Request for Taisha's new book list of people!

Clara Mendez

don Vicente (no last name)

Nelida (mentioned 238 times) no last name given

Señor Abelar (don Juan) aka. Juan Miguel Abelar

Doña Catalina (La Catalina)

and Manfred the dog!

"...We met Benny at the Vicam Station store where we were buying bread and fruit for our lunch. He said that if we hurry, we can make it to Potam in time to see the Easter dances that were part of the celebrations in honor of the Holy Trinity, the patron saint of the church...."

"...Benny wanted to stay for the dance and fireworks, but Carlos said he needed to make another stop to pick up some masks and maybe a set of cocoon bells for the museum. We left Benny with some of his friends and went back to Vicam Station. But before we got to the village, Carlos suddenly turned off the main road, onto a dark road as if he knew exactly where he was going...(to don Juan's cabin)"

"...Don Juan laughed. "I learned some Yaqui dance steps in my youth," he admitted. I lived for many years in Pascua, a Yaqui town in Arizona..."

""...Carlos won't be back for quite some time," Don Juan informed me. "Right now he is going to Ciudad Obregon for some business."

"What kind of business?" I asked alarmed. "Besides the fact that his car is here, how is he going to get there?"

"Someone is driving him in her car," he said with emphasis on hers. He looked at me as if to assess my reaction..."

"...Then I saw a young woman of my age. She was blonde, had blue eyes and was small and very pretty. Her name was Florinda and she was the pupil of the older woman with the same name, who was Nelida's counterpart..."

"...The Nagual woman, Carol, whom she remembered seeing before was also there. She was the young woman who had given Carlos his bread at the bakery in Hermosillo. But I already knew her. She helped me up in the tree house and had taken care of me while I was unconscious for three days and two nights...."

There were also a number of people never named because they were speaking Spanish and she didn't catch their names. I think it was in Guaymas.

"I breathed a little easier and got lost seeing the shadows and colors that the sun projected on the desert landscape as we drove to the house of Don Felipe (in the village of Potam), the mask maker.

His house had a wooden cross in the courtyard and was situated at the edge of a cultivated field. It was more spacious than the other houses I had seen, and it was built with good adobe bricks and the earth around it was clean and well tamped down....

...I felt that don Felipe did not want to sell masks to Carlos. But when Carlos said he was working with don Juan, whom don Felipe seemed to know, he got up and went into the back room and took out a mask wrapped in red cloth. He carefully unfolded the cloth to reveal a different mask than the ones we had found in the store. This mask was really creepy. It was unpainted and had no horsehair ornaments. The facial features were distorted as in a grunt. The mouth was open, the eyes slightly tilted, one higher than the other. The wood was white with layers of natural swirls in its grain. It was beautiful, but at the same time, impressive."

"Who is that girl? -I asked as we continued down the dirt road. The dust was getting into my eyes and made me sneeze.

For a moment, Carlos was silent. -That's Josephine, - he finally said. Don't you remember?

The name was very familiar. Suddenly my ears popped and I remembered where I had seen her. She was the girl who had assaulted me at Zuleica's house.

-She is a witch! -I said in a choppy voice, -What is she doing here? And don't tell me she's helping the store owner, like that woman at the restaurant in Santa Ana."

before this they were in Nogales

Zuleica's other house was in Guadalajara

"Emilito took me to the most beautiful Spanish colonial house I had ever seen that was not Clara's. Outside, it had a simple facade with bars on the windows and several balconies on the second floor overlooking the streets below. The balcony I had admired from the plaza was filled with potted geraniums and thick green ferns. Those who live here love plants, was the sensation I felt when we entered through the enormous twelve-panel door.

Inside, the patio was cool and dark. It reminded me of a cloister from another era. Columns and arches with a row of stone walkways. Raised flowerbeds framed a small orchard with fruit trees. Portions of the high walls were covered with hanging honeysuckles and wisteria growing on grids. The cold stone benches were flanked by flowers growing in ceramic pots with a marbled blue-green glaze, and a huge agave cactus grew in a stone pot.

To one side was a dark corridor that led to a small courtyard with a garden. A carved wooden bench with a high back was placed against the wall, and a beautiful jacaranda tree shaded the rectangular enclosure. To one side was a stone grotto, with a thin waterfall that flowed into a small pool. The house and grounds seemed to me to be the most peaceful place in the world. From time to time I could hear the birds roaring, but even they were silent and softened as if out of respect for the sanctity of the house. To think that this oasis of tranquility existed in the heart of a busy cosmopolitan city seemed in itself an act of power.

-Sit down on this bench and wait for the lady of the house to show herself, - suggested Emilito. Now that I have given you up, I will leave.

-Wait, wait, Emilito. I don't know the lady of the house. Won't you stay and introduce me to her?

-Of course you know her, - said Emilito, surprised. You met her in Sonora. Her name is Zuleica."

I’d like a copy, translating the Spanish one is a big job.
If someone wants to pay me for it I’ll spend the time but.. I’d rather just grab an English version.

Vicente Medrano

Julian Osorio

What about all the people and houses from The Second Ring of Power?

Also, I think it would be much better if you name the houses in a way it's easy to remember, for example, you could have "Silvio Manuel's house", "the Haunted Mansion", "Don Juan's cabin" and so on...