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of word yes, often used to indicate
respect. yip sl. Informal form of the word yes.
Note: The chapter headings are named for Quis moves, or in a few cases, for
Quis pieces. Taken altogether the chapter tites form a complete Quis session.
1
Appendix In
THE RUBY DYNASTY ;
Boldface names refer to members of the Rhon. 1 The Selei
name denots the direc line of the Ruby Pharoah. At children ofRoca and Eldrin
Althor Valdoria take Valdoria as heir hird name. ';
All members of the Rhon, and only members of the Rhon, have the right CO use
Skolia as heir last name.
= marriage + children by _', .. , , - " Lahaylia Sele = Jan
Dyhianna Selei = William Seth Rockworth In (separated)
+ 2 Eldrin JaracHavryl Torceei
Althor Izam-Na
Denric Wndwan
Del-Kurj Chaniece Roca
(fraernal twins)
Sauscony Lahaylia s
Taquinil Selei
'Akushtna Althor Vyan Selei (Tina) (born 3 years after Sanris end
of The Lst Puivok Hawk)
Jaibriol Qox I = Zara Qox
+ ?
Ur Qox = Viquara Iquar + Camylliia
Jaibriol In
" Genetically, Kurj was made from the DNA of Jarac and Roca. However, he
consider
Roca (aka Cya Liessa) - '" Tokaba Ryestar (deceased)
Kurj
= 2 Darr Hammerjackson (divorced) = Eldrinson (Eldri) Althor Valdoria
Shannon Eiriei Kericson Garlin (Kelric, aka Sevtar) ' Corey Madja
(deceased)
AnieceDyhianna DehaDahl
= i Rashiva Haka
_______I
' Jao Stormson (divorced) Jimoria (Jimi) Haka
2 Hypron Luminar (deceased) = 4 Savina Miesa
Rohka Miesa Var
= 5 Avac Van = 6 Ixpar Kam
Jabrol Qox II
RocalisaVitardel-Kelric
Tokaba Ryestar his father.
Appendix IV
Timeline for Skolian Imperialate
Dates are given in Earth years for ease of comparison with Earth history. The
Imperial Calendar, used in the Imperialate, sets Year One as the year the
Imperialate was founded (A.D. 1904). A much older dating system, the lotic
Calendar, begins with the year humans arrived on Raylicon. Disagreement
exists, however, as to the exact date of the first Raylican settlement.
circa 4000 B.C. Group of humans moved from Earth to Raylicon
circa 3600 B.C. Ruby Dynasty begins
circa 3100 B.C. Raylicans launch first interstellar flights;
rise of Ruby Empire
circa 2900 B.C. Ruby Empire begins decline
circa 2800 B.C. Last interstellar flights; Ruby Empire collapses
circa A.D. 1300 Raylicans begin attempts to regain lost
knowledge and colonies
A.D. 1843 Raylicans reattain interstellar flight
1869 Aristos created
1871 Aristos found Eubian Concord (aka
Trader Empire)
1881 Lahaylia Selei born
1904 Lahaylia Selei founds Skolian Imperialate and takes Skolia name
-The Last Hawk 463
Jarac born
Lahaylia Selei weds Jarac
Dyhianna Selei born
Earth humans achieve interstellar flight
Earth humans found Allied Worlds of
Earth
Roca born
Kurj born
Jarac dies; Kurj becomes Imperator;
Lahaylia dies; Eldrin Jarac Valdoria born Althor Valdoria born Sauscony (Soz)
Valdoria born Kelricson (Kelric) Valdoria born Jaibriol Qox II born
Kelric crashes on Coba (beginning of The Last Hawk)
Soz meets Jaibriol II (beginning of Primary Inversion) Domino War begins
Traders capture Eldrin; Althor Valdoria dies; Domino War ends; end of The Last
Hawk
Althor Selei born
Althor Selei meets Tina Pulivok (beginning of Catch the Lightning)
About the Author
Catherine Asaro grew up near Berkeley, California. She earned her PhD in
Chemical Physics and her MA in Physics, both from Harvard, and a BS with
Highest Honors in Chemistry from UCLA. Among the places she has done research
are the University of Toronto, the Max Plank Institut fur Astrophysik in
Germany, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. She currently
runs Molecudyne Research and lives in Maryland with her husband and daughter.
A former ballet and jazz dancer, she founded the Mainly Jazz Dance program at
Harvard and now teaches at the Caryl Maxwell Ballet School in Maryland. She
also wrote Primary Inversion, Catch the Lightning, and The Radiant Seas, all
science fiction novels set in the same universe as The Last Hawk. She can be
reached by E-mail at asaro@sff.net, and on the web at www.sff.net
people/asaro.
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