stole its power. The Manth people greatly fear the Morah and deny its existence, dismissing it as a metaphor for the evil in humanity. As such, whenever the Morah is mentioned someone will say "the Morah comes from within." During the first two books the Morah is described as being a single individual responsible for all the pain and suffering in the world but in the third book it is revealed to be a legion of tormented, half-dead human souls, possibly a reference to the demonic character, "Legion" from The Bible. In the first book Kestrel and Bowman meet an old woman in the Halls of the Morah who later appears as one of the legion of the Morah in Firesong. When Bowman looks into the old woman's eyes she sees a vast congregation of smaller eyes and hears a voice in her head say "We are The Morah, we are legion". The Morah also is responsible for the powerful army of Zars which is the legion and can be beaten only by the Wind-Singer's song. Rufy Blesh: An intelligent, determined strong boy who used to be in the same class at school as Kestrel, Bowman and Mumpo. He escapes the Mastery, a consequence of which is that 20 of his people are burned to death in a monkey wagon. In Firesong it is discovered that he joined the Barra klin, a bandit tribe that lived in desert. Full of remorse for the people who died because of him, he sacrifices his life so that Kestrel and other girls can escape the Barra klin. Ira Manth: Ira Manth was the first prophet of the Manth people. His followers, the Singer people, and his descendants gained his power when he died. He is only mentioned in legends in the first book, for he is long dead. Ira Hath, Pinto, Bowman, and Kestrel are all his descendants. He wrote many testaments but only one of them was ever mentioned in the book (Slaves of the Mastery): "The Lost Testament", believed lost until Hanno Hath finds it in the Mastery's stores. It predicts a coming storm called the Wind on Fire, and of the Manth people finding the homeland. Silman Pillish: A.K.A. Principal Pillish, He was the head of the Residential Study Course where Hanno Hath was taken in The Wind Singer. Initially, he was pleased with Hanno's work, but later when he