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