Of Fire and Night (57 page)

Mijistra
—glorious capital city of the Ildiran Empire.

Muree’n
—experimental half-breed daughter of Nira Khali and a guard kithman, youngest of her children.

Nahton
—court green priest on Earth, serves King Peter.

nematodes
—scarlet prehistoric worms living in the underground ocean of Plumas.

Nemo, Alexander
—false name of Davlin Lotze.

nialia
—plantmoth grown on Hyrillka, source of the drug shiing.

Nira
—female green priest, lover of Jora’h and mother of Osira’h.

Nodu’nh, Tal
—commander of a Solar Navy cohort.

Nogales, Rosamaria
—biologist studying the hydrogue derelict.

Okiah, Jhy
—former Speaker of the Roamer clans, now dead.

Okiah, Kotto
—Jhy Okiah’s youngest son, brash and eccentric inventor.

O’nh, Tal
—second-highest-ranking officer in the Ildiran Solar Navy, has only one eye.

Orryx
—Ildiran splinter colony, first to be destroyed by the Shana Rei.

Osira’h
—daughter of Nira Khali and Jora’h, possesses unusual telepathic abilities.

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

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

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

OX
—Teacher compy, one of the oldest Earth robots. Now instructor and adviser to King Peter.

Palace District
—governmental zone around the Whisper Palace on Earth.

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

Palmer, Bing
—Roamer skyminer.

Pasternak, Shareen
—chief of Welyr skymine; betrothed to Del Kellum but killed in an early hydrogue strike.

Paxton, Sergeant W. H.
—leader of silver beret squad.

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

Peroni, Cesca
—Roamer Speaker of all clans. Cesca was betrothed to Ross Tamblyn, but has always loved his brother Jess.

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

Peroni, Lyra
—Cesca’s mother.

Pery’h
—Hyrillka Designate-in-waiting, murdered at the start of Rusa’h’s rebellion.

Peter, King
—successor to Old King Frederick.

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

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

Prism Palace
—dwelling of the Ildiran Mage-Imperator.

Qronha 3
—gas giant close to Ildira, site of the first hydrogue attack on Ildiran cloud harvesters, then repeat attack on Sullivan Gold’s skymine.

Ramirez, Elly, Commander
—acting commander of Tasia Tamblyn’s Manta cruiser.

rammer
—kamikaze EDF ship designed to be crewed by Soldier compies; initial sixty lost at Qronha 3.

rememberer
—member of the Ildiran storyteller kith.

Remora
—small attack ship in the Earth Defense Forces.

Rendezvous
—asteroid cluster, center of Roamer government, destroyed by EDF.

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.

Ridek’h
—young boy, new Designate of Hyrillka.

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.

Rossia
—eccentric green priest, survivor of a wyvern attack, now volunteer aboard EDF ships.

Ruis, Lupe
—former mayor of evacuated Crenna colony.

Rusa’h
—Hyrillka Designate, leader of unsuccessful revolt against the Mage-Imperator; flew his ship into the sun before he could be captured.

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

Sandoval
—Roamer clan.

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

Sarhi, Padme
—Grand Governor of Yreka colony.

seedship
—verdani battleship; also, treeship.

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

septar
—commander of a septa.

Shadow Fleet
—legendary group of Ildiran warliners destroyed by the Shana Rei.

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
.

Shir’of
—senior member of the Ildiran engineering kith.

shizz
—Roamer expletive.

silver berets
—sophisticated EDF special forces.

Sirix
—Klikiss robot, leader of insidious revolt against humans, former captor of DD.

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.

Solar Navy
—space military fleet of the Ildiran Empire.

Solimar
—young green priest, treedancer, and mechanic. Celli’s boyfriend.

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
—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 POW, killed during a poorly planned escape attempt from Osquivel.

Steinman, Hud
—old transportal explorer, survivor of Corribus massacre.

Stoner, Benn
—leader of human breeding captives on Dobro.

Stromo, Admiral Lev
—EDF Grid 0 commander, derisively called “Stay-at-Home Stromo.”

Sunshine
—Roamer settlement run by clan Tomara.

Swendsen, Lars Rurik
—Hansa Engineering Specialist.

Tabeguache, Admiral Peter
—EDF Grid 1 commander.

Tae’nh, Tal
—commander of a Solar Navy cohort.

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

Talbun
—Beneto’s green priest mentor, died on Corvus Landing.

Tamblyn, Andrew
—one of Jess’s uncles, brother to Bram, killed by reanimated Karla Tamblyn.

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

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

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

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

Tamblyn, Ross
—estranged oldest 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, Wynn’s twin.

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

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

telink
—instantaneous communication used by green priests.

Terran Hanseatic League
—commerce-based government of Earth and Terran colonies, run by Chairman Basil Wenceslas.

Theroc
—forested planet, home of the sentient worldtrees.

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, traitor during Rusa’h’s revolt, now held prisoner and drugged.

Thunderhead
—mobile weapons platform in the Earth Defense Forces.

Tomara
—Roamer clan.

transgate
—hydrogue point-to-point transportation system.

transportal
—Klikiss instantaneous transportation system.

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

treeship
—verdani battleship; also, seedship.

twitcher
—EDF stun weapon.

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

Udru’h
—Dobro Designate, in charge of secret breeding program.

Ur’nh, Tal
—commander of a Solar Navy cohort.

Vao’sh
—Ildiran rememberer, patron and friend of Anton Colicos.

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

Voracious Curiosity
—Rlinda Kett’s merchant ship.

Wan, Purcell
—administrative engineer of Jonah 12, killed by Klikiss robots.

warglobe
—spherical hydrogue attack vessel.

warliner
—largest class of Ildiran battleship.

Welyr
—gas giant, site of Roamer skymine destroyed by hydrogues.

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 EDF Grid 7 battle group.

worldforest
—the interconnected, sentient forest based on Theroc.

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

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

Wu-Lin, Admiral Crestone
—EDF Grid 3 commander.

wyvern
—large flying predator on Theroc.

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

Yarrod
—green priest, younger brother of Mother Alexa.

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

Yreka
—fringe Hansa colony world, now site of a thriving black-market center.

Zan’nh
—eldest son of Mage-Imperator Jora’h, Adar of the Ildiran Solar Navy; also, acting Prime Designate.

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

Zoltan
—Roamer clan.