The Nine Bright Shiners were the ones who were originally in "The Beginning". They are Ranna, Mosrael, Kibeth, Dyrim, Belgaer, Saraneth, Astarael, Yrael, and Orannis. -Lirael pp. 525-526. The first seven of these helped in the creation of the Charter, while only five: Ranna, Mosrael, Dyrim, Belgaer, and Saraneth, put their full being into the Charter. Three in the Clayr, Royal, and the Abhorsen bloodlines. Mosrael, for the Clayr, Ranna, for the Royal blood, and Saraneth, for the Abhorsens. Two of these, Belgaer and Dyrim, put their being into the Wall and the Great Charter Stones. Yrael was neither for nor against the creation of the Charter, while Orannis, the Destroyer, despises it. The two who did not give up their being, Kibeth and Astarael, reside on the land still: Astarael in the Ab