Sirix—Klikiss robot, leader of insidious revolt against humans, former captor of DD.
skymine—ekti-harvesting facility in gas-giant clouds, usually operated by Roamers.
skysphere—main dome of the Ildiran Prism Palace. The skysphere holds exotic plants, insects, and birds, all suspended over the Mage-Imperator’s throne room.
Solar Navy—space military fleet of the Ildiran Empire.
Solimar—young green priest, treedancer, and mechanic. Celli’s boyfriend.
soul-threads—connections of thism that trickle through from the Lightsource. The Mage-Imperator and lens kithmen are able to see them.
spampax—processed meat rations, designed to last for centuries.
Speaker—political leader of the Roamers.
Spiral Arm—section of the Milky Way Galaxy settled by the Ildiran Empire and Terran colonies.
splinter colony—an Ildiran colony that meets minimum population requirements.
Stanna, Bill—EDF POW, killed during a poorly planned escape attempt from Osquivel.
Steinman, Hud—old transportal explorer, survivor of Corribus massacre.
Stoner, Benn—leader of human breeding captives on Dobro.
Stromo, Admiral Lev—EDF Grid 0 commander, derisively called “Stay-at-Home Stromo.”
Sunshine—Roamer settlement run by clan Tomara.
Swendsen, Lars Rurik—Hansa Engineering Specialist.
Tabeguache, Admiral Peter—EDF Grid 1 commander.
Tae’nh, Tal—commander of a Solar Navy cohort.
tal—military rank in Ildiran Solar Navy, cohort commander.
Talbun—Beneto’s green priest mentor, died on Corvus Landing.
Tamblyn, Andrew—one of Jess’s uncles, brother to Bram, killed by reanimated Karla Tamblyn.
Tamblyn, Bram—former head of clan Tamblyn, father of Ross, Jess, and Tasia, died after Ross perished on the Blue Sky Mine.
Tamblyn, Caleb—one of Jess’s uncles, brother to Bram.
Tamblyn, Jess—Roamer, second son of Bram Tamblyn, in love with Cesca Peroni, now infused with wental energy.
Tamblyn, Karla—Jess’s mother, frozen to death in ice accident on Plumas.
Tamblyn, Ross—estranged oldest son of Bram Tamblyn, chief of Blue Sky Mine at Golgen, killed in first hydrogue attack.
Tamblyn, Tasia—Jess Tamblyn’s sister, currently serving in the EDF.
Tamblyn, Torin—one of Jess’s uncles, brother to Bram, Wynn’s twin.
Tamblyn, Wynn—one of Jess’s uncles, brother to Bram, Torin’s twin.
Tamo’l—experimental half-breed daughter of Nira Khali and a lens kithman, second youngest of her children.
telink—instantaneous communication used by green priests.
Terran Hanseatic League—commerce-based government of Earth and Terran colonies, run by Chairman Basil Wenceslas.
Theroc—forested planet, home of the sentient worldtrees.
Theron—a native of Theroc.
thism—faint racial telepathic link from the Mage-Imperator to the Ildiran people.
Thor’h—eldest noble-born son of Mage-Imperator Jora’h, traitor during Rusa’h’s revolt, now held prisoner and drugged.
Thunderhead—mobile weapons platform in the Earth Defense Forces.
Tomara—Roamer clan.
transgate—hydrogue point-to-point transportation system.
transportal—Klikiss instantaneous transportation system.
treeling—small worldtree sapling, often transported in an ornate pot.
treeship—verdani battleship; also, seedship.
twitcher—EDF stun weapon.
Tylar, Nikko Chan—young Roamer pilot, son of Crim and Marla.
Udru’h—Dobro Designate, in charge of secret breeding program.
Ur’nh, Tal—commander of a Solar Navy cohort.
Vao’sh—Ildiran rememberer, patron and friend of Anton Colicos.
verdani—organic-based sentience, manifested as the Theron worldforest.
Voracious Curiosity—Rlinda Kett’s merchant ship.
Wan, Purcell—administrative engineer of Jonah 12, killed by Klikiss robots.
warglobe—spherical hydrogue attack vessel.
warliner—largest class of Ildiran battleship.
Welyr—gas giant, site of Roamer skymine destroyed by hydrogues.
Wenceslas, Basil—Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League.
wentals—sentient water-based creatures.
Whisper Palace—magnificent seat of the Hansa government.
Willis, Admiral Sheila—commander of EDF Grid 7 battle group.
worldforest—the interconnected, sentient forest based on Theroc.
worldtree—a separate tree in the interconnected, sentient forest based on Theroc.
worm hive—large nest built by hive worms on Theroc, spacious enough to be used for human habitation.
Wu-Lin, Admiral Crestone—EDF Grid 3 commander.
wyvern—large flying predator on Theroc.
Yamane, Dr. Kiro—cybernetic specialist held captive by Roamers at the Osquivel shipyards.
Yarrod—green priest, younger brother of Mother Alexa.
Yazra’h—oldest daughter of Jora’h, keeps three Isix cats, personal guard of the Mage-Imperator.
Yreka—fringe Hansa colony world, now site of a thriving black-market center.
Zan’nh—eldest son of Mage-Imperator Jora’h, Adar of the Ildiran Solar Navy; also, acting Prime Designate.
Zizu, Anwar—EDF sergeant, security chief on Tasia Tamblyn’s Manta.
Zoltan—Roamer clan.
Contents
THE STORY SO FAR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1
KING PETER
2
ADMIRAL LEV STROMO
3
MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H
4
JESS TAMBLYN
5
RLINDA KETT
6
KOTTO OKIAH
7
DENN PERONI
8
OSIRA’H
9
DOBRO DESIGNATE UDRU’H
10
QUEEN ESTARRA
CELLI
12
ADMIRAL LEV STROMO
13
TASIA TAMBLYN
14
PATRICK FITZPATRICK III
15
ENGINEERING SPECIALIST SWENDSEN
16
ROSSIA
17
KING PETER
18
JESS TAMBLYN
19
RLINDA KETT
20
MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H
21
DESIGNATE-IN-WAITING DARO’H
22
PATRICK FITZPATRICK III
23
ENGINEERING SPECIALIST SWENDSEN
24
KING PETER
25
GENERAL KURT LANYAN
26
JESS TAMBLYN
27
RLINDA KETT
28
KOTTO OKIAH
29
MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H
30
SULLIVAN GOLD
31
ANTON COLICOS
32
ADMIRAL LEV STROMO
33
ENGINEERING SPECIALIST SWENDSEN
34
MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H
35
OSIRA’H
36
NIRA
37
KOLKER
38
MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H
39
RLINDA KETT
40
GENERAL KURT LANYAN
41
ROSSIA
42
NIRA
43
ANTON COLICOS
44
MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H
45
ADAR ZAN’NH
46
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47
RLINDA KETT
48
GENERAL KURT LANYAN
49
BENETO
50
NIRA
51
DOBRO DESIGNATE UDRU’H
52
CHAIRMAN BASIL WENCESLAS
53
GENERAL KURT LANYAN
54
TASIA TAMBLYN
55
SIRIX
56
ANTON COLICOS
57
ORLI COVITZ
58
CHAIRMAN BASIL WENCESLAS
59
PATRICK FITZPATRICK III
60
ZHETT KELLUM
61
JESS TAMBLYN
62
NIRA
63
OSIRA’H
64
KING PETER
65
CESCA PERONI
66
JESS TAMBLYN
67
ANTON COLICOS
68
MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H
69
ADAR ZAN’NH
70
CHAIRMAN BASIL WENCESLAS
71
OSIRA’H
72
SULLIVAN GOLD
73
KOLKER
74
NIRA
75
FORMER DESIGNATE UDRU’H
76
ANTON COLICOS
77
KING PETER
78
OSIRA’H
79
NIRA
80
CHAIRMAN BASIL WENCESLAS
81
ANTON COLICOS
82
THOR’H
83
JESS TAMBLYN
84
KOTTO OKIAH
85
ZHETT KELLUM
86
PATRICK FITZPATRICK III
87
DESIGNATE DARO’H
88
KING PETER
89
DAVLIN LOTZE
90
ANTON COLICOS
91
NIRA
92
MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H
93
KING PETER
94
SAREIN
95
CONRAD BRINDLE
96
TASIA TAMBLYN
97
JESS TAMBLYN
98
CELLI
99
NIRA
100
TAL O’NH
101
CESCA PERONI
102
SAREIN
103
KING PETER
104
NIRA
105
BENETO
106
JESS TAMBLYN
107
NIKKO CHAN TYLAR
108
GENERAL KURT LANYAN
109
CHAIRMAN BASIL WENCESLAS
110
QUEEN ESTARRA
111
KOLKER
112
KING PETER
113
MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H
114
ANTON COLICOS
115
JESS TAMBLYN
116
ZHETT KELLUM
117
GENERAL KURT LANYAN
118
KING PETER
119
ADAR ZAN’NH
120
ANTON COLICOS
121
OSIRA’H
122
JESS TAMBLYN
123
KING PETER
124
GENERAL KURT LANYAN
125
CHAIRMAN BASIL WENCESLAS
126
CESCA PERONI
127
TASIA TAMBLYN
128
KING PETER
129
BENETO
130
ADAR ZAN’NH
131
QUEEN ESTARRA
132
DENN PERONI
133
SIRIX
134
JESS TAMBLYN
135
FORMER PRINCE DANIEL
136
ADAR ZAN’NH
137
QUEEN ESTARRA
138
MAGE-IMPERATOR JORA’H
139
KOLKER
140
PATRICK FITZPATRICK III
141
RLINDA KETT
142
QUEEN ESTARRA
143
CHAIRMAN BASIL WENCESLAS
144
DESIGNATE DARO’H
145
ORLI COVITZ
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