A clan of home/celbration/war-faithful highlanders with a small merchant/war fleet of airships at their disposal.

Hamish: The loud and bossy patriarch

Martha: The shrewish matriarch

Malcolm: the eldest son, a widower, introverted and brooding

Donald Bane: the middle son, a brash party-animal who loves a good fight

Margaret: the elder daughter, quiet, but skilled with magic and smarter than she looks

Gerrick: the youngest son, shrewd and crafty, leader of the Trouble-makers, the MacBoon special forces

Mary: the youngest daughter, still a young child

Ansley Fraser: Gerrick's girfriend and second in command of the Trouble-makers

Ian Fraser: Late captain of the Longsword, an adventurous swashbuckler

General MacAigh: Leader of the MacBoon's ground forces

Commodore "Salty" MacGillicuddy: Commodore of the MacBoon fleet and captain of the Red Dawn

Jonas DeVries: Ender first mate of Gerrick's ship, the Glacier

Michael Scott: MacBoon clan sorceror, intelligent, arrogant, and paranoid