Agwaine :- Son of Calder and the main perpentrater against Cormac taunting him into a fight which then leads to the slaying of Comac's friend Grysstha. He is later a messenger of wotan to Uther.
Alftruda :- Agwaines sister who puts Cormac into a compromising situation which leads to the hunting of Cormac and the slaying of Grysstha.
Anduine :- Known as the "life giver" she is to be one of wotans brides but is rescued by Cotta and Revelation. She is also a blind seeress who loves Cormac.
Cormac Daemonson :- Brought up as an outcast by Grysstha he is in fact the son of Uther and Laitha. Later he is taught by Culain to be a swordsman and discovers that Revelation is in fact his mothers secret lover who leapt from the cliff with Laitha so many years previously leaving him to be brought up as an outcast. He resents Culain for this. Later learning of Anduine's he marches into the void to rescue her soul from Wotan and rescues his father into the bargin.
Culain Lach Feragh :- Culain the Immortal, Ares, Apollo, Revelation, Lancelot, Cunobellin (king of the Trinovantes) the original Brittanorum Rex (the King of all Britain), Aeneas (the man who killed Achilles.) Lance Lord, Lancelot. Due to his immortality and magic source Culain has held many identities throughout his long life, now chosing to age as a normal mortal and accept each grey hair as a gift. He now seeks oblivion but fights against Molech (who he had fought before and slain) teaching Cormac how to fight in order to protect Anduine.
Gilgamesh :- The son of Goroien and Culain who now resides with Goroien in the void. He aids Cormac to defeat Molech along with Goroein and her legions at his mothers request and then takes over as the ferryman to return Cormac and Uther to the world of the living.
Goroien :- The Witch Queen, Athena, Freya. Now exists in the void. Agrees to aid Cormac in defeating Molech so she can return to the world of the living. At the end she is reunited with Culain.
Grysstha :- The one handed guardian of Cormac who is slain by villagers hunting Cormac.
Gwalchmai :- A Cantii warrior who is also known as Kingfriend to Uther. With Uther in what appears to be a deathlike state he fights to keep the land for Uther until Culain can return the king
Laitha :- Uthers love also know as Gian Avur, Fawn of the Forest and now know as Morgana of the Isle. It is she who took Culain to be her lover when Uther rejected her driving the two of them together. She is Cormacs mother who initially disregards his being and is told by Galead to repeat the instructions of Pendarric. When she realises that Uther sent the sword to his true love she breaks back into the maid she once was no longer the bitter witch that she had become.
Maedhlyn :- Due to his own stupidity he now resides in the void attempting to regain his body from Molech he is defeated again when Goroein orders the skull to be destroyed.
Oleg Hammerhand :- Father of Rhiannon and rescued by Cormac when they became lost in the snow. He feels that he owes Cormac a debt so he holds the causeway to the isle of mist with Culain to prevent its capture until the Ninth Legion appear. His daughter betrays them by telling wotan where to find them and when Anduine is slain Molech uses Rhiannon's body to replace Anduines and reshapes it for her appearance consigning Rhiannon to the void in Anduines place.
Pendarric :- The Atlantean king who appears to Galead in vision and gives him the message to give to Laitha.
Prasamaccus :- Uthers friend and confident who aided him for all his life after the battle against the witch queen (see Ghost King)
Ursus :- Once formerly the blond haired prince of the House of Merovee over the water he becomes Galead when his family is slain. He is given a message by Pendarric to give to Laitha and is the figure who banishes the Sipstrassi from the known world when the comet passes overhead. Later when offered the chance to change back to Ursus he refuses liking who he had become.
Victorinus :- King Friend to Uther who is slain by Molech. He aids Cormac in the void in order to return Uther back to the living.
Wotan :- A mist warrior gone bad. Also known as Odin, Molech and Baal he has practised Blood worship as each of the gods. Initially killed by Culain he has returned due to the stupidity of Maedhlyn.
My Views
The second and later part of the life of Uther, certain traces from this novel are to be found in the Rigante series with Cormac here becoming the complex Bane in the later. Here we explore the world in which an error of judgement leads to a fued that lasts a lifetime and also a great betrayal. Yet again we see the use of Magic, swords and wars to cleverly blend the novel together giving each character and uncertain fate in the world.
It is this uncertainty that I feel gives the two Arthurian tales thier chance to shine.
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