Benoria and friend of Robinton; he is advocate for AIVAS and Benden. Groghe has old fire-lizard Merga and seventeen sons) High Reaches: Lord Faroguy (husband of Evelene, believed to have been killed by Fax); Lord Fax (Faroguy's nephew); Lord Bargen (Faroguy's son, succeeds after Fax's death) Igen: Lord Laudey; Lord Langree (son and heir of Laudey) Ista: Lord Halibran (father of Halanna); Lord Warbret; Lord Fortine Keroon: Lord Corman; Lord Kashman (son and heir of Corman) Lemos: Lord Asgenar (pro-Benden, husband of Famira) Nabol: Lord Fax; Lord Meron (Anti-Benden, his death formed a subplot in Dragondrums); Lord Deckter Nerat: Lord Vincet; Lord Begamon (opposed to AIVAS, deposed and exiled for aiding the plot to kidnap Master Robinton); Lord Ciparis (previously Begamon's Steward) Ruatha: Lord Ashmichel; Lord Kale (son of Ashmichel, husband of Adessa, father of Lessa, killed by Fax); Lord Fax; Lord Jaxom (succeeded as a baby, husband of Sharra). During Jaxom's minority Ruatha was administered by Lytol (formerly Lytonal, then L'tol, rider of brown Larth) Southern Boll: Lord Sangel; Lady Janissian (elected Lady Holder of Southern Boll at Sangel's death) Southern Hold: Lord Toric Telgar: Lord Tarathel (father of Larad, Thella, and Kylara, related to Petiron); Lord Larad (Pro-Benden, half-brother of Thella, brother of Kylara, became Lord Holder at age 15; he is a father of A'ton, a dragonrider, and Laradian) Tillek: Lord Melongel (husband to Juvana, whose sister Kasia married Robinton, but died of a fever after their honeymoon); Lord Oterel (son of Melongel and Juvana, nephew by marriage to Robinton; father of Ranrel, Terentel, and Blesserel); Lord Ranrel (son of Oterel, member of the Fishcrafthall) Minor Holds Yanus – Holder of Half-Circle Sea Hold; father of Menolly, Alemi, Sella (Menolly's older sister) and five other sons; Yanus thought it was disgraceful for a girl to be a harper and considered Menolly a disgrace to the Sea Hold, refusing to even search for her after she disappeared from the Sea Hold. Mavi – Yanus' wife and Sea Lady who discouraged Menolly's musical talents. Alemi - third son of Yanus and older brother of Menolly, he is more understanding of and sympathetic towards his talented sister than their parents. Jayge – trader, later Holder of Paradise River in the Southern Continent. Aramina – Jayge's wife, Aramina can hear the mental speech of any dragon. She is a cousin of Lessa and the mother of Readis. Readis – two people