Xanth Book 32

# 32 - Two to the Fifth [TTTF]
	The future of Xanth is in frightful peril. A powerful magical bird named Ragna Roc has embarked on a campaign to become absolute ruler of that mystical realm. Those who swear loyalty to him are spared. The rest have simply disappeared. So powerful are Ragna's sorceries that even the Good Magician Humfrey dares not confront him directly. Instead he enlists Cyrus the Cyborg, a handsome half-human playwright with little knowledge of the world, in a stealthy subterfuge. Cyrus must assemble a troupe of traveling players to attract Ragna's interest. And hidden in disguise among the bevy of beautiful young actresses are the young princesses, Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm, whose magics might just be a match for the evil bird. But Ragna has planted a spy in the midst of the troupe, one who knows their deepest secrets, including the true nature of Cyrus's forbidden love for one of the young princesses. Only a mysterious child called Kadence, and a cryptic clue - Two to the Fifth" - may give the companions the edge they need to defeat Ragna's dictatorial dreams. Brimming with passion and merriment, drama and deception, Piers Anthony's thirty-second Xanth fantasy is a pun-packed performance sure to provoke applause and ovations from the series' myriad fans.
Major Characters

Character Name	Species	Origin	Talent	Notes	First Chapter Mentioned
Melody	Human	Xanth	singing/playing something real	Daughter of Ivy and Grey, triplet	03
Harmony	Human	Xanth	singing/playing something real	Daughter of Ivy and Grey, triplet	03
Rhythm	Human	Xanth	singing/playing something real	Daughter of Ivy and Grey; triplet sister of Melody and Harmony; betrothed to Cyrus when she gets old enough; mother of Kadence, she was 12 aged to 22 at the time; was called Rhyme while with the Troupe.	03
Curtis [DDD]	Curse Fiend	Xanth		Boyfriend of Crabapple; man from the Curse Fiends, or Friends as he prefers, looking for neighbors to colonize the fringe of Lake Ogre-chobee.	04
Piper	Dryad	Xanth	healing	Daughter of Desiree Dryad and Hiatus	01
Sand Witch	Human	Xanth		Girlfriend of Tuff Stuff; adoptive mother of Sand D; member of the troupe. single adoptive mother of Sand D	02
Cyrus	Crossbreed	Xanth	Can Change One Thing in a Person`s Memory	Son of Hannah Barbarian and Roland Robot; husband of Rhythm; human/robot or cyborg. Electronic brain and iron bones, but otherwise human. The groom.	01
Don Donkey	Robot	Xanth		Cyrus`s steed and companion who has a circuit so Cyrus, if he wants, can see and hear what Don does.	01
Dusty	Dust Devil	Xanth		Brother of Dusti	01
Xina	Human	Xanth	Change Her Hair at Will	Girlfriend of Guise; member of the troupe; some changes on her hair can be very scary or odoriferous	01
Acro	Nymph	Xanth	Can Invoke or Control Acronyms	Girlfriend of Jim; member of the troupe.	02
Dusti	Dust Devil	Xanth		Sister of Dusty	02
Ragna	Roc	Xanth	render things illusionary or return them to real	A powerful Roc Magician who tried to take over Xanth by turning people into ghosts if they didn`t want to swear fealty to him.	03
Tuff Stuff	Human	Xanth		Boyfriend of Sand Witch; Challenge 1 for Cyrus Cyborg, vendor selling stone; member of the troupe, male lead.	02
Melete	Muse	Xanth		Cyrus`s Muse and Writer`s Block. Muse of Meditation	04
Lady Bug	Insect	Xanth		Girlfriend of Gnonenity; member of the troupe, tending her afhid garden	05
Crabapple	Crossbreed	Xanth		Girlfriend of Curtis (DDD); member of the troupe; very beautiful Crab/human crossbreed with crab pinchers for arms.	05
Rhyme	Human	Xanth		See Rhythm	06
Kadence	Human	Xanth	Aligning People and Things to a Cadence. Organization	Daughter of Rhythm and Cyrus; due to a bad spell which accelerated time, she was delivered almost immediately and aged to 6 years old before Rhythm could stop the aging.	07
Guise	Human	Xanth	makes clothing that makess its owner resemble whatever creature it emulates	Boyfriend of Xina; member of the troupe, wardrobe and clothes designer	08
Jim	Human	Xanth	makes food	Boyfriend of Acro; member of the troupe, responsible for feeding the everyone	08
Dragon Lady [TTTF]	Dragon	Xanth		Member of the troupe	10
Shaunna	Human	Xanth	seldom scene, make things not seen	In Unwelcome; member of the troupe, lighting and scene changer	12
Gnonenity	Gnome	Xanth		Head of Gnobody Gnomes; boyfriend of Lady Bug; member of the troupe	13

KEY - Xanth Titles; so far, by the numbers: (Click on any Title for more info on that book)
1	A Spell For Chameleon [ASFC]	2	The Source Of Magic [TSOM]	3	Castle Roogna [CaR]	4	Centaur Aisle [CA]
5	Ogre, Ogre [OO]	6	Night Mare [NM]	7	Dragon on a Pedestal [DOAP]	8	Crewel Lye [CL]
9	Golem In The Gears [GITG]	10	Vale Of The Vole [VOTV]	11	Heaven Cent [HC]	12	Man From Mundania [MFM]
13	Isle Of View [IOV]	14	Question Quest [QQ]	15	The Color Of Her Panties [TCOHP]	16	Demons Don't Dream [DDD]
17	Harpy Thyme [HT]	18	Geis of the Gargoyle [GOTG]	19	Roc And A Hard Place [RAAHP]	20	Yon Ill Wind [YIW]
21	Faun & Games [FAG]	22	Zombie Lover [ZL]	23	Xone Of Contention [XOC]	24	The Dastard [TD]
25	Swell Foop [SF]	26	Up In a Heaval [UIAH]	27	Cube Route [CuR]	28	Currant Events [CE]
29	Pet Peeve [PP]	30	Stork Naked [SN]	31	Air Apparent [AA]	32	Two to the Fifth [TTTF]
33	Jumper Cable [JC]	34	Knot Gneiss [KG]	35	Well-Tempered Clavicle [WTC]	36	Luck of the Draw [LOTD]
37	Esrever Doom [ED]	38	Board Stiff [BS]	39	Five Portraits [FP]	40	Isis Orb [IO]
41	Ghost Writer in the Sky [GWITS]	42	Fire Sail [FS]	43	Jest Right [JR]	44	Skeleton Key [SK]
45	A Tryst of Fate [TOF]	46	Six Crystal Princesses [SCP]	47	Apoca Lips (The Xanth Novels) [AL]
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Doug Harter maintains the Xanth Character Database, updating it as new books in the Xanth series are released. Thanks to Piers Anthony, for letting me see some of his Character Notes, to Peg Rombach-Riggs who did the work creating the original table, Seajay who supplied the numbers, Dawn M. Burge for suggesting and helping Origin to be accomplished, and FNProgramvare's BookCat, which I use to store the Xanth Character info.

# 32 - Two to the Fifth [TTTF]

Major Characters