Agnes de la Roche
Mercy as an action
She could have ridden past. Choosing to save a stranger makes her part of events for which nobody prepared her.
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Who’s who and when
The Songs of Adhartach
Characters
CHARACTERS
People without an easy choice
Amaury de la Roche
A duty he must choose
A Templar and Agnes’s brother. His order cannot spare him the responsibility of deciding whom to protect and what to believe.
Melanie d’Eville
Power does not establish guilt
A rescued captive, accused of witchcraft. Choosing a convenient label—victim or threat—cannot explain her.
Chetger Yarig
Memory carried in song
A Mongol shaman and tamer of demons. Behind his power lie memory, obligation, and a cost paid through the body.
Lucy / Zoryanka
Reading signs
An archer and survivor from Novgorod. She reads the forest, solves riddles, and acts while others are still trying to understand.
Timelines
- 4th century — Mark’s account of Byzantion and Thessalonikeon.
- 13th century — Normandy, Rus’ and the lands of the Golden Horde.
- 1256 — the main Norman storyline.
- Later events and the modern strand unfold as you read.
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