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Authors: Kevin J. Anderson

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KOLPRAXA
:
new-design Ildiran exploration ship to go beyond the Spiral Arm, led by Tal Gale’nh.
KORI’NH, ADAR:
great Ildiran military hero from the Elemental War, father of Gale’nh.
KO’SH, REMEMBERER:
Ildiran historian assigned aboard the
Kolpraxa.
KUIVAHR:
Ildiran planet with shallow seas and strong tides, site of Tamo’l’s sanctuary domes for misbreeds and Del Kellum’s distillery.
KUTUZOV
:
flagship Juggernaut of the Confederation Defense Forces.
LENS KITH:
one of the Ildiran breeds, religious philosophers.
LIGHTSOURCE:
higher plane of existence above normal life, an Ildiran version of heaven.
LU:
Listener compy at Orli Covitz’s compy laboratory.
LUBAI:
green priest serving at the Lunar Orbital Complex.
LUNAR ORBITAL COMPLEX:
military and civilian base established in the rubble of Earth’s Moon.
MAGE-IMPERATOR:
the god-emperor of the Ildiran Empire.
MANTA:
cruiser-class battleship in Confederation Defense Forces.
MEDUSA:
large cephalopod from Rhejak; its meat is considered a delicacy.
MIJISTRA:
Ildiran capital city.
MO:
Domestic compy at Orli Covitz’s compy laboratory.
MOSBACH, PROFESSOR MICHAELA:
one of Shareen Fitzkellum’s teachers on Earth.
MUREE’N:
halfbreed daughter of Nira and a warrior kithman, a skilled fighter, student of Yazra’h.
NADD:
green priest serving aboard the
Kutuzov.
NEW PORTUGAL:
Confederation planet, home of a university and also known for its wines.
NEWSTATION:
large orbiting station above planet Auridia, the new Roamer center of government. The Roamer school Academ is also nearby.
NIGHTSHADE:
Shana Rei occultation barrier.
NIRA:
green priest consort of Mage-Imperator Jora’h, mother of five halfbreed children: Osira’h, Rod’h, Gale’nh, Tamo’l, and Muree’n.
OK:
compy owned by Xander Brindle.
OKIAH:
name given to derelict space city inhabited by clan Reeves.
OKIAH, KOTTO:
renowned but eccentric Roamer scientist.
ONTHOS:
alien race, builders of derelict space city claimed by clan Reeves.
ORBITAL RESEARCH SPHERE (ORS):
isolated medical research satellite orbiting Pergamus.
ORFINO:
architectural specialist working on Eljiid.
OSIRA’H:
daughter of Nira and Jora’h, bred to have unusual telepathic abilities.
OSQUIVEL:
ringed gas giant, former site of Kellum shipyards.
PANNEBAKER, ALEC:
one of Lee Iswander’s deputies at the Sheol lava-processing facility.
PAOLUS, DR. BENJAMIN:
foremost neurological researcher on Earth.
PASTERNAK, SHAREEN:
lost love of Del Kellum, killed by hydrogues on a skymine. Shareen Fitzkellum is named after her.
PATTON, DILLON:
weapons officer aboard the
Kutuzov
.
PELLIERI, KAM:
desert geologist working on Eljiid.
PEPPERFLOWER TEA:
Roamer beverage.
PERGAMUS:
secure medical research facility owned and managed by Zoe Alakis.
PERONI, CESCA:
former Roamer Speaker, wife of Jess Tamblyn; together they run the Academ school complex for Roamer children.
PETER, KING:
ruler of Confederation, married to Queen Estarra, with two children, Reynald and Arita.
PIGEON
:
small trading ship at Vuoral.
PLUMAS:
frozen moon with deep liquid oceans, site of Tamblyn clan water industry.
POWER BLOCK:
energy source made of a charged film, folded and packed inside a shell.
PRIME DESIGNATE:
eldest noble-born son of the Mage-Imperator, and successor.
PRIMORDIAL OOZE:
trade name of one of Del Kellum’s distillations from Kuivahr.
PRISDIAMOND:
rare precious gem found on several Confederation planets.
PRISM PALACE:
crystalline palace of the Ildiran Mage-Imperator.
PRODIGAL SON
:
Garrison Reeves’s ship, formerly an Iswander Industries vessel.
PROUD MARY
:
Kett Shipping vessel formerly piloted by Mary Coven.
QORLISS:
Confederation planet.
QRONHA:
binary star in the Horizon Cluster, two of the “seven suns” in the Ildiran sky.
RAINDROP:
Rlinda Kett’s pet name for Reyn.
RAMAH:
Confederation planet.
REEVES, DALE:
brother of Garrison, second son of Olaf Reeves.
REEVES, ELISA:
wife of Garrison and mother of Seth, deputy of Lee Iswander at the Sheol lava mines. Also goes by her maiden name of Elisa Enturi.
REEVES, GARRISON:
Roamer worker at the Sheol lava-processing facility. He is married to Elisa, father of Seth. He is the son of clan head Olaf Reeves, brother of Dale.
REEVES, INDIRA:
Retroamer.
REEVES, JAMIE:
young son of Dale Reeves.
REEVES, OLAF:
gruff clan head, leader of the “Retroamers,” isolationist Roamers who are trying to rebuild the wreckage of Rendezvous. Father of Garrison and Dale.
REEVES, SCOTT:
young son of Dale Reeves.
REEVES, SENDRA:
wife of Dale Reeves, formerly Sendra Detemer.
REEVES, SETH:
ten-year-old son of Garrison Reeves.
RELLEKER:
Terran colony planet, home of Orli Covitz’s compy laboratory.
REMORA:
small attack ship in Confederation Defense Forces.
RENDEZVOUS:
asteroid cluster, former center of Roamer government. Destroyed by the Earth Defense Forces, but clan Reeves attempted reconstruction for years.
RETROAMERS:
mocking term for the isolationist clan Reeves.
REYN, PRINCE:
son of King Peter and Queen Estarra, in line to be the Confederation’s next King. His full name is Reynald.
RHEINDIC CO:
Klikiss world, serves as a nexus for humans using the Klikiss transportal network for travel among planets.
RHEJAK:
watery planet with habitable reefs, known for large cephalopods called medusas.
RICKS, SAM:
candidate for Speaker of the Roamer clans.
ROAMERS:
loose confederation of independent humans, primary producers of ekti stardrive fuel, often disparagingly called “space gypsies.”
ROBERTS, BRANSON:
Rlinda Kett’s favorite ex-husband, affectionately called BeBob.
ROD’H:
older halfbreed son of Nira, fathered by Dobro Designate Udru’h as part of the secret breeding program.
ROHANDAS, HOWARD:
fellow student with Shareen Fitzkellum on Earth.
SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS:
historical and legendary epic of the Ildiran civilization.
SALIBA, SHARON:
sensor technician aboard the
Kutuzov.
SANDOVAL, SHERI:
representative from the Roamers to the Confederation.
SAREIN:
sister of Estarra and Celli, lives in self-imposed exile in the Wild.
SEPTA:
small battle group of seven ships in the Ildiran Solar Navy.
SEWARD, ISHA:
retiring Speaker for the Roamer clans, successor to Del Kellum.
SHANA REI:
fearsome creatures of darkness that preyed upon the Ildiran Empire long ago.
SHELUD:
green priest, brother of Aelin.
SHEOL:
binary planet under heavy tidal stresses, site of lava-mining operations led by Lee Iswander.
SHIZZ:
Roamer curse.
SKYMINE:
ekti-harvesting facility in the clouds of a gas giant planet, usually operated by Roamers.
SKYSPHERE:
audience chamber of the Prism Palace.
SOLIMAR:
green priest, married to Celli, who tends a terrarium dome in Fireheart Station.
SONG OF THE BREEDEX, THE
:
Klikiss historical chronicle transcribed and translated by Anton and Margaret Colicos.
SPEAKER:
Roamer leader.
SPIRAL ARM:
the section of the Milky Way Galaxy settled by the Ildiran Empire and Terran colonies.
SWIMMER:
otterlike Ildiran kith that spend most of their time in the ocean.
SWOOPER:
small skybike used around skymining operations.
TAIT, MATTHEW:
navigator aboard the
Kutuzov.

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