Cast of Characters (A Widow in Waiting)

The Marlowe Family:
Edwin - father

Anthea - mother

John/Sean - son, mid-twenties, true dreams

Grace/Grianne - daughter, late teens, fire calling

Landowners of Glenscar, they live at Scardale House outside the village. John and Grace use their English names at home and in the world, Irish in the village.

Associates of the Marlowe family:
Ned and George Peterson - English brothers who own a fishing boat and will take passengers to Ireland

Robert Burns - emerging Scottish poet; correspondent of Edwin Marlowe

Seamus Kelly - Local horse breeder

Susan - Seamus' wife

Mary Kate - their daughter

Tony Farabaugh - her betrothed

Father Mark - Glenscar's priest

The Langley Family:
Andrew - father

Catherine - mother, deceased

Eleanor - mid-twenties, moving

Nicholas - early twenties, no known power

Associates of the Langley family:
Annie Donovan - Eleanor's childhood nurse, late forties, sight twisting

Walker - the Langley family's butler

Mrs. Pollitt - the cook/housekeeper

Becky - the housemaid

Sir Ashleigh Eltenham - a baronet, mid-forties, suitor of Eleanor

Father Gregory - Roman Catholic priest, resident in Oxford

The de Maine Family:
The Marquis of Calverton, Robert - father

The Marchioness, Sylvia - mother

Alfred, Lord Farnton - son, late thirties, deceased, persuasion

Lord Philip - son, early thirties, no known power

Lady Isabel - daughter, late teens, no known power

Wyndham/Dunwood family:
Sir Arthur and Lady Patience Wyndham - grandparents

Mrs. Angela Dunwood - mother, widowed

Henry Dunwood - son, late teens

Robin Dunwood - son, midteens

Darragh family:
Adam - father, headman of Glenscar, early fifties, persuasion

Brigid - mother, deceased, moving

Saibh - daughter, early twenties, raising spirits

Liadan McKinnon - niece, early twenties, sleep sending

Moira - Adam's sister, vanished from Glenscar 35 years ago in connection with a band of travelers.

O'Grady family:
Padraig - father, sound bending

Roisin - mother, healing

Finn - son, early twenties, sound bending

Nevan - son, late teens, persuasion

Blanid - daughter, midteens, healing

Kieran Massey
An adopted son of Glenscar. Born Hubert Kieran de Massue, Viscount Galway, a cousin of Sir Ashleigh Eltenham. Mid-twenties, sight twister

McKinnon family:
Colin - John's godfather, knowing animals

Katie - Colin's wife, John's godmother, fire calling

Barry - Colin's older brother, deceased, tending plants. Liadan's father.

Eileen - Barry's wife, Brigid Darragh's twin, sleep sending. Liadan's mother.

 Laverty family: 

Daniel - grandfather, moving

Alexander - father, tending plants

Richard - unmarried, water sculpting

Ellen - mother, knowing animals

Andraste - daughter, late teens, tending plants

Sinead - daughter, midteens, moving

Ronan - son, preteens, knowing animals

 Connolly family: 

Margaret - grandmother, true dreams

Brian - father, raising spirits

Mary - mother, sight twisting

Stiofan - son, mid-twenties, water sculpting

Mairead - daughter, early twenties, knowing animals

The Travelers:
True names are listed where known unless their listing would constitute a spoiler for a major plot point for A Widow in Waiting. Names in "quotes" are secondary call-names.

Thunder's Family
Thunder - leader/king of the Warbird clan, late twenties, weather working, Count Aidan/"Aniri" Yastruba

Shadow - his sister, mid-twenties, sight twisting, Countess "Nadia" Yastruba

Midnight - their father, sight twisting, deceased

Storm - their mother, weather working, deceased

Starsight - Midnight's half-sister, true dreams

Ember - Thunder's wife, late teens, fire calling

Sylna Family
Darkeye - a girl in her midteens, sleep sending, Zora Sylna

Brighteye - her brother, early twenties, true dreams, Liam Sylna

Quickhand - their father, moving

Minnow - their mother, water sculpting

Suntop - Quickhand and Minnow's foster son, preteen, knowing animals

Reap Family
Cob - a boy in his late teens, knowing animals, Michael Reap

Jade - his mother, moving, so named for her unusual green eyes

Silence's Family
Silence - a man in his mid-twenties, sound bending

Echo - his wife, sound bending

Trouble - their one-year-old son, power not yet known

Leaper's Family
Joy - seven-year-old girl, raising spirits

Trimmer - four-year-old boy, tending plants

Leaper - their father, knowing animals

Blossom - their mother, tending plants

Stud's Family
Sergeant - nine-year-old boy, persuasion

Stray - three-year-old girl, fire calling, has a tendency to wander off

Silvertongue, their mother, persuasion, usually called Silver

Stud - their father, knowing animals

Honorary Warbirds
Farsight - call-name given to John Marlowe

Nightfall - call-name given to Eleanor de Maine