Horizon Storms - Kevin J. Anderson [242]
Lotze, Davlin—Hansa exosociologist and spy on Crenna, sent to Rheindic Co where he discovered how to use the Klikiss transportal system.
Lucy—young girl, friend of Orli Covitz on Corribus.
Mae, Terene—EDF ensign, assigned to Tasia Tamblyn’s Manta cruiser.
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—primary domed city on one continent of Maratha.
Maratha Secda—sister city on opposite side of Maratha from Prime, currently under construction by Klikiss robots.
Maylor, Fred—Roamer clan leader.
Mhas’k—male Ildiran agricultural kithman, part of the skeleton crew on Maratha, mated to Syl’k.
Mijistra—glorious capital city of the Ildiran Empire.
Mouth of Space—dark nebula, inhabited by Shana Rei, according to the Saga of Seven Suns.
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.
nebula skimmers—giant sails used to scoop hydrogen from nebula clouds.
New Portugal—Hansa outpost with EDF facilities, colony known for distilleries and wineries.
nialia—plantmoth grown on Hyrillka, source of shiing.
Nira—Nira Khali.
Nur’of—lead engineer, part of the skeleton crew remaining in Maratha Prime.
Oncier—gas-giant planet, original test site of the Klikiss Torch.
Okiah, Berndt—Jhy Okiah’s grandson, chief of Erphano skymine, killed by hydrogues.
Okiah, Jhy—Roamer woman, very old, former Speaker of the clans.
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 PrismPalace 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 WhisperPalace 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.