Ivan’s family
Ivan Miroslavević: Serb nobleman to inherit the župa of Sivi Gora
Danilo Darrasević: Ivan’s cousin
Župan Konstantin Miroslavević: Župan of Rivak, Ivan’s older brother
Dama Suzana: Konstantin’s wife
Marko: Konstantin and Suzana’s eldest son
Pavle: Konstantin and Suzana’s second son
Župan Miroslav: Župan of Rivak until his death in 1371, father of Konstantin, Lidija, Ivan, and two daughters who did not survive childhood
Dama Lidija: Miroslav’s daughter, Ivan and Konstantin’s sister, Decimir’s wife
Dama Zorica: Miroslav’s sister, Danilo’s mother, Ivan and Konstantin’s aunt
Serbs from Rivak
Miladin: Member of the Rivak garrison
Bojan: Member of the Rivak garrison
Kuzman: Member of the Rivak garrison
Zoran: Member of the Rivak garrison
Father Vlatko: Priest at Rivak
Serbs from Sivi Gora
Župan Đurad Lukarević: Župan of Sivi Gora, Ivan and Konstantin’s maternal grandfather
Goran: Member of the Sivi Gora garrison
Cyril: Member of the Sivi Gora garrison
Other Serbs
Župan Dragomir: Župan in lands near Rivak
Decimir: Župan Dragomir’s grandson, Lidija’s husband
Knez Lazar: Serbian prince and leader
Miloš Obilić: Serb noble, Lazar’s son-in-law
Tatjana: Danilo’s intended
Helena’s Family
Kyria Helena: A Greek midwife in Byzia
Kyria Euphrosyne: Helena’s sister, Leo’s wife
Leo: Euphrosyne’s husband, Basil’s nephew
Greeks Who Live or Work in the Acropolis
Kyrios Basil Kameteros: Byzia’s Kephale (civic leader)
Andronicus: Basil’s eldest son
Alexius: Basil’s youngest son
Kyria Domnica: Alexius’s wife
Gregoras: Byzia’s Tzaousios (garrison commander)
Demetrios: Member of Byzia’s garrison, Gregoras’s son
Radomir: Byzia’s kastrophylax (commander of defenses), a native Serb, Župan Dragomir’s estranged brother
Callinicus: Member of Byzia’s garrison, Helena’s intended prior to his death
Matthias: Member of Byzia’s garrison
Niketas: Member of Byzia’s garrison
Paulus: Member of Byzia’s garrison
Petros: Surgeon in Byzia
Philippos: Stableboy at the acropolis
Pasara: Servant at the acropolis
Other Greeks
Father Symeon: Priest in Byzia
Christophoros: Paroikos, reserve member of the garrison, Ithamar’s husband
Ithamar: Paroikos woman, Christophoros’s wife
Theodora: Christophoros and Ithamar’s oldest daughter
Zöe: Christophoros and Ithamar’s younger daughter
Anna: Midwife who trained Helena
Antonina: Paroikos woman
Constantina: Paroikos woman, Antonina’s mother
Bardas: Paroikos, reserve member of the garrison
Himerius: Paroikos, reserve member of the garrison
Isaakios: Paroikos, reserve member of the garrison
Maria: The blacksmith’s wife
Martina: A woman in the kastron
Ottoman Ghazis
Iskandar bin Abdullah: Ghazi spy and raider, Abdullah bin Isa’s son
Abdullah bin Isa: Leader of a ghazi band, father of Nasuh, Saruca, and Iskandar
Nasuh: Abdullah’s son and Iskandar’s half brother
Hasan: Ghazi raider
Ahmed: Ghazi raider
Ali: Ghazi raider
Kasim’s Family and Retainers
Kasim bin Yazid: Ottoman military leader
Bahar: Kasim’s first wife
Saruca: Kasim’s second wife, Abdullah’s daughter, Iskandar’s half sister
Evhad: Kasim and Saruca’s son
Desislava: Kasim’s third wife, a Bulgarian
Cemal bin Salih: Soldier working for Kasim
Sultan Murad and His Court
Sultan Murad: Ottoman sultan from 1362 to 1389
Bayezid: Sultan Murad’s son
Yakub: Sultan Murad’s son
Savcı: Sultan Murad’s son
Çandarlı Halil Pasha: Sultan Murad’s vizier
Lala Şahin Pasha: Ottoman military leader
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