CHARACTERS
Adaem: (Ah-DEHM)
Captain of The Navigator
Husband of Gytha of Bury Down
Father of Natalje
Grandfather of Claris and “Mother”
Great-grandfather of Megge and Brighida
Agnes Gough: (Goff )
Widow of Robert Gough
Mother of Michael and Jenifer
Grandmother of Harold, Vivienne, and Gwyneth Penneck
Arjen: Stonemason, builder, artist
Heir to The Book of Seasons
Husband of Natalje of Bury Down
Father of Claris and “Mother”
Grandfather of Megge and Brighida
Aleydis: (Ah-LEE-dis)
Rescuer of Natalje; nursemaid to Natalje’s daughters; huntress
Daughter of Beatrix Couper Magor and Vitale Magor
Sister of Arjen
Aunt of Claris and “Mother”
Great-aunt of Brighida and Megge
Alf: Shepherd and shearer
Anwen: Archer; scribe of the writings of Murga
Arjen: Stonemason, builder, artist. From Aldestowe.
Heir to The Book of Seasons
Husband of Natalje of Bury Down
Father of Claris and “Mother”
Grandfather of Megge and Brighida
Beatrix Couper Magor: Mother of Arjen and Aleydis
Widow of Vitale
Midwife, conjuror
Sister of Egbert Couper, Alchemist
Brighida: (Bri-GEE-dah)
Daughter of Claris
Cousin of Megge
Apprentice seer, Heir to The Book of Time
Bryluen: (Bree-LOO-en)
Apprentice to Murga, Seer of Bury Down
Gregory Carver (Deceased): Master carpenter
Husband of Claris
Claris: Seer of Bury Down, Heir to the Book of Time
Widow of Gregory Carver
Mother of Brighida
Colluen: (Call-OO-en)
Blacksmith. Rejected apprentice to Murga, Seer of Bury Down
Dora Tucker: Wife of Gus, helps in his shop
Friend of the women of Bury Down Edmund, Second Earl of Cornwall (reign: 1272-1300)
Husband of Margaret de Clare, Countess of Cornwall
Elizabeth: Lady-in-waiting to Lady Margaret
Francis Penneck: Carter
Husband of Jenifer
Father of Tinker, Harold, and Gwyneth
Gregory Carver (Deceased): Master carpenter
Husband of Claris
Gus Tucker: Weaver, tucker, wool merchant
Husband of Dora
Gwyneth Penneck: Daughter of Francis and Jenifer Penneck
Gytha: Former Seer of Bury Down, Heir to The Book of Time
Wife of Adaem, Captain of The Navigator
Mother of Natalje
Grandmother of Claris and “Mother”
Great-grandmother of Megge and Brighida
Harold Penneck: Son of Francis and Jenifer Penneck
Brother of Jenifer and Gwynneth
Half-brother of Tinker
Hugh Caerlin: Herder
Jenifer Gough Penneck: Second wife of Francis Penneck
Mother of Harold, Vivienne, and Gwyneth Penneck
Daughter of Agnes Gough, sister of Michael Gough
Mister Kendall: Surgeon at Restormel Castle
Mister Gynneys: Herder, shearer
Father of Alf
Lowenna Caerlin: Mother of Hugh and Martyn
Margaret, Countess of Cornwall: Wife of Edmund, Second Earl of Cornwall
Martyn Caerlin: Weaver
Megge: Herder, apprentice weaver
Heir to The Book of Seasons
Michael Gough: (Michael Goff)
Blacksmith
Morwen: Orphaned daughter of a Welsh bard
Serving girl to Gytha;
Companion and rescuer of Natalje
Nursemaid to Claris and “Mother”
Companion and mentor to Megge
“Mother”: Mother of Megge
Healer of Bury Down, Heir to The Book of Seasons
No first name.
Widow of stone mason
Murga: First Seer of Bury Down
Originator of the writings that become The Book of Time and The Book of Seasons
Natalje: (Nah-TAL-jee)
Heir to The Book of Time
Wife of Arjen Magor, heir to The Book of Seasons
Mother of twins: Claris and the unnamed baby who becomes Megge’s mother
Trelawney, Nellie: Wife of the village potter
Patient of the women of Bury Down
Polly Pounfrect: Governess, Restormel Castle
Richard, First Earl of Cornwall (reign: 1257-1272)
Son of John, King of England
Father of Edmund, the Second Earl of Cornwall
Robert Gough (deceased): Blacksmith
Husband of Agnes Gough
Tinker Penneck: Son of Francis Penneck and Francis’s first wife (deceased)
Half-brother of Harold, Vivienne, and Gwynneth Penneck
Vivienne Penneck: Daughter of Jenifer Penneck
Sister of Harold and Gwynneth Penneck
Half-sister of Tinker Penneck
Vitale Magor (deceased): artist
Heir to The Book of Seasons
Husband of Beatrix Couper Magore
Father of Arjen