When a long novel presents a large cast of characters, we enjoy each change of scene because it transitions to another interesting set of characters. At present, I am reading the Railton Family Trilogy by John Gardner and rereading the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson and the The King of Ys Tetralogy by Poul and Karen Anderson. The list of Dramatis Personae at the end of The King of Ys, Volume IV, The Dog And The Wolf, covers five pages, from Aebell to Vortivir, Flavius.
Survivors of Ys include:
Nemeta, daughter of Gratillonius and Forsquilis
Julia, daughter of Gratillonius and Lanarvilis
Evirion Baltisi, a sea captain
Cadoc Himilco, a Suffete
In VI, 1, Evirion converses with Nemeta and refers to Cadoc and Julia. In the following section, we are back with Maeloc and his crew. Some events and conversations must be simultaneous rather than successive. The characters continue to enact the consequences of the destruction of their city.
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