cedric

Race: centaur

Description: The construction supervisor at Roogna's castle. He has been most unpleasantly deceived by his mate.…more

Characters

Smash

Race: ogreDescription: Smash is actually half-ogre and half-human, because his father, Crunch married a Curse fiend. Smash is married to Tandy....
Crombie

Race: humanTalent: DirectionDescription: Humfrey and Sofias soldier son. Spoiled by Demoness Metria as a child, he hated women for a time. However, he later marries Jewel the Nymph, and becomes the father of Tandy. His talent allows him to point to ...
Chameleon

Race: humanTalent: Phasic: changes intelligence s talent changes with the month. She goes through three distinct phases, who each have a different name. She is married to Bink. At age 76, youthened to 16more...
Humfrey

Race: humanTalent: InformationDescription: He typically charges one years service as the fee for an Answer to a Question.more...
Brain Coral

Race: thingTalent: SuggestionDescription: A creature of tremendous intelligence, magic, and conscience. It protects the demon X(a/n)th. Since it cant move, it operates through thought suggestions which seem to creatures like their own ideas....
Crunch

Race: ogreDescription: A vegetarian ogre (he doesnt eat humans). He "rescued" a curse fiend actress dressed as an ogress from danger that was actually staged. However, the two became smitten and married. He is the father of Smash.more...
Dor

Race: humanTalent: Conversing with inanimateDescription: Dor is the son of Bink and Chameleon. He undertakes the tapestry adventure, and there befriends Jumper. He later marries Irene, and becomes the father of Ivy and Dolph. Later King....
Gorgon

Race: nymphTalent: Turning creatures to stoneDescription: The personification of the feminine promise/threat to men. The sight of Gorgons face turned at first just males, and then eventually all creatures to stone. The exception was Humfrey, whom sh...
Grundy

Race: golemTalent: Conversing with all living creaturesDescription: A small man-figure fashioned from wood, clay, rags, and other bits of refuse, who later comes to life. He is affectionately tolerated, despite being a remarkable insulter....
Craven

Race: GoblinDescription: Subchief of the Chasm Clan....
Crool

Race: goblinDescription: An aggressive member of the Chasm Goblin Clan....
Dragon King

Race: dragonDescription: A magnificent dragon, very intelligent, as befitting his rank. He has iridescent scales, bright brass claws, a gold-plated snout, and eyes like moons....
Gerrymander

Race: thingDescription: A creature with an irregular, sinuous body, small wings, claws, tail, and a lizards head. It holds territory by convoluting, dividing, surrounding, and whatever else is necessary to seize power.more...
Harold

Race: harpyDescription: An early harpy prince; consort to Helen....
Horsejaw

Race: humanTalent: Projecting boomsDescription: A bully who lives near Castle Roogna. With his talent, he can project loud, sudden noises, startling the unsuspecting....
Jack In The Box

Race: golemDescription: A snakelike golem hidden in the outer wall of Humfreys castle, whose job it is to persecute trespassers. more...
Jumper

Race: spiderTalent: Making silkDescription: A jumping spider who accompanies Dor on his tapestry adventure. Since Dor is tiny at these times Jumper seems monstrous. By means of his silk, Jumper can suspend himself, and even fly....
Roogna

Race: humanTalent: Adapting living magicDescription: King Roogna mustered Xanth to defeat the Fourthwave and Fifthwave. He was also architect of the Castle bearing his name....
Vadne

Race: humanTalent: topologyDescription: A woman of the past, Vadne was able to change the appearance of things without changing their underlying nature. Not quite a Magician, she is sometimes called "Neo-sorceress". She was banished for changing Millie in...
Mike

Previous owner of the body Dor inhabits on his tapestry adventures....
Iris (piers Anthony)

Race: humanTalent: IllusionDescription: A Sorceress, her abilities are on par with the Magician Level. With her talent, she can create illusions that fool the physical senses. She is married to Trent, and is the mother of Irene....
Jewel

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Celeste

Race: centaurDescription: Cedrics less than helpful mate.more...
Murphy

Race: humanTalent: Making things go wrongDescription: Murphy was a Magician, and contemporary of Roogna. His power remains undiminished in Mundania, where it is known as Murphys Law.more...
Egor

Race: ogreDescription: A zombie ogre in service to the Zombie Master....
Millie

Race: humanTalent: Sex appealDescription: Formerly a chambermaid at Castle Roogna, she was turned into a ghost for 800 years. Married to Jonathan, the Zombie Master, she is mother of Hiatus and Lacuna....
Irene

Race: humanTalent: Green thumbDescription: Irene was originally a sub-magician, and later became a full Sorceress. Her talent causes plants to grow rapidly, completing full life cycles in minutes. Daughter of Iris and Trent, married to Dor, and mother of ...
Cedric

Race: centaurDescription: The construction supervisor at Roognas castle. He has been most unpleasantly deceived by his mate.more...
Helen (harpy)

Race: harpyDescription: Unlike other members of her species, Helen is an exceptionally beautiful and clean harpy. She was First Concubine to Harold Harpy, and later, Queen. From: Castle Roogna (Xanth, #3)by Piers Anthony...
Bruce

Race: humanDescription: A zombie servant of the Zombie Master....
Trent

Race: HumanTalent: TransformationDescription: 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....
Jonathan

Race: HumanTalent: Creating zombiesDescription: Also known as Zombie Master. Jonathan is a Magician, who can reanimate almost any body to make a zombie. Married to Millie, and father of Lacuna and Hiatus....