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Vorsmythe—vohr-SMAITH—Count, one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (CC)

Vorsoisson—vohr-SWAH-sawn—Officer in the South Continent district government, best friend of Sasha Vorvayne, has a son, Etienne, about ten years older than his friend's daughter. (K, CC)

Vorsoisson, Ekaterin Nile Vorvayne—_______, ee-KAY-tr-ihn NAI_UHL vohr-VAYN—Lady, married to Etienne Vorsoisson at age twenty, has a son, Nikolai. Her uncle is Imperial Auditor Professor Vorthys. (K, CC, WG, DI)

Vorsoisson, Etienne—_______, eht-YEHN—Administrator of the Serifosa branch of the Komarr Terraforming Project, a minor bureaucrat of no particular talent, thinks everything is accomplished by doing and calling in favors, has no use for the concept of merit. Dies trying to save his own skin at the Serifosa experiment station. (K)

Vorsoisson, Nikolai—_______, NIH-koh-lai—The nine-year-old son of Ekaterin and Tien, has inherited the Vorsoisson family genetic condition, Vorzohn's Distrophy. (K, CC)

Vorsoisson, Vassily—______, VAA-sih-lee—Etienne's third cousin, guardian of Nikki after Tien's death. (CC)

Vortaine—vohr-TAYN—Count, rather elderly, Ivan's heir, one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (WA)

Vortala—vohr-TAA-luh—Ezar's prime minister and Aral's when he is regent. (B)

Vortalon—vohr-TAA-ln—Captain, vid series jump-pilot hero, sidekick of Prince Xav, tracked down and killed those responsible for his father's death. (CC)

Vortashpula, William—vohr-TAASH-puh-luh, WIHL-ee_uhm—

Lord, acquaintance of Ivan, engaged to Lady Cassia Vorgorov. (CC)

Vorthalia—vohr-THAH-lee_uh—"The Bold," also "The Loyal," legendary hero of Barrayar also a historical person. (WA, K)

Vorthys, Georg—VOHR-tais, JOHRJ—Professor of Engineering at the Imperial University at Vorbarr Sultana, an Imperial Auditor specializing in diagnosis of engineering failures and sabotage sent to Komarr to investigate the Soletta Array accident. (CC, K, WG)

Vortrifrani—vohr-trih-FRAA-nee—Count, head of the isolationist faction. (M)

Vortugalov—vohr-TOO-gah-lawv—Count, head of the Russian language faction. (B)

Vorvane—vohr-VAYN—Lord, Minister for Heavy Industries. (MD)

Vorvayne, Edie—vohr-VAYN, EE-dee—Daughter of Hugo and Rosalie, a preteen, she has two elder brothers. (CC)

Vorvayne, Hugo—______, HYOO-goh—Holds a post in the Imperial Bureau of Mines in the northern regional HQ in Vordarian's District, Ekaterin's elder brother. (CC)

Vorvayne, Sasha—______, SAH-shuh—Officer in the South Continent district government, eager for his daughter, Ekaterin, to marry his friend's son, especially as he was remarrying. (K)

Vorvayne, Violie—______, VAI-oh-lee—Second wife of Sasha Vorvayne, stepmother to Ekaterin. (K)

Vorventa—Vohr-VEHN-tuh—Lord, "The Twice Hung," during the Time of Isolation, tried after he was dead, an unusual legal precedent on Barrayar. (K)

Vorville—vohr-VEEL—Count, head of the French language faction, one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (CC)

Vorvolk, Henri—VOHR-vohk, ahn-REE—Count, one of the few counts Gregor's age, friend of Gregor, and an official in Accounting watching over expenses. (WA)

Vorvolynkin—vohr-voh-LIHN-kn—Count, one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (CC)

Vorzohn's Distrophy—VOHR-zhohnz DIHS-troh-fee—Genetic condition and adult-onset neurological disorder that begins in slight tremula, progresses to mental collapse and death, treatable by complex and expensive means, curable by gene therapy. (K)

Watts—WAHTZ—Boss or supervisor of Graf Station Downsider Relations, a job that includes the duties of Portmaster. (DI)

Weddell, Vaughan—WEH-dehl, VAWN—Hugh Canaba's new identity on Barrayar. He is a genetic researcher at the Imperial Science Institute just outside Vorbarr Sultana, brought in to assist on Simon's case by Miles. (L, M)

Wyzak—WAI-zaak—Chief, Life Support Systems, Cay Habitat. (FF)

Xian—zai-AHN—Marilacan general, had sworn to return to Fallow Core but was killed before he could do so. (BI)

Yegorov—YEH-goh-rawv—Barrayaran lieutenant on the Prince Serg, attempts to advise Admiral Naismith on etiquette when meeting Aral Vorkosigan. (VG)

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