Characters Appearing in Splinter

The power of the sun-dance fills Morning Glory after she flees a home village destroyed by the Order of the Scythe. From that day forward she will seek guidance from its eternal forms as she seeks to reunite with her brother and free their people from the tyranny of the Scythe-God, Whorl.

Three years older than her, Thermeon is Morning Glory's beloved brother, her only remaining family. If only she could convince him to call himself "Silverlance," and avoid the curse of his evil name.

Keen is an initiate of the Order of the Scythe.

Morning Glory meets Blackberry, Juniper, Leaf, and Clover in the women's house.

Eoflaxe is a man in the body of a nurr.

Stealth Shadow is the granddaughter of the Sun-God. She speaks to Morning Glory in her soul-gem splinter.

Whorl is the Scythe-God to primitives, but in the galactic empire, he is known as Horl.

Xeera is the daughter of Whorl.

Silence, the wolf-gorilla, is Xeera's pet.

Alorne's title, Daughter of the Circle, indicates that her father is Head of the Circle of Experts, a supposedly all-knowing bunch of authorities on everything.

Moonglow hails from an influential family on the planet Wamatu.

Kahee is a distant relative of Morning Glory. He once sat in in a storeroom for millennia, just mulling over his worries.

Orgmorgan pilots ships that fly between the stars.

Stupid Thing is Morning Glory's guide to the imperial museum.