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Havyrl (Vyrl)

= (1) Liliara (Lily)
Torcellei
(deceased)

= (2) Kamoj Quanta Argali

Vyrl
is a farmer who married his childhood sweetheart Lily and stayed on Skyfall for most of his life, until he became a pawn in the political intrigue following the Radiance War. He is also an accomplished dancer. The story of
Havyrl
and Lily appears in “Stained Glass Heart,” in the anthology
Irresistible Forces,
ed. Catherine Asaro, 2004. The story of
Havyrl
and Kamoj appears in
The Quantum Rose,
a science-fiction retelling of
Beauty and the Beast
which won the 2001 Nebula Award. An early version of the first half was serialized in
Analog,
May–July/August 1999.

Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia

= (1) Jato Stormson (divorced)

= (2) Hypron Luminar (deceased)

= (3)
Jaibriol Qox
(aka
Jaibriol II
)

Soz
is one of the three Imperial scions Kurj chose as his possible heir, along with Althor and Kelric. A strategic genius, she became the greatest military leader known in the Skolian Imperialate. The story of her time as a cadet at the Dieshan Military Academy is told in
Schism
,
The Final Key
, and “Echoes of Pride” (
Space Cadets
, ed. Mike Resnick, 2006).
The Final Key
tells of the first Skolian-Trader war and Soz’s part in that conflict. The story of Soz’s rescue of colonists from the world New Day is told in the novelette “The Pyre of New Day” (
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars
, ed. Ian Whates and Ian Watson, 2012). How
Soz
and Jato met appears in the novella, “Aurora in Four Voices” (
Analog,
December 1998).
Soz
and
Jaibriol
’s stories appear in
Primary Inversion
and
The Radiant Seas.
They have four children:
Jaibriol III, Rocalisa, Vitar,
and
del-Kelric.

Jaibriol Qox Skolia
(aka
Jaibriol III
) Emperor of the Trader Empire = Tarquine Iquar (Trader Empress, Finance Minister, and Aristo queen of the Iquar Line)

Jaibriol III
, the eldest child of
Soz
and
Jaibriol II
, becomes the emperor of the Eubian Concord, also known as the Trader Empire. As such, he must hide his true identity, that he is also an heir to the Ruby Throne. The story of how
Jaibriol III
becomes Emperor at age seventeen is told in
The Moon’s Shadow.
The story of how Jaibriol and his uncle Kelric deal with each other as the leaders of opposing empires appears in
The Ruby Dice
and
Carnelians.
Jaibriol III
also appears in
The Radiant Seas
as a child and as a teenager.

Denric
is a teacher. He accepts a position on Sandstorm, an impoverished colony, to run a school for the children there. His harrowing introduction to his new home appears in the story, “The Edges of Never-Haven” (
Flights of Fantasy,
ed. Al Sarrantino). He also appears in
The Quantum Rose.

Shannon
is the most otherworldly member of the Ruby Dynasty. He inherited the rare genes of a Blue Dale Archer from his father,
Eldrinson
. He left home at age sixteen and sought out the Archers, believed to be extinct. He appears in
Schism, The Final Key, The Quantum Rose
, and as a child in “Stained Glass Heart.”

Aniece
= Lord Rillia

Aniece
is the most business-minded of the Valdoria children. Although she never left her home world Lyshriol, she earned an MBA and became an accountant. Lord Rillia rules a province including the Rillian Vales, Dalvador Plains, Backbone Mountains, and Stained Glass Forest.
Aniece
decided at age twelve that she would marry Rillia, though he was much older, and she kept at her plan until she achieved her goal.
Aniece
and Rillia appear in
The Quantum Rose.

Kelricson (Kelric) Garlin

= (1) Corey Majda (deceased)

= (2) Deha Dahl (deceased)

= (3) Rashiva Haka (Calani trade)

= (4) Savina Miesa (deceased)

= (5) Avtac Varz (Calani trade)

= (6) Ixpar Karn

= (7) Jeejon (deceased)

Kelric
is one of the three Imperial scions Kurj chose as his possible heir, along with
Soz
and
Althor
. He is a major character in
Carnelians, The Ruby Dice
, “The Ruby Dice” (novella,
Baen’s Universe 2006
),
Ascendant Sun, The Last Hawk
, and the novelette “Light and Shadow” (Analog, April 1994). He also appears in
The Moon’s Shadow,
Diamond Star,
“A Roll of the Dice” (
Analog,
July/August 2000), and as a toddler in “Stained Glass Heart” (
Irresistible Forces
, ed. Catherine Asaro, 2004).

Kelric
and Rashiva have one son, Jimorla Haka, who becomes a renowned Calani.
Kelric
and Savina have one daughter,
Rohka Miesa Varz,
who becomes the Ministry Successor in line to rule the Estates of 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 novella “The City of Cries” (
Down These Dark Spaceways,
ed. Mike Resnick) tells the story of Major Bhaaj, a private investigator hired by the House of Majda to find Prince Dayj Majda after he disappears.

The novella “The Shadowed Heart” (
Year’s Best Paranormal,
ed. Paula Guran, and
The Journey Home,
ed. Mary Kirk) is the story of Jason Harrick, a Jagernaut who barely survives the Radiance War.