The Ashes of Worlds - Kevin J. Anderson [250]
kith — a breed of Ildiran.
Klikiss — ancient insectlike race, long vanished from the Spiral Arm, leaving only their empty cities, recently returned to take over their former worlds.
Klikiss robots — intelligent beetlelike robots built by the Klikiss race.
Klikiss Siren — sonic device developed by Kotto Okiah.
Klikiss Torch — a weapon created by the ancient Klikiss race to implode gas-giant planets as a defense against the hydrogues; their design was rediscovered by Margaret and Louis Colicos, who tested the device at the gas giant Oncier, thereby unwittingly provoking the hydrogue war.
Kolker — green priest stationed on Sullivan Gold’s cloud harvester at Qronha 3, held captive by Ildirans. Kolker discovered a way to unite telink and thism, thus forming a new pseudo-religion, but he also unwittingly created a pathway for newborn faeros to spread. He was killed during the faeros invasion of Ildira.
Kori’nh, Adar — leader of the Ildiran Solar Navy, killed in a heroic suicidal assault against hydrogues on Qronha 3; mentor of Zan’nh.
Ko’sh — Chief Scribe of the Ildiran rememberer kith; despite the Mage-Imperator’s orders to correct and revise the Saga of Seven Suns, Ko’sh resisted all changes.
Kulu, Dr. Jane — Hansa scientific adviser, assigned to assist Chairman Wenceslas in creating technological “miracles.”
Lanyan, General Kurt — commander of the Earth Defense Forces.
lens kithmen — philosopher priests who help to guide troubled Ildirans, interpreting faint guidance from the thism.
Lightsource — a realm on a higher plane composed entirely of light. Ildirans believe that faint trickles of this light break through into our universe and are channeled through the Mage-Imperator and distributed across their race through the thism.
Liona — green priest assigned to Del Kellum’s skymine on Golgen and then to the Osquivel shipyards.
Llaro — abandoned Klikiss world, site of a human colony and also a POW camp for Roamer detainees. The Klikiss invasion overwhelmed this colony, killing many of the people; only a few colonists escaped.
Lotze, Davlin — Hansa exosociologist and spy, sent to Rheindic Co, where he and Rlinda Kett discovered how to use the Klikiss transportal system. Later, he left Hansa service and went in hiding to live on Llaro with other Crenna refugees. After helping the colonists to escape, he was captured by the Klikiss and consumed in the breedex’s next fissioning.
Mage-Imperator — the god-emperor of the Ildiran Empire.
Manta — midsized cruiser class in EDF.
Maratha — Ildiran resort world with extremely long day and night cycle, abandoned since Klikiss robots took over.
Maratha Prime — primary domed city on one continent of Maratha, destroyed by Klikiss robots.
Maratha Secda — sister city on opposite side of Maratha, destroyed by Klikiss robots.
Mijistra — glorious capital city of the Ildiran Empire, site of the Prism Palace.
Muree’n — experimental half-breed daughter of Nira and a guard kithman, youngest of her children.
Nahton — court green priest on Earth, assassinated by Chairman Wenceslas when he tried to send a warning to Theroc about an impending EDF attack.
Nira — female green priest, Jora’h’s lover and mother of his half-breed daughter, Osira’h. She was held captive for years in breeding camps on Dobro, then freed.
Okiah, Jhy — former Speaker of the clans, died on Jonah 12.
Okiah, Kotto — Jhy Okiah’s youngest son, a brash and eccentric inventor who created many innovations to assist the clans during the hydrogue war, including the “doorbells” that destroyed warglobes and the wental-ice artillery shells that destroyed faeros.
old Battleaxe — nickname for former Hansa Chairman Maureen Fitzpatrick.
O’nh, Tal — second-highest-ranking officer in Ildiran Solar Navy, mentor to Hyrillka Designate Ridek’h. He was blinded by Rusa’h in a faeros attack on his septa of warliners.
Osira’h — daughter of Nira and Jora’h, bred to have unusual telepathic abilities. She was a special envoy to the hydrogues.
Osquivel — ringed gas planet, site of secret