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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.
Rossia—eccentric green priest serving in the EDF, survivor of a wyvern attack.
Royal Canal—ornamental canal surrounding WhisperPalace.
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 IldiranPrismPalace. 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,