Clarinda Trevisan's Family and Other Venetians
Angelo Trevisan Clarinda's father; Venetian sea-merchant with trading fleet of five ships
Clarinda Trevisan daughter of Angelo and Fabricia Trevisan
Nicolo Ziani son of Sebastian Ziani (Doge of Venice); childhood friend of Aurelius
Verrocchio Trevisan roguish uncle of Clarinda, elder brother and business partner of Angelo Trevisan; running operations in Venice during Clarinda's absence
Pasquale second-in-command of Trevisan sailing fleet
Servius Aurelius Santini's Family and Other Relations
Aurelius (Servius Aurelius Santini) son of merchant Santini family (Sicily)
Brother Tomas Benedictine monk at Calabrian monastery
Constanza Santini youngest daughter of merchant Santini family
Devrone di Magglia sea-captain & sword-master on Santini ships
Eleanor Santini older sister of Aurelius
Matteo Santini patriarch of Santini family; Sicilian trader and broker
Nicolo Ziani Venetian son of Doge; friend of Aurelius
Paolo Santini elder brother of Aurelius; Sicilian broker
Roberto Santini older brother of Aurelius; banker in Genoa who brokers with papal legates
Rosalba Santini Aurelius's mother
"Servius Aurelius Santini" namesake uncle of Aurelius
Khajen ibn-Khaldun's Family and Relations (and House of Saladin)
Fatima (Fatima bint-Khajen ibn-Khaldun) daughter of Ibn Khaldun; scholar & mathematician; wife of Khalil; sister to Thaqib and Marcus
Hamzah al-Adil younger brother of Saladin; vizier of Egypt (and Dominions of Saladin) for his brother; primary advisor and closest friend of Saladin
(Khajen) Ibn-Khaldun (Khajen ibn-Khaldun ibn-Khalid al- Hārūn) Islamic 'alim (religious teacher and scholar), sufi mystic, and Keeper of the Rolls (master of scriptorium) of the Krak des Chevaliers; master of Ríg; father of Thaqib, Fatima, and Marcus
Khalil (Khalil ibn-Safir al-Esclabor) husband of Fatima, and son-in-law of Ibn-Khaldun; best friend & brother- in-law of Thaqib, and sheik of a camel-trading bedouin tribe based in the Nafud (desert south and east of Jerusalem); brother-in-law of Marcus
Marcus (Marcus de Roussillon, and Marcus ibn-Khajen ibn- Khaldun) in Languedoc, France; son of Jonathan & Desdemona de Roussillon, brother of Denissa; in Syria, adopted son of Khajen ibn-Khaldun & Sara; adoptive brother of Thaqib and Fatima; best friend of Ríg
Saladin (Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) ruler of Egypt, successor of Nur al-Din, the 12th century Islamic emir who began the jihad against the Crusaders in Palestine, the Holy Land, and Syria; currently uniting all Muslims in region to drive Crusaders into Mediterranean Sea; brother of Turan-Shah (deceased) and Hamzah al-Adil
Sara (Sara bint-Thaqib al-Mosul) deceased wife of Ibn-Khaldun
Thaqib (Thaqib ibn-Khajen ibn-Khaldun) eldest son of Khajen ibn-Khaldun; elder in the bedouintribe, and second-in-command to Khalil
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The Codex Lacrimae: The Book of Tears
FantasyThe Nine Worlds of medieval times are threatened by threats from Norse and Gaelic mythology, and only the teenagers -- the Venetian mariner's daughter, Clarinda, and Hospitaller knight, Ríg -- can prevent the return of the darkest of the Artifacts o...
