Remembered primarily as either an audacious warrior-king or a vicious tyrant, Auriwandalo has remained a popular figure in stories, poems, and dramas. Among the most famous operas in Realmgard is a six-part epic Natlian retelling of Auriwandalo's life, reign, and death in battle in Aurora — famously, the fifth part consists solely of his death monologue.
Elder sister of the famous pirate Jonathan Fryte, Catherine Fryte was first inspired to join the Porthaven Marines — Porthaven's elite maritime forces responsible for upholding the city-state's Admiralty law — upon hearing the news that her brother had been abducted by pirates.
Cassius also refined the current Realmgardian zodiac, which are still used as the star-signs to each month of the calendar.
Although he was caught by surprise by the assassin leaping out of the crowd of supplicants at a meeting of his court, Eysteinn responded by instinctively headbutting him as he lunged at Eysteinn. Words of this exploit spread quickly across Hrimfax and Eysteinn came to be called "Iron-Brow."
The byname "Circle-Farer" refers the fact that the Hrifamxi sailor Hallvard Rognvaldson refers to the fact that he is the first known individual to have circumnagivated the entire continent of Realmgard.
Viewed by some as the reincarnation of King Caelin, come to unite the Kingdoms of the Sea in their darkest hour, Caedmon is one of the major figures in the long wars between the Middelmerish petty kingdoms and the invading Hrimfaxi Vikings.
The noble — and particularly royal — bloodlines of Realmgard often create a complicated web and relation and dynastic claims. The complicated saga of the succession of the Gallicantien and Middelmerish thrones culminated in the invasion of Middelmere by the Gallicantien King Thibault II.
Among the most significant and influential figures in the development of the corpus of King Caelin stories is the Gallicantien princess Marguerite.
Among the most famous mercenary captains called condottieri was the Middelmerish John Hawthorn, who came to be known in Natalian as Giovanni Biancospino.
Singing, music, and dance are common elements of childhood education in Natalis and a young Zaffira soon proved herself passionate and talented in all the artistic disciplines — indeed, although she is best known as a stage actress, Zaffira has also earned praise as an opera singer, vocal performer, and musician on multiple instruments.
