Foxbird (still needs a real title, damnit)

Curious. The site feed never updated when I changed an entry before. Curious indeed.

Anyway. For my own reference, and possibly yours:

Cast of side characters

The Healers
Maddel- The master healer and a crotchety old elf with no compunctions about beating his apprentices or his patients into submission.
Ratha- Blaine's primary apprentice, and an exchange from the Thieves' Guild. She talks far too much and gets a little queasy around blood, but she can juggle scalpels with her eyes closed.
Sigliss- An ex-assassin with no magical talent whatsoever. He can perform adequate field medicine on any bodies that come through the ward, but he specializes in chemical compounds- if you can poison 'em, Sigliss can come up with an antidote.

The Shrive (All of them have flower or plant names. I think they think it's ironic.)
Geranium- The oldest Shrivecat in the Guild. He supposedly represents the agreement between the Guildmaster and Azaun, a god of death, that allows the Guildmaster to live indefinitely. He refuses to say anything on the matter, preferring to maintain an aloof silence when not chatting up the ghosts that hang around the Guild.
Hibiscus- Another Shrivecat. He likes hanging around the healers' ward, because occasionally someone will lose a body part and he can grab it before one of the healers notice that it's missing. Blaine and the other healers call him Biscuit and throw things at him whenever they can.
Flax- An adorable little Shrivekitten who hangs around the ward and helps out with the healing. She and Blaine are quite fond of each other.
Henna- A Shrivebeast who has worked with Silverlock on occasion.

The Assassins
The Guildmaster- He had a name once, but he's forgotten it after centuries of being a ghost. I'm reworking the mess with Blaine's parents, so I'm not actually sure whose body he currently inhabits.
Midnight- A friend of Blaine's with a minor drug problem.
Greymalkin- Blaine, Silverlock, and Foxbird hate him with a fiery passion; the feeling is mutual. Also, he's one of the few Guildsmen whose primary weapon is a sword. ("Why can't I sneak attack with a longsword?" "Because it's not sneaky enough!")
Banshee- An ex-assassin mage who still has ties to the Guild. She was one of Silverlock's teachers.
Ivy- A poisoner who does less assassining and more teaching nowadays.
...okay, I know there are others, but I can't remember any of their names- and the only names I can come up with at the moment are pirate names, which really don't suit assassins. At all.

The Clergy (The Apostles's names are alphabetical. I'm sure they have a very good reason for this.)
Nagendra- A severely unbalanced Avatar of Varun.
Mandhatri- A slightly less unbalanced Avatar of Varun. He's also very young for his position, but since he reversed nearly all of Nagendra's proclamations, no one is going to complain. He's a nice sort of fanatic.
Manikarnika- Mandhatri's successor, and more of a scholar than a fanatic.
Cecelia- The most junior Apostle; she is the first Apostle ordained by Mandhatri.
Ansem- The Apostle who was directly responsible for Blaine's training. He's the only member of the Church Blaine remains in contact with after he leaves.
Zenobia- An Apostle who isn't a raving bitch.
Yelena- An Apostle who is a raving bitch.
Xeric- The only Apostle who gets more flak for his name than Blaine.
Wyn- A genderless water elemental, and an Apostle.
Vatel- a gratuitous movie reference One of Nagendra's favorite Apostles.
Uma- An Apostle and a Mystic.
Trent- An water elf, and the oldest Apostle. (His
Sarasvati- A Nagini and the most senior Apostle; she rarely spends any time at the main temple. She travels a great deal, and hasn't been back to Shaivhen in over twenty years.

The Other Guys
Rellen- Ratha's brother, and a Mystic in training under the employ of the Assassins' guild. He's fascinated by the Shrive, but they all think he's creepy.
Kupric- A half elf ex-convict living in Candlemark; he was arrested on several counts of homicide. Doesn't talk much, likes tattoos.
Harbard- A wolf-type Malestri and a captain in the City Watch.
Gannet- Silverlock's first teacher and an all around no-accound drunk.
Soriss- A Census Board official who may or may not be completely and utterly corrput. No one really knows.