Return of the Ancient Gods
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Deft (1): A shape-shifting species from the planet Locinar.
Di (1): Coequal head of the Joint Galactic Parliament. Basically an elephant seal with tentacles, rudimentary legs, and an extendible tongue lined with razor-sharp barbs.
Evil Jon Ryan/ EJ (1): Alternate time line version of the original human to android download. Over time, he turned to the darker side of his nature. He studied “magic” under a Deft master.
Fest (1): One of the witch gods skilled at prophecy. Sister of Deca.
Genter-ban-tol (1): Prime Minister of the Joint Galactic Parliament. A Bezathy, basically the Galaxy's largest snail species.
Gorpedder (1): Boulder god defeated by Jon.
Hemnoplop (1): Demigod of Fool's Island. On pilgrimage to Beal's Point with Jon.
Hirn (1): A Kaljaxian dialect.
JCFIDAC (1): See Joint Council for Interplanetary Defense and Cooperation.
Jaccash Bimdulo (1): Scientist in the Joint Galactic Parliament
Jonnaha (1): Prime minister of a main country on Vorpace. Agreed to try and form a united defense against the Adamant onslaught heading to their region of the Milky Way.
Joint Council for Interplanetary Defense and Cooperation (1): Group of allied free world fighting the Adamant.
Kalvarg (1): Planet Jon took the orphan Kaljaxian population to as the Adamant were destroying their home world. An island solar system long ago ejected from the Milky Way galaxy.
Livryatous (1): Centaur god who accompanied Jon on a pilgramage to Beal's Point.
Locinar (1): Home planet of the Deft in the Milky Way galaxy.
Membrane (1): Space-time congruity manipulator. A super force field.
Nufe (1): A magical liquor made by the Deavoriath.
Oowaoa (1): Home world of the Deavoriath.
Peg’s Bar Nobody (1): First reference in The Forever Quest. A true dive bar Jon loved. A total Dump, and Peg was one tough cookie.
Quantum Decoupler (1): A most excellent weapon that pulls the quarks apart in a proton. The energy released is amazing.
Sapale (1): Jon’s Kaljaxian wife from his original flight to find humankind a new home. At first just her brain was copied, then, eventually, she was downloaded to an android host. Travelled with the corrupted Jon Ryan from an alternate time line.
Stingray (1): Name Jon used for the vortex Blessing.
TBOP (1): See Battle of the Periphery.
Tefnuf (1): The first ancient god Jon encountered. She was saddled with an uncanny ugliness and a profoundly bad temper.
Toño De Jesus (1): The creator of the android Jon. Became his lifelong friend.
Triumph of Might (1): The massive spaceship Mercutcio ruled. Jon first met the Adamant there. It was, in part, an extermination ship.
Visant (1): The proper name for a pair of Deft joined in hollon.
Vorc (1): Current central seat of the conclave. Generally humanoid.
Vortex Manipulator (1): The intelligence inside the vortex. Not actually an AI, but similar.
Wul (1): God of business and enterprise. Humanoid. Befriended Jon.
And Now A Word from Your Author
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