Authors: Anne Mccaffrey
LaBoue
—the planet where Hafiz Harakamian makes his headquarters.
lalli
—Linyaari word for “mother.”
Likilekakua
—one of Khorii’s poopuu friends on Maganos Moonbase.
lilaala
—a flowering vine native to Vhiliinyar used by early Linyaari to make paper.
Linyaari
—Acorna’s people.
Liriili
—former
viizaar
of narhii-Vhiliinyar, member of the clan Riivye.
LoiLoiKua
—a water planet in the human Federation, with human-descended inhabitants that have become fully water-dwelling. Khorii first met people from LoiLoiKua at the school at Maganos, where they were known as pool pupils, or poopuus.
Lukia of the Lights
—a protective saint, identified by some children of Kezdet with Acorna.
Ma’aowri 3
—a planet populated by catlike beings.
Maarni
—a Linyaari folklorist, mate to Yiitir.
Maati
—a young Linyaari girl of the Nyaarya clan who lost most of her family during the Khleevi invasion. Aari’s younger sister.
MacKenZ
—also known as Mac or Maak, a very useful and adaptable unit of the KEN line of androids, now in the service of Captain Becker. The android was formerly owned by Kisla Manjari, and came into the captain’s service after it tried to kill him on Kisla’s orders. Becker’s knack for dealing with salvage enabled him to reprogram the android to make the KEN unit both loyal to him and eager to please. The reprogramming had interesting side effects on the android’s personality, though, leaving Mac much quirkier than is usually the case for androids.
madigadi
—a berrylike fruit whose juice is a popular beverage.
Maganos
—one of the three moons of Kezdet, base for Delszaki Li’s mining operation and child rehabilitation project.
Makahomia
—war-torn home planet of RK and Nadhari Kendo.
Makahomian Temple Cat
—cats on the planet Makahomia, bred from ancient Cat God stock to protect and defend the Cat God’s Temples. They are—for cats—large, fiercely loyal, remarkably intelligent, and dangerous when crossed.
Makavitian Rain Forest
—a tropical area of the planet Makahomia, populated by various warring jungle tribes.
Mana
—a supply ship whose crew and former owners died in the plague with the exception of Jaya, the captain-in-training, now captained by Asha Bates and a crew of young survivors.
Manjari
—a baron in the Kezdet aristocracy, and a key person in the organization and protection of Kezdet’s child-labor racket, in which he was known by the code name “Piper.” He murdered his wife and then committed suicide when his identity was revealed and his organization destroyed.
Marsden, Moonmay
—a plucky Rushima settler child, very accurate with her shotgun. With her brother Percy and their cousin Fleagle, the Marsden family help Khorii and the company from the
Mana
bury their dead.
Martin Dehoney
—famous astro-architect who designed Maganos Moonbase; the coveted Dehoney Prize was named after him.
Melireenya
—Linyaari communications specialist on the
Balakiire
, bonded to Hrronye. Their son is Mikaaye.
Mendez, Concepcion
—a grandmother on the planet Paloduro, mother to Annunciata, who died in the plague, and grandmother to Elena, who survived it.
Mercy Kendoro
—younger sister of Pal and Judit Kendoro, saved from a life of bonded labor by Judit’s efforts, she worked as a spy for the Child Liberation League in offices of Kezdet Guardians of the Peace until the child-labor system was destroyed.
Miiri
—mother of Aari, Laarye, and Maati. A member of the Nyaarya clan, lifebonded to Kaarlye.
Mikaaye
—Melireenya’s and Hrronya’s son. He worked on narhii-Vhiliinyar with his father helping shape a new and less exclusive Linyaari society, then joined Khorii, along with other Linyaari, as they all worked together to eradicate the galactic plague. He almost lost his life on Rushima as he and Khorii fought the Ghosts.
mitanyaakhi
—generic Linyaari term meaning a very large number.
Miw-Sher
—a Makahomian Keeper of the sacred Temple cats. Her name means “Kitten” in Makahomian.
MME
—Gill, Calum, and Rafik’s original mining company. Swallowed by the ruthless, conscienceless, and bureaucratic Amalgamated Mining.
Mog-Gim Plateau
—an arid area on the planet Makahomia near the Federation spaceport.
Mokilau
—a LoiLoiKuan elder.
MOO, or Moon of Opportunity
—Hafiz’s artificial planet, and home base for the Vhiliinyar terraforming operation.
Morniika
—Linyaari Ancestor mare and Neicaair’s mate.
Mulzar (feminine form: Mulzarah)
—the Mog-Gimin title taken by the high priest who is also the warlord of the Plateau.
Mulzar Edu Kando sach Pilau dom Mog-Gim
—High Priest of Hissim and the Aridimi Plateau, on the planet Makahomia.
Naadiina
—also known as Grandam, one of the oldest Linyaari, host to both Maati and Acorna on narhii-Vhiliinyar, died to give her people the opportunity to save both of their planets.
Naarye
—Linyaari techno-artisan in charge of final fit-out of spaceships.
naazhoni
—the Linyaari word for someone who is a bit unstable.
Nadhari Kando
—formerly Delszaki Li’s personal bodyguard, rumored to have been an officer in the Red Bracelets earlier in her career, then a security officer in charge of MOO, then the guard for the leader on her home planet of Makahomia.
Nanahomea
—a LoiLoiKuan elder, grandmother to Likilekakua, one of Khorii’s poopuu friends.
narhii
—Linyaari word for new.
Narhii
—the name given by the Ancestral Friends to Khorii’s twin sister, later renamed Ariinye, who was stolen from Acorna’s womb while still an embryo.
narhii-Vhiliinyar
—the planet settled by the Linyaari after Vhiliinyar, their original homeworld, was destroyed by the Khleevi.
Neeva
—Acorna’s aunt and Linyaari envoy on the
Balakiire
, bonded to Virii.
Neicaair
—a Linyaari Ancestor stallion.
Neo-Hadithian
—an ultraconservative, fanatical religious sect.
Ngaen Xong Hoa
—a Kieaanese scientist who invented a planetary weather control system. He sought asylum on the
Haven
because he feared the warring governments on his planet would misuse his research. A mutineer faction on the
Haven
used the system to reduce the planet Rushima to ruins. The mutineers were tossed into space, and Dr. Hoa has since restored Rushima and now works for Hafiz.
Nheifaarir
—the egg-shaped spacecraft assigned to Maati’s family, often used by Maati and Thariinye.
Niciirye
—Grandam Naadiina’s husband, dead and buried on Vhiliinyar.
Niikaavri
—Acorna’s Grandmother, a member of the clan Geeyiinah, and a spaceship designer by trade. Also, as
Niikaavre
, the name of the spaceship used by Maati and Thariinye.
Nirii
—a planetary trading partner of the Linyaari, populated by bovinelike two-horned sentients, known as Niriians, technologically advanced, able to communicate telepathically, and phlegmatic in temperament.
Nisa
—one of Coco’s pirate band, a friend of Captain Bates.
Nrihiiye
—an Ancestor mare, mate of Hruffli.
nyiiri
—the Linyaari word for unmitigated gall, sheer effrontery, or other form of misplaced bravado.
Odus
—one of the Ancestral Friends who raised and experimented on “Narhii,” better known as Ariin, Khorii’s twin.
Odussia
—the new homeworld of the Ancestral Friends.
Our Star
—Linyaari name for the star that centers their solar system.
Paazo River
—a major geographical feature on the Linyaari homeworld, Vhiliinyar.
pahaantiyir
—a large catlike animal once found on Vhiliinyar.
Paloduro
—a planet in the Solojo star system, infested by the space plague.
Pandora
—Count Edacki Ganoosh’s personal spaceship, used to track and pursue Hafiz’s ship
Shahrazad
as it speeds after Acorna on her journey to narhii-Vhiliinyar. Later confiscated and used by Hafiz for his own purposes.
Pauli
—one of Coco’s pirate band.
Pebar
—an intergalactic circus carney who exploits Khorii as part of his new act.
Petit
—one of Coco’s pirate band.
Phador
—
see
Al y Cassidro, Dr. Phador.
piiyi
—a Niriian biotechnology-based information storage and retrieval system. The biological component resembles a very rancid cheese.
Pircifir
—an Ancestral Friend.
Poopuus
—a term for water-dwelling students from LoiLoiKua used on Maganos Moonbase, an abbreviation from the words “pool pupils.”
Praxos
—a swampy planet near Makahomia used by the Federation to train Makahomian recruits.
PU#10
—Human name for the vine planet, with its sentient plant inhabitants, where the Khleevi-killing sap was found.
Raealacaldae
—the corrupt Federation head of LoiLoiKua, who died after poisoning the waters of the planet. His palace on the dry land of the planet remains, and has been inhabited by the Ghosts.
Rafik Nadezda
—one of three miners who discovered Acorna and raised her.
Red Bracelets
—Kilumbembese mercenaries; arguably the toughest and nastiest fighting force in known space.
Rio Boca
—a planet in the Solojo star system.
Roadkill
—otherwise known as RK. A Makahomian Temple Cat, the only survivor of a space wreck, he was rescued and adopted by Jonas Becker, and is honorary first mate of the
Condor.
He is often (and erroneously) thought to be the father of Khorii’s cat Khiindi.
Roc
—Rafik’s shuttle ship.
Rushima
—a planet with an agriculturally based economy invaded by the Khleevi, and saved by Acorna. After the galactic plague and the Ghosts made things miserable there again, it was saved by Khorii and Mikaaye.
Scaradine MacDonald
—captain of the
Arkansas Traveler
spaceship, and galactic freight hauler.
Sesseli
—a curly-headed blond student on Maganos Moonbase with very strong telepathy, she is the first person to spot the Ghosts.
Shahrazad
—Hafiz’s personal spaceship, a luxury cruiser.
Shoshisha
—a student on the Maganos Moonbase.
sii
-Linyaari
—a legendary race of aquatic Linyaari-like beings developed by the Ancestral Friends.
Siiaaryi Maartri
—a Linyaari Survey ship.
Sileg
—an intergalactic circus carney who exploits Khorii as part of his new act.
Sinbad
—Rafik’s spaceship.
Sita Ram
—a protective goddess, identified with Acorna by the mining children on Kezdet.
Smythe-Wesson
—a former Red Bracelet officer, Win Smythe-Wesson briefly served as Hafiz’s head of security on MOO before his larcenous urges overcome him.
Solojo
—a star system in the human galaxy, one of the first infected with the space plague.
Spandard
—A variant dialect of Standard Galactic Basic, once known as Spanish.
Standard Galactic Basic
—the language used throughout the human-settled galaxy, also known simply as “Basic.”
stiil
—Linyaari word for a pencil-like writing implement.
Taankaril
—
visedhaanye ferilii
of the Gamma sector of Linyaari space.
Tagoth
—
see
Bulaybub.
techno-artisan
—Linyaari specialist who designs, engineers, or manufactures goods.
Thariinye
—a handsome and conceited young spacefaring Linyaari from clan Renyilaaghe.
Theophilus Becker
—Jonas Becker’s father, a salvage man and astrophysicist with a fondness for exploring uncharted wormholes.
thiilir
(pl.
thilirii
)—small arboreal mammals of Linyaari homeworld.
thiilsis
—grass species native to Vhiliinyar.
Toruna
—a Niriian female, who sought help from Acorna and the Linyaari when her home planet was invaded by the Khleevi.
Twexa
—an Ancestral Friend.
Twi Osiam
—planetary site of a major financial and trade center.
twilit
—small, pestiferous insect on Linyaari home planet.
Uhuru
—one of the various names of the ship owned jointly by Gill, Calum, and Rafik.
Vaanye
—Acorna’s father.
viizaar
—a high political office in the Linyaari system, roughly equivalent to president or prime minister.
Virii
—Neeva’s spouse.
visedhaanye ferilii
—Linyaari term corresponding roughly to “Envoy Extraordinary.”