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ОглавлениеThe children of the Red King, called the endowed
| Manfred Bloor | Head boy of Bloor’s Academy. A hypnotiser. He is descended from Borlath, eldest son of the Red King. Borlath was a brutal and sadistic tyrant. |
| Asa Pike | A were-beast. He is descended from a tribe who lived in the Northern forests and kept strange beasts. Asa can change shape at dusk. |
| Billy Raven | Billy can communicate with animals. One of his ancestors conversed with ravens that sat on a gibbet where dead men hung. For this talent he was banished from his village. |
| Zelda Dobinski | Descended from a long line of Polish magicians. Zelda is telekenetic. She can move objects with her mind. |
| Lysander Sage | Descended from an African wise man. He can call up his spirit ancestors. |
| Tancred Torsson | A storm-bringer. His Scandinavian ancestor was named after the thunder god, Thor. Tancred can bring rain, wind, thunder and lightning. |
| Gabriel Silk | Gabriel can feel scenes and emotions through the clothes of others. He comes from a line of psychics. |
| Emma Tolly | Emma can fly. Her surname derives from the Spanish swordsman from Toledo, whose daughter married the Red King. He is therefore an ancestor to all the endowed children. |
| Charlie Bone | Charlie can travel into photographs and paintings. He is descended from the Yewbeams, a family with many magical endowments. |
| Dorcas Loom | An endowed girl whose gift is, as yet, undiscovered. |
The endowed are all descended from the ten children of the Red King; a magician-king who left Africa in the twelfth century, accompanied by three leopards.
