Dasra—gas-giant planet suspected of harboring hydrogues.

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

DD—compy servant assigned to Rheindic Co xeno-archaeology dig.

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

designate—purebred son of Mage-Imperator, ruler of an Ildiran world.

Dio’sh—Ildiran rememberer, survivor of Crenna evacuation.

Dobro—Ildiran colony world.

Dremen—Terran colony world, dim and cloudy.

Durris—trinary star system, close white and yellow stars orbited by a red dwarf; three of the Ildiran “seven suns.”

EA—Tasia Tamblyn’s personal compy.

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

Eddies—slang term for soldiers in EDF.

EDF—Earth Defense Forces.

ekti—exotic allotrope of hydrogen used in Ildiran stardrives.

Erphano—gas-giant planet, site of Berndt Okiah’s skymine.

escort—midsized ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.

Estarra—second daughter, fourth child of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.

firefever—ancient Ildiran plague.

Fitzpatrick, Patrick, III—spoiled cadet in the Earth Defense Forces.

flatgems—layered artificial gems, rare and expensive.

Frederick, King—figurehead ruler of the Terran Hanseatic League.

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

Garris—Nira’s father.

George—second Great King of the Terran Hanseatic League; also, a large moon of Oncier.

Glyx—gas giant, site of Berndt Okiah’s first skymine command.

Golgen—gas giant, harvested by Blue Sky Mine.

Goliath—first expanded Juggernaut in EDF fleet.

Goose—Roamer derogative term for Terran Hanseatic League.

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

Great Expectations—one of Rlinda Kett’s merchant ships, captured by Rand Sorengaard’s pirates.

Great King—figurehead leader of Terran Hanseatic League.

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.

Hansa—Terran Hanseatic League.

Hansa headquarters—pyramidal building near the Whisper Palace on Earth.

Hendy, Sam—mayor of Corvus Landing Colony Town.

hive worms—giant nest-making invertebrates on Theroc.

Horizon Cluster—large star cluster near Ildira.

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

Hyrillka—Ildiran colony in Horizon Cluster, original discovery site of Klikiss robots.

Iawa—colony world, once inhabited by predecessors of the Roamers.

Iawan scourge—botanical plague on Iawa.

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.

Ildiran Solar Navy—space fleet of the Ildiran Empire.

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

Ilkot—Klikiss robot at Rheindic Co xenoarchaeology dig.

Iron Lady—nickname for Ambassador Otema.

Isix cat—small feral feline on Ildira.

Isperos—hot planet, site of Kotto Okiah’s test colony.