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Axum King: Harrold and Sophrea King’s youngest son, the brother of Tooli.
Azanamer: An elderly woman who people whisper comes from the Night People who live in the pastures of prepahr in Mount Rillmorrey. People call her grandmother. She is known for her gift to heal and give comfort and has skin the color of freshly-turned soil.
Cael: Father of Selador, Rithel and the children of Light. Known as Father King of Light. Rules with Thelras, Mother Queen of Light.
Fella Doon: One of Harrold King’s lead guards. He is called upon to perform many tasks. Hale O’Nelli: Fair’s twin brother.
Harrold King: A wicked and evil man who began to rule in Cloven Grave—uninvited. He makes everyone bring everything they make or grow to him once a shoomin for the Rendering. Then he gives it back to them in much smaller portions and keeps the rest for himself. He has 400 guards to protect him.
Impissh Nissen: Small, spritely creatures that cultivate jewels in the moss that grows in the woods. Legend has it that they can grow and shrink in size, and they have been given the responsibility to protect and guard the souls of the hoomin. They are only visible to those who are ready to see them.
Lariel O’Nelli: Tharin and Hale’s mother. She is one of the sweetest mothers to have ever lived.
Pewgen Flype: A greasy, pumpkin-faced captain. He wants to prove to Harrold King that he can follow the rules to perfection. But he tries so hard that he breaks rules to do it.
Rill O’Nelli: Fair and Hale’s father.
Rithel: He is the brother of Selador.
Sauveren: He is Tharin Zothiker’s faithful and enormous dog. He carries her on his back since she is frail and falls a lot.
Selador: He is the brother of Rithel in the realm of Airen Or. Son of Cael, father king of Light, and Thelras, mother queen of Light.
Fair O’Nelli: The main character in Secret Speakers.
Thelras: Mother of Selador, Rithel and the children of Light. Known as Mother Queen of Light. Rules with Cael, Father King of Light.
The Woolly: A strange fellow with a long, black and tangled beard who roams the fields and woods of Cloven Grave in his bare feet. He wears tattered clothing and eats only honey milk and the bugs and grubs he finds beneath rocks and rotting logs. He is known for speaking in riddles or making no sense at all.
Tilly Mote: She takes care of all the little children in the village of Cloven Grave. She refuses—or is unable—to speak to grownups. She is known and loved for all the moss blossom trinkets that she carries in the very large pockets of her apron. She claims that many of them come from the Impissh Nissen, the creatures that plant and grow jewels in the moss that grows in the woods.
Tooli King: Harrold and Sophrea King’s oldest son. He has a younger twin brother, Axum.