Characters And Conclusions

The People Of The Wind, XVIII-XIX.

After the Terran War, Poul Anderson has to wind up the stories of eight different characters:

Daniel Holm;
Christopher Holm;
Tabitha Falkayn;
Eyath;
Philippe Rochefort;
Admiral Cajal;
Luisa Cajal;
Governor Saracoglu.

The two human women are the most interactive:

Tabitha must finish with Rochefort, put Chris right about Eyath and marry Chris;

Luisa must support her father after his defeat by Daniel Holm and disappoint Saracoglu.

The novel ends with Eyath in flight:

"High is heaven and holy." (XIX, p. 662)

Chapters One to Four of the following Volume in the Technic History series introduce four new characters:

Lord Markus Hauksberg;
Commander Max Abrams;
Brechdan Ironrede, the Hand of the Vach Ynvory;
Ensign Dominic Flandry.

Although Nicholas van Rijn, David Falkayn and Dominic Flandry stand out as prominent historical figures, they also share the History with a large and diverse cast.