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RASHAN; THE EYE OF SAVANKALAЧPriest and Judge of Savankala.
Highest ranking Rankan in Sanctuary prior to the arrival of the prince;

now allied with Chenaya's disaffected Rankans at Land's End.

RHIANЧA young woman who has taken service with Lady Kurrekai.

STEPSONS; SACRED BANDERSЧMembers of a mercenary unit loyal to
Tempus. Their years in Sanctuary were maong the worst in their history.
Many of them have already left town.

CRITIAS; CRITЧTempus left him in charge of peacekeeping in
Sanctuary when everyone else left. Also the partner ofStraton,
though that pairing has been in disarray for some time now.
STRATON; STRAT; ACEЧPartner of'Critias. Injured by the PFLSat
the start of the False Plague Riots. He has been Ischade's lover
and, though her curse has not killed him, most of his former
associates count him among Sanctuary's damned.

WALEGRINЧRankan army officer assigned to the Sanctuary garrison
where his father was slain by the S'danzo many years before. He is now
one of three officers responsible for the peace in Sanctuary. He is also
Illyra's half-brother.

The Beysib

SHUPANSEA; SHU-SEAЧHead of the Beysib exiles in Sanctuary; mortal
avatar of the Beysib mother goddess. Lover of Prince. Kadakithis, whom
she wishes to marry.

KURREKAIЧThe Beysa's motherly cousin.

INTRODUCTION

Robert Lynn Asprin

Zaibar bristled and glared angrily as a passerby jostled his back, nearly
dumping his lunch off his lap and over the edge of the wharf where he
sat. The Hell-Hound's annoyance went unnoticed, however; the pedes-
trian continued on his way without a backward glance, picking his way
through the crowds. Letting his tight-lipped frown soften into a twisted
grimace, Zaibar shook his head with an inward sigh.

He'd have to find another place to eat his lunch in the future if he
wanted any peace and quiet during his midday break. It used to be that
the wharves were nearly deserted during the day between the time that
the fishermen went out with the morning tide and the afternoon when
they returned. Now there were trade ships arriving from the Beysib Em-
pire loaded with goods, merchandise as often as not hawked directly
from the boats, and the bargain hunters they drew were no different from