Xanth Character Database I-L

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Legend

NAME	SPECIES	TALENT	DESCRIPTION	BOOK(S)
ICE QUEEN CLONE	HUMAN		A stand-in for the Ice Cream Crone, the queen of the cold realm of eye scream. She is uncooperative with Dug and his companions.	16
ICHABOD	HUMAN		A Mundane archivist, and researcher of Xanth. He is considered to be the best historian of Mundane Alabama.	4, 6
IDA	HUMAN	Ideas that come true	Ivy's lost twin sister, raised as a foundling by kind otterbees. Her talent lets her make ideas come true, but only if they come from someone who doesn't know about her gift. She later acquires a tiny moon, Ptero, that orbits her head.	15, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25
IDIOT	GOBLIN		A goblin who works for Godiva, his speciality is Goblin Mountain Intelligence.	13, 15, 19
IDYLL	HUMAN	supressing all thought	Princess Ida's child	24
IFRIT OF THE BOTTLE	DEMON		A half vaporous man-creature the size of an ogre. Whoever frees it from his bottle is rewarded by chosing the manner of his or her death.	5
IGNOR AMUS	HUMAN		A very stupid creature, and juror at Gracile Ossein's trial.	11
ILENE	HUMAN	Controls storms	Ivy's daughter on Pyramid	21
ILURA	CENTAUR		Filly with foals: Imina and Imino Hurry	21
IMBECILE	GOBLIN		A goblin who works for Godiva. Later appointed to Foreign Relations Officer.	12, 14, 18
IMBRI	EQUINE		See Mare Imbrium.
IMP ORTANT	IMP		Father of Quieta.	4, 19
IRENE	HUMAN	Green thumb	Irene was originally a sub-magician, and later became a full Sorceress. Her talent causes plants to grow rapidly, completing full life cycles in minutes. Daughter of Iris and Trent, married to Dor, and mother of Ivy. She has green hair.	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22
IRIS	HUMAN	Illusion	A Sorceress, her abilities are on par with the Magician Level. With her talent, she can create illusions that fool the physical senses. She is married to Trent, and is the mother of Irene.	1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 14, 17
IRON MAIDEN	HUMAN?		She has two forms: one made of iron, the other doing the ironing	22
ISABELLA EMILY CARYLYN	HUMAN	Borrowing talents	Grey/Ivy daughter; green eyes, brown hair, green dress	21
ISLE OF NIFFEN	ISLAND		A magic island on world of Torus	21
ITCHLIPS	GOBLIN		One of the goblins of Mt. Etamin.	11
IVY	HUMAN	Enhancement	Ivy's talent causes the qualities she perceives to intensify. She is also unique in having befriended the Gap Dragon, whom she calls Stanley Steamer. She is the daughter of Dor and Irene, and Dolph's sister. She has a twin sister, Ida. She will one day be King.	7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23,24
IZE	DEMON			21

NAME	SPECIES	TALENT	DESCRIPTION	BOOK(S)
JACK IN THE BOX	GOLEM		A snakelike golem hidden in the outer wall of Humfrey's castle, whose job it is to persecute trespassers.	3
JACK OF DIAMONDS	HUMAN		A voice at Jacks-on-Ville	20
JACK POT	HUMAN		Pun: Jackpot	22
JACKSON	MERMAN		formed when a fish swallowed his lower half	25
JADE	HUMAN	makes anything into jade stone		24
JAFF	HUMAN		A carpenter in the Black Village. Married to Mari.	16
JAMA	HUMAN	Manifesting a sword	An obnoxious youth of the North Village.	1
JAN ITOR	HUMAN		Servant at Blue Castle, Pyramid	21
JANA	HUMAN		A girl who is in love with Braille Centaur, in a relationship that is normally forbidden.	17
JANELL	HUMAN	exaggeration		24
JANET HINES	HUMAN		A resident of the fringe of the Region of Madness. She has a fancy iris named after her.	17, 18, 19
JAYLIN	HUMAN			25
JEANIE YUS	HUMAN		Cultivates Eye Queue vines	23
JEEVES	HUMAN		A zombie butler in the Zombie Master's household.	7
JENNY ELF	ELF	Singing visions	An elf from the World of Two Moons, inadvertantly visiting Xanth. Unlike Xanth's elves, she has very pointed ears, four fingers, and is quite tall for an elf. Her talent allows her to sing visions into existence for sharing.	13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 24
JEREMY	WEREWOLF		Prince of the werewolves	22
JETHRO	GIANT		A giant lying in the region of madness.	18, 19
JEWEL	NYMPH	Scents of her feelings	Jewel is responsible for properly planting all gems in the ground for others to eventually find. Her talent allows her to smell like her feelings. Married to Crombie, and mother of Tandy.	2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 17
JFRAYA	HUMAN	Drawing a door that opens	Lives on Green Face of Pyramid	21
JIM BALDWIN	HUMAN	Mundane	Physics Professor at U Of Miami, age 39, black hair	20
JO	HUMAN		A girl who fetches Kim at Squeedunk Community College, Mundania.	19
JOAN	FAIRY		Joan is actually a male fairy, who mistakenly received the name intended for a female (see John the fairy). He marries his misnamed counterpart.	5
JOE	HUMAN		A member of the Black Wave, a group of black settlers who came to Xanth to escape poor living conditions in Mundania. Not to be confused with Joe the fifth-waver.	16
JOE	HUMAN		A brutish, maladorous member of the Mundane Fifthwave. Not to be confused with Joe of the Black Wave.	3
JOHN	FAIRY		John is actually a female fairy who received the name intended for a male fairy. She marries her misnamed counterpart.	5
JOHN	HUMAN		Farmer Jones son, (my son John)	23
JONATHAN	HUMAN	Creating zombies	Also known as Zombie Master. Jonathan is a Magician, who can reanimate almost any body to make a zombie. Married to Millie, and father of Lacuna and Hiatus.	2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 15, 22, 25
JORDAN	HUMAN	Healing himself	Also known as Jordan the Barbarian, he is an adventurer and hero who becomes a ghost for 400 years before becoming reanimated.	6, 8, 9, 14, 16, 19
JOSHUA	HUMAN	Reverse Magician	Circa 900	20
JOT	HUMAN		Lacuna's retroactive son; twin to Tittle.	14
JOY'NT BONES	SKELETON		Daughter of Marrow Bones and Gracile Ossein. Sister of Picka.	15, 19, 20
JUMPER	SPIDER	Making silk	A jumping spider who accompanies Dor on his tapestry adventure. Since Dor is tiny at these times Jumper seems monstrous. By means of his silk, Jumper can suspend himself, and even fly.	3, 14
JUNK MALE	HUMAN		Worthless man, utter heel	20
JUPITER	DEMON	ALL MAGIC	JU(P/I)-TER The leading magic Demon in X(a/n)th's social system, competing with him for status.	20, 25
JUST ICE		projecting thought or image or emotion into mind of person or non-human	very cold	24
JUSTIN CASE	HUMAN			21
JUSTIN TIME	HUMAN			21
JUSTIN TREE	HUMAN/TREE	Voice projection	A man who was transformed by Evil Magician Trent into a tree, and who prefers being that way. His talent allows him to converse with untransformed folk. Later he associates closely with Breanna.	1, 4, 22, 23, 25

NAME	SPECIES	TALENT	DESCRIPTION	BOOK(S)
KARA OKE	NYMPH		Nymph of oak tree, pun	21
KAREN BALDWIN	HUMAN	Mundane	Jim & Mary Baldwin's daughter, 7, hair red, eyes blue	20, 23
KARLA	CENTAUR		Winged centaur	22
KATKA	FELINE		A feline female in Iris' memory.	18
KEAIRA	HUMAN	Makes local weather	Ordinary appearance, brown braids.	20
KERBY	GIANT		Invisible giant. Ghina's uncle.	21
KERO	EQUINE		Winged unicorn	21
KIM	HUMAN	Erasure	An intrepid and likeable Mundane girl, competing with Dug in the Xanth adventure game. She secured her place in the game by winning a talent contest. Her talent enables her to erase any thing.	16, 19, 23
KNIGHT	CROSSBREED		Son of Nalda Naga & Mela Merwoman	21
KNIGHT GUARD	HUMAN		A soldier in Iris' memory.	18
KNOTWEED	ELF		A member of the tribe of Flower Elves, whose weapon is a knotted rope.	8
KRESS	CENTAUR	spot on wall actually a picture of the future		24
KRISSICA	HUMAN		On isle of Women: SHE cries alarm	22

NAME	SPECIES	TALENT	DESCRIPTION	BOOK(S)
LA	HUMAN	Changing types of wood	Initialsl Stand For Lost Angel	21
LACEY	HUMAN	makes shoe laces		24
LACKY	HUMAN	what she writes come true briefly	Might-be daughter of Lacuna and Vernon, delivered 1079, Ptero	24
LACUNA	HUMAN	Conjuring print	With her talent, Lacuna can make print appear on anything, and she can change it at will. She is Hiatus' twin sister, and is the daughter of Jonathan and Millie. Retroactively married to Vernon, with children Ryver, Jot, and Tittle.	4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 18
LADY ASHLEY ROSE	HUMAN		Rose's brave and resourceful mother, married to Lord Bliss.	14
LADY SLIPPER	NYMPH		Nymph Forrest Faun knows, pun	21, 25
LADY WINTER LEE CHERYL JACOBS	HUMAN		Mundane, dead at 15	21
LASHA LAMIA	HUMAN	Creates cloudstones	On isle of Women:	22
LATHE	ELF		A guard and member of the Tool elf tribe.	9
LATIA	HUMAN	One blessing in three	Latia is an old curse fiend woman, whose every third curse is actually a blessing. She is ugly, and skilled enough with stage makeup to create a face that will curdle water. She is a companion of Volney.	10, 25
LESS			see Lester
LESTER	HUMAN	Joint talent with Martoan to turn into humanoid crossbreeds	Twin with Martoan known as Less	23
LIJA	HUMAN	(Bedtime booboos)	Mundane boy, 8, with a bad talent of bedtime booboos he wants to get rid of, and finally does.	22
LINGS	CREATURES	Make impossible possible	Look like two legged squirrels. Were they on Earth, they might be called Earth-lings.	21, 22
LITHO	DEMON		see EARTH
LONI	HUMAN	Folk can't agree on her hair color		22
LORD BLISS	HUMAN		Yang's son, who never manifested any major talent and therefore was removed from succession to the throne. Perhaps because of this, he became a decent fellow, unlike his father.	14
LOUDSPEAKER	HUMAN		Evil Curse Fiend Magician, who turns the curses on his own folk.	16
LUMBERJACK	HUMAN		A passing man, of no consequence	20
LY	HUMAN	changes Mol's random	twin to MOL	25

KEY - Xanth titles; so far, by the numbers:
1	A Spell for Chameleon	2	The Source of Magic	3	Castle Roogna	4	Centaur Aisle
5	Ogre, Ogre	6	Night Mare	7	Dragon on a Pedestal	8	Crewel Lye
9	Golem in the Gears	10	Vale of the Vole	11	Heaven Cent	12	Man from Mundania
13	Isle of View	14	Question Quest	15	The Color of Her Panties	16	Demons Don't Dream
17	Harpy Thyme	18	Geis of the Gargoyle	19	Roc and a Hard Place	20	Yon Ill Wind
21	Faun & Games	22	Zombie Lover	23	Xone of Contention	24	The Dastard (2000)
25	Swell Foop	26	Up in a Heaval (to come)	27	Cube Route (to come)

Note: book numbers shown in larger type indicate a major character in that book.

Thanks to Piers Anthony, for letting us include books not yet in print, to Peg Rombach-Riggs who did the work creating the original table, and Seajay who supplied the numbers.