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Subject: The Complete Belgariad Glossary of Names
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Following is every single character name that appears in the
five books of The Belgariad. It is divided into three parts:
Main Characters (the folks named in the Mrin Codex, and their
main opposition), Supporting Cast, and Historical Characters
(people who died before the action of the Belgariad begins).

               The Belgariad - A Glossary of Names

                         Main Characters
(Those characters foretold in the in the various prophetic writings
of Light, and their most notable opponents.)

Ambar of Kotu - See Silk. Ambar is a slightly shady Drasnian spice
     dealer. One of Silk's favorite alternate identities.
Asharak of Rak Goska - see Chamdar.
Barak - Lord Barak, Earl of Trellheim, Clan Chief of the Chereks.
     "It's an empty title anyway...I let my younger brother act in
     my stead." Cousin to Anheg, king of Cherek. Married to Merel.
     In the Mrin Codex, he is the Dreadful Bear. "...a man so huge
     that Garion's mind simply refused to accept the possibility he
     was real...His hair was in braids, and he had a vast bristling
     red beard." "Barak looked at him, his eyes icy blue..."
Belgarath - Aldur's first disciple. In the prophecies, he is the
     Eternal Man. "The old storyteller's white hair was cropped
     quite close, as was his beard. His face was strong, with a
     kind of angularity to it, and his features provided no clue to
     his background...His eyes were a deep and merry blue, forever
     young and forever full of mischief." A.k.a. Old Wolf, Garath.
Belgarion - The heir to the Rivan throne. Raised on Faldor's farm
     in Sendaria. In the Mrin Codex, the Child of Light. "...a nice
     enough boy, certainly, with rather plain, sandy hair that kept
     tumbling down across his forehead..." A.k.a. Garion, The
     Chosen One.
Belzedar - see Zedar.
Brill - see Kordoch.
Ce'Nedra - Daughter of Ran Borune XXIII. A dryad. "...a tiny girl
     with flaming hair...a tumbled mass with long, elaborate curs
     cascading down over her neck and shoulders...a deep, burnished
     red that seemed shomehow to glow from within. Her skin was a
     golden color that seemed...to have an almost greenish cast."
     In the Mrin Codex, she is the Queen of the World. A.k.a. Lady
     Sharell.
Chamdar - Servant of Torak and one of the chief priests of the
     Grolims. The figure in black that watched Belgarion through
     his childhood. Murdered Belgarion's parents and was in turn
     killed by Belgarion. A.k.a. Asharak.
Cthrag Yaska - The Angarak name for the Orb of Aldur.
Ctuchik - The Grolim High Priest and one of Torak's two disciples.
     He got to find out exactly what happens when a sorcerer tries
     to unmake something. "...his hair and beard were a yellowed
     white and were very long. His face was deeply lined, and his
     eyes glittered in thier sockets."
Durnik - The smith at Faldor's farm. In the Mrin Codex, he is the
     Man With Two Lives. "Durnik was an ordinary-looking man with
     plain brown hair and a plain face, ruddy from the heat of his
     forge. He was neither tall nor short, nor was he thin or
     stout. He was sober and quiet...he was enormously strong."
Errand - Used by Zedar to steal the Orb. A mysterious child of
     unknown origin. "A little boy with pale blonde hair...His eyes
     were blue, large and trusting."
Erat, Duchess of - One of Polgara's titles.
Garion - see Belgarion
Hettar - Adopted son of Cho-Hag and heir to the Algarian throne. He
     is also a Sha-Dar, one who can talk to horses with his
     thoughts alone. In the Mrin Codex, he is the Horse Lord. "A
     lean warrior, very nearly as tall as Barak and with the shaved
     head and flowing scalp lock of the Algars..."
Kheldar - see Silk.
Kordoch - Dagashi assassin and spy. "A medium sized man with black
     hair and beard and a cast to one eye." First appeared as a
     hired hand on Faldor's farm, calling himself Brill, and
     watching Pol and Garion.
Lelldorin - Asturian Arend. Son of the Baron of Wildantor. The best
     bowman in Asturia. He is three years older than Belgarion. In
     the Mrin Codex, he is the Bowman. "His reddish gold hair fell
     smoothly down his back..." "He was impulsive, extravagant in
     his declarations, and probably, Garion reluctantly concluded,
     not overly bright." A.k.a. the Bowman.
Mandorallen - Baron of Vo Mandor. Mimbrate Arend. "...a man of
     slightly more than medium height. His hair was black and
     curly, his eyes were deep blue, and he had a resonant
     voice..." In the Mrin Codex, he is the Knight Protector.
     A.k.a. the Bastard of Vo Mandor (due to a slight irregularity
     in the timing of his parents' marriage).
Orb of Aldur - "...a globe shaped stone no larger than the heart of
     a child." See Cthrag Yaska. 
Pol - see Polgara.
Polgara - Sorceress and daughter of Belgarath and Poledra. In the
     Prophecies of the Dark, she is the Queen of the Angaraks and
     the Bride of Torak. Oddly enough, we are never told her
     prophetic identity in the various Prophecies of the Light.
     "She was taller than the other women on Faldor's farm...her
     hair was long and very dark-almost black-all but one lock just
     above her left brow which was white as new snow."
     "...Polgara's eyes...depending on her mood, they ranged in
     color from gray to a deep, deep blue and they saw through
     everything." A.k.a. the Duchess of Erat, Pol. 
Prophecy of Light - The dry voice that talked to and through
     Belgarion. It (and the Dark Prophecy) came into existence at
     the beginning of time, and The Belgariad is the story of their
     age-old battle.
Radek of Boktor - See Silk. A respectable and upright Drasnian
     merchant, and yet another of Silk's carefully crafted
     alternate identities.
Relg - Ulgo diviner. In the Murgo prophecies, the Blind Man (which
     also appears to be his identity in the Mrin Codex, although we
     are never specifically told that in the text of The
     Belgariad). "Like all Ulgos, he was short, but his arms and
     shoulders were so massively developed that he seemed almost
     deformed. His colorless hair was tangled and unkempt...his
     large black eyes burned with fanaticism."
Sharell - Lady Sharell. The pseudonym Ce'Nedra adopted when she ran
     away from home.
Silk - Drasnian spy, juggler and acrobat (not to mention thief and
     assassin) and a Prince of the royal house of Drasnia. "He was
     a small man, scarcely taller than Garion himself [Garion
     wasn't quite 15 years old when this description was made], and
     his face was dominated by a long pointed nose. His eyes were
     small and squinted, and his straight, black hair was raggedly
     cut." "..."fortunately I'm only the nephew of the King of
     Drasnia and far down the line of succession."" In the Mrin
     Codex, he is the Guide. He also turns up in the Dark
     Prophecies as the Nimble Thief and the Rat. A.k.a. Ambar of
     Kotu, Prince Kheldar, Radek of Boktor.
Taiba - Marag. In the Mrin Codex, the Mother of the Race That Died.
     "Her hair was a lustrous black...she had wide cheekbones, bull
     lips, and huge, violet eyes framed with sooty black lashes."
Wolf - a.k.a. "Old Wolf" and "Mister Wolf". See Belgarath.
Zedar - Second disciple of Aldur. Turned traitor and became a
     servant of Torak. "...the white-haired man before her was not
     indeed [Belgarath], but rather someone who looked so much like
     him that they could easily pass for brothers." A.k.a. The
     Apostate, Belzedar. 

Supporting Cast
Adara - Algar. Belgarion's cousin. "Adara's the youngest daughter
     of your mother's sister." Ends up marrying Hettar. "...a tall
     girl...She had long, dark brown hair, and the eyes she had
     fixed on Garion were gray, calm, and very serious."
Agrinja - The name Silk came up with for the demon that Belgarath
     called up in his fight with the magician of the Weasel Clan.
Albor - Colonel Albor. Tolnedran Horbite. Commander of the Eighty-
     Third, the ceremonial brigade stationed in the Tolnedran
     Imperial compound.
Aldur - Eldest of the seven gods. Did not select any people to be
     his own. He has, however, accepted seven disciples (Beldin,
     Belgarath, Belkira, Belmakor, Belsambor, Beltira, Belzedar).
     "...an old man who looked somewhat like Mister Wolf but
     obviously was someone else." See Belar, Chaldan, Issa, Mara,
     Nedra, Torak and UL.
Andorig - Knight charged with guarding the gate to Vo Mimbre.
     Belgarath restored Andorig's faith in magic in dramatic
     fashion by growing an apple tree from a twig.
Anheg - King of Cherek. Married to Islena. Cousin of Barak. "A
     large black-bearded man..."
Anhelda - Faldor's only daughter. Married to Eilbrig.
Ariana - Mimbrate Arend. Younger sister of Oltorain. Marries
     Lelldorin.
Barl - The smith that Durnik apprenticed under. His name is
     mentioned, but he never actually makes an appearance.
Belar - Bear god of the Alorns. Youngest of the seven gods. See
     Aldur, Chaldan, Issa, Mara, Nedra, Torak and UL.
Beldin - A disciple of Aldur. A dwarf.
Belkira - A disciple of Aldur. He and Beltira are twins.
Beltira - A disciple of Aldur. He and Belkira are twins.
Berentain - Asturian Arend. Count Reldegan's nephew. Supports the
     Mimbrate Arends.
Beridel - Mimbrate Arend knight. Son of Andorig. Ce'Nedra talked
     with him before the battle for Thull Mardu.
Berig - Arend. Prospector in camp on the Marag border.
Besher - Nadrak. Impressed into the Mallorean army.
Bethra - Tolnedran courtesan. Old friend of Silk's.
Borune family - One of the Tolnedran dynastic families, and current
     holders of the Imperial crown.
Brador - Count Brador. Tolnedran. Ambassador to Sendarian court.
Bralon - Rivan. Brand's eldest son.
Brand - the Rivan warder. Widower with four sons (Bralon is the
     oldest and Olban the youngest; we aren't told the names of the
     two middle sons until the Malloreon). All Rivan warders have
     taken the name of Brand since the first.
Breldo - Former farmhand on Faldor's farm. We never actually see
     him; Brill was hired because Breldo married and left the farm.
Brendig - Captain (later Colonel) in Sendarian army. Holds a
     baronetcy. The Earl of Erat is his great uncle. Lost an arm at
     the Battle of Thull Mardu. "...a tall, sober-looking man with
     penetrating gray eyes."
Chaldan - Bull god of the Arends. See Aldur, Belar, Issa, Mara,
     Nedra, Torak and UL.
Cho-Hag - King of Algaria. Married to Silar. A childhood illness
     has left his legs too weak for him to walk without assistance.
     Childless, but has adopted Hettar as his heir.
Cralto - Farmhand on Faldor's farm.
Cthrek Goru - Torak's great black sword.
Delban - Rivan armorer. Made Ce'Nedra's armor.
Delvor - Drasnia merchant and spy. Garion and company stayed with
     him at the Great Fair.
Derigen - Sir Derigen. Mimbrate Arend. Tricked into war with Sir
     Oltorain by the Murgos. Mandorallen ended the battle by
     removing both Derigan and Oltorain from the fight.
Detton - Arendish serf. Hunger lead him and his friend Lammer to
     join Ce'Nedra's army. He died at the Battle of Thull Mardu.
Donia - Daughter of the owner of the Lion Inn in Camaar, a port
     city in Sendaria. She briefly acted as Polgara's maid.
Doroon - One of Garion's three childhood friends. Sendarian. Small,
     thin, and constantly talking. Dies at the battle at Thull
     Mardu.
Dravor - Count Dravor. Tolnedran. Drug addict under the control of
     his Nyissan steward Y'diss.
Droblek - Drasnian representative in Sthiss Tor in Nyissa.
Drosta lek Thun - King of the Nadraks. "...a thin man...his eyes
     were bulging and his face was deeply scarred with old
     pockmarks."
Eilbrig - Husband of Faldor's daughter Anhelda.
Elteg - Hired by Grinneg to pick up Garion and company at the mouth
     of the River of the Wood. Greldik took the commission off his
     hands.
Elvar - Archpriest of Algaria and a member of the Bear-cult.
Essia - Nyissan. Former favorite boytoy of Queen Salmissra.
     Objected to being demoted and was permanently retired by one
     of Salmissra's snakes.
Faldor - Sendarian, owner of the farm Belgarion grew up on.
Ferna - Sendarian princess. One of the youngest children of Fulrach
     and Layla.
Fulrach - King of Sendaria. Married to Layla. "...a dumpy-looking
     man with a short brown beard."
Gelda - Sendarian princess. One of the youngest children of Fulrach
     and Layla.
Geldahar - Drasnian. Fur dealer in Boktor. Yarblek told him that
     the salmon run was late this year.
Gethell - King of the Thulls. "...a thick-bodied man with lank,
     mud-colored hair."
Gorim of Ulgo - Ulgo chief priest and leader. All who hold this
     position use the title/name Gorim. "The Gorim of Ulgo appeared
     to be very old. He had long silvery hair and beard, and his
     robe was snowy white...Garion noticed that his eyes, unlike
     those of the other Ulgos he had seen, were a deep, almost
     violet blue."
Grashor - Nadrak merchant who introduced the Earl of Jarvik to
     Asharak.
Gredder - Nadrak fur trapper. His skull is currently decorating
     some Morind magician's quest staff.
Greldik - Cherek seaman and ship's captain. "Captain Greldik...one
     of the finest seamen in all of Cherek."
Grinneg - Cherek ambassador in Tol Honeth. Barak's cousin.
Grodeg - Cherek. High Priest of Belar. A Bear-cultist. Crippled at
     the Battle of Thull Mardu. "...an imposing-looking man nearly
     seven feet tall."
Grul - An Eldrak, a monster related to trolls and algroths. This
     particular Eldrak had run into Belgarath in the past, and did
     not have fond memories of the meeting. "It was about eight
     feet tall and covered with shaggy black fur...the Eldrak had
     virtually no nose, and its lower jaw jutted, showing two
     massive, protruding tusks. Its eyes were sunk in deep sockets
     beneath a heavy ridge of bone across its brow..."
Gundred - Barak's oldest daughter.
Haldor - Tolnedran. Garion witnessed the results of a political
     discussion between Haldor and Radan on the streets of Tol
     Honeth.
Haldorin - Mimbrate Arend. Third cousin to Mandorallen. Barak
     taught him manners.
Helbergin - Knight who confirmed Mandorallen's identity at the
     gates of Vo Mimbre.
Honeth family - One of the Tolnedran dynastic families. The Honeths
     founded the Tolnedran Empire and have been responsible for
     three Imperial dynasties. They currently are the richest and
     most powerful family outside of the Borunes (who've had the
     advantage of six hundred years of ruling the country to
     accumulate wealth).
Horbite family - One of the Tolnedran dynastic families. The
     Horbites founded the Tolnedran Empire.
Horja - Demon of the Weasel clan. See Agrinja.
Islena - Queen of Cherek, married to Anheg. Childless, and,
     according to Silk, "dabbles a bit in magic and thinks of
     herself as a sorceress". "...a tall raven-haired beauty in an
     elaborately cross-tied black velvet gown."
Issa - Snake god of the Nyissans. See Aldur, Belar, Chaldan, Mara,
     Nedra, Torak and UL.
Issus - Nyissan assassin. "His shaved head was stubbled, and he had
     a long scar running from his forehead to his chin directly
     through the puckered vacancy of an empty eye-socket."
Jarvik - Earl of Jarvik. Exiled Cherek traitor. Wife was a
     kinswoman of Anheg. He dealt with Asharak and paid for it with
     his life.
Javelin - Chief of Drasnian intelligence. This is the only name we
     are given in The Belgariad.
Jeebers - Tolnedran. Ce'Nedra's tutor.
Joran - Rivan. Apprentice glassblower. Made the crystal wren that
     Garion gave to Polgara.
Kador - Grand Duke Kador of Tol Vordue. Most likely successor to
     Ran Borune at the time the Belgariad opens, however his
     ambitions came to a sudden close. Supported by Chamdar.
Kal Zakath - see Zakath.
Kalvor of Tor Horb - Tolnedran merchant. Gave the Belgarion and
     company information on the South Caravan Route.
Kharel - Count Kharel. Senior member of the Drasnia intelligence
     service. He told the assembled western kings the strength of
     the Angarak army.
Kheran - Drasnian spy in a prospector's camp on the Marag border.
     Silk went to school with him.
Kheva - Heir to Drasnian throne. He's born midway through The
     Belgariad, but he doesn't get a name until The Malloreon.
Korodullin - The King of Arendia. A Mimbrate Arend. All kings of
     Arendia have taken the name Korodullin. A head injury at the
     Battle of Thull Mardu cost him much of his hearing. "...a
     sickly looking young man in a gold-embroidered purple robe..."
Kragger - Tolnedran soldier in the employ of Elgon. He assisted in
     giving Lembor "a bad case of dead."
Krendig - Cherek boat builder who is building a boat for Barak.
Kroldor - Sendar bandit on the northern border of Maragor. Mistook
     a bag of gravel for gold.
Lammer - Arendish serf. He and his friend Detton joined the Army of
     Light.
Layla - Sendarian Queen. Married to King Fulrach. Mother of eight
     (or maybe nine) children. "...a plump little woman with a
     beaming face."
Lembor - Tolnedran whose death introduces Garion to the realities
     of Tolnedran politics.
Maas - A snake. Advisor to Queen Salmissra.
Maidee - Cherek girl that Garion went sledding with.
Mara - God of the Marags. His people were all (or mostly all)
     slaughtered by the Tolnedrans. See Aldur, Belar, Chaldan,
     Issa, Nedra, Torak and UL.
Martje - Blind Cherek witch and seer. Polgara healed her eyes after
     Martje gave one too many prophecies.
Mayaserana - Queen of Arendia. An Asturian Arend. All queens of
     Arendia have taken the name Mayaserana. "...his pale beautiful
     queen."
Meldig - Sendarian prince. The youngest of Layla and Fulrach's
     children (at least, he was the youngest at the time of the
     meeting between Belgarion and Torak. Who knows how many have
     arrived since?)
Melgon - Count Melgon. Tolnedran ambassador to Nyissa.
Merel - Barak's wife. She and Barak have two daughters. "...a woman
     with long flaxen braids..."
Mingan - Tolnedran merchant in Sendarian town of Darine. It was in
     his office that Garion and Silk ran into Asharak.
Morin - Lord Morin. Tolnedran. One of Emperor Ran Borune's
     chamberlains.
Mulger - Drasnian merchant. Allowed Garion, Silk and Belgarath to
     travel in his party to Gar og Nadrak.
Nachak - Murgo. Taur Urgas' personal representative to the Court at
     Vo Mimbre. Behind a plot to kill King Korodullin of Arendia.
     Killed by Hettar.
Nedra - Tolnedran god. See Aldur, Belar, Chaldan, Issa, Mara,
     Torak, and UL.
Nerina - Married to the Baron of Vo Ebor. Beloved of Mandorallen.
Nilden - Sendarian. Count Nilden, Chief Butler to the Royal
     Household of Sendaria.
Noble - Ce'Nedra's fat white warhorse.
Obor - Monk of Mar Terrin. Garion cured his madness.
Olban - Rivan. Youngest son of Brand. Died at the Battle of Thull
     Mardu.
Oltorain - Sir Oltorain. Mimbrate Arend. Older brother of Ariana.
     Tricked into war with Sir Derigen by the Murgos. His leg was
     broken when attempted to joust with Mandorallen. Lelldorin
     stayed with him while recovering from wounds he received from
     an Algroth.
Poledra - Belgarath's wife. Spent her formative years as a wolf.
     Supposed to have died in giving birth to Polgara and Beldaran,
     but she still manages to get involved in the action. "...a
     tawny-haired woman with golden eyes..."
Poppi - a fenling.
Porenn - Queen of Drasnia. Second wife of Rhodar, who is quite a
     bit older than her. Their only child is born at about the
     halfway point of The Belgariad. "...a tiny blonde with a
     beautiful smile."
Rabbas - Former chief bodyguard for Lembor.
Radan - Tolnedran. Poisoned by Haldor.
Ran Borune XXIII - Emperor of Tolnedra. The third Borune dynasty
     has been in place for more than six hundred years. "...a small
     elderly man, quite bald...The Emperor had a little, beaklike
     nose and bright, inquisitive eyes."
Ranite family - One of the Tolnedran dynastic families.
Reldegen - Count Reldegen. Lelldorin's uncle.
Rendo - Tolnedran. Prospector in camp on the Marag border.
Rhodar - King of Drasnia. Queen Porenn is his second wife. There
     are no heirs from his first marriage. Described in several
     places as "grossly fat."
Rundorig - A Sendarian Arend. One of Garion's three childhood
     friends. A year or so older than Garion. Ends up marrying
     Zubrette. See Doroon and Zubrette.
Sadi - Chief Eunuch of Queen Salmissra.
Salmissra - Queen of the Nyissans. The name goes with the position
     - there have been Salmissras leading the Nyissans for
     thousands of years. The current holder of the title, having
     been converted to an immortal (at least, so far as we know)
     snake, will be continuing as queen into the foreseeable
     future.
Seline - Earl of Seline. Senarian nobleman. Knows the secret
     Drasnian sign language. Advisor to Fulrach.
Silar - Algarian queen. Married to Cho-Hag. Childless. "Queen Silar
     was a silent woman, and her calm face seldom betrayed her
     emotions...quiet, dark-haired queen knew exactly what was
     going on."
Tarlek - Nadrak. Prospector in a mining camp on the Marag border.
     Killed by Kordoch.
Tashor - Nadrak. Vella's former owner.
Taur Urgas - King of the Murgos. "He was a tall man with heavy,
     sloping shoulders and an angular, merciless face." Killed by
     Cho-Hag at the Battle of Thull Mardu.
Terzie - Barak's youngest daughter.
Tekk - Nadrak fur trapper. He bought Vella.
Torak - Dragon god of the Angaraks. The Child of Dark. See Aldur,
     Belar, Chaldan, Issa, Mara, Nedra, and UL.
Torasin - Asturian Arend. Son of Count Reldegan. Involved in a
     conspiracy to kill King Korodullin of Arendia. Ended up in
     Ce'Nedra's army and died at the Battle of Thull Mardu.
Torgan - Rivan. Glassblower and yet another old acquaintance of
     Silk. Joran is one of his apprentices.
Torvik - Cherek. Anheg's chief huntsman. Helped dispose of Grodeg.
Tupik - a fenling.
UL - Father of the seven gods. See Aldur, Belar, Chaldan, Issa,
     Mara, Nedra, and Torak.
Unrak - Barak's son.
Urgit - Murgo king. Taur Urgas' third son by his second wife.
Urtag - Mallorean Grolim. Archpriest of Torak for the district of
     Camat.
Valgon - Tolnedran ambassador to the Rivan Court. A Honethite.
Varana - General Varana, the Duke of Anadile. Tolnedran. Took a
     summer vacation and visited the Tolnedran legionnaires who
     went off with Ce'Nedra. "...a stocky man with graying, curly
     hair and a stiff left knee that gave him a noticeable limp."
Varn - Nadrak. Impressed into the Mallorean army.
Vasrana - Countess Vasrana. Mimbrate Arend. She thought Garion
     would make a fine husband.
Vella - Nadrak. She danced her price up to three goldmarks.
Vo Ebor, Baron of - Instructed Mandorallen in the knightly arts.
     Nerina, his young wife, and Mandorallen fell in love, but both
     love and respect the Baron too much to ever consumate their
     relationship. Gravely injured at the Battle of Thull Mardu,
     although he was still alive at the end of The Belgariad.
Vo Serin, Baron of - Mimbrate Arend. He, Reldegen and Mayaserana
     came up with a plan to begin to heal the breach between the
     Mimbrates and Asturians. 
Vo Toral, Baron of - Arend nobleman who sold his some of his serfs
     into slavery to the Nyissans. Garion attempted to save one who
     was escaping, and failed.
Vordai - Drasnian. The Witch of the Fens.
Vordue family - One of the Tolnedran dynastic families. Their
     candidate for Emperor was the Grand Duke Kador.
Weasel Clan - Morindim clan. Their magician challenged Belgarath.
Xantha - Queen of the Dryads.
Xera - Dryad. Ce'Nedra's cousin. Was Queen Xantha's personal
     representative at the wedding of Belgarion and Ce'Nedra.
Yarblek - Nadrak merchant. "A rangy Nadrak...He had coarse, black
     hair and a thin, scraggly beard. His eyes had the peculiar
     angularity to them that was a characteristic of all
     Angaraks..."
Y'diss - Nyissan. Steward of Count Dravor. Had Garion and his
     companions captured.
'Zakath - The emperor of Mallorea. We don't find out why he has an
     apostrophe in front of his name until The Malloreon. "...a man
     of medium height with glossy black hair and a pale, olive-
     tinged complexion. His features were regular, even handsome,
     but his eyes were haunted by a profound melancholy. He appeard
     to be about thirty-five years old..."
Zereel - Emperor Ran Borune's court wizard.
Zubrette - One of Garion's three childhood friends. A "golden-
     haired charmer."

There are several characters who are never given names, but whose
appearances were notable enough that they should be mentioned:

The Arend peasant boy with the flute: Early in The Belgariad,
     Garion hears him playing. He dies at Thull Mardu.

The garrulous old gold hunter: Garion, Belgarath and Silk run into
     him in Gar og Nadrak on their way to the final confrontation
     with Torak. He had met Belgarath and Polgara thirty years
     before.

The colt that Belgarion brought back to life: The colt is given a
     name in The Malloreon (the name is a marvel of originality -
     Horse), but in The Belgariad he is only referred to as "the
     colt."

Historic Characters
Algar Fleet-foot - Second son of Cherek. Founder and first king of
     Algaria.
Beldaran - Daughter of Belgarath and Poledra, twin sister of
     Polgara. Married Riva Iron-grip.
Belmakor - A disciple of Aldur. Killed himself long before The
     Belgariad begins.
Belsambar - A disciple of Aldur. Killed himself long before The
     Belgariad begins. 
Brand - Warder of the Rivan Citadel. Took guardianship of the
     kingdom of Riva on the Isle of the the Winds after the royal
     family was slaughtered by the Nyissans. Defeated Torak at the
     Battle of Vo Mimbre. All warders that came after also took the
     name Brand.
Cherek Bear-shoulders - King of the Alorns. Helped steal the Orb
     back from Torak along with his three sons.
Dras Bull-neck - Oldest son of Cherek. Founder and first king of
     the Drasnia.
Eldrig - Early Cherek king. Built a still-used meeting hall in the
     sprawling Cherek palace.
Fundor - First king of Sendaria. Elected after six years of
     balloting (years 3827-3833). Farmed rutabagas and cabbages
     prior to his elevation to the nobility.
Gared - The sole survivor of the Rivan royal family after the
     Nyissan attack. Major inconsistency alert! In _Belgarath the
     Sorcerer_, his name is said to be Geran.
Geran - Belgarion's father. A stonecutter. He and his wife Ildera
     were murdered by Chamdar.
Gorek the Wise - Rivan king killed by the Nyissans. Only his
     grandson escaped to continue the royal line.
Gorim - A man of the Godless Ones. He besought UL to become the
     protector of his people, and kept at it long enough that UL
     finally broke down and said yes. The Godless Ones became the
     Ulgos, and their leader has been named Gorim ever since.
Ildera - Belgarion's mother. She was a Algar, the second daughter
     of a Clan-Chief.
Korodullin - Crown prince of the Mimbrates. Married Mayaserana of
     the Asturians after the Battle of Vo Mimbre in order to end
     the bloodshed between Mimbre and Asturia (a plan that only had
     limited success).
Mayaserana - Daughter of the Asturian duke. Married Korodullin
     after the Battle of Vo Mimbre.
Mergon - Ambassor of Tolnedra after the Battle of Vo Mimbre.
     Involved in the negotiations that set up the treaty whereby
     each Tolnedran Imperial Princess was required to present
     herself at Riva on her sixteenth birthday.
Ran Borune IV - Tolnedran emperor at the time of the Battle of Vo
     Mimbre. Since the Battle of Vo Mimbre occured long after the
     building of the Great North Road (See Ran Borune V), we can
     assume he's from the third Borune dynasty.
Ran Borune V - Tolnedran emperor of the second Borune dynasty.
     Began construction of the Great North Road.
Ran Horb - Tolnedran emperor who created Sendaria, approx. year
     3825.
Riva Iron-grip - Youngest son of Cherek. First guardian of the Orb.
     Founder and first king of Riva on the Isle of the Winds.
     Married Beldaran. Made the sword that holds the Orb.
Salmissra - Beloved of Issa, the first queen of the Nyissans. All
     Nyissan queens have been named Nyissa since. This includes the
     Salmissra that conspired with Torak to wipe out the
     descendents of Riva Iron-grip.

-- 
Amy I. Sheldon
ais3@po.cwru.edu