Of Fire and Night - Kevin J. Anderson [250]
Ruis, Lupe—former mayor of evacuated Crenna colony.
Rusa'h—Hyrillka Designate, leader of unsuccessful revolt against the Mage-Imperator; flew his ship into the sun before he could be captured.
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.
seedship—verdani battleship; also, treeship.
septa—small battle group of seven ships in the Ildiran Solar Navy.
septar—commander of a septa.
Shadow Fleet—legendary group of Ildiran warliners destroyed by the Shana Rei.
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.
Shir'of—senior member of the Ildiran engineering kith.
shizz—Roamer expletive.
silver berets—sophisticated EDF special forces.
Sirix—Klikiss robot, leader of insidious revolt against humans, former 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.
Solar Navy—space military fleet of the Ildiran Empire.
Solimar—young green priest, treedancer, and mechanic. Celli's boyfriend.
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—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 POW, killed during a poorly planned escape attempt from Osquivel.
Steinman, Hud—old transportal explorer, survivor of Corribus massacre.
Stoner, Benn—leader of human breeding captives on Dobro.
Stromo, Admiral Lev—EDF Grid 0 commander, derisively called "Stay-at-Home Stromo."
Sunshine—Roamer settlement run by clan Tomara.
Swendsen, Lars Rurik—Hansa Engineering Specialist.
Tabeguache, Admiral Peter—EDF Grid 1 commander.
Tae'nh, Tal—commander of a Solar Navy cohort.
tal—military rank in Ildiran Solar Navy, cohort commander.
Talbun—Beneto's green priest mentor, died on Corvus Landing.
Tamblyn, Andrew—one of Jess's uncles, brother to Bram, killed by reanimated Karla Tamblyn.
Tamblyn, Bram—former head of clan Tamblyn, father of Ross, Jess, and Tasia, died after 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, now 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, Wynn's twin.
Tamblyn, Wynn—one of Jess's uncles, brother to Bram, Torin's twin.
Tamo'l—experimental half-breed daughter of Nira Khali 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, run by Chairman Basil Wenceslas.
Theroc—forested planet, home of the sentient worldtrees.
Theron—a native of Theroc.
thism—faint racial telepathic link from the Mage-Imperator to the Ildiran people.
Thor'h—eldest noble-born son of Mage-Imperator Jora'h, traitor during Rusa'h's revolt, now held prisoner and drugged.
Thunderhead—mobile weapons platform in the Earth Defense Forces.
Tomara—Roamer clan.
transgate—hydrogue point-to-point transportation system.
transportal—Klikiss instantaneous transportation system.
treeling—small worldtree sapling, often transported in an ornate