Plumas—frozen moon with deep liquid oceans, site of Tamblyn clan water industry.

Prime Designate—eldest son and heir-apparent of Ildiran Mage-Imperator.

Prism Palace—dwelling of the Ildiran Mage-Imperator.

Ptoro—gas-giant planet, site of Crim Tylar’s skymine.

pucker—sour Theron fruit.

Pym—abandoned Klikiss world.

Qronha—a close binary system, two of the Ildiran “seven suns.” Contains two habitable planets and one gas giant (Qronha 3).

Qul—Ildiran military rank, commander of a maniple, or forty-nine ships.

Rada—Nira’s younger sister.

Ramah—Terran colony world, settled mainly by Islamic pilgrims.

reconnaissance outrigger—fast intelligence-gathering ship in Earth Defense Forces.

Relleker—Terran colony world, popular as a resort.

rememberer—member of the Ildiran historian kith.

Remora—small attack ship in Earth Defense Forces.

Rendezvous—inhabited asteroid cluster, hidden center of Roamer government.

Reynald—eldest son of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.

Rheindic Co—abandoned Klikiss world, site of major excavation by the Colicoses.

rindberry—Theron fruit.

Roamers—loose confederation of independent humans, primary producers of ekti stardrive fuel.

Roberts, Branson—former husband of Rlinda Kett.

Robinson, Madeleine—early planetary prospector. She and her two sons discovered Klikiss ruins and activated robots on Llaro.

Rysa’h—Hyrillka Designate, third son of Mage-Imperator.

Saga of Seven Suns—historical and legendary epic of the Ildiran civilization.

saltnut—Theron nut.

Sarein—eldest daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.

scaly—Ildiran kith, desert dwellers.

seedberry—Theron fruit.

Septa—small battle group of seven ships in the Ildiran Solar Navy.

Septar—commander of a septa.

Serizawa, Dr. Gerald—scientist in charge of the Klikiss Torch experiment at Oncier.

Shana Rei—legendary “creatures of darkness” in Saga of Seven Suns.

shizz—expletive.

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

skymine—ekti-harvesting facility in gas-giant clouds, usually operated by Roamers.

skypearl—rare metallic black gems found inside ekti reactors.

Sorengaard, Rand—renegade Roamer pirate.

Speaker—political leader of the Roamers.

Spiral Arm—the section of the Milky Way Galaxy settled by the Ildiran Empire and Terran colonies.

splinter colony—Ildiran colony that meets minimum population requirements.

splurtberry—Theron fruit.

spreadnut—Theron nut.

stargames—a navigational-challenge game popular among Roamers.

streamer—fast single ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.

Stroganov—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, ninth to depart.

Stromo, Admiral Lev—Admiral in Earth Defense Forces.

Sweeney, Dahlia—DD’s first owner.

Sweeney, Marianna—Dahlia’s daughter, DD’s second owner.

swimmer—Ildiran kith, water dwellers.

Tal—military rank in Ildiran Solar Navy, cohort commander.

Talbun—old green priest on Corvus Landing.

Tamblyn, Bram—Roamer, old scion of Tamblyn clan, father of Ross, Jess, and Tasia.

Tamblyn, Caleb—one of Jess’s uncles, brother to Bram.

Tamblyn, Jess—Roamer, second son of Bram Tamblyn.

Tamblyn, Ross—Roamer, estranged oldest son of Bram Tamblyn and chief of Blue Sky Mine at Golgen.

Tamblyn, Tasia—Roamer, young daughter of Bram Tamblyn.

telink—instantaneous communication used by green priests.

Terran Hanseatic League—commerce-based government of Earth and Terran colonies.

Theroc—jungle planet, home of the worldforest.