DETEMER: Roamer clan.
DHULA: gas-giant planet on the edge of the Ildiran Empire.
DOBRO: Ildiran splinter colony, former home of the secret breeding program where many humans were held captive.
DOLUS: famous twenty-first-century Earth artist.
DREMEN: cloudy planet, former home of Orli Covitz.
DROGUE: nickname for hydrogues.
DUGGAN, ANDREA: artist suffering from Heidegger’s Syndrome.
DUGGAN, JAMES: husband of Andrea Duggan.
DURRIS: trinary star in the Horizon Cluster, three of the “seven suns” in the Ildiran sky.
DYVO’SH: young Ildiran rememberer, assistant to Anton Colicos.
EARTH DEFENSE FORCES (EDF): former military for the Terran Hanseatic League, precursor to the Confederation Defense Forces.
EKTI: exotic allotrope of hydrogen used to fuel Ildiran stardrives.
EKTI-X: stardrive fuel with higher energy potential than traditional ekti.
ELEMENTAL WAR: conflict across the Spiral Arm involving the human race, Ildiran Empire, the hydrogues, faeros, wentals, verdani, as well as the Klikiss and their black robots.
ELJIID: abandoned Klikiss world where Margaret Colicos is buried.
ENDA’F: Ildiran autopsy specialist.
ENTURI, ELISA: wife of Garrison Reeves and mother of Seth, deputy of Lee Iswander at the Sheol lava mines. Also goes by her married name of Elisa Reeves.
ESTARRA, QUEEN: ruler of Confederation, married to King Peter, with two children, Reynald and Arita.
EXXOS: leader of surviving Klikiss robots.
FAEROS: sentient fire entities dwelling within stars.
FENNIS, SHAWN: human born on Dobro, volunteer worker at the Kuivahr sanctuary domes, married to Ildiran woman Chiar’h.
FILMGOGGLES: eye protection used on Ildira.
FIREHEART STATION: Roamer research and industrial station at the heart of a nebula, specializing in energized films. Site of Kotto Okiah’s current large-scale experiment.
FITZKELLUM, KRISTOF: thirteen-year-old son of Zhett Kellum and Patrick Fitzpatrick III, also called Toff.
FITZKELLUM, REX: two-year-old son of Zhett Kellum and Patrick Fitzpatrick III.
FITZKELLUM, SHAREEN: seventeen-year-old daughter of Zhett Kellum and Patrick Fitzpatrick III.
FITZPATRICK III, PATRICK: husband of Zhett Kellum, one of the managers of the Kellum skymine on Golgen.
FREDERICK, KING: predecessor to King Peter, killed by hydrogues.
FRELING, MATTHEW: compy scientist, husband of Orli Covitz.
FUNGUS-REEF: large inhabited fungal growth on the worldtrees of Theroc.
GALE’NH, TAL: halfbreed son of the green priest Nira and Ildiran war hero Adar Kori’nh, a tal in the Ildiran Solar Navy. Gale’nh is the captain of the exploration ship Kolpraxa.
GANN, HENNA: mistress of Matthew Freling.
GARDENERS: ancient, original tenders of the worldforest.
GOLGEN: gas-giant planet, home of the Kellum skymine.
GREAT KINGS: the Kings of the Terran Hanseatic League, figurehead leaders.
GREEN PRIEST: servant of the worldforest, able to use worldtrees for instantaneous communication.
GUIDING STAR: Roamer philosophy and religion, a guiding force in a person’s life.
HALL OF REMEMBERERS: headquarters and historical archives of the Ildiran rememberer kith, where the Saga of Seven Suns is maintained.
HANDIES, ADMIRAL EDGAR: CDF Admiral, head of Grid 0, one of the “Three H’s.”
HANDON, TERRY: one of the pilots of Kett Shipping vessel Verne, partner of Xander Brindle.
HANNIG, KLAUS: medical researcher on Pergamus.
HANSA: Terran Hanseatic League.
HAPPINESS: closed-off former Klikiss planet, inhabited by neo-Amish settlers.
HAROUN, ADMIRAL SHIMAL: CDF Admiral, head of Grid 6, one of the “Three H’s.”
HARVARD, ADMIRAL PETROV: CDF Admiral, head of Grid 11, one of the “Three H’s.”
HEIDEGGER’S SYNDROME: fatal degenerative neurological disease, thought to be incurable. Adam Alakis died of Heidegger’s Syndrome.
HORIZON CLUSTER: star cluster in which the Ildiran Empire is located.
HUMMERS: voracious locustlike insects from Vaconda.
HYDROGUES: alien race that dwells within gas-giant planets, the main destructive antagonists in the Elemental War.
HYRILLKA: Ildiran planet, site of several battles in the Elemental War; the Klikiss robots were originally discovered on one of Hyrillka’s moons.
IDRISS, FATHER: former ruler of Theroc, father of Estarra.
IKBIR: Confederation colony world.
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.
ILDIRAN SOLAR NAVY: space military fleet of the Ildiran Empire, commanded by Adar Zan’nh.
ILDIRANS: humanoid alien race with many different breeds, or kiths; they are able to interbreed with humans.
ISWANDER, ARDEN: thirteen-year-old son of Lee Iswander.
ISWANDER, LEE: Roamer industrialist with numerous operations, including the Sheol lava mines.
ISWANDER, LONDA: wife of Lee Iswander.
ISWANDER INDUSTRIES: company owned by Lee Iswander with numerous high-risk operations, including the Sheol lava mines.
JAZER: energy weapon used by Confederation Defense Forces.
JORA’H: Mage-Imperator of the Ildiran Empire. He is the father of numerous important Ildirans, including Adar Zan’nh and the halfbreed telepath Osira’h. His consort is the green priest Nira.
JUGGERNAUT: largest battleship class in the Confederation Defense Forces.
KANAKA: one of the old Earth generation ships, origin of the Roamer clans.
KEAH, GENERAL NALANI: commander of the Confederation Defense Forces.
KELLUM, DEL: former Speaker of the Roamer clans, successor to Cesca Peroni. Father of Zhett Kellum. He now runs a distillery on the Ildiran ocean planet of Kuivahr.
KELLUM, ZHETT: daughter of Del Kellum, married to Patrick Fitzpatrick III. She runs a large skymine on Golgen. She and Patrick have three children, Shareen, Kristof, and Rex.
KENNEBAR: leader of an isolationist faction of green priests on Theroc.
KETT, RLINDA: trader and former trade minister of the Confederation, now owner of Kett Shipping. She also owns several high-end restaurants.
KETT SHIPPING: Rlinda Kett’s shipping company, managed by Robb Brindle and Tasia Tamblyn.
KHANDUL: colony planet near Vaconda.
KIRAE: intoxicating drink enjoyed by Ildirans, although humans find it distasteful.
KLANEK, TONY: space traffic controller at Newstation.
KLEE: a hot beverage made from ground worldtree seeds, a specialty of Theroc.