Sythyry's Journal by Bard Bloom

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Dramatis Personae

The Dramatis Personae listing tells about characters as they first appear in the story. A few characters have further details about them here. If you are reading from the beginning, and want to discover things in the order that Sythyry does, don't look at the character histories at first.

Aethrahacxy	Zi Ri	Pen-pal of Sythyry
Agrimony	Herethroy man	A very progressive student from a very old Vheshrame family.
Prof. Alzagond	Rassimel woman	Professor of Applied Enchantment
Amberwave	Herethroy co-lover	One of Sythyry's parent's servants; Sythyry got "special services" from zir until zie complained.
Anoof	Cani man	Student; one of the people Havune is engaged to. (Not to be confused with the other Cani mna named Anoof who was one of Sythyry's ~mother~'s servants at home) Clan Mnorryn; auxiliary clans Reran, Denn, and Coryn.
Bandazure	Herethroy co-lover	Mari of Basnt.
Basnt	Herethroy woman	Smith
Bethony Grentian	Herethroy baronness	Parent of Dustweed
Bronin	Orren man	Regular at Across Saga
Broon	Cani man	One of the people Havune is tentatively engaged to; will be husband of Narngi. A tall and strong Cani. He is from the villages by the edge in Vheshrame Mene.
Brush-Rush	Orren boy	Student in Sythyry's Marine Biology class, 1st term 4262
Byalar	Cani man	Visiting scholar from Curuneia; replacement roommate at Quelldrie House 4262.
Dean Celandine Carsnell	Herethroy woman	Dean of Students at Vheshrame Academy. Not generally given to breaking students' bones.
Cheffnarry	Rassimel woman	The last Rassimel that Tethezai dated.
Chelinet	Orren girl	Student in Sythyry's Marine Biology class, 1st term 4262.
Chrentothany	Herethroy man	Thery's doctor.
Churvrett	Cani woman	Captain of the Vheshrame City Guard
Claryelle	Herethroy woman	Student; minor nobility.
Conturge	Cani man	Duke of Vheshrame. (Sythyry thinks it is impolite to use the name of zir duke, though the actual rule is that one does not use his name to his face.)
Prof. Dargwen	Cani woman	Professor of "Sorcery in a Present Time"
Darkwad	Rassimel boy	Street vendor of grilled skewered foods and no small ambition.
Darvarslash	Herethroy woman	One of the owners of Sloop in Soup; Across Saga regular.
Dathrynne	Herethroy co-lover	Healer
Dawdry	Rassimel child	Dubaille and Quissenden's oldest child; the Baron of Noultevviam.
Denaist	Sleeth man	Husband of Thestra.
Diffitt	Orren man	Resident of Threeze; oldest child of two of Floosh's spouses
Prof. Dharvis	Orren man	Professor of Martial History. Married to a former student of his.
Dubaille	Rassimel man	Recently divorced minor noble; replacement roommate for Thery.
Dustweed	Herethroy	Sythyry's roommate: an ugly, unpopular Herethroy studying Aquador and Herbador. Sythyry initially thinks zie's a co-lover (the third Herethroy gender). Heir of a Great Barony
Dzeriaunet	Zi Ri	Sythyry's ~father~
Eddarna	Rassimel man	undersecretary of the Exchequer
Eitharheinen	Zi Ri	Sythyry's ~mother~
Enziet	Cani woman	As of Hivvem 4261, fiancée of Havune, Anoof, et al. Baron of Tseirny, in Rabeza. Mute; speaks with a spell or a wand.
Esory	Rassimel woman	Esorbys ky Fiaunrhel. Latest in a lineage of Rassimel enchanters. In-world justification for art by Rowyn.
Fiarel	Orren woman	Student at Vheshrame Academy, except that she's mostly trapped in a parallel universe. Daughter of a fishmonger, evidently. Girlfriend of Prince Txiane.
Ficnia	Rassimel girl	Thery and Yarwain's daughter.
Floosh	Orren woman	Baker; friend of Sythyry; occasionally played by / Vicki Bloom. Sythyry is confused about the number of 'o's in her name.
Ghirbis Vlaan	Rassimel woman	Sythyry's "Evil Neighbor" in 4260-4261. She is from Yistreia. She has no obvious evilness. She is studying oratory.
Glikkonen	Zi Ri	Sythyry's grandparent; almost as old as the universe, very famous. See the World Tree sourcebook.
Countess Levande Gloun	Rassimel woman	Thery's sponsor; Thery is obliged to work for her for thirty years upon graduation. Vellieu is the Gloun's chief holding.
Prof. Mongrelle Gostunard	Rassimel woman	Teaches a rather corrupt course in Studies in Urban Nobility.
Grandille	Cani man	Pseudonym of a traff Cani student. He's very private about personal matters, but his true love Iridia. Actual name probably starts with "Bo"
Green-Leafed Quinn	mara eleni	Friend of Vae
Greenthorn Grentian	Herethroy man	Dustweed's father
Grentian	Herethroy family	Dustweed's family. Bethony Grentian is Baroness of Asquant
Havune	Cani man	Sythyry's apartment mate, Dubaille's roommate; formerly Thery's roommate. Border collie styling. Clan Halyn.
Heartwings	Herethroy man	Occasional playmate of Tethezai; child of a newly-esquired glassblower.
Hezimikkinen	Zi Ri	Hezimikkinen and Sythyry are siblings. Hezimikkinen is several centuries older. ("Zimi" for short, though very few people can call zir that.)
Prof. Ili	Herethroy woman	Teacher of Notable Magical Catastrophes
Ilottat	Orren man	Academy student two years ahead of Sythyry; sixth child of the Count of Estrario in Daukrhame.
Iridia	Rassimel woman	Pseudonym of Grandille's sweetie; a Vheshrame Academy student.
Irigatur	Orren man	Enchantment student.
Iska	Rassimel woman	Very foreign student Sythyry rejected as a roommate.
Jarmiet	Cani woman	Sythyry's maid, starting in Trandary of 4261.
Jinthinia	Orren woman	Traff Orren woman.
Jrakh	Rassimel woman	Quiet, traff, foreign student.
Kaim-Su Connecticality Strenata	Orren man	Strenata's uncle-or-so; detective and war-chief in the Vheshrame City Guard; avatar of Lynx.
Khyrrain	Sleeth woman	City guard; partner of Ptefshi. (They work together, certainly. Other details are not known.)
Kixikou	Orren boy	Jinthinia's son, 16 years old in 4261 (= about 10-11 Earth years)
Koimarth, Achitka	Cani	Professor of Tempador
Levande	Rassimel Woman	The Countess Levande Gloun; Thery's employer. A couple years older than Sythyry.
Leiska	Cani woman	One of the people Havune is tentatively engaged to, as mate. A delicate upper-class Cani with whippet styling.
Llethillasessat	nendrai man	Male N. violens, ruler(?) of a segment of the Nereidscray (a realm far distant from Vheshrame).
Loukerax	Gormoror man	Gormoror hero and adventurer.
Melicanthe ky Hybrasil, Lady	Rassimel woman	Court painter to the Duke of Vheshrame. In-world justification for M.C.A. Hogarth, who did the LJ icon of Sythyry.
Mellilot Pfirsnavine	Herethroy woman	Greenthorn and Tormentille Grentian's second wife.
Mendrugai Canupell	Rassimel woman	Tethezai's sister and eldest sibling; the one who will inherit the title and ultimate power in the Canupell estate.
Milirant Tavanth	Rassimel man	Son and heir of a town somewhere near Vheshrame. Not a student. A fop, and an admirer of Nestrune.
Mintiet	Herethroy woman	Traff Vheshrame Academy student
Moria	Rassimel girl	Student of the same age as Sythyry. Daughter of Lord Eddarna. Skunk styling; esquire.
Mul-Mul	Orren man	One of Jinthinia's ex-husbands; Kixikou's father.
Mynthe	Herethroy co-lover	Graduate student in teratology
Narngi	Cani woman	One of the people Havune is tentatively engaged to; will be wife of Broon.
Nestrune Kreslink	Rassimel man	Crown Prince of Daukrhame; classmate of various people
Nthuur	yuldakai man	Yuldakai, friend of Vae's, in Bfelmykh.
Prof. Oolsp	Orren man	Corpador professor
Oonspath	Orren man	Strenata's appalling roommate
Oostmarine	Orren man	Spirshash's husband (as of 4260)
Ojjo	Orren man	Jinthinia's very straight co-worker.
Oxisilman, Prof.	Rassimel woman	Professor of the Theory of Differences.
Pazi-Pazi	cat	Sythyry's pet cat.
Paarhan	Rassimel man	Friend of Strenata; appears somewhat dangerous.
Prof. Phrass	Cani man	Professor of "Leap into this Pool of Boiling Acid" and similar courses.
Pleasant Blossom	Herethroy co-lover	An actress, or in any case some kind of entertainer.
Prof. Poenisa	Herethroy woman	Teacher of Important Personages at Court. Not fond of Dustweed.
Ptefshi	Orren man	Officer of the city guard
Quissenden, Lady	Rassimel woman	Dubaille's estraged [sic] wife
Real-Eel	Orren woman	Advanced student; Sythyry's occasional love interest; former girlfriend of Nestrune
Rhedwy	Sleeth woman	Student of Enchantment and Illusidor.
Roogrie, Nullfister	Rassimel man	Landlord of various apartments and buildings in the Academy Quarter.
Shadowfrog	charger mare	A fine horse, half-owned by Strenata
Prof. Spreen	Rassimel Woman	Teacher of Formal Enchantment
Sprillet	male blossomary	Narngi's pet blossomary
Spirshash	Orren man	Classmate and occasional love interest of Sythyry's; married to 2-3 other Orren
Strenata	Orren woman	Student at Vheshrame; not nobility; definitely not nobility. Former names include: Seeks-Leeks, Brigandina, Seeks-Feathers, Arhoola; Seeks-Justice,Dulcanny, Seeks-Slithering-Songs, Seeks-Square-Stars, Seeks-Inihithre, Seeks-St.-Trebulican's-Classroom; Hunter-Style-Slayer; Vnel; Seeks-Wild-Rushes; Captain; Seeks-Thunder; Seeks-Kaleidescopes; Estravaglava; Seeks-Trapped-Phantoms, Seeks-Painted-Fingers, Seeks-Wicked-Dentists
Sythyry	Zi Ri student	The fictional author of this journal. Zie is about thirty World Tree years old (twenty Earth years). [Pron. "SITH-uh-ree", or occasionally "zithery"]
Prof. Syyllia	Rassimel woman	Teacher of "A Discussion upon Monsters"
Prof. Tears-bringer	Gormoror woman	Prof. Vengtomerax Bloodthorn Tears-bringer is a very large and very fat and very strong Gormoror woman who teaches spellbinding at Vheshrame Academy.
Tennis	Cani man	Doorman and suchlike at L'Épée Épicée.
Tethezai	Rassimel woman	Tethezai Canupell: Libertine; transaffection personified; art student; painter of a portrait of Sythyry's roommates; illusionist. Occasional vehicle for M.C.A. Hogarth again. Parents have high title.
Thelvion	Rassimel man	A student at Vheshrame whom Sythyry finds uninteresting.
Thery	Rassimel woman	Teltheryan oa Vinness, studying literature and theology; Sythyry's apartment mate, Havune's roommate within the apartment; Yarwain's girlfriend.
Thestra	Cani woman	A transaffectionate Cani thief; wife of Denaist. Clan Reffen; auxiliary clans Mnorryn and Reran.
Prof. Thisstro	Rassimel man	Pompous Professor of Politics
Tillissa	Orren woman	Spirshash's wife
Tlurrrien	perdithorne man	Friend of Vae
Tnirvakuovvka	Zi Ri	One of Sythyry's grandparents. Zie is second-generation, about three thousand years old. Zie has never done anything particularly distinctive in zir life.
Treacle	charger	Yarwain's horse.
Trye	Rassimel Man	Sky-sailor
Tormentille Grentian	Herethroy co-lover	Dustweed's co-lover parent
Tumblawn, Lord	Herethroy woman	Master of the Treasury of Vheshrame.
Txiane	odd	A green-furred six-limbed para-Orren from another reality. Dating Fiarel.
Prof. Urastra	Herethroy man	Professor of Politics.
Vae (Vaisessasilmin)	Nendrai girl	A nendrai, one of the most terrible monsters of the World Tree.
Valeriant	Herethroy woman	Ghirbis Vlaan's quiet roommate -- "quiet" in the sense of a vocal defect.
Vingi	Orren man	Real-Eel's tall boyfriend, from Yistreia (broken up as of 3 Lage 4261). Does not drink alcohol.
Whiskey	Orren man	An entire entire traff Vheshrame Academy student, of remarkable enthusiasm even by Orren standards.
Whisli	Orren	Whisli
Prof. Wynge	Rassimel man	Junior professor of natural philosophy, interested in Biology of the Mighty. Green lemur styling.
Yarwain	Rassimel man	Student; Thery's boyfriend; heir to a Great Barony in Ulmarn, viz. the villages of Quistma and Chalarre, and the Ulstramme valley where the finest fig-trees on all Choinxeia grow.
Yrrkyrr	Rassimel man	Professor of Famous Collections
Ysgwyd Belweldie	Orren woman	Ilottat's wife.
Ysselhaut	Orren man	Enchantment student, fairly skillful
Zanniajaia	Orren woman	Advanced student in Dissection of Spells. Blue fur.
Zeilock	Rassimel man	Amateur sky pilot
Zhaleskra	Zi Ri	Pen-pal of Sythyry; a fictional LJ here

Sythyry's Journal				by Bard Bloom
Read:	The original, on LiveJournal		From The Beginning	Synopsis
Background:	Glossary	Dramatis Personae	World Tree Web Site	Miscellania
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