Christensen, Tom-"dunsel" commander of EDF rammer ships.

chrysalis chair-reclining throne of the Mage-Imperator.

citysphere-enormous hydrogue habitation complex.

Clarin, Eldon-Roamer inventor, brother of Roberto, killed when hydrogues destroyed Berndt Okiah's new skymine at Erphano.

Clarin, Roberto-administrator of Hurricane Depot, brother of Eldon.

cloud harvester-ekti-gathering facility designed by Hansa; also called a cloud mine.

cohort-battle group of Ildiran Solar Navy consisting of seven maniples, or 343 ships.

Colicos, Anton-son of Margaret and Louis Colicos, translator and student of epic stories, sent to Ildiran Empire to study the Saga of Seven Suns. Saga of Seven Suns.

Colicos, Louis-xeno-archaeologist, husband of Margaret Colicos, specializing in ancient Klikiss artifacts, killed by Klikiss robots at Rheindic Co.

Colicos, Margaret-xeno-archaeologist, wife of Louis Colicos, specializing in ancient Klikiss artifacts, vanished through transportal during Klikiss robot attack on Rheindic Co.

competent computerized companion-intelligent servant robot, called compy, available in Friendly, Teacher, Governess, Listener, and other models.

compy-shortened term for "competent computerized companion."

condorfly-colorful flying insect on Theroc like a giant butterfly, sometimes kept as pets.

Constantine III-Roamer outpost.

Corribus-ancient Klikiss world, where Margaret and Louis Colicos discovered the Klikiss Torch technology, site of one of the first new Hansa colonies.

Corvus Landing-Hansa colony world obliterated by hydrogues.

Covitz, Jan-Dremen mushroom farmer, participant in transportal colonization initiative, father of Orli.

Covitz, Orli-Dremen colonist, joined transportal colonization initiative with her father Jan.

Crenna-former Ildiran splinter colony resettled by humans. Home of Davlin Lotze and Branson Roberts; frozen when hydrogues and faeros destroyed its sun.

cutter-small ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.

Cyroc'h-former Mage-Imperator, father of Jora'h.

Czir'h-Dzelluria Designate-in-waiting.

Daniel-new Prince candidate selected by the Hansa as a potential replacement for Peter.

Daro'h-the Dobro Designate-in-waiting after the death of Mage-Imperator Cyroc'h.

Dasra-gas-giant planet suspected of harboring hydrogues.

Daym-blue supergiant star, one of the Ildiran "seven suns"; also the name of its primary gas-giant planet, site of abandoned Ildiran ekti-harvesting operations.

DD-compy servant assigned to Rheindic Co xeno-archaeology dig, captured by Klikiss robots.

Dekyk-Klikiss robot at Rheindic Co xeno-archaeology dig.

Designate-any purebred noble son of the Mage-Imperator, ruler of an Ildiran world.

diamondfilm-crystalline parchment used for Ildiran documents.

Dobro-Ildiran colony world, site of human-Ildiran breeding camps.

Dremen-Terran colony world, dim and cloudy; chief products are saltpond caviar and genetically enhanced mushrooms.

drogue-deprecatory term for hydrogues.

dunsel-slang term for token human commanders aboard EDF rammer ships.

Durris-trinary star system, close white and orange stars orbited by a red dwarf; three of the Ildiran "seven suns."

EA-Tasia Tamblyn's personal compy; her memory was wiped when she was interrogated by Basil Wenceslas.

Earth Defense Forces-Terran space military, headquartered on Mars but with jurisdiction throughout the Terran Hanseatic League.

Ebbe, Jack-cryoengineering specialist on Jonah 12.

Eddies-slang term for soldiers in EDF.

EDF-Earth Defense Forces.

ekti-exotic allotrope of hydrogen used to fuel Ildiran stardrives.

Eld, Erin-"dunsel" commander of EDF rammer ships.

Eolus, Kostas-Grid 5 admiral.

escort-midsize ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.

Estarra-second daughter, fourth child of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa. Current Queen of Terran Hanseatic League, married to King Peter.

faeros-sentient fire entities dwelling within stars.

Fan'nh-qul in Ildiran Solar Navy, in charge of the maniple facing hydrogues at Hrel-oro.

filterfilm-protective eye covering used by Ildirans.

firefever-ancient Ildiran plague.

Fitzpatrick, Maureen-former Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League, grandmother of Patrick Fitzpatrick III.

Fitzpatrick, Patrick, III-spoiled cadet in the Earth Defense Forces, General Lanyan's protg, presumed dead after Osquivel but captured by Roamers in Del Kellum's shipyards.

Forrey's Folly-Roamer outpost.

fracture-pulse drone-new-design EDF weapon, also called a "frak."

frak-slang term for fracture-pulse drone.

Frederick, King-previous figurehead ruler of the Terran Hanseatic League, assassinated by hydrogue emissary.

fungus reef-giant worldtree growth on Theroc, carved into a habitation by the Therons.

furry cricket-innocuous furry rodent found on Corribus.

Gale'nh-experimental half-breed son of Nira Khali and Adar Kori'nh, third oldest of her children.

gliderbikes-flying contraptions assembled from scavenged engines and framework materials, augmented by colorful condorfly wings.

Gold, Sullivan-administrator of the Hansa's new modular cloud harvester installed at Qronha 3.

Golgen-gas giant where Ross Tamblyn's Blue Sky Mine was destroyed, bombarded by comets targeted by Jess Tamblyn.

Gomez, Charles-human prisoner of the hydrogues, seized at Boone's Crossing.

Goose-derogatory Roamer term for Terran Hanseatic League.

Goswell, Bertram-early Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League who originally tried to force Roamers to sign Hansa Charter.

grappler pod-small work vehicle used in shipyards of Osquivel.

grazer-slow-moving, hemispherical harvester used on Jonah 12.

Great King-figurehead leader of Terran Hanseatic League.

green priest-servant of the worldforest, able to use worldtrees for instantaneous communication.

GU-analytical compy assigned to work with Kotto Okiah.

Guiding Star-Roamer philosophy and religion, a guiding force in a person's life.

Hadden-EDF trainee.

handlers-Ildiran kith, handlers of the dead.

Hansa-Terran Hanseatic League.

Hansa Headquarters-pyramidal building near the Whisper Palace on Earth.

Hhrenni-star system, site of Chan greenhouse asteroids.

Horizon Cluster-large star cluster near Ildira, location of Hyrillka and many other splinter colonies.

Hosaki-Roamer clan.

Hrel-oro-arid Ildiran mining colony, inhabited primarily by scaly kithmen.

Hroa'x-chief skymining engineer of Ildiran skyfactory on Qronha 3.

Huck, Tabitha-engineer aboard Sullivan Gold's cloud harvester at Qronha 3, former EDF weapons designer.

Huff, Jared-Roamer pilot.

Hurricane Depot-Roamer commercial center and fuel-transfer station, located in a gravitationally stable point between two close-orbiting asteroids, destroyed by EDF.

hydrogues-alien race living at cores of gas-giant planets.

Hyrillka-Ildiran colony in Horizon Cluster, original discovery site of Klikiss robots, main source of the drug shiing.

Idriss, Father-ruler of Theroc, husband of Mother Alexa.

Ildira-home planet of the Ildiran Empire, under the light of seven suns.

Ildiran Empire-large alien empire, the only other major civilization in the Spiral Arm.

Ildirans-humanoid alien race with many different breeds, or kiths.

Ildiran Solar Navy-space military fleet of the Ildiran Empire.

Ilure'l-Ildiran lens kithman, part of the skeleton crew remaining in Maratha Prime.

Isix cats-sleek feline predators native to Ildira; Jora'h's daughter Yazra'h keeps three of them.

jazer-energy weapon used by Earth Defense Forces.

Jonah 12-frozen planetoid, site of Roamer mining base.

Jora'h-Mage-Imperator of the Ildiran Empire.

Jorax-Klikiss robot dismantled by Hansa scientists to study its programming and systems.

Juggernaut-large battleship class in Earth Defense Forces.

Kamarov, Raven-Roamer cargo ship captain, destroyed with his cargo ship on secret EDF raid.

Kellum, Del-Roamer clan leader, in charge of Osquivel shipyards.

Kellum, Zhett-daughter of Del Kellum.

Kett, Rlinda-merchant woman, captain of the Voracious Curiosity. Voracious Curiosity.