Tyrone Eris - Class Five mage; head of the Eris Clan; Jonah’s boss
  • Giselle Eris - Jonah’s sister; Ted’s former apprentice
  • Elder Hilda Lefran - Class Five mage, Danjou made responsible for Project Hurricane 

Lancaster, CA

Lancaster, CA

Lancaster, CA

  • Theresa Eris - Class Five enchanter; senior member of the Danjou Industries Research & Development Center, Jonah’s mother
  • Peter Lefran - Class Five enchanter; senior member of the Danjou Industries Research & Development Center
  • Lucy Milton - Class Four enchanter; member of the Danjou Industries Research & Development Center
  • Jane Riccie - Class Three mage; member of the Danjou Industries Research & Development Center

Arabians (Mages)

Amir Khalid ibn Hawwa Al Saaqib

aka The Djinn Dictator; Lone Power; Ruler of Arabia; Loujain's brother

Amira Loujain bint Hawwa Al Saaqib

Former Class Five battle mage; Khalid’s younger sister who lost her mage-sight in the 1990s

Australian Cabalists (Mages)

Territorial Rulers

Territorial Rulers

Territorial Rulers

  • Cabalist Eloise ric Western - Class Five battlemage
  • Cabalist George ric New South Wales - Class Five enchanter; Ava’s husband
  • Cabalist Trevor ric Victoria - Class Five mage
  • Cabalist Beatrice ric Tasmania - Class Five mage
  • Cabalist Cobar ric Southern - Class Five mage
  • Cabalist Dahlia ric Northern - Class Five battlemage; Oksana’s consort
  • Cabalist Charlotte ric Queensland - aka “The Butcher of Burgundy;” former Class Five battlemage; now suffering from dementia

Others

Territorial Rulers

Territorial Rulers

  • Protector Alice de Western - Class Five battlemage; Protector of the Western Territory
  • Protector Marcion de New South Wales - Class Five battlemage; Protector of New South Wales
  • Ava de New South Wales - Class Five prognosticator; Cabalist George’s wife
  • Minister Juliana de Western - Class Five battlemage; Australian Minister of War, aka Minister of Death, aka Minister of Defense
  • Professor Wanda de Queensland - Class Four binder mage; Australian expert on magical bindings and professor at the University of Queensland
  • Senior Pilot Linda ric New South Wales - Mundane carpet pilot; member of George’s staff

Historical Figures

Ra

Aphrodite

Aphrodite

 Egyptian mage who developed the first construct spell during the Second Mage War, resulting in the creation of the sphinxes (now extinct)

Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Aphrodite

European via-enchanter who constructed the sirens for the purpose of preserving the fae from the ravages of the Iron Age. Fueled the spell with the power of both her own self-sacrifice as well as that of the seven sea nymphs

Chía

Aphrodite

Morgan le Fay

American mage who fought off the Asian clans during the Fourth Mage War. Used human (mage) sacrifice to fuel the spell that constructed the were-jaguars and werewolves, resulting in the creation of vampires 

Morgan le Fay

Ama de Atlantic

Morgan le Fay

 Mage changeling who led the Aos Sí during the Third Mage War; suicided to cast a blood-geas that bound all sirens (active and latent) in a confoundment-spell, which renders active sirens incapable of telling latents about sirens, and latent sirens incapable of even hearing the word, “siren” 

Ama de Atlantic

Ama de Atlantic

Ama de Atlantic

 False contender for the Atlantic throne; fought against the current Atlantea in the Atlantic War of Succession; deceased 

Gerhard Hass

Ama de Atlantic

Ama de Atlantic

Austrian mage sent to spy on Arabia; caught and blinded by Amir Khalid, escaped, but died during the surgery to repair his vision 

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