# The Worm Ouroboros — Character guide

> Key figures in The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison.

- [Corinius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/corinius.md): Corinius is one of King Gorice's chosen captains, a warlord whose confidence and appetite for action make him a driving force in Witchland's war against Demonland. He bristles at his defeat on Krothering Side yet turns c
- [Lord Gro](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/lord_gro.md): Lord Gro moves between courts as envoy and strategist, returning from Demonland to Carcë with news the King receives in his bath with unnerving calm. He reads men and reports their doings with careful precision, yet the 
- [Corund](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/corund.md): Corund stands beside Corinius as one of Gorice's two great war-leaders, raised up to be king over a quarter of the world. Where Corinius burns to strike at once, Corund counsels looking beyond the next turn of the road, 
- [Lord Juss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/lord_juss.md): Juss leads the Demons after Witchland's blow has scattered their strength, and the early chapters find him climbing through frozen, treacherous country where illusions prey on his resolve. On the mountain he passes by a 
- [Brandoch Daha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/brandoch_daha.md): Brandoch Daha is Juss's peer and companion, a Demon lord whose beauty and daring are matched only by his imperious will. In a shadowy chamber he is offered whatever earthly thing he most desires and chooses the lady hers
- [Lady Prezmyra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/lady_prezmyra.md): Prezmyra comes to Gorice's private chamber to urge an expedition against Demonland, pressing the case for Corund to lead it while carefully balancing thanks to the King against praise of her husband. The King puts her of
- [Lady Mevrian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/lady_mevrian.md): Mevrian holds Krothering in her brother's absence, a Demonland noblewoman whose composure is a weapon sharper than any sword. When Lord Gro delivers Corinius's shameful proposal, she dismantles him with a memory of sitti
- [Sriva](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/sriva.md): Sriva moves through Carcë's banquet halls collecting secrets the way other nobles collect jewels, and she knows exactly what each one is worth. She plays her father Corsus against her mother's caution, angling for a crow
- [Corsus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/corsus.md): Corsus commands Owlswick and a seat at Carcë's council table, but he feels the world slipping toward the young—Corinius, Laxus, and above all Corund, whose marriage to Prezmyra has made him the King's favorite. He locks 
- [Spitfire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/spitfire.md): Spitfire of Owlswick leads his men through rain-soaked nights, visiting captains and setting guards with the discipline of a seasoned commander. When a toothless ancient appears in his camp to warn him of Thremnir's Heug
- [Goldry Bluszco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/goldry_bluszco.md): Goldry Bluszco is the mightiest of Demonland's lords, whose capture by Witchland sets the great quest of the narrative in motion. His brother Juss swears no rest until Goldry is freed, and Gaslark grieves to watch Armell
- [Mivarsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/mivarsh.md): Mivarsh Faz, called "sweet Mivarsh" by those who know him, finds himself caught between the schemes of greater lords and his own fear of what lurks on the Moruna. When Juss and Brandoch Daha invite him to seek Koshtra Be
- [King Gaslark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/king_gaslark.md): Gaslark rules Goblinland from Zajë Zaculo, a kingdom twice harried by Witchland and once saved only by Demonland's swords on Lormeron field. His reign is shadowed by the foster-brother Gro, who abandons the Goblin cause 
- [Red Foliot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/red_foliot.md): The Red Foliot arrives at the wrestling ground in an ebony car drawn by six black horses, his blood-stained spearmen behind him, mild to look on yet unmistakably kingly. As chosen judge he binds both Witchland and Demonl
- [Heming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/heming.md): Heming of Witchland rides among the sons of Corund, raised in Carcë's martial household and eager to prove himself against the Demons who humbled his kin. He burns with the impatience of youth, chafing at counsel and hun
- [Gallandus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/gallandus.md): A Witchland lord murdered by Corsus, sparking internal conflict.
- [Laxus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/laxus.md): Laxus serves Witchland as high admiral, the man who keeps the fleet in trim and thinks in terms of supply, anchor, and asylum while Corinius dreams of pitched battle. His sad, serious brow and measured counsel set him ap
- [Lord Zigg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/lord_zigg.md): Zigg stands at Spitfire's side before Owlswick, sworn to bring fifteen hundred men-at-arms out of the west and crack the castle gates. When a shrivelled ancient appears in the torchlight to warn Spitfire of Thremnir's He
- [Gorice XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/gorice_xii.md): Gorice XII rules from Carcë, a lean, iron-built king who receives news of disaster with the same appetite as news of victory, and who practices the artificial magic that once served Gorice VII. He listens to Gro's report
- [La Fireez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/la_fireez.md): La Fireez rules Impland, a realm whose loyalty to Demonland is tested every time Witchland's fleets darken the southern sea. His position forces him to weigh honor against survival, since open defiance of Gorice invites 
- [Queen Sophonisba](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/queen_sophonisba.md): Queen Sophonisba arrives as an honored guest among the lords of Demonland, and Juss himself guides her through lime avenues, herb gardens, and stables where the white sisters of Artemis burn with ichor-light. Her days of
- [Gorice XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/gorice_xi.md): Previous King of Witchland, mentioned as a predecessor.
- [Zenambria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/zenambria.md): A noblewoman, possibly of Witchland or allied realm.
- [Volle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/volle.md): A lord of Witchland, mentioned in court scenes.
- [Ravnor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/ravnor.md): An old lord or sage, possibly of Demonland.
- [Jalcanaius Fostus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/jalcanaius_fostus.md): A minor character, possibly a sorcerer or lord.
- [Cargo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/cargo.md): A young prince of Impland, son of La Fireez.
- [Astar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/astar.md): A noble lord of Demonland, ally of Juss.
- [Styrkmir](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/styrkmir.md): A minor lord of Witchland, mentioned in battle.
- [Dekalajus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_worm_ouroboros_se/characters/dekalajus.md): A minor lord or figure from a list of names.

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