Horizon Storms (72 page)

Okiah, Kotto
—Jhy Okiah’s youngest son, a brash and eccentric inventor who designed Isperos colony.

Orange Spot
—plague affecting human colonists on Crenna.

Osira’h
—daughter of Nira Khali and Jora’h, has unusual telepathic abilities because of her breeding.

Osquivel
—ringed gas planet, site of secret Roamer shipyards.

ossuarium
—storage chamber in the Prism Palace for the glowing skulls of former Mage-Imperators.

Otema
—old green priest, former ambassador from Theroc to Earth, sent to Ildira where she was murdered by the Mage-Imperator.

OX
—Teacher compy, one of the oldest Earth robots. Served aboard Peary, now instructor and adviser to King Peter.

Palace District
—governmental zone around Whisper Palace on Earth.

Palawu, Howard
—Chief Science Adviser to King Peter, one of the dissectors of the Klikiss robot Jorax.

Pasternak, Anna
—Roamer clan leader, ship captain.

Pekar, Jane
—governor of Relleker.

Pellidor, Franz
—assistant to Basil Wenceslas, an “expediter.”

Peroni, Denn
—Cesca’s father, a Roamer merchant.

Peroni, Cesca
—Roamer Speaker of all clans, trained by Jhy Okiah. Cesca was betrothed to Ross Tamblyn, then Reynald of Theroc, but has always loved Ross’s brother Jess.

Pery’h
—the Hyrillka Designate-in-waiting after the death of Mage-Imperator Cyroc’h.

Peter, King
—successor to King Frederick.

plantmoth
—nialias of Hyrillka, source of the drug shiing.

Platcom
—Platform Commander, chief officer’s rank aboard Thunderhead weapons platform in EDF.

Plumas
—frozen moon with deep liquid oceans, site of Tamblyn clan water industry.

poletrees
—tall plants growing in the plains on Corribus.

Prime Designate
—eldest son and heir apparent of the Ildiran Mage-Imperator.

Prism Palace
—dwelling of the Ildiran Mage-Imperator.

Ptoro
—gas-giant planet, site of clan Tylar’s “boondoggle” skymine.

Qronha
—a close binary system, two of the Ildiran “seven suns.” Contains two habitable planets and one gas giant, Qronha 3.

qul
—Ildiran military rank, commander of a maniple, or forty-nine ships.

Ramah
—Terran colony world, settled mainly by Islamic pilgrims, site of a former uprising against the Hansa, which was quelled by Lev Stromo.

Ramirez, Elly
—navigator aboard Tasia Tamblyn’s Manta.

rammer
—kamikaze EDF ship designed to be crewed by Soldier compies.

Refo, Jenna
—transportal explorer, lost in one of her searches.

Relleker
—Terran colony world, popular as a resort.

rememberer
—member of the Ildiran storyteller kith.

Remora
—small EDF attack ship.

Ren
—young friend of Celli’s, killed during hydrogue attack on Theroc.

Rendezvous
—inhabited asteroid cluster, hidden center of Roamer government.

Reynald
—eldest son of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa, killed in hydrogue attack on Theroc.

Rheindic Co
—abandoned Klikiss world, site of major excavation by the Colicos team.

Rhe’nh
—septar in the Ildiran Solar Navy.

Roachers
—derogatory term for Roamers.

Roamers
—loose confederation of independent humans, primary producers of ekti stardrive fuel.

Roberts, Branson
—former husband and business partner of Rlinda Kett, also called BeBob.

Rod’h
—experimental half-breed son of Nira Khali and the Dobro Designate, second oldest of her children.

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Rossia
—eccentric green priest serving in the EDF, survivor of a wyvern attack.

Royal Canal
—ornamental canal surrounding Whisper Palace.

Ruis, Lupe
—mayor of Crenna colony settlement.

Rusa’h
—Hyrillka Designate, third noble-born son of the former Mage-Imperator.

Saga of Seven Suns—historical and legendary epic of the Ildiran civilization.

saltpond caviar
—luxury food from Dremen.

Sarein
—eldest daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa, Theron ambassador to Earth, also Basil Wenceslas’s lover.

scaly
—Ildiran kith, desert dwellers.

septa
—small battle group of seven ships in the Ildiran Solar Navy.

septar
—commander of a septa.

Shana Rei
—legendary “creatures of darkness” in the Saga of Seven Suns.

shiing
—stimulant drug made from nialia plantmoths on Hyrillka, dulls Ildiran receptivity to the thism.

shizz
—Roamer expletive.

silver berets
—sophisticated special forces trained by EDF.

Sirix
—Klikiss robot at Rheindic Co xeno-archaeology dig, leader of robotic revolt against humans, captor of DD.

skyfactory
—very large ekti-harvesting facility run by Ildirans.

skymine
—ekti-harvesting facility in gas-giant clouds, usually operated by Roamers.

skysphere
—main dome of the Ildiran Prism Palace. The skysphere holds exotic plants, insects, and birds, all suspended over the Mage-Imperator’s throne room.

Solimar
—young green priest, treedancer, and mechanic; he rescued Celli from a burning tree during the hydrogue attack on Theroc.

Sorengaard, Rand
—renegade Roamer pirate, executed by General Lanyan.

soul-threads
—connections of thism that trickle through from the Lightsource. The Mage-Imperator and lens kithmen are able to see them.

spampax
—processed meat rations, designed to last for centuries.

Speaker
—political leader of the Roamers.

Spiral Arm
—the section of the Milky Way Galaxy settled by the Ildiran Empire and Terran colonies.

splinter colony
—an Ildiran colony that meets minimum population requirements.

Stanna, Bill
—EDF soldier, held captive by Roamers at Osquivel shipyards.

Stannis, Malcolm
—early Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League, served in the reigns of King Ben and King George, during Earth’s first contact with the Ildiran Empire.

Steinman, Hud
—old transportal explorer, discovered Corribus on transportal network and decided to settle there.

Stoner, Benn
—male prisoner on Dobro.

Stromo, Admiral Lev
—Admiral in Earth Defense Forces, derisively called

“Stay-at-home Stromo” after he was defeated by hydrogues at Jupiter.

sub-
thism
sleep
—Ildiran coma.

Sweeney, Dahlia
—DD’s first owner, a young girl.

Swendsen, Lars Rurik
—engineering specialist, adviser to King Peter, one of the dissectors of the Klikiss robot Jorax.

swimmer
—Ildiran kith, water dwellers.

Syl’k
—female Ildiran agricultural kithman, part of the skeleton crew on Maratha, mated to Mhas’k.

tal
—military rank in Ildiran Solar Navy, cohort commander.

Tamblyn, Andrew
—one of Jess’s uncles, brother to Bram.

Tamblyn, Bram
—former scion of Tamblyn clan, father of Ross, Jess, and Tasia, died after his son Ross perished on the Blue Sky Mine.

Tamblyn, Jess
—Roamer, second son of Bram Tamblyn, in love with Cesca Peroni, infused with wental energy.

Tamblyn, Karla
—Jess’s mother, frozen to death in ice accident on Plumas.

Tamblyn, Ross
—estranged eldest son of Bram Tamblyn, chief of Blue Sky Mine at Golgen, killed in first hydrogue attack.

Tamblyn, Tasia
—Jess Tamblyn’s sister, currently serving in the EDF.

Tamblyn, Torin
—one of Jess’s uncles, brother to Bram.

Tamblyn, Wynn
—one of Jess’s uncles, brother to Bram.

Tamo’l
—experimental half-breed daughter of Nira Khali and a lens kithman, second youngest of her children.

Tela
—young girl, friend of Orli Covitz on Corribus.

telink
—instantaneous communication used by green priests.

Telton, Anjea
—human prisoner of the hydrogues.

Terran Hanseatic League
—commerce-based government of Earth and Terran colonies.

Theroc
—forested planet, home of the sentient worldtrees.

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Theron
—a native of Theroc.

thism—faint racial telepathic link from the Mage-Imperator to the Ildiran people.

Thor’h
—eldest noble-born son of Mage-Imperator Jora’h, the current Prime Designate.

Throne Hall
—the King’s main receiving room in the Whisper Palace on Earth.

Thunderhead
—mobile EDF weapons platform.

transgate
—hydrogue point-to-point transportation system.

transportal
—Klikiss instantaneous transportation system.

treedancers
—acrobatic performers in the Theron forests.

treeling
—a small worldtree sapling, often transported in an ornate pot.

Tylar, Crim
—Roamer skyminer on Ptoro, father of Nikko.

Tylar, Marla Chan
—Roamer greenhouse engineer, mother of Nikko.

Tylar, Nikko Chan
—young Roamer pilot, son of Crim and Marla.

Udru’h
—Dobro Designate, second-born noble son of the Mage-Imperator Cyroc’h.

Unison
—standardized government-sponsored religion for official activities on Earth.

UR
—Roamer compy, Governess model at Rendezvous.

Vao’sh
—Ildiran rememberer, patron and friend of Anton Colicos, part of the skeleton crew remaining in Maratha Prime.

verdani
—organic-based sentience, manifested as the Theron worldforest.

Vik’k
—Ildiran digger, part of the skeleton crew remaining in Maratha Prime.

Voracious Curiosity—Rlinda Kett’s merchant ship.

warglobe
—hydrogue spherical attack vessel.

warliner
—largest class of Ildiran battleship.

Wenceslas, Basil
—Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League.

wentals
—sentient water-based creatures.

Whisper Palace
—magnificent seat of the Hansa government.

Willis, Admiral Sheila
—commander of Grid 7 EDF battle group, Tasia Tamblyn’s commanding officer.

worldforest
—the interconnected, semisentient forest based on Theroc.

worldtree
—a separate tree in the interconnected, semisentient forest based on Theroc.

worm hive
—large nest built by hive worms on Theroc, spacious enough to be used for human habitation.

wyvern
—large flying predator on Theroc.

Yamane, Kiro
—cybernetic specialist held captive by Roamers at Osquivel shipyards.

Yarrod
—green priest, younger brother of Mother Alexa.

Yazra’h
—oldest daughter of Mage-Imperator Jora’h, keeps three Isix cats.

Yreka
—fringe Hansa colony world; the EDF cracked down on the Yreka colonists for hoarding ekti.

Yura’h
—former Mage-Imperator, grandfather of Jora’h, ruled at the time of first encounter with human generation ships.

Zan’nh
—Ildiran military officer, eldest son of Mage-Imperator Jora’h, new Adar of the Ildiran Solar Navy.

Zizu, Anwar
—EDF sergeant, security chief on Tasia Tamblyn’s Manta.

• Books by Kevin J. Anderson
  
• Title page
  
• Copyright
  
• Dedication
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• The Story So Far
  
• 1: Celli
  
• 2: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 3: Basil Wenceslas
  
• 4: Tasia Tamblyn
  
• 5: DD
  
• 6: Jess Tamblyn
  
• 7: Cesca Peroni
  
• 8: Davlin Lotze
  
• 9: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 10: Sullivan Gold
  
• 11: Tasia Tamblyn
  
• 12: Patrick Fitzpatrick III
  
• 13: Cesca Peroni
  
• 14: DD
  
• 15: Tasia Tamblyn
  
• 16: Anton Colicos
  
• 17: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 18: Yarrod
  
• 19: Basil Wenceslas
  
• 20: King Peter
  
• 21: Orli Covitz
  
• 22: Rlinda Kett
  
• 23: Davlin Lotze
  
• 24: Anton Colicos
  
• 25: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 26: Jess Tamblyn
  
• 27: Cesca Peroni
  
• 28: Orli Covitz
  
• 29: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 30: Dobro Designate Urdu'h
  
• 31: Basil Wenceslas
  
• 32: Yarrod
  
• 33: Jess Tamblyn
  
• 34: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 35: Ox
  
• 36: Chief Scientist Howard Palawu
  
• 37: Orli Covitz
  
• 38: Anton Colicos
  
• 39: DD
  
• 40: Basil Wenceslas
  
• 41: Tasia Tamblyn
  
• 42: Cesca Peroni
  
• 43: Sullivan Gold
  
• 44: Adar Zan'nh
  
• 45: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 46: Dobro Designate Udru'h
  
• 47: Celli
  
• 48: Rlinda Kett
  
• 49: Prime Designate Thor'h
  
• 50: Basil Wenceslas
  
• 51: Patrick Fitzpatrick III
  
• 52: Orli Covitz
  
• 53: Chief Scientist Howard Palawu
  
• 54: Anton Colicos
  
• 55: Davlin Lotze
  
• 56: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 57: Sullivan Gold
  
• 58: Tasia Tamblyn
  
• 59: King Peter
  
• 60: Jess Tamblyn
  
• 61: Cesca Peroni
  
• 62: Celli
  
• 63: King Peter
  
• 64: Sarein
  
• 65: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 66: Nira
  
• 67: Cesca Peroni
  
• 68: Engineering Specialist Swendsen
  
• 69 Tasia Tamblyn
  
• 70: Zhett Kellum
  
• 71: Nikko Chan Tylar
  
• 72: Davlin Lotze
  
• 73: Rlinda Kett
  
• 74: Orli Covitz
  
• 75: DD
  
• 76: Designate-in-Waiting Pery'h
  
• 77: Dobro Designate Udru'h
  
• 78: Osira'h
  
• 79: Nira
  
• 80: Anton Colicos
  
• 81: Davlin Lotze
  
• 82: Cesca Peroni
  
• 83: Sarein
  
• 84: King Peter
  
• 85: Tasia Tamblyn
  
• 86: Roberto Clarin
  
• 87: Nikko Chan Tylar
  
• 88: Jess Tamblyn
  
• 89: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 90: Hyrillka Designate Rusa'h
  
• 91: Sarein
  
• 92: Kotto Okiah
  
• 93: Davlin Lotze
  
• 94: Orli Covitz
  
• 95: Prime Designate Thor'h
  
• 96: Cesca Peroni
  
• 97: Kotto Okiah
  
• 98: Patrick Fitzpatrick III
  
• 99: Tasia Tamblyn
  
• 100: Basil Wenceslas
  
• 101: King Peter
  
• 102: DD
  
• 103: Orli Covitz
  
• 104: Designate-in-Waiting Pery'h
  
• 105: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 106: Adar Zan'nh
  
• 107: Anton Colicos
  
• 108: Chief Scientist Howard Palawu
  
• 109: DD
  
• 110: Orli Covitz
  
• 111: Rlinda Kett
  
• 112: Celli
  
• 113: Tasia Tamblyn
  
• 114: Zhett Kellum
  
• 115: Admiral Lev Stromo
  
• 116: Cesca Peroni
  
• 117: Mage-Imperator Jora'h
  
• 118: Sullivan Gold
  
• 119: Kotto Okiah
  
• 120: King Peter
  
• 121: Celli
  
• A Note on Ildiran Kiths
  
• The Half-Breed Children of Nira Khali
  
• A Note on Ildiran Units of Time
  
• Glossary of Characters and Terminology