Maia (novel) - Characters in "Maia"

Characters in "Maia"

Those marked with an asterisk also appear in Shardik.

Anda-Nokomis ('The Dragonfly's Son')

see Bayub-Otal

Ashaktis

A woman from the province of Paltesh, Fornis's close attendant

Bayub-Otal (otherwise known as 'Anda-Nokomis')

The dispossessed Ban of Suba; natural son of Nokomis by the High Baron of the province of Urtah; Eud-Ecachlon's half-brother; Maia's cousin (though initially neither knows it)

Elleroth*

Son and heir of the Ban of the province of Sarkid; commander of a force of freebooters fighting for Santil-ké-Erketlis

Elvair-va-Virrion

A young nobleman in Bekla; son of Kembri-B'sai, Lord General of Bekla

Eud-Ecachlon

Son and heir of the High Baron of Urtah; half-brother of Bayub-Otal

Fornis

Sacred Queen of Airtha in Bekla, the daughter of Kephialtar-ka-Voro, High Baron of Paltesh; kills Zai and Tharrin; determined to remain Sacred Queen as long as possible

Genshed*

A slave-trader employed by Lalloc; tries to rape Maia.

Karnat

King of Terekenalt

Kembri-B'sai

Lord General of Bekla: father of Elvair-va-Virrion

Lalloc*

A foreign slave-dealer in Bekla; sells Maia and Occula to Sencho; sacks Genshed

Maia

A Tonildan girl later known as 'Serrelinda'; really half-Suban

Melathys*

A child rescued from a slave farm (a minor character here, noted because of her prominent role in Shardik)

Meris

A girl from the province of Belishba, concubine of Sencho; assassinates him; later killed by misadventure

Milvushina

A girl of noble birth in the province of Chalcon; betrothed to Santil-ké-Erketlis until she is enslaved by Sencho; befriended by Maia; marries Elvair-ka-Virrion and dies in childbirth

Morca

Tharrin's wife; Maia's foster mother; hates Maia

Nasada

A Suban doctor; befriends Maia and helps her through her first pregnancy

Nennaunir

A Beklan courtesan or 'shearna'

Nokomis ('The Dragonfly'; originally named Astara)

A Suban dancing-girl, mother of Bayub-Otal by the High Baron of Urtah; dead before the story starts; Maia's aunt (unbeknownst to Maia)

Occula

An enslaved black girl from a distant country; befriends Maia and becomes her lover for a time; helps kill Sencho and eventually Fornis

Randronoth

Governor of the province of Lapan; infatuated with Maia; pays her to advance his interests; killed by Fornis

Santil-ké-Erketlis*

A rebel baron in Chalcon; formerly betrothed to Milvushina

Sednil

A young Palteshi; a convict during part of the book; lover of Nennaunir; locates Bayub-Otal and Zen-Kurel for Maia

Sencho-bé-L'vandor

High Counsellor of Bekla; the Leopards' Chief of Intelligence; Maia's owner for a time

Ta-Kominion*

A young nobleman from the province of Ortelga and a Beklan army officer; persuaded by Maia to change sides and join forces with Elleroth

Terebinthia

Housekeeper (or 'säiyett') to Sencho; later owns a brothel

Tharrin

Maia's stepfather; infatuated with Maia and seduces her; later imprisoned and killed by Fornis

'Zai' (Occula's name for her father, actually named Baru)

A jewel-merchant from Silver Tedzhek; killed by Fornis before the story starts

Zen-Kurel

A staff officer of King Karnat. He and Maia fall in love; they later marry and have children

Zuno

A young man in Lalloc's service, later employed by Fornis and allied with Occula