Cast of Characters
Sabina: eldest daughter of Nicholas, Earl of Kentare; nineteen years old
Sabina’s Sisters
Amabel: seventeen years old
Matilda: fourteen years old
Elena: eleven years old
Clare: eight years old
Juliana: five years old
Lucy: baby, two years old
Kentare’s Garrison
Sir Silvester Owenthwaite: Castellan
Sir Robert: knight, second in command
Hubert: guard/man-at-arms
Edward: guard /man-at-arms
Jarkin: guard/man-at-arms
Hector: guard/man-at-arms
Kentare Personnel
Edmund Talbot: Bailiff/steward
Jeffers: stable master
Father Vincent: priest
Master Keigwin: herald
Edith: herbalist
Ida: nurse maid
Beatrice: healer
Knights Competing for Kentare
Brice FitzRichard: twenty-eight years old
Sir Laurence: nephew of Baron Bretsted
Matthew: third son and youngest child of Lord Morpenne; twenty-five years old
Giles: heir to Lord Selbourn
Visiting Nobles
King Henry II
Lord John Alnhurst: Henry II’s emissary, administers competition
Bernice, Lady Alnhurst: John’s wife
Baron David Beaumont: courtier accompanies Henry
Chester, Earl of Hargrave: courtier, accompanies Henry
Place Names
Kentare: Sabina’s home
Lystow: demesne where Brice and Matthew worked before tournament
Bretsted: Laurence’s uncle’s demesne
Glensby: small village near Kentare
Trentwell: fief attached to Kentare
Wynleigh: fief attached to Kentare
Chetdal: fief attached to Kentare
Horse Names
Herakles: Clare’s gelding, tan with black legs, mane and tail
Hercules: Brice’s bay stallion
Camulus: Laurence’s stallion, dapple gray
Xerxes: Matthew’s black gelding