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A remote mercenary group Ivan considers joining to avoid Miles's wrath after learning that Alexi Vormoncrief has proposed to Ekaterin. (CC)

Kshatryan Imperial Mercenaries:

A group of about a dozen men recruited by Captain Thorne, Baz Jesek, and Arde Mayhew on Tau Verde IV for the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet. After botching a bodyguarding job, they are desperate to get off the planet. (WA)

Kurin's Hand:

Cavilo's flagship of the Randall's Rangers fleet. (VG)

Kush:

No first name given. A soldier in the Barrayaran military, he is the leader of a patrol on the General Vorkraft that will be part of the attempt to stop the mutineers. (SH)

Kyril Island:

An arctic, egg-shaped island seventy kilometers wide, one hundred sixty kilometers long, and five hundred kilometers from the nearest landmass. At Aral's confirmation ceremony as Regent, Evon Vorhalas mentions the possibility of getting assigned there as punishment. Lazkowski Base, used by the Barrayarans for winter military training, is located there, and is where Miles is sent for a six-month tour of duty as the Chief Meteorological Officer. Alexi Vormoncrief is posted there as punishment for interfering in Miles's and Ekaterin's relationship. (B, CC, VG)

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L. Bharaputra & Sons Biological Supply House:

Based on Jackson's Whole, it is one of the largest genetic- engineering companies in the galaxy. Controlled by the ruthless House Bharaputra, it will take extreme measures, including murder, to protect itself. When the Population Council on Athos ordered a supply of ovarian tissues from them, the order was intercepted and lost on Kline Station. The company was also cheated by the Cetagandans in a co- sponsored genetic breeding plot for creating telepathic subjects, and hired Elli Quinn to eliminate Colonel Millisor and his men as revenge. Their representatives are tall, dark-skinned, and wear gaudy, embroidered silk jackets. A pair of them, one dressed in pink and one in brown, are sent to retrieve Baron Luigi Bharaputra's advance payment from Quinn when she takes too long in eliminating Millisor. (EA)

Lai:

No first name given. A lieutenant in the Betan military, he is a crew member aboard the Rene Magritte. Slight and thin with a scholarly scoop, he accompanies Lieutenant Stuben aboard the General Vorkraft to rescue Cordelia. (SH)

Lairouba:

A planet that has sent its leader to Earth to participate in talks about the right-of-passage through the group of planets known as the Western Orion Arm. Tau Ceti is the hub of this nexus, and Komarr connects through it by two routes, which is why Barrayar is interested in the discussion. (BA)

Lake:

No first name given. A lieutenant in the Oseran Mercenaries, he is pale, blond-haired, and Admiral Oser's right-hand man. Elena Bothari dislikes him intensely. He supervises the attempt to kill Miles on Oser's orders, but Miles escapes with help from loyal Dendarii men, including Clive Chodak. Captured by Cavilo's men, Lake is severely interrogated on the Kurin's Hand. (VG)

Lamitz:

No first name given. A general in the Barrayaran military, referred to as possibly homosexual. (VG)

Lannier, Ma:

No first name given. She taught Harra Csurik reading and writing. (MM)

Lara:

No surname given. A corporal in security on Kline Station, she is average-looking with dark hair. She got her name from her grandmother. When Ethan Urquhart attempts to find out about the attempted attack on him from Colonel Millisor, she thinks he's flirting with her. She is called away to investigate the disappearance of a prisoner, one of Millisor's men who fired a nerve disruptor at Ethan earlier that day. (EA)

Lars:

No surname given. One of two guards Ser Galen used to discipline Mark during his training to impersonate Miles. (MD)

Las Sands:

An area on Athos that has a senior, unnamed representative on the Population Council. (EA)

Latour, Louise:

One of Gras-Grace's aliases, listing her as a citizen of Pol. Russo Gupta carries the identification papers while on Graf Station. (DI)

Lava lamp:

Just like the twentieth-century version. Miles