He would never have the chance to reconcile with Alrhor, but he had found his way back to Soz and Shannon. If he had to travel leagues or light-years to see them, he would do so. Whatever it took, he would never again let himself lose the people who mattered more to him than anyone else in the world. His family.
So Eldrinson spent the day with his wife and daughter, and found joy in their love.
Characters and Family History
oldface names refer to Ruby psions, also known as the “Rhon.” All Rhon psions who are members of the Ruby Dynasty use Skolia as their last name (the Skolian Imperialate was named after their family). The Selei name indicates the direct line of the Ruby Pharaoh. Children of Roca and Eldrinson take Valdoria as a third name. The “del” prefix means “in honor of,” and is capitalized if the person honored was a Triad member. Most names are based on world-building systems drawn from Mayan, North African, and Indian cultures.
= marriage
Lahaylia Selei (Ruby Pharaoh) = Jarac (Imperator) Lahaylia and Jarac founded the modern-day Ruby Dynasty. Lahaylia was created in the Rhon genetic project. Her lineage traces back to the ancient Ruby Dynasty that founded the Ruby Empire. Lahaylia and Jarac have two daughters, Dyhianna Selei and Roca.
= (1) William Seth Rockworth HI (separated) = (2) Eldrin Jarac Valdoria Dehya becomes the Ruby Pharaoh after Lahaylia. She married William Seth Rockworth HI as part of the Iceland
Treaty between the Skolian Imperialate and Allied Worlds of Earth. They have no children and later separate. The dissolution of their marriage would negate the treaty, so neither the Allieds nor the Imperialate recognize Seth’s divorce. Both Seth and Dehya eventually remarry anyway. Spherical Harmonic tells the story of what happens to Dehya after the Radiance War. She and Eldrin have two children, Taquinil Selei and Althor Vyan Selei.
Althor Vyan Selei = ‘Akushtina (Tina) Santis Pulivok The story of Althor and Tina appears in Catch the Lightning. Althor Vyan Selei was named after his uncle/cousin, Althor Izam-Na Valdoria. Tina also appears in the story “Ave de Paso” in the anthologies Redshift and Fantasy: The Year’s Best, 2001, edited by Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber.
Roca = (1) Tokaba Ryestar (deceased)
= (2) Darr Hammerjackson (divorced) = (3) Eldrinson (Eldri) Althor Valdoria Roca and Tokaba had one child, Kurj (Imperator and former Jagernaut). Kurj marries Ami when he is about a century old. Kurj and Ami have a son named Kurjson.
Although no records exist of Edrinson’s lineage, it is believed he descends from the ancient Ruby Dynasty. Skyfall tells the story of how he and Roca meet. They have ten children.
Eldrin (Dryni) Jarac (bard, consort to Ruby Pharaoh, warrior) Althor Izam-Na (engineer, Jagernaut, Imperial Heir) Del-Kurj (Del) (singer, warrior, twin to Chaniece) Chaniece Roca (runs Valdoria family household, twin to
Del-Kurj) Havyrl (Vyrl) Torcellei (farmer, doctorate in agriculture) Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia (military scientist, Jagernaut, Imperator) Denric Windward (teacher, doctorate in literature) Shannon Eiriei (Blue Dale Archer) Aniece Dyhianna (accountant, Rillian queen) Kelricson (Keltic) Garlin (mathematician, Jagernaut, Imperator)
Eldrin appears in The Radiant Seas and Spherical Harmonic.
Althor Izam-Na = (1) Coop and Vaz Ť’;iŤ ?<><- -; -??
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Althor has a daughter, Eristia Leirol Valdoria, with Syreen Leirol, an actress turned linguist. Coop and Vaz have a son, Ryder Jalam Majda Valdoria, with Althor as co-father. Althor and Coop appear in The Radiant Seas. The novelette, “Soul of Light” (Circlet Press, anthology Sextopia), tells the story of how Althor and Vaz met Coop. Vaz and Coop also appear in Spherical Harmonic. Althor and Cirrus also have a son.
Havyrl (Vyrl) Torcellei = LiUiara (Lilly) (deceased) = Kamoj Quanta Argali Havyrl & Lilly’s story appears in “Stained Glass Heart,” a novella in the anthology Irresistible Forces, February 2004. The story of Havyrl and Kamoj appears in The Quantum Rose, which won the 2001 Nebula Award. An early version of the first half was serialized in Analog, May 1999-July/August 1999.
Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia = (1) Jato Stormson (divorced)
= (2) Hypron Luminar
??”?”?-(deceased)
= (3)JaibriolQox (aka Jaibriol II)
The story of how Soz and Jato met appears in the novella, “Aurora in Four Voices” (Analog, December 1998). Soz and Jaibrioi’s stories appear in Primary Inversion and The Radiant Seas. They have four children, all of whom use Qox-Skolia as their last name: Jaibriol III, Rocalisa, Vitar, and del-Kelrk.
The story of how Jaibriol III became the emperor of Eube appears in The Moon’s Shadow. Jaibriol III married Tarquine Iquar, the Finance Minister of Eube.
Soz’s experiences as a cadet are in Triad Part I (Schism) and Part II.
Aniece = Lord Rillia.
Lord Rillia rules Rillia, which consists of the extensive Rillian Vales, the Dalvador Plains, the Backbone Mountains, and the Stained Glass Forest.
Kelricson (Keltic) Garlin = (1) Corey Majda (deceased in 2243)
= (2) Deha Dahl (deceased) = (3) Rashiva Haka (Calani trade) = (4) Savina Miesa (deceased) = (5) Avtac Varz (Calani trade) = (6) Ixpar Karn (closure) = (7) Jeejon
Kelric’s stories are told in The Last Hawk, Ascendant Sun, The Moon’s Shadow, the novella “A Roll of the Dice” (Analog, July/August 2000), and die novelette “Light and Shadow” (Analog, April 1994). Keltic and Rashiva have one son, Jimorla (Jimi) Haka, who becomes a renowned Calani. Keltic and Savina have one daughter, Rohka Miesa Van, who becomes me Ministry Successor in line to rule me Twelve Estates on Coba.
The novella “Walk in Silence” (Analog, April 2003) tells the story of Jess Fernandez, an Allied starship captain from Earth who deals with the genetically engineered humans on
the Skolian colony of Icelos. The story of Dayj Majda, the prince who was betrothed to Roca in Skyfall, appears in the novella “The City of Cries” in the anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, edited by Mike Resnick. The novelette “The Shadowed Heart” is the story of Jagernaut Jason Harrick when he survives the aftermath of the Radiance War. It appears in the anthology The Journey Home, edited by Mary Kirk.
Time Line
circa
4000 bc
Group of humans moved from Earth to Raylicon circa
3600 bc
Ruby Dynasty begins
circa
3100 bc
Raylicans launch first interstellar Sights; rise of Ruby Empire circa
2900 bc
Ruby Empire declines
circa
2800 bc
Last interstellar flights; Ruby Empire collapses circa ad 1300
Raylicans begin to regain lost knowledge
1843
Raylicans regain interstellar flight
1866
Rhon genetic project begins
Ťga
1871
Aristos found Eubian Concord (aka Trader Empire) r;
1881
Lahaylia Selei born
1904
Lahaylia Selei founds Skolian Imperialate
2005
Jaracborn
2111
Lahaylia Selei marries Jarac
2119
Dyhianna Selei born
2122
Earth achieves interstellar flight
2132
Allied Worlds of Earth formed
2144
Rocaborn
2169
Kurjborn
n
2203
Roca marries Eldrinson Althor Valdoria (Skyfall) pEF
2204
Eldrin Jarac Valdoria born
^
2205
Prince Dayj Majda runs away (“The City of Cries”) 2206
Althor Izam-Na Valdoria born
2209
Havyrl (Vyrl) Torcellei Valdoria born
2210
Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria born
2211
Denric Windward Valdoria born
2219
Kelricson (Kelric) Garlin Valdoria born
2223
Vyrl marries Lilly (“Stained Glass Heart”) 2227
Soz goes to Jagernaut military academy
(Schism)
2235
Denric trapped in Never-Haven (“The
Edge of Never-Haven”)
2237
Jaibriol II born
2240
Soz meets Jato Stormson (“Aurora in Four
Voices”)
2241
Kelric marries Admiral Corey Majda
2243
Corey assassinated (“Light and Shadow”)
2258
Kelric crashes on Coba (The Last Hawk)
early 2259
Soz meets Jaibriol (Primary Inversion)
late 2259
Soz and Jaibriol go into exile (The Radiant Seas)
2260
Jaibriol UJ born (aka Jaibriol Qox Skolia) (The Radiant Seas)
2263
Rocalisa Qox Skolia born; Althor IzamNa Valdoria meets Coop (“Soul of Light”)
2266
Lilly dies
2268
Vitar Qox Skolia born
2273
del-Kelric Qox Skolia born
2274
Radiance War begins (also called Domino
War) (The Radiant Seas)
2276
Traders capture Eldrin. Radiance War
ends. Jason Harrick crashes on Thrice
Named (“The Shadowed Heart”)
2277-8
Kelric returns home (Ascendant Sun); Dehya coalesces (Spherical Harmonic);
Kamoj and Vyrl meet (The Quantum
Rose); Jaibriol III becomes emperor of
Eube (The Moon’s Shadow)
2279
Althor Vyan Selei born
2287 Jeremiah Coltman trapped on Coba (“A Roll of the Dice”) 2298 Jess Fernandez goes to Icelos (“Walk in Silence”) 2328 Althor Vyan Selei meets Tina Santis Pulivok (Catch the Lightning)