PANNEBAKER, ALEC: one of Lee Iswander’s deputies at the Sheol lava-processing facility.
PAOLUS, DR. BENJAMIN: foremost neurological researcher on Earth.
PASTERNAK, SHAREEN: lost love of Del Kellum, killed by hydrogues on a skymine. Shareen Fitzkellum is named after her.
PATTON, DILLON: weapons officer aboard the Kutuzov.
PELLIERI, KAM: desert geologist working on Eljiid.
PEPPERFLOWER TEA: Roamer beverage.
PERGAMUS: secure medical research facility owned and managed by Zoe Alakis.
PERONI, CESCA: former Roamer Speaker, wife of Jess Tamblyn; together they run the Academ school complex for Roamer children.
PETER, KING: ruler of Confederation, married to Queen Estarra, with two children, Reynald and Arita.
PIGEON: small trading ship at Vuoral.
PLUMAS: frozen moon with deep liquid oceans, site of Tamblyn clan water industry.
POWER BLOCK: energy source made of a charged film, folded and packed inside a shell.
PRIME DESIGNATE: eldest noble-born son of the Mage-Imperator, and successor.
PRIMORDIAL OOZE: trade name of one of Del Kellum’s distillations from Kuivahr.
PRISDIAMOND: rare precious gem found on several Confederation planets.
PRISM PALACE: crystalline palace of the Ildiran Mage-Imperator.
PRODIGAL SON: Garrison Reeves’s ship, formerly an Iswander Industries vessel.
PROUD MARY: Kett Shipping vessel formerly piloted by Mary Coven.
QORLISS: Confederation planet.
QRONHA: binary star in the Horizon Cluster, two of the “seven suns” in the Ildiran sky.
RAINDROP: Rlinda Kett’s pet name for Reyn.
RAMAH: Confederation planet.
REEVES, DALE: brother of Garrison, second son of Olaf Reeves.
REEVES, ELISA: wife of Garrison and mother of Seth, deputy of Lee Iswander at the Sheol lava mines. Also goes by her maiden name of Elisa Enturi.
REEVES, GARRISON: Roamer worker at the Sheol lava-processing facility. He is married to Elisa, father of Seth. He is the son of clan head Olaf Reeves, brother of Dale.
REEVES, INDIRA: Retroamer.
REEVES, JAMIE: young son of Dale Reeves.
REEVES, OLAF: gruff clan head, leader of the “Retroamers,” isolationist Roamers who are trying to rebuild the wreckage of Rendezvous. Father of Garrison and Dale.
REEVES, SCOTT: young son of Dale Reeves.
REEVES, SENDRA: wife of Dale Reeves, formerly Sendra Detemer.
REEVES, SETH: ten-year-old son of Garrison Reeves.
RELLEKER: Terran colony planet, home of Orli Covitz’s compy laboratory.
REMORA: small attack ship in Confederation Defense Forces.
RENDEZVOUS: asteroid cluster, former center of Roamer government. Destroyed by the Earth Defense Forces, but clan Reeves attempted reconstruction for years.
RETROAMERS: mocking term for the isolationist clan Reeves.
REYN, PRINCE: son of King Peter and Queen Estarra, in line to be the Confederation’s next King. His full name is Reynald.
RHEINDIC CO: Klikiss world, serves as a nexus for humans using the Klikiss transportal network for travel among planets.
RHEJAK: watery planet with habitable reefs, known for large cephalopods called medusas.
RICKS, SAM: candidate for Speaker of the Roamer clans.
ROAMERS: loose confederation of independent humans, primary producers of ekti stardrive fuel, often disparagingly called “space gypsies.”
ROBERTS, BRANSON: Rlinda Kett’s favorite ex-husband, affectionately called BeBob.
ROD’H: older halfbreed son of Nira, fathered by Dobro Designate Udru’h as part of the secret breeding program.
ROHANDAS, HOWARD: fellow student with Shareen Fitzkellum on Earth.
SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS: historical and legendary epic of the Ildiran civilization.
SALIBA, SHARON: sensor technician aboard the Kutuzov.
SANDOVAL, SHERI: representative from the Roamers to the Confederation.
SAREIN: sister of Estarra and Celli, lives in self-imposed exile in the Wild.
SEPTA: small battle group of seven ships in the Ildiran Solar Navy.
SEWARD, ISHA: retiring Speaker for the Roamer clans, successor to Del Kellum.
SHANA REI: fearsome creatures of darkness that preyed upon the Ildiran Empire long ago.
SHELUD: green priest, brother of Aelin.
SHEOL: binary planet under heavy tidal stresses, site of lava-mining operations led by Lee Iswander.
SHIZZ: Roamer curse.
SKYMINE: ekti-harvesting facility in the clouds of a gas giant planet, usually operated by Roamers.
SKYSPHERE: audience chamber of the Prism Palace.
SOLIMAR: green priest, married to Celli, who tends a terrarium dome in Fireheart Station.
SONG OF THE BREEDEX, THE: Klikiss historical chronicle transcribed and translated by Anton and Margaret Colicos.
SPEAKER: Roamer leader.
SPIRAL ARM: the section of the Milky Way Galaxy settled by the Ildiran Empire and Terran colonies.
SWIMMER: otterlike Ildiran kith that spend most of their time in the ocean.
SWOOPER: small skybike used around skymining operations.
TAIT, MATTHEW: navigator aboard the Kutuzov.
TAL: military rank in Ildiran Solar Navy, cohort commander.
TAMBLYN, JESS: one of the heads of Academ school, married to Cesca Peroni.
TAMBLYN, TASIA: administrator of Kett Shipping, married to Robb Brindle, father of Xander.
TAMBORR’S DEMENTIA: disease being studied on Pergamus.
TAMO’L: one of Nira’s halfbreed children, daughter of a lens kithman. She runs sanctuary domes for misbreeds on the planet Kuivahr.
TARKER: architectural specialist working on Eljiid.
TELINK: instantaneous communication used by green priests via the worldtrees.
TERITHA: Roamer colony, site of a disaster caused by failed life support.
TERRAN HANSEATIC LEAGUE: former commerce-based government of Earth and Terran colonies, dissolved after the death of Chairman Basil Wenceslas at the end of the Elemental War. Also called the Hansa.
THEROC: forested planet, home of the sentient worldtrees.
THERON: a native of Theroc.
THISM: faint racial telepathic network, centered on the Mage-Imperator, that binds all Ildiran people.
THREE H’S: Admirals Handies, Harvard, and Haroun in the CDF.
TOM ROM: guardian and majordomo of Zoe Alakis.
TORA’M: Ildiran swimmer kithman on Kuivahr.
TORINO, MILLI: Garrison’s supervisor at the Lunar Orbital Complex.
TRANSPORTAL: Klikiss instantaneous transportation network.
ULDO’NH, QUL: maniple commander in the Ildiran Solar Navy.
ULIO: large trading complex in open space, frequented by traders of all sorts.
ULIO, MARIA: founder of the Ulio transfer hub.
VACONDA: wilderness planet, site of the Alakis forest watchtower station.
VANH, LARA: Klikiss researcher on Eljiid.
VAULT OF FAILURES: document crypt in Mijistra containing ancient discarded weapons designs developed for use against the Shana Rei.
VERDANI: organic-based sentience, manifested as the Theron worldforest.
VERNE: cargo ship flown by Xander Brindle and Terry Handon.
VOECKS, ALAN: tactical officer aboard the Kutuzov.
VORACIOUS CURIOSITY: Rlinda Kett’s private ship.
VUORAL: small, obscure Confederation settlement on the Klikiss transportal network.
WARGLOBE: crystalline sphere used by hydrogues.
WARLINER: largest class of Ildiran battleship.
WENCESLAS, CHAIRMAN BASIL: former leader of the Terran Hanseatic League.
WENTALS: sentient water-based creatures.
WHISPER PALACE: traditional seat of power in the Terran Hanseatic League, where the figurehead Great Kings ruled.
WHISTLERS:
possibly sentient cacti on Eljiid.
WILD, THE: unexplored continent on Theroc.
WINGO, MERCER: first officer aboard the Kutuzov.
WISSKOFF, ZACHARY: manager and maître d’ of Rlinda Kett’s Arbor restaurant.
WORLDFOREST: the interconnected, semisentient forest based on Theroc.
WORLDTREE: a separate tree in the interconnected, semisentient forest based on Theroc.
WULFTON: active star, home of numerous faeros.
YAZRA’H: daughter of the Mage-Imperator, skilled warrior and bodyguard. She is the mentor of Muree’n.
ZAN’NH, ADAR: Ildiran military officer, eldest son of Mage-Imperator Jora’h, Adar of the Ildiran Solar Navy.
Table of Contents
O NE : G ARRISON R EEVES
T WO : E LISA R EEVES
T HREE : A DAR Z AN ’ NH
F OUR : N IRA
F IVE : A NTON C OLICOS
S IX : G ARRISON R EEVES
S EVEN : L EE I SWANDER
E IGHT : D EL K ELLUM
N INE : Z HETT K ELLUM
T EN : S HAREE F ITZKELLUM
E LEVEN : E LISA R EEVES
T WELVE : L EE I SWANDER
T HIRTEEN : Z OE A LAKIS
F OURTEEN : Y AZRA ’ H
F IFTEEN : P RINCE R EYN
S IXTEEN : A RITA
S EVENTEEN : T ASIA T AMBLYN
E IGHTEEN : E LISA R EEVES
N INETEEN : L EE I SWANDER
T WENTY : G ENERAL N ALANI K EAH
T WENTY - ONE : T AL G ALE’NH
T WENTY - TWO : E LISA R EEVES
T WENTY - THREE : L EE I SWANDER
T WENTY - FOUR : O RLI C OVITZ
T WENTY - FIVE : T OM R OM
T WENTY - SIX : Z OE A LAKIS
T WENTY - SEVEN : G ARRISON R EEVES
T WENTY - EIGHT : L EE I SWANDER
T WENTY - NINE : J ESS T AMBLYN
T HIRTY : P ATRICK F ITZPATRICK III
T HIRTY - ONE : A RITA
T HIRTY - TWO : T AMO ’ L
T HIRTY - THREE : T AL G ALE ’ NH
T HIRTY - FOUR : O SIRA ’ H
T HIRTY - FIVE : G ENERAL N ALANI K EAH
T HIRTY - SIX : E XXOS
T HIRTY - SEVEN : E LISA R EEVES
T HIRTY - EIGHT : G ARRISON R EEVES
T HIRTY - NINE : O RLI C OVITZ
F OURTY : G ENERAL N ALANI K EAH
F OURTY - ONE : S HAREEN F ITZKELLUM
F OURTY - TWO : X ANDER B RINDLE
F OURTY - THREE : P RINCE R EYN
F OURTY - FOUR : Z OE A LAKIS
F OURTY - FIVE : T OM R OM
F OURTY - SIX : A RITA
F OURTY - SEVEN : E XXOS
F OURTY - EIGHT : O SIRA ’ H
F OURTY - NINE : Z HETT K ELLUM
F IFTY : O RLI C OVITZ
F IFTY - ONE : S HELUD
F IFTY - TWO : G ARRISON R EEVES
F IFTY - THREE : L EE I SWANDER
F IFTY - FOUR : E XXOS
F IFTY - FIVE : S HAREEN F ITZKELLUM
F IFTY - SIX : P RINCE R EYN
F IFTY - SEVEN : Z OE A LAKIS
F IFTY - EIGHT : K ING P ETER
F IFTY - NINE : R LINDA K ETT
S IXTY : A DAR Z AN ’ NH
S IXTY - ONE : D ALE R EEVES
S IXTY - TWO : L EE I SWANDER
S IXTY - THREE : M AGE -I MPERATOR J ORA ’ H
S IXTY - FOUR : A RITA
S IXTY - FIVE : E LDRED C AIN
S IXTY - SIX : G ARRISON R EEVES
S IXTY - SEVEN : S HELUD
S IXTY - EIGHT : O SIRA ’ H
S IXTY - NINE : S HAREEN F ITZKELLUM
S EVENTY : X ANDER B RINDLE
S EVENTY - ONE : K ING P ETER
S EVENTY - TWO : A ELIN
S EVENTY - THREE : D ALE R EEVES
S EVENTY - FOUR : T OM R OM
S EVENTY - FIVE : O RLI C OVITZ
S EVENTY - SIX : A NTON C OLICOS
S EVENTY - SEVEN : E XXOS
S EVENTY - EIGHT : O SIRA ’ H
S EVENTY - NINE : T OM R OM
E IGHTY : A ELIN
E IGHTY - ONE : S HELUD
E IGHTY - TWO : N IRA
E IGHTY - THREE : A RITA
E IGHTY - FOUR : P RINCE R EYN
E IGHTY - FIVE : X ANDER B RINDLE
E IGHTY - SIX : G ARRISON R EEVES
E IGHTY - SEVEN : O RLI C OVITZ
E IGHTY - EIGHT : A ELIN
E IGHTY - NINE : G ENERAL N ALANI K EAH
N INETY : E XXOS
N INETY - ONE : Z OE A LAKIS
N INETY - TWO : P RINCE R EYN
N INETY - THREE : A RITA
N INETY - FOUR : O RLI C OVITZ
N INETY - FIVE : A DAR Z AN ’ NH
N INETY - SIX : G ENERAL N ALANI K EAH
N INETY - SEVEN : O SIRA ’ H
N INETY - EIGHT : O RLI C OVITZ
N INETY - NINE : A ELIN
O NE HUNDRED : J ESS T AMBLYN
O NE HUNDRED AND ONE : K ING P ETER
O NE HUNDRED AND TWO : S HAREEN F ITZKELLUM
O NE HUNDRED AND THREE : O RLI C OVITZ
O NE HUNDRED AND FOUR : G ARRISON R EEVES
O NE HUNDRED AND FIVE : L EE I SWANDER
O NE HUNDRED AND SIX : O SIRA ’ H
O NE HUNDRED AND SEVEN : T OM R OM
O NE HUNDRED AND EIGHT : A RITA
O NE HUNDRED AND NINE : K ING P ETER
O NE HUNDRED AND TEN : O RLI C OVITZ
O NE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN : G ARRISON R EEVES
O NE HUNDRED AND TWELVE : A NTON C OLICOS
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN : O RLI C OVITZ
O NE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN : T OM R OM
O NE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN : E XXOS
O NE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN : G ARRISON R EEVES
O NE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN : A ELIN
O NE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN : O SIRA ’ H
O NE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN : L EE I SWANDER
O NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY : E XXOS
O NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY - ONE : A ELIN
O NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY - TWO : M AGE -I MPERATOR J ORA ’ H
O NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY - THREE : K ING P ETER
O NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY - FOUR : T OM R OM
O NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY - FIVE : O RLI C OVITZ
O NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY - SIX : G ARRISON R EEVES
O NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY - SEVEN : M AGE -I MPERATOR J ORA ’ H
O NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY - EIGHT : A RITA
O NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY - NINE : O SIRA ’ H
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY : Z OE A LAKIS
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY - ONE : O RLI C OVITZ
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY - TWO : G ENERAL N ALANI K EAH
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY - THREE : M AGE -I MPERATOR J ORA ’ H
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY - FOUR : S HAREEN F ITZKELLUM
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY - FIVE : E XXOS
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY - SIX : Z OE A LAKIS
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY - SEVEN : N IRA
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY - EIGHT : G ARRISON R EEVES
O NE HUNDRED AND THIRTY - NINE : R LINDA K ETT
G LOSSARY
Table of Contents
O NE : G ARRISON R EEVES
T WO : E LISA R EEVES
T HREE : A DAR Z AN ’ NH
F OUR : N IRA
F IVE : A NTON C OLICOS
S IX : G ARRISON R EEVES
S EVEN : L EE I SWANDER
E IGHT : D EL K ELLUM
N INE : Z HETT K ELLUM
T EN : S HAREE F ITZKELLUM
E LEVEN : E LISA R EEVES
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