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THE SEVEN AND THE FAMILIES

An Liang-chou

  

Minor Family prince

An Sheng

 

head of the An family (one of the ‘Twenty-Nine’ Minor Families)

Chi Hsing

 

T’ang of the Australias

Chun Wu-chi

 

head of the Chun family (one of the ‘Twenty-Nine’ Minor Families)

Fu Ti Chang

 

Minor Family princess

Hou Ti

 

Former T’ang of South America

Hou Tung-po

 

T’ang of South America

Hsiang K’ai Fan

 

Minor Family prince

Hsiang Shao-erh

 

head of the Hsiang family (one of the ‘Twenty-Nine’ Minor Families) and father of Hsiang K’ai Fan and Hsiang Wang

Hsiang Wang

 

Minor Family prince

Lai Shi

 

Minor Family princess

Li Ch’i Chan

 

brother and advisor to Li Shai Tung

Li Feng Chiang

 

brother and advisor to Li Shai Tung

Li Shai Tung

 

T’ang of Europe

Li Yuan

 

second son of Li Shai Tung and heir to City Europe

Li Yun Ti

 

brother and advisor to Li Shai Tung

Mien Shan

 

Minor Family princess

Pei Chao Yang

 

son and heir of Pei Ro-hen

Pei Ro-hen

 

head of the Pei family (one of the ‘Twenty-Nine’ Minor Families)

Tsu Ma

 

T’ang of West Asia

Tsu Tao Chu

 

third son of Tsu chang, deceased first son of Tsu Tiao

Wang Sau-leyan

 

T’ang of Africa

Wei Chan Yin

 

eldest son of Wei Feng and heir to City East Asia

Wei Feng

 

T’ang of East Asia

Wu Shih

 

T’ang of North America

Yi Shan-ch’i

 

Minor Family prince

Yin Chang

 

Minor Family prince; son of Yin Tsu and elder brother to Fei Yen

Yin Fei Yen

 

‘Flying Swallow’, Minor Family princess; daughter of Yin Tsu; widow of Li Han Ch’in; now wife of Li Yuan

Yin Sung

 

Minor Family prince; elder brother of Fei Yen and son and heir of Yin Tsu

Yin Tsu

 

head of Yin family (one of the ‘Twenty-Nine’ Minor Families)

Yin Wei

 

younger brother of Fei Yen

Yin Wu Tsai

 

Minor Family princess and cousin of Fei Yen

 

 

FRIENDS AND RETAINERS OF THE SEVEN

Auden, William

  

captain in Security

Chai

 

servant to Wang Hsien

Chang Li

 

Chief Surgeon to Li Shai Tung

Chang Shih-sen

 

personal secretary to Li Yuan

Ch’in Tao Fan

 

Chancellor of East Asia

Chu Ta Yun

 

Minister of Education for City Europe

Chuang Ming

 

Minister to Li Shai Tung

Chung Hsin

 

‘Loyalty’; bondservant to Li Shai Tung

Chung Hu-Yan

 

Chancellor to Li Shai Tung

Ebert, Berta

 

wife of Klaus Ebert

Ebert, Hans

 

major in Security and heir to GenSyn, son of Klaus Ebert

Ebert, Klaus Stefan

 

head of GenSyn (Genetic Synthetics) and advisor to Li Shai Tung

Erkki

 

guard to Jelka Tolonen

Fan Liang-wei

 

painter to the court of Li Shai Tung

Fest, Edgar

 

captain in Security

Fischer, Otto

 

head of Personal Security at Wang Hsien’s palace in Alexandria

Fu

 

servant to Wang Hsien

Haavikko, Axel

 

lieutenant in Security

Haavikko, Vesa

 

sister of Axel Haavikko

Helm

 

general in Security, City South America

Heng Yu

 

Son of Heng Fan and nephew of Heng Chi-Po

Hoffmann

 

major in Security

Hua

 

personal surgeon to Li Shai Tung

Hung Feng-chan

 

Chief Groom at Tongjiang

Hung Mien-lo

 

advisor to Wang Sau-leyan; Chancellor of City Africa

Kao Chen

 

captain in Security

Karr, Gregor

 

‘blood’, and, later, major in Security

Lautner, Wolfgang

 

captain in Security Personnel at Bremen

Little Bee

 

Maid to Wang Hsien

Lung Mei Ho

 

secretary to Tsu Ma

Mi Feng

 

see ‘Little Bee’

Nan Ho

 

Li Yuan’s Master of the Inner Chambers

Nocenzi, Vittorio

 

General of Security, City Europe

Panshin, Anton

 

colonel in Security

Pearl Heart

 

maid to Li Yuan

Rahn, Wolf

 

lieutenant in Security, City Africa

Russ

 

captain in Security

Sanders

 

captain of Security at Helmstadt Armoury

Scott

 

captain of Security

Shepherd, Ben

 

son of Hal Shepherd

Shepherd, Beth

 

wife of Hal Shepherd

Shepherd, Ha]

 

advisor to Li Shai Tung and head of the Shepherd family

Shepherd, Meg

 

daughter of Hal Shepherd

Stifel

 

alias of Otto Fischer

Sun Li Hua

 

Wang Hsien’s Master of the Inner Chambers

Sweet Rain

 

maid to Wang Hsien

Sweet Rose

 

maid to Li Yuan

Tender Willow

 

maid to Wang Hsien

Tolonen, Helga

 

aunt of Jelka Tolonen

Tolonen, Jelka

 

daughter of Knut Tolonen

Tolonen, Jon

 

brother of Knut Tolonen

Tolonen, Knut

 

Marshal of the Council of Generals and father of Jelka Tolonen

Wang Ta Chuan

 

Li Shai Tung’s Master of the Inner Palace at Tongjiang

Wen

 

captain of Security on Mars

Wu Ming

 

servant to Wang Ta-hung

Yin g Chai

 

assistant to Sun Li Hua

Ying Fu

 

assistant to Sun Li Hua

Yu

 

surgeon to Li Yuan

 

 

DISPERSIONISTS

Barrow, Chao

  

Representative of the House in Weimar

Berdichev, Ylva

 

wife of Soren Berdichev

Blake, Peter

 

head of personnel for Berdichev’s SimFic Corporation

Cherkassky, Stefan

 

ex-Security assassin and friend of DeVore

DeVore, Howard

 

former major in Li Shai Tung’s Security forces

Douglas, John

 

company head

Duchek, Albert

 

Administrator of Lodz

Ecker, Michael

 

company head

Kubinyi

 

lieutenant to DeVore

Lehmann, Stefan

 

albino son of former Dispersionist leader, Pietr Lehmann, and lieutenant to DeVore

Moore, John

 

company head

Moore, Paul

 

Senior Executive of Berdichev’s SimFic Corporation

Parr, Charles

 

company head

Reid, Thomas

 

lieutenant to DeVore

Ross, Alexander

 

company head

Schwarz

 

lieutenant to DeVore

Scott

 

alias of DeVore

Turner

 

alias of DeVore

Wiegand, Max

 

lieutenant to DeVore

Weiss, Anton

 

banker

 

PING TIAO

Ascher, Emily

  

economist and member of the ‘Council of Five’

Gesell, Bent

 

unofficial leader of the
Ping Tiao
and member of the ‘Council of Five’

Mach, Jan

 

maintenance official for the Ministry of Waste Recycling and member of the ‘Council of Five’

Mao Liang

 

Minor Family princess and member of the ‘Council of Five’

Shen Lu Chua

 

computer expert and member of the ‘Council of Five’

Yun Ch’o

 

lieutenant to Shen Lu Chua

 

 

OTHER CHARACTERS

 

Amandsun

  

friend of Sergey Novacek

Anton

 

friend of Kim Ward on the Recruitment Project

Barycz, Jiri

 

scientist on the Wiring Project

Beattie, Douglas

 

alias of DeVore

Chan Wen-fu

 

friend of Heng Chian-ye

Chuang Lian

 

wife of Minister Chuang

Ebert, Lutz

 

half-brother of Klaus Ebert

Ellis, Michael

 

assistant to Director Spatz

Fan Liang-wei

 

shanshui artist

Ganz, Joseph

 

alias of DeVore

Golden Heart

 

young prostitute bought by Hans Ebert for his household

Hammond, Joel

 

Senior Technician on the Wiring Project

Heng Chian-ye

 

son of Heng Chi-po and nephew of Heng Yu

Herrick

 

an illegal implant specialist

Jan ko

 

bully in the Casting Shop

Josef

 

friend of Kim Ward’s on the Recruitment Project

Kao Ch’iang Hsin

 

infant daughter of Kao Chen

Kao Wu

 

infant son of Kao Chen

Kung Wen-fa

 

Senior Advocate from Mars

Ling Hen

 

henchman for Herrick

Lin Hou Ying

 

maintenance engineer for ProsTek

Liu Chang

 

brothel keeper/pimp

Loehr

 

alias of DeVore

Lotte

 

student at Oxford; twin of Wolf

Lo Wen

 

personal servant to Hans Ebert

Lo Yu-Hsiang

 

Senior Representative in the House at Weimar

Lu Cao

 

amah
(maidservant) to Jelka Tolonen

Lu Ming Shao

 

‘Whiskers Lu’, Triad boss

Lu Nan Jen

 

the ‘oven man’

Lu Wang-pei

 

murder suspect

Mu Chua

 

‘Madam’ of the House of the Ninth Ecstasy, a singsong house, or brothel

Novacek, Lubos

 

merchant; father of Sergey Novacek

Novacek, Sergey

 

student at Oxford and sculptor

Reynolds

 

alias of DeVore

Schenck, Hung-li

 

Governor of the Mars Colony

Siang Che

 

martial arts instructor to Jelka Tolonen

Spatz, Gustav

 

Director of the Wiring Project

Sweet Flute

 

mui tsai
to Madam Chuang Lian

Sweet Honey

 

sing-song girl in Mu Chua’s

T’ai Cho

 

tutor and ‘guardian’ to Kim Ward

Tissan, Catherine

 

student at Oxford; artist

Tong Chou

 

alias of Kao Chen

Tsang Yi

 

friend of Heng Chian-ye

Tung T’an

 

Senior Consultant at the Melfi Clinic

Turner

 

alias of DeVore

Wang Ti

 

wife of Kao Chen

Ward, Kim

 

Lagasek, or ‘Starer’; ‘Clayborn’, orphan and Scientist

White Orchid

 

sing-song girl in Mu Chua’s

Wolf

 

student at Oxford and twin of Lotte

Wolfe

 

Security soldier

Yu, Madam

 

First Level socialite

Zhakar

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives

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