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AGUERRA, RORY - Raymond’s younger brother.
ALEXA, MOTHER - former ruler of Theroc, wife of Father Idriss and mother of Reynald, Beneto, Sarein, Estarra, and Celli.
ALINTAN - former Klikiss world.
ALLAHU, HAKIM - main representative of Rhejak.
ALTURAS - Ildiran world in the Horizon Cluster, formerly conquered in Imperator Rusa’h's rebellion.
ANDEZ, SHELIA - EDF soldier, former captive of Roamers at Osquivel shipyards, now serves with General Lanyan.
AQUARIUS - wental-distribution ship flown by Nikko Chan Tylar.
ARCHFATHER - symbolic head of Unison religion on Earth.
BARRYMORE’S ROCK - isolated Roamer fuel depot.
BARTHOLOMEW - Great King of Earth, predecessor to Frederick.
BATTLEAXE - nickname for former Hansa Chairman Maureen Fitzpatrick.
BEBOB - Rlinda Kett’s pet name for Branson Roberts.
BEN - third Great King of the Terran Hanseatic League.
BENETO - green priest, second son of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa, killed by hydrogues on Corvus Landing, returned in a wooden body as an avatar of the worldforest, then later joined with verdani battleship.
BIG GOOSE--Roamer derogative term for Terran Hanseatic League.
BLAZER - Ildiran illumination source.
BLIND FAITH - Branson Roberts’s ship, destroyed during an escape from Earth.
BREEDEX - the hive mind of the Klikiss, which controls and creates all the breeds in a subhive.
BRINDLE, CONRAD - Robb Brindle’s father, former military officer, returned to active duty, assisted Jess Tamblyn in rescuing prisoners held by hydrogues deep within a gas giant.
BRINDLE, NATALIE - Robb Brindle’s mother, former military officer returned to active duty.
BRINDLE, ROBB - young EDF recruit, comrade of Tasia Famblyn, captured and held prisoner by hydrogues after trying to contact them at Osquivel, rescued by Jess Tamblyn.
BURTON - One of the eleven generation ships from Earth, seized by Ildirans at Dobro and its passengers used for breeding experiments.
CAIN, ELDRED - deputy and heir-apparent of Basil Wenceslas, pale-skinned and hairless, an art collector.
CARGO ESCORT - Roamer vessel used to deliver ekti shipments from skymines.
CELLI - youngest daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.
CHAN - Roamer clan.
CHAN, MARLA - Roamer greenhouse expert, captured by the EDF and held on Llaro, mother of Nikko Chan Tylar, wife of Crim Tylar.
CHARYBDIS - primordial water planet, site of Jess Tamblyn’s original dispersal of wentals.
CHRISTOPHER - fourth Great King of the Terran Hanseatic League.
CHRYSALIS CHAIR - reclining throne of the Mage-Imperator.
CJELDRE - former Klikiss world, settled by human colonists.
CLARIN, ROBERTO - former administrator of Hurricane Depot, captured by EDF and taken to Llaro, where he is the ostensible leader of the Roamer detainees.
CLOUD HARVESTER - ekti-gathering facility designed by Hansa, also called a cloud mine.
COHORT - battle group of Ildiran Solar Navy consisting of seven Maniples, or 343 ships.
COLICOS, ANTON - the son of Margaret and Louis Colicos, translator of epic stories, sent to Ildiran Empire to study the Saga of Seven Suns. Anton was nearly killed on Maratha when Klikiss robots attacked; only he and Rememberer Vao’sh survived. COLICOS, LOUIS - xeno-archaeologist, husband of Margaret and father of Anton, killed by Klikiss robots at Rheindic Co.
COLICOS, MARGARET - xeno-archaeologist, wife of Louis Colicos and mother of Anton, vanished through transportal during Klikiss robot attack on Rheindic Co and lived among Klikiss.
COMPANY WORKS - extraction facility on Rhejak.
COMPETENT COMPUTERIZED COMPANION - intelligent servant robot, called compy, available in Friendly, Teacher, Governess, Listener, and other models.
COMPY - shortened term for 'Competent Computerized Companion'.
CONDORFLY - colourful flying insect on Theroc like a giant butterfly, sometimes kept as pets.
CONSTANTINE III - stormy, primordial planet, site of Roamer facility to extract polymers and raw materials from its thick atmosphere, known for exotic flame-proof materials.
CORRIBUS - ancient Klikiss world where Margaret and Louis Colicos discovered the Klikiss