Miriam

Ethiopian princess, only surviving child of the late King Tatadim. Raised in the impregnable monastery of Debre Damo, in ignorance that her father had periched and his kingdom been usurped by Queen Yodit. According to prophecy, upon her death the current dynasty of Ethiopia will fall.

Kidnapped and brought to the Castle of Maidens by an anonymous djinn, then rescued by the Following Alexander Party and brought back to Ethiopia by Asterion, whereupon Queen Yodit gave her to the trogodytes, whence she is tracked by the Following Alexander Party, rerescued, and then retaken by Yodit, who is holding her hostage.