Original studies

Characters

Portraits are original fan interpretations of figures from the novel — not photographs of actors. The “imagined 1980 casting” notes are speculative fan fiction only.

Estri Hadrath diet Estrazi

Well-Keepress of Astria

Imagined 1980 casting: Ornella Muti

High Couch of Astria until a message from her dead mother sends her into the wilds. Aristocrat, outcast, seeker.

Sereth crill Tyris

Slayer

Imagined 1980 casting: Arnold Schwarzenegger

A brutal enforcer of Silistran law who becomes Estri’s protector — and her equal — beyond the Wells.

Estrazi

The bronze father

Imagined 1980 casting: Sean Connery

An off-world being of immense power. Estri’s quest ends — and begins again — in his hall of starlight.

Celendra

Well-Keepress of Arlet

Imagined 1980 casting: Sybil Danning

Rival and sometime ally. A duel of philosophy as much as of status.