Cast of Characters
- Stenn Bearclaws - our protagonist (age 19 @ 6/6/35,386 B.C.)
- Drogan Elkfist - Clan Moose Rock's best hunter, 2nd only to Stenn as a warrior
- Stenn's staunchest fried
- his mate, Ehdra, died in a Blue Canyon avalanche in 35,383 B.C.
- Fodor, a middle-aged clansman and a fair hunter even though missing his left eye
- Gahn, a skinny young clansman who has a gimp left leg; rather a loner
- Ghindar, second oldest male at Moose Rock; a shaman (age 60 @ 4/4/33,386 B.C.)
- Gray Coyote - the spirit-beast who carries souls to Ursus in the Deepest Cave
- father to Swift-Tail and Strong-Jaws
- Jenkla - a beautiful woman & bond-mate to Stenn (age 18 @ 7/14/35,386 B.C.)
- originally from Clan Lion Path
- apprenticed to Uta
- Hrowaka Axe-Arm, Chief - Stenn's father? (age 62 @ 1/11/35,386 B.C.)
- Morning Dew, auxiliary spirit of the Moose Rock clan
- Norda of Clan Moose Rock - Stenn's mother (age 53 @ 2/15/35,386 B.C.)
- Red Dust, a.k.a. Vodor's Tears/Lament; snow turns to red dust as it melts, stealing heat
- red dust always presages a very significant drop in local temperature
- temp drop within minutes or up to 2-3 hours after this phenomenon
- Uta - medicine woman of Clan Moose Rock (age 49 @ 3/6/35,386 B.C.)
- has Jenkla as an apprentice
- Vodor, the Sky Spirit
- Void Lord, The - eternal enemy of The Sky Lord, Vodor