The Knight (The Wizard Knight 1) by Gene Wolfe

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A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality. Very quickly transformed by magic into a grown man of heroic proportions, he takes the name Abel and sets out on a quest to find the sword that has been promised to him, a sword he... read more

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Cast of Characters/Important People

Able: Protagonist. Name of Bold Berthold's brother.
Aelf: Fifth-world people. They do not work much, protect trees, and see things differently.
Aelfrice: The fifth world, under Mythgarthr.
Agr: He was Marder's marshal.
Alvit: One of the shield-maidens who ride for the Valfather.
Angrborn: Giants who got forced out of Skai. They are all descended from a famous giantess named Angr, is what they say.
Arnthor: King of Celidon.
Atl: One of Thunrolf's servants.
Aud: Thunrolf's steward.
Baki: A fire elf girl. Able's slave.
Baldig: One of the peasants who use to live in Griffinsford.
Battlemaid: Ravd's sword's name.
Battle Witch: Garvaon's sword's name.
Beaw: One of Garvaon's men-at-arms. A good guy.
Beel: The baron Arnthor sent to Jotunland.
Ben: Able's brother back in America.
Blackmane: Ravd's charger.
Bluestone Castle: Indign's castle.
Blustone Island: A high, rocky island about a quarter of a mile from the mainland.
Bodachan: Earth Aelf.
Bold Berthold: Peasant from Griffinsford. Able lived with him in his hut.
Brega: A peasant woman who lived in Glennidam.
Bymir: An Angrborn.
Caspar: Head warder at Sheerwall.
Celidon: A big country on the west coast of the mainland.
Collins: Able's old English teacher.
Crol: Beel's herald.
Disira: Seaxneat's wife.
Disiri: The queen of the Moss Aelf.
Dollop and Scallop: An inn in Forcetti that Able stayed in.
Duns: Un's older brother.
East Hall: Woddet's manor.
Egil: One of the outlaws.
Egr: One of Beel's upper servants.
Eterne: The Mother of Swords.
Finefield: Garvaon's manor.
Fire Aelf: The clan Setr took over.
Forcetti: Marder's town, a seaport.
Free Companies: Outlaw gangs.
Frost Giants: The Angrborn, especially the raiders.
Garsecg: Setr's alias.
Garvaon: Beel's best knight.
Gaynor: Arnthor's wife, the queen of Celidon.
Gerda: The girl Bold Berthold was going to marry.
Geri: The girl Able's brother, Ben, was dating when he lost America.
Gilling: The king of the Angrborn
Glennidam: Village Ulfa and Toug were born.
Gorn: The innkeeper at the Dollop and Scallop.
Grengarm: Dragon who had Eterne.
Griffin: A little river running past Griffinsford and into the Irring.
Griffinsford: A village the Angrborn wiped out.
Gylf: Able's dog.
Heimir: Gerda's son by Hymir. It made him a Mouse.
Hel: The Overcyn woman in charge of death.
Hela: Gerda's daughter by Hymir, Heimir's sister.
Hermad: One of Marder's knights.
Hob: One of Caspar's warders.
Hordsvin: The cook on the Western Trader.
Hulta: A woman in Glennidam.
Hymir: The Angrborn who got Gerda.
Hyndle: Hymir's Angrborn son.
Idnn: Beel's daughter, pretty small and next to beautiful.
Indign: A duke killed by Osterlings. BlueStone Castle was his.
Irring: A big river.
Irringsmouth: Indign's town.
Jer: Head of an outlaw gang.
Jotunland: The Angrborn country, north of the mountains.
Kelpies: Sea Aelf girls.
Kerl: The first mate on the Western Trader.
Kingsdoom: Capitol of Celidon, a seport.
Kleos: The second world, above Skai.
Kulili: The person responsible for the Aelf.
Lady: The Valfather's youngest daughter. Her name is not suppose to be used in ordinary talk.
Lud: One of Marder's knights.
Lut: The smith who forged Battlemaid.
Mag: Bold Berthold's mother.
Magneis: The charger Marder gave me.
Mani: The big black tomcat who followed Gylf and Able.
Marder: The duke of the northernmost duchy in Celidon.
Michael: A man from Kleos.
Mice: People who are half Angrborn and half human.
Modguda: A servingwoman in Sheerwall.
Moonrider: Any knight the Lady sends to Mythgarthr.
Morcaine: A princess. Arnthor and Setr are her brothers.
Mori: A smith in Irringsmouth.
Moss Aelf: Disiri's clan.
Mossmaidens: Girls of the Moss Aelf.
Mossmatrons: Older women of the Moss Aelf.
Mossmen: Men of the Moss Aelf.
Mountain of Fire: A gate to Muspel.
Mountains of the Mice: Same as the Mountains of the North.
Mountains of the North: The mountains between Celidon and Jotunland.
Mountains of the Sun: The mountains between Celidon and Jotunland.
Muspel: The sixth world, under Aelfrice.
Mythgarthr: The fourth world, where Celidon is.
Needam: An island south of Celidon.
Njors: A sailor on the Western Trader.
Nukara: Uns' mother.
Nur: The second mate on the Western Trader.
Nytir: The knight Able beat.
Obr: Svon's father. He was a baron.
Olof: Baron that took over the Mountain of Fire.
Org: The ogre Able got from Uns.
Ossar: Disira's baby.
Osterland: The country east of the Mountains of the Sun.
Osterlings: People who eat other people to become more human.
Overcyns: The people of Skai - the Valfather's people.
Papounce: One of Beel's upper servants.
Parka: A woman from Kleos.
Pholsung: Beel's grandfather. He was King of Celidon.
Pouk Badeye: A sailor that helped Able.
Potash: He taught Chemistry and Physics.
Queen of the Wood: This means Disiri. People are afraid to say her name because they think she might come.
Ravd: The best knight Able knows.
Redhall: Ravd's manor.
River Road: The main road inland from Irringsmouth. It runs along the north bank of the Irring.
Room of Lost Love: A room that was like another world when you got inside. Sometimes dead people were alive again in there.
Round Tower: The biggest castle at the Mountain of Fire.
Sabel: A dead knight.
Salamanders: The Fire Aelf. Uri and Baki were Salamanders.
Scaur: A nice fisherman in Irringsmouth.
Schildstarr: One of the most important Angrborn.
Seaxneat: A man in Glennidam who traded with the outlaws.
Seagirt: Thunrolf's castle.
Setr: A dragon with a human father.
Sheerwall: Marder's castle.
Sha: A fishwife.
Skai: The third world, above Mythgarthr.
Skjena: A girl that lived in Griffinsford.
Sparreo: Able's math teacher.
Surt: Hordsvin's helper.
Svon: Ravd's squire.
Swert: Beel's valet.
Sword Breaker: Able's mace. Sort of like a steel bar.
Thiazi: Gilling's minister.
Thope: Marder's master-at-arms.
(Old) Toug: Ulfa's father.
(Young) Toug: Ulfa's brother, Able's age or a little older.
Tung: A master of arms who taught Garvaon.
Uld: A farmer who used to live in Griffinsford.
Ulfa: The girl that made clothes for Able in Glennidam.
Uri: Baki's friend. Able's slave.
Uns: A handicapped peasant.
Utgard: Gilling's castle, also the town around it.
Valfather: The king of Skai.
Vali: A man old man Toug got to help him kill Able.
Ve: Vali's little boy.
Vidare: One of Marder's knights.
Volla: Garvaon's dead wife.
War Way: The main road north from Celidon into Jotunland.
Weland: The man who forged Eterne. From Mythgarthr but became king of the Fire Aelf.
Western Trader: Ship Able took from Irringsmouth.
Wistan: Garvaon's squire.
Woddet: The biggest knight at Sheerwall.
Wulfkil: A creek that emptied into the Griffin.
Wyt: A sailor on the Western Trader.
Yens: A little port between Forcetti and Kingsdoom.
Yond: Woddet's squire.