Y rhew was a maintained peace arrangement between the Ordovices of Powys and the Silures of Brycheiniog during the Early Iron Age. The term translates as "the frost."

Afan was a warrior of Caer y Bathau who served as guardian of the sacred springs in the high valleys, c. 587 BC. Grey in his beard, he bore the scars of a man who had seen considerable combat.

Bryn was a villager of Garth who sustained repeated injuries from the same ox, c. 587 BC. His wife was Beton, a woman of considerable resolve.

Beton was a resident of the village of Garth in the borderlands between Powys and Brycheiniog during the late sixth century BC. She was wife to Bryn, known for injuries sustained while working with livestock.

Ifor was a trapper who maintained trap lines in the high country east of present Abergwesyn during the early sixth century BC. He was husband to Milisandra and father to Nest ferch Ifor.

Milisandra was the wife of Ifor, a trapper who worked the high country east of present Abergwesyn. She died during a wolf attack approximately 605 BC while protecting her daughter Nest.

In the borderlands between Powys and Brycheiniog, a healer learned to survive by trading in secrets both tribes wanted kept. When they moved to claim her, she fled into high country where the west wind itself intervened to save her life.