Saga of Shadows 1: The Dark Between the Stars (88 page)

KOLPRAXA
:
new-design Ildiran exploration ship to go beyond the Spiral Arm, led by Tal Gale’nh.

KORI’NH, ADAR:
great Ildiran military hero from the Elemental War, father of Gale’nh.

KO’SH, REMEMBERER:
Ildiran historian assigned aboard the
Kolpraxa.

KUIVAHR:
Ildiran planet with shallow seas and strong tides, site of Tamo’l’s sanctuary domes for misbreeds and Del Kellum’s distillery.

KUTUZOV
:
flagship Juggernaut of the Confederation Defense Forces.

LENS KITH:
one of the Ildiran breeds, religious philosophers.

LIGHTSOURCE:
higher plane of existence above normal life, an Ildiran version of heaven.

LU:
Listener compy at Orli Covitz’s compy laboratory.

LUBAI:
green priest serving at the Lunar Orbital Complex.

LUNAR ORBITAL COMPLEX:
military and civilian base established in the rubble of Earth’s Moon.

MAGE-IMPERATOR:
the god-emperor of the Ildiran Empire.

MANTA:
cruiser-class battleship in Confederation Defense Forces.

MEDUSA:
large cephalopod from Rhejak; its meat is considered a delicacy.

MIJISTRA:
Ildiran capital city.

MO:
Domestic compy at Orli Covitz’s compy laboratory.

MOSBACH, PROFESSOR MICHAELA:
one of Shareen Fitzkellum’s teachers on Earth.

MUREE’N:
halfbreed daughter of Nira and a warrior kithman, a skilled fighter, student of Yazra’h.

NADD:
green priest serving aboard the
Kutuzov.

NEW PORTUGAL:
Confederation planet, home of a university and also known for its wines.

NEWSTATION:
large orbiting station above planet Auridia, the new Roamer center of government. The Roamer school Academ is also nearby.

NIGHTSHADE:
Shana Rei occultation barrier.

NIRA:
green priest consort of Mage-Imperator Jora’h, mother of five halfbreed children: Osira’h, Rod’h, Gale’nh, Tamo’l, and Muree’n.

OK:
compy owned by Xander Brindle.

OKIAH:
name given to derelict space city inhabited by clan Reeves.

OKIAH, KOTTO:
renowned but eccentric Roamer scientist.

ONTHOS:
alien race, builders of derelict space city claimed by clan Reeves.

ORBITAL RESEARCH SPHERE (ORS):
isolated medical research satellite orbiting Pergamus.

ORFINO:
architectural specialist working on Eljiid.

OSIRA’H:
daughter of Nira and Jora’h, bred to have unusual telepathic abilities.

OSQUIVEL:
ringed gas giant, former site of Kellum shipyards.

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.