Now I Rise (The Conqueror's Saga 2)

Murad: Deceased Ottoman sultan, father of Mehmed

Halima: One of Murad’s wives, mother of murdered infant heir Ahmet

Mara Brankovic: One of Murad’s wives, returned to Serbia

Huma: Deceased mother of Mehmed and concubine of Murad

Mehmed: The Ottoman sultan

Halil Vizier: Formerly Halil Pasha, an important advisor in the Ottoman courts whose loyalties are to Constantinople

Salih: The second son of Halil Vizier, formerly a friend of Radu

Kumal: Devout bey in Mehmed’s inner circles, brother of Nazira, brother-in-law and friend to Radu

Nazira: Radu’s wife in name only, Kumal’s sister

Fatima: Nazira’s maid in name only

Amal: A young servant who has aided Radu and Mehmed in the past

Suleiman: The admiral of the Ottoman navy

Timur: An Ottoman citizen working for Mehmed

Tohin: An Ottoman citizen expert in gunpowder, mother of Timur

Urbana of Transylvania: An expert in cannons and artillery

Lada Dracul’s Inner Military Circle

Matei: An experienced former Janissary, one of Lada’s oldest men

Nicolae: Lada’s closest friend

Petru: Lada’s youngest soldier from the Janissary troop

Stefan: Lada’s best spy

The Hungarian Court

John Hunyadi: Hungary’s most brilliant military commander, responsible for Vlad Dracul’s and Mircea’s deaths

Matthias: John Hunyadi’s son, high up in court politics

Elizabeth: The mother of the young king, Ladislas Posthumous

Ladislas Posthumous: The ill young king

Ulrich: The king’s regent, advisor, and protector

Constantinople Court Figures

Constantine: The emperor of Constantinople

John: The heir of Constantinople, nephew of Constantine

Manuel: John’s brother, nephew of Constantine