Scattered Suns (63 page)

lens kithman
—philosopher priests who help to guide troubled Ildirans, interpreting faint guidance from the
thism
.

Lightsource
—the Ildiran version of Heaven, a realm on a higher plane composed entirely of light. Ildirans believe that faint trickles of this light break through into our universe and are channeled through the Mage-Imperator and distributed across their race through the
thism
.

Llaro
—abandoned Klikiss world.

Logan, Chrysta
—last captain of the lost generation ship
Burton,
led colonists to Dobro.

Lotze, Davlin
—Hansa exosociologist and spy on Crenna, sent to Rheindic Co where he discovered how to use the Klikiss transportal system.

lowrider
—spiderlike predator on Corribus.

Mage-Imperator
—the god-emperor of the Ildiran Empire.

maniple
—battle group of Ildiran Solar Navy consisting of seven septas, or 49 ships.

Manta
—midsize cruiser class in EDF.

Maratha
—Ildiran resort world with extremely long day-and-night cycle.

Maratha Prime
—first city on Maratha.

Maratha Secda
—sister city on opposite side of Maratha from Prime, currently under construction by Klikiss robots.

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

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.

New Portugal
—Hansa outpost with EDF facilities, colony known for distilleries and wineries.

nialia
—plantmoth grown on Hyrillka, source of shiing.

Nur’of
—lead engineer, part of the skeleton crew remaining in Maratha Prime.

O’Barr, Hector
—“dunsel” commander of EDF rammer ships.

Odenwald, Sabine
—“dunsel” commander of EDF rammer ships.

Okiah, Jhy
—Roamer woman, very old, former Speaker of the clans.

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

Oncier
—gas-giant planet, original test site of the Klikiss Torch.

O’nh, Tal
—second-highest-ranking officer in Ildiran Solar Navy.

Orra’h
—Dzelluria Designate.

Osira’h
—daughter of Nira Khali and Jora’h, bred to have unusual telepathic abilities.

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

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.

Pekar, Jane
—governor of Relleker.

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

pepperflower tea
—Roamer beverage.

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

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

Pery’h
—the Hyrillka Designate-in-waiting, assassinated by Rusa’h.

Peter, King
—successor to Old King Frederick.

plantmoth
—nialias of Hyrillka, source of drug shiing on Hyrillka, also called a nialia.

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

poletrees
—tall plants growing in plains on Corribus.

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

Princess
—Nira’s pet name for her daughter Osira’h.

Prism Palace
—dwelling of the Ildiran Mage-Imperator.

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

pulse-racer
—extremely fast stunt vehicle.

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 49 ships.

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

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

Relleker
—Terran colony world, once popular as a resort.

rememberer
—member of the Ildiran storyteller kith.

Remora
—small attack ship in Earth Defense Forces.

Rendezvous
—inhabited asteroid cluster, hidden 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.

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.

Ruis, Lupe
—mayor of Crenna colony settlement.

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

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.

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

septar
—commander of a septa.

shadow lion
—darkside predator on Maratha.

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

Shelby
—Roamer pilot.

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

shizz
—Roamer expletive.

Shonor
—Ildiran splinter colony.

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.

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. Rescued Celli from burning tree during 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.

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, died during an escape attempt.

Stannis, Malcolm
—former 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.

streamer
—fast single ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.

Stromo, Admiral Lev
—Admiral in Earth Defense Forces, derisively called “Stay-at-Home Stromo” after he was defeated by the hydrogues at Jupiter.

Stubbs, Danvier
—vapor miner on Jonah 12.

sub-
thism
sleep
—Ildiran coma.

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

swimmer
—Ildiran kith, water dwellers.

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

Tabeguache, Peter
—Grid 1 admiral.

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

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

Tamblyn, Bram
—former scion of clan Tamblyn, father of Ross, Jess, and Tasia, died after his son 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, 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.

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

Team Jade
—EDF training group.

Team Sapphire
—EDF training group.

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.

Theron
—a native of Theroc.

thism
—
faint racial telepathic link from 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.

Trade Standard
—common language used in Hanseatic League.

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.

troop carrier
—personnel transport ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.

twitcher
—EDF stun weapon.

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.

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.

Vinh, Darby
—“dunsel” commander of EDF rammer ships.

Voracious Curiosity
—
Rlinda Kett’s merchant ship.

Wan, Purcell
—administrative engineer left in charge of Jonah 12 mining base.

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, Sheila, Admiral
—commander of Grid 7 EDF battle group.

worldforest
—the interconnected, semisentient forest based on Theroc.

worldtree
—a separate tree in the interconnected, semisentient forest based 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 Jora’h, keeps three Isix cats.

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