Characters
- Giraut Leones - a Nou Occitan trobadour with the official role as a facilitator for artistic exchange, but also on a mission quell Briand's hostile cultures by coordinating power brokers outside the government.
- Margaret Leones - Giraut's depressed wife in charge of tourism and keeping track of Tamil opinions.
- Ix - Maya prophet, the first to prophesy in New Tanjavur
- Kapilar - Tamil personal assistant to Giraut and Margaret
- Tz'iquin - The sole representative of the Maya government in New Tanjavur, grandson of Pusiictsom and nephew of Ix
- Auvaiyar - A Tamil poetry critic and social climber connected with several important men, both Tamil and Maya
- Kannan - Chief editor of Palai magazine, a mouthpiece for the most violently anti-Maya elements in Tamil society
- Pusiictsom - Lord and keeper of the Center Temple and daykeeper of Yaxkintulum, the covertly liberal head of the very conservative Peccary family
- Ambassador Kiel - a very old official who serves as chief diplomat of the Council of Humanity on Briand.
- Sir Qrala - A close friend of Kiel's, serving for Advisor for Ethnography on Briand.
- Shan - Head of the Office of Special Projects, the man Giraut and Margaret answer to.
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