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NAME SPECIES TALENT DESCRIPTION BOOK(S) QUIETA  IMP    A tiny female imp, daughter of Imp Ortant. She makes imp-sized magic mirrors from the film of soap bubbles. 5, 20

NAME SPECIES TALENT DESCRIPTION BOOK(S) RACHEL  HUMAN    Lija's sister  22  RALPH HUMAN   Bedtime booboos. He is nasty, crude, scheming, selfish, stubborn, cruel, hateful, and dirty. 22, 23 RANDOM FACTOR, THE      figure in Castle Maidragon who does something weird to intruders each time they open his changer door 24, 25 RAPUNZEL HALF-ELF Magical hair Rapunzel is a descendant of Bluebell and Jordan. Her half-elven lineage allows her to change size at will, and she can also grow or shrink her beautiful hair. She is Ivy's pun-pal, and Grundy's love. 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19 RAVEN HUMAN Eye Color Changes With Mood Pretty girl in Sofia's play 21 RAY HUMAN   Found the money tree 20 RE HUMAN Revision A girl who re-does things. 19 REMPEL  CENTAUR knows talents of others Magician 23 RENEE HUMAN   Renee is the identity Threnody chose in her ghost form (see Threnody). 8, 14 REPULSIVE  HALFELF making masks Rapunzel's ugly twin sister 24 REVY HUMAN Reversal of magic Son of Grey/Ivy 21 RICHARD C. WHITE HUMAN   A recent arrival from Mundania, living on the banks of Lake Ogre-chobee. 17, 18, 19 Richard Siler HUMAN   Also known as Billy Jack. 19 RICK A MORTIS ZOMBIE   Pun: rigor mortis 22 RHYTHM  HUMAN  singing/playing something real  One of Ivy's triplet daughters  20, 23, 24  ROBERT  HUMAN using magic to heal wounds   25 ROBIN HUMAN   Raven's little sister 21 ROBOTA  GOLEM can affect her own reality, to a degree, changing form augmented by illusion golem made by Com Pewter to study weather. In past, Silica, princess of the Mineral Elves 23 ROCKIE  MACHINE   flying machine made by Che Centaur from parts and roc flight feathers, with Zyzzyva's left ear 25 ROLAND HUMAN Stun-gaze Bianca's husband, and Bink's father, and an Elder of Xanth. With his talent, he can freeze a person in place. 1, 2, 4, 6, 23 ROLL SEVEN HUMAN Friendship Makes friends easily. An aspect of MPD. 19 ROOGNA HUMAN Adapting living magic King Roogna mustered Xanth to defeat the Fourthwave and Fifthwave. He was also architect of the Castle bearing his name. 3, 14 ROSE HUMAN Growing roses A refugee from Muerte A. Fid's reign, she became Humfrey's fourth wife after waiting more than two centuries for him. Her full title is Rose Pax of Bliss. 14, 15, 23, 24 ROSETTA HUMAN Animating objects Daughter of Rose and Humfrey. Her full name is Rosetta Bliss Humphrey, from which comes her nickname, Roy. She marries a cryptologist, Stone. 14 ROXANNE ROC   A female roc, ordered by the Simurgh to babysit a magic egg at Nameless Castle. In 600 years it hatches Sim, the Simurgh's chick. 15, 19, 20, 25 RUBIN & ROWENA HUMAN   Raven's parents 21 RUM DEMON   A cook in Iris' memory. 18 RUSTY HUMAN rusting metal to any length   23 RUSTY  DOG   from Mundania 25 RYVER HUMAN Water magic Originally one of the challenges Lacuna faces at Humfrey's castle, he can control water and make it take on any shape. He becomes Lacuna's son in her retroactive family. 14

NAME SPECIES TALENT DESCRIPTION BOOK(S) SABRINA  HUMAN  Holography  A young and beautiful woman who was Bink's first romantic interest.  1  SALLY HUMAN Curing chicken feathers' fade Wife of Donald before he became a shade. 1 SALMON ELLA  CREATURE   poisonous 23 SALMONELLA HUMAN   A young woman who cooked wonderful, but contaminated food for Grey, after his computer arranged their date. 12 SAM HUMAN   A human youth, part of the lock-key challenge Gloha encounters. 17 SAMMY FELINE Finding things Jenny Elf's cat, he is a cute orange fluffball who can find anything but the way home. 13, 15 SAND WITCH HUMAN     22 SANDY SANDMAN     22 SARAH SEA WATER   A sea on the world of Torus 21 SATURN DEMON ALL MAGIC **SA<<T/U>>RN**A demon in X(a/n)th's social system, competing with him for status. 9, 25 SB HUMAN   The Sin Bursar, a human woman in charge of Sin Tax, at Humfrey's castle. 17 SCINTILLA HUMAN Being the exception Daughter of Crony 21 SCREWDRIVER ELF   A guard and member of the Tool elf tribe. 9 SCROUNGE GOBLIN   A goblin of Goblin Mountain. 13 SEA HAG HUMAN Immortality A sorceress who achieves her immortality by taking over the body of a new person or creature after her old one dies. 9, 14, 24 SEACHEL  HUMAN cloning   24 SEAN BALDWIN HUMAN Flight without wings Jim Baldwin's Son, 17, Hair Dark Almost Black. Loves Willow Elf. Granted Magic Talent By Nimby. 20, 21, 23 SENDING UNKNOWN   An emulation of Com Pewter on Grey Murphy's Mundane computer. 12, 20 SERENA HUMAN   Winged girl 22 SEYMOUR BONES ZOMBIE   Pun: see more bones 22 SHADOWS HUMAN   A village idiot, who unknowingly makes the stork think Heather is ready to be a mother. 17 SHARON CENTAUR   Winged cenatur 22 SHARON  HUMAN can heal other folks' injuries   23 SHAUNTURE  CENTAUR mispronunciation   23 SHE THREE HUMAN   She makes objects stick to each other. A female aspect of MPD. 19 SHEILA CENTAUR   Buxom filly, brown tresses 20 SHERLOCK HUMAN   An average-looking black man in his thirties. He volunteers to accompany Nada and Dug on their adventure, and scout out Xanth for the rest of the Black Village. 16, 17, 23 SHERRY HUMAN Shrinks things Woman 20 SILER HUMAN   See Richard.   SIM AVIAN   The Simurgh's male chick, who will inherit the universe, in due course 19, 20, 22, 24, 25 SIMON  HUMAN says things and they happen   23 SIMURGH AVIAN   The oldest and wisest of birds in the universe. She is the keeper of seeds, and reads minds. Her feathers have magical healing properties. Feathers like light and shadow, head bears a crest of fire. 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 25 SIR Q LATION  HUMAN   Library pun 23 SIRE DEMONESS   Beautiful demoness who incites desire (D.Sire = pun) in men. Mentia's friend. 21 SIREN NYMPH Luring men with her music Siren has a magnificent voice and a magical dulcimer with which she enchants men luring them to her island. She is married to Morris the Merman and is the mother of Cyrus. 2, 5, 6, 14, 16, 23 SLEAZE MONSTER   The moat monster of Castle Zombie. 10, 25 SLEEPING BEAUTY HUMAN   A female curse fiend who once played the role of Sleeping Beauty. She was "rescued" by Crunch ogre, who didn't know that she was just acting. She later married him, and became the mother of Smash. 2 SLOW COMB OGRE   One of Okra's prospective husbands, in the view of her aunt Fannie. 15 SMART ALEC HUMAN     22 SMASH OGRE   Smash is actually half-ogre and half-human, because his father, Crunch married a Curse fiend. Smash is married to Tandy. 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 14, 25 SMITH HUMAN   A member of the Black Village, and a blacksmith. 16 SMITHEREEN OGRE   An ogre from Ogre-fen-ogre Fen, who is smashing and bashing his way to Okra's village. Along the way, he is Gobble Goblin's champion in the contest for the Goblin Mountain Chiefdom. 15, 24 SNARL DOG   Formed from Ursa's tangled hair 20 SNORTIMER MONSTER   The monster under Ivy's bed. Composed mostly of five big hairy arms and hands that grab any ankle that comes near. 9 SOFIA SOCKSORTER HUMAN Sorting socks Humfrey's third wife, chosen from Mundania for her domestic acumen. Mother of Crombie. Author of play. 14, 15, 20, 21 SOFTCOVER  HUMAN   a paper-backed man 23 SON HUMAN Manipulate Men's Minds In Sofia's play 21 SOUFFLÉ MONSTER   Castle Roogna's sea serpent moat monster and sometime baby-sitter. 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 SPELL DOCTOR HUMAN Diagnosing spells An elderly woman in King Trent's household. The Spell doctor can view the effects of a spell, and figure out their cause. 2 SPRING OF LIFE THING Healing A magical, conscious spring who influences anyone it heals to never act against its interests. 1 STACEY STEAMER DRAGON   (see Stella Steamer).   STANLEY STEAMER DRAGON   see Gap Dragon. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 19 STANLEY STORK AVIAN   A stork at the Stork Works 21 STARR HUMAN Twinkling like a double star A young woman in Humfrey's service for one year. She takes over Sofia's domestic chores. 14 STELLA STEAMER DRAGON   Also known as Stacey Steamer. She is the Stanley Steamer's female counterpart, and assumes responsibility for guarding the gap during his youth. 7, 9 STEREOPES CYCLOPS   Brother of Brontes, and Arges. These three cyclopes made up the Powers of Air, until they fell into disfavor. 7 STEVEN STEAMER DRAGON   Stella and Stanley's baby. 19 STIGMA ZOMBIE     22 STONE HUMAN Interpreting things The son of a local forester. Married to Rosetta. 14 STORM KING HUMAN Creating storms A former King of Xanth. 1, 18 STRATOR DEMON   Speed demon cabbie 20 STRETCH  OGRE enlarging or minimizing living thins grows larger and weaker or smaller and stronger 25 STUNK GOBLIN   A recipient of one of Mare Imbrium's bad dreams, who later delivers a message to her. 6 SURPRISE HUMAN Five at last count (see below) Grundy and Rapunzel's daughter, delivered at age 5. With her talent, one never knows what magic will manifest. Initially she showed talents of size change, hair, changing objects, invisibility, and bringing nightfall, later, a whole paragraph more. 17, 18, 19, 24 SWAN KNEE RIVER THING   The one Gary gargoyle purifies, according to his geis. 18 SYLVANIE SYLPH   Female child of Sylvia Sylph, kidnapped by goblins. 12 SYLVESTER SYLPH   Former husband of Sylvia Sylph. 12 SYLVIA SYLPH   A sylph forced by goblins to lure other people to their lair, under threat of death to her child, Sylvanie. Surviving widow of Sylvester. 11 SYNECH DOCHE THING   A creature having no fixed form--it is addressable by any of its parts, and any of its parts by its whole. It is a juror at Gracile Ossein's trial. 11

NAME SPECIES TALENT DESCRIPTION BOOK(S) TAKE FIVE   HUMAN Seeing future, five seconds  An aspect of MPD. Sees 5 seconds into the future.  19  TANDY HUMAN Throwing tantrums Tandy is the half-nymph daughter of Jewel and Crombie. She is married to Smash Ogre. The tantrums she throws are explosive detonations, capable of temporarily dismembering a demon. 5, 6, 10, 14, 17, 25 TANGLEMAN HUMAN   Tangleman used to be a tangle tree, but when he threatened Ivy, Trent turned him into a man. He has green skin, and barklike clothing. 10 TAPIS HUMAN Weaving magical tapestries Tapis is a small, ancient sorceress, living at the time of Roogna and Murphy. The magic tapestries she weaves enable folk to step into their worlds. 11, 24 TASMANIA DEVIL OGRE   The bride at a wedding Okra attended. Rumored to be the meanest she-canine of an ogress born in that generation. 15 TASMANIAC OGRE   Cousin of the Tasmania Devil. 15 TED DEMON/HUMAN   Crossbreed son of Metria 20, 23, 24 TEDMON DEMON   Conjectured child of Demon Ted and Demonica 23 TERIAN MOUSE   Com Passion's mouse, pun, lovely when she assumes human aspect 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 TERRY HUMAN Enlarges things Woman 20 TEST  DEMON   makes a trade with Anomy 24 THALIA MUSE   The Muse of comedy and planting. She caries a smiling face mask and a shepherd's crook, and wears a wreath of ivy. 7 THRENODY HALF-DEMON Demonstriation Threnody's talent allows her to slowly change shape, size and mass. She has lustrous black hair and dark eyes. She caused Jordan's death by telling him a cruel lie. She was married to Yang, before becoming a ghost. 8, 9, 14, 16, 19 TIPSY TROLL Cold shoulder On isle of Women: Female troll who is nevertheless decent. She helps Bink locate dream princes. 22 TISIPHONE FURY   One three Furies, (see also Megaera and Alecto), dog-faced old women who serve retribution on guilty offspring. Tisiphone is the Fury of guilt. 7 Tittle HUMAN   Lacuna's retroactive daughter; twin to Jot. 14 TODD LOREN HUMAN Directs winds Mundane, dead at 32 21 TRENITA IMP   Quieta imp's daughter, 37 20 TRENRIS HUMAN Reverses effect of other talents Son of Trent/Iris after youthening; he ages rapidly 21 TRENT HUMAN Transformation Once an Evil Magician, he was exiled to Mundania for twenty years, before returning to Xanth. His talent allows him to transform others into any other living form. Married to Iris, and father of Irene. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 TRENTIA     see Xrentia   TRISTAN TROLL   A troll who betrayed his village by releasing a succulent human child. As punishment, he was scheduled for a horrible dream. Later become Com Pewter's mouse, finding eventual happiness with Mouse Terian 11, 17, 22, 23, 24 TROIKA TROLL   An old kitchen servant in Okra's household. 15 TROJAN EQUINE   see Night Stallion.   TROWEL ELF   A guard and member of the Tool elf tribe. 9 TRUCULENT TROLL   A Troll from Tristan Troll's village, and witness at Gracile Ossein's trial. 11 TSUNAMI HUMAN Liquidation   22 TURN KEY HUMAN   The Mundanian keeper of the Gate at No Name Key, where the Night Mares depart Xanth to carry bad dreams to Mundanes. 11, 12 TWEETER BIRD Mundane Parakeet, Karen Baldwin's pet, brownish feathers 20

NAME SPECIES TALENT DESCRIPTION BOOK(S) ULAND  EQUINE  Discerning the truth  A Unicorn, summoned by MareAnn to be Humfrey's steed.  14  UNPUN  ZOMBIE to make puns disappear lost his sense of humor 25 URSA HUMAN   Girl from whose tangled hair her companion dog Snarl formed 20

KEY - Xanth titles; so far, by the numbers: 1 A Spell for Chameleon 2 The Source of Magic 3 Castle Roogna 4 Centaur Aisle 5 Ogre, Ogre  6 Night Mare  7 Dragon on a Pedestal  8 Crewel Lye  9 Golem in the Gears  10 Vale of the Vole 11 Heaven Cent  12 Man from Mundania  13 Isle of View  14 Question Quest  15 The Color of Her Panties  16 Demons Don't Dream  17 Harpy Thyme  18 Geis of the Gargoyle  19 Roc and a Hard Place  20 Yon Ill Wind  21 Faun & Games  22 Zombie Lover  23 Xone of Contention  24 The Dastard (2000) 25 Swell Foop 26 Up in a Heaval (to come) 27 Cube Route (to come)

Note: book numbers shown in larger type indicate a major character in that book.

Thanks to Piers Anthony, for letting us include books not yet in print, to Peg Rombach-Riggs who did the work creating the original table, and Seajay who supplied the numbers.

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