Bright We Burn (The Conqueror's Saga 3)

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

Fatima: Nazira’s maid in name only

Cyprian: Emperor Constantine’s nephew, missing after fleeing Constantinople

Valentin: Cyprian’s servant, missing after fleeing Constantinople

Mesih: Emperor Constantine’s heir and nephew, renamed and made part of the court

Murad: Emperor Constantine’s heir and nephew, renamed after Mehmed’s father and made part of the court

Ishak Pasha: Powerful pasha in charge of military forces

Mahmoud Pasha: Powerful pasha in charge of military forces

Ali Bey: Leader of the Janissary troops

Kiril: Janissary under Radu in charge of 4,000 mounted soldiers

Urbana of Transylvania: Expert in cannons and artillery

Lada Dracul’s Inner Military Circle

Matei: Dead

Nicolae: Lada’s closest friend

Petru: Dead

Stefan: Lada’s best spy

Grigore: Wallachian soldier under Lada’s command

Doru: Wallachian soldier under Lada’s command

Allies of Lada

Matthias Corvinas: King of Hungary

King Stephen: King of Moldavia, Lada’s cousin

bey: Governors of Ottoman provinces

boyars: Wallachian nobility

concubine: Woman who belongs to the sultan and is not a legal wife but could produce legal heirs

dracul: Dragon, also devil, as the terms were interchangeable

Hagia Sophia: Cathedral built at the height of the Byzantine era, the jewel of the Christian world

harem: Group of women consisting of wives, concubines, and servants that belongs to the sultan

infidels: Term used for anyone who does not practice the religion of the speaker

irregulars: Soldiers in the Ottoman Empire who are not part of officially organized troops, oftentimes mercenaries or men looking for spoils

Janissary: Member of an elite force of military professionals, taken as boys from other countries, converted to Islam, educated, and trained to be loyal to the sultan