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REYNALD - eldest son of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa, killed in hydrogue attack on Theroc.
RHEINDIC CO - abandoned Klikiss world, now central transfer point for the transportal network.
RHEJAK - former Hansa colony, an ocean world of reefs, medusa herders, and fishermen. Main products include kelp extracts, reef-pearls, rare metals and chemical compounds.
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 halfbreed son of Nira and the Dobro Designate, second oldest of her children.
RUIS, LUPE - mayor of Crenna colony settlement.
RUSA’H - former Hyrillka Designate, degenerated into madness after a head injury, and began a revolt against the Mage-Imperator. Rather than allow himself to be captured, he flew his ship into Hyrillka’s sun.
RUVI, RICO--administrator of Rheindic Co transportal facility.
SACHS, ANDRINA - facility manager of Constantine III.
SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS - historical and legendary epic of the Ildiran civilization, considered to be infallible.
SAN LUIS, ZIA--one of the four surviving Grid admirals after the hydrogue war.
SAREIN - eldest daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa, Theron ambassador to Earth, also Basil Wenceslas’s lover.
SCHOLLD - former Klikiss world.
SEPTA - small battle group of seven ships in the Ildiran Solar Navy.
SEPTAR - commander of a septa.
SHANA REI - legendary 'creatures of darkness’ in Saga of Seven Suns.
SHIZZ - Roamer expletive.
SHONOR - Ildiran world in the Horizon Cluster, formerly conquered in Imperator Rusa’h's rebellion.
SILVER BERET - sophisticated special forces trained by EDF.
SIRIX - Klikiss robot, 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. Celli’s boyfriend.
SOUL-THREADS - connections of that trickle through from the Lightsource. 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.
STEINMAN, HUD - old transportal explorer, discovered Corribus on transportal network and decided to settle there. He and Orli Covitz were the only two survivors of the black robot attack on Corribus, they joined Crenna refugees on Llaro.
STREAMER - fast single ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.
STROMO, ADMIRAL LEV - Admiral in Earth Defence Forces, General Lanyan’s second in command, killed during Soldier compy revolt.
SWEENEY, DAHLIA - DD’s first owner, as a young girl.
TAL - military rank in Ildiran Solar Navy, cohort commander.
TAMBLYN, CALEB - one of Jess and Tasia’s uncles, currently running the Plumas water mines.
TAMBLYN, JESS - Roamer in love with Cesca Peroni, infused with wental energy.
TAMBLYN, KARLA - Jess’s mother, frozen to death in ice accident on Plumas, revived by tainted wentals.
TAMBLYN, ROSS - Jess’s brother, betrothed to Cesca Peroni, killed in the first hydrogue attack on Golgen.
TAMBLYN, TASIA - Jess’s sister, currently serving in the EDF, captured by hydrogues at Qronha 3, and freed by Jess.
TAMBLYN, TORIN - one of Jess’s uncles, twin to Wynn.
TAMBLYN, WYNN - one of Jess’s uncles, twin to Torin.
TAMO’L - experimental halfbreed daughter of Nira and a lens kithman, second youngest of her children.
TELINK - instantaneous communication used by green priests.
TERRAN HANSEATIC LEAGUE - commerce-based government of Earth and Terran colonies, also called the Hansa.
THEROC - forested planet, home of the sentient worldtrees.
THERON - a native of Theroc.
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