Cielcin

• Clan Dorayaica
• Syriania Dorayaica
• Clan Otiolo
• Clan Otiolo
• Utsebimn Aranata Otiolo
• Nobuta Otiolo
• Oalicomn
• Itana Uvanari Ayatomn
• Casantora Tanaran Iakato
• Svatarom
• Etanitari
• Oanatoro
• Clan Gadaritanu
• Clan Gadaritanu
• Clan Hasurumn
• Clan Hasurumn
• Clan Koleritan
• Clan Koleritan
• Clan Pagoramatu
• Clan Pagoramatu
• Clan Ulurani
• Venatimn Ulurani
• Clan Unknown
• Makisomn
• Clan Utaiharo
• Clan Utaiharo

Clan Dorayaica

Syriania Dorayaica

The Shiomu (Prophet) of the Cielcin and Aeta ba-Aetane (Prince of Princes). Blood of Elu. Blessed of Miudanar. Master of the Thirteen Tribes of Eue. Called the Scourge of Earth by the humans. A Cielcin conqueror responsible for the lion’s share of all Cielcin attacks on human and imperial space in the last several centuries, considered the greatest threat to the Empire.

—Its Generals, the IEDYR YEMANI, or White Hand:

—VATI INAMNA, the First Sword. Closest companion of the Prophet. One of SYRIANI’s vayadan, its servant and concubine. Converted into a half-machine chimera with the aid of MINOS. Chief Admiral of the Prophet’s forces.
—Its lieutenant, GORRE.
—HUSHANSA, the Many-Handed. One of SYRIANI’s vayadan, its servant and concubine. Converted into a half-machine chimera with the aid of MINOS. Capable of occupying several bodies at once.

—TEYANU, the Unbreakable. One of SYRIANI’s vayadan, its servant and concubine. Converted into a half-machine chimera with the aid of MINOS.

—AULAMN, the Wings of Despair. One of SYRIANI’s vayadan, its servant and concubine. Converted into a half-machine chimera with the aid of MINOS.

—IUBALU, the Four-Handed. One of SYRIANI’s vayadan, its servant and concubine. Converted into a half-machine chimera with the aid of MINOS. Slain at the Battle of the Beast.

—BAHUDDE, the Giant. One of SYRIANI’s vayadan, its servant and concubine. Converted into a half-machine chimera with the aid of MINOS. Slain at the Battle of Berenike.

—Its slaves (mentioned):

GORABA, a common soldier

GURANA, a common soldier

—Its allies:

—UGIN ATTAVAISA, the Blue. Aeta-Prince of the Itani Attavaisa. Commander of the fleet at the Battle of Perfugium.

—GURIMA PELEDANU, Aeta-Prince of the Itani Peledanu, Lord of the Fiftieth Branching of the Line of Imnun. Commander of the Fleet at the Battle of Ganelon.

—Its human allies:

—URBAINE, a MINOS scientist.

—SEVERINE, a MINOS scientist whom Hadrian Marlowe encountered on Arae.

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Clan Otiolo

Clan Otiolo

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Not much is known of the history of the Otiolo clan. The only contact between the Itani Otiolo and the Sollan Empire was during the Vorgossos affair as recorded in this text. Aside from military reports made by members of the 437th Centaurine Legion and members of Strategos Hauptmann’s staff, Lord Marlowe’s record is the only one touching on the clan at all—and is at any rate the most comprehensive. Piecing together what we can from the available sources, it seems that the clan Otiolo was a young, fairly minor tribe. Marlowe’s text says the Prince Aranata took its people “out of Utaiharo.” This suggests that Prince Aranata defeated another prince in combat and took his tribe for his own, making him the first chieftain of the Itani Otiolo, as any Cielcin who kills an Aeta becomes an Aeta. Such short-lived clans appear to have been common among the Cielcin, their being a species of tyrants (which explains the necessity of the Baetan class, who appear to maintain the continuity of the tribe as it changes hands and identities as it moves from Aeta to Aeta. Not much else is known of this particular clan, any primary documents and artifacts having been lost in the annihilation of the Bahali imnal Akura during Strategos Hauptmann’s offensive.

Tor Paulos, Howling Dark

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Utsebimn Aranata Otiolo

Nobuta Otiolo

Child of Aeta UTSEBIMN ARANATA OTIOLO, presumptive heir to the clan, lives aboard the worldship Bahali imnal Akura.

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Oalicomn

Majordomo and coteliho (herald) of the Itani Otiolo, property of Aeta Prince UTSEBIMN ARANATA OTIOLO, lives aboard the worldship Bahali imnal Akura.

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Itana Uvanari Ayatomn

Ichakta captain of the starship Yad Ga Higatte and a proud military officer. Property of UTSEBIMN ARANATA OTIOLO. Traveling with Baetan CASANTORA TANARAN IAKATO.

—Its property and slave-soldiers:

SVATAROM

ETANITARI

OANATORO

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Casantora Tanaran Iakato

Baetan priest-historian of the scianda. Property of Aeta UTSEBIMN ARANATA OTIOLO, a prisoner of the Sollan Empire and the Meidua Red Company in particular.

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Svatarom

Cielcin property and slave-soldier of ITANA UVANARI AYATOMN aboard the starship Yad Ga Higatte. In service of Clan Otiolo, led by Aeta UTSEBIMN ARANATA OTIOLO. Taken captive by the Meidua Red Company during their mission to find Vorgossos.

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Etanitari

Cielcin property and slave-soldier of ITANA UVANARI AYATOMN aboard the starship Yad Ga Higatte. In service of Clan Otiolo, led by Aeta UTSEBIMN ARANATA OTIOLO. Taken captive by the Meidua Red Company during their mission to find Vorgossos.

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Oanatoro

Cielcin property and slave-soldier of ITANA UVANARI AYATOMN aboard the starship Yad Ga Higatte. In service of Clan Otiolo, led by Aeta UTSEBIMN ARANATA OTIOLO. Taken captive by the Meidua Red Company during their mission to find Vorgossos.

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Clan Gadaritanu

Clan Gadaritanu

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“This... emissary of yours,” Prince Aranata was saying, using the Galstani word—though I suspected he did not grasp its precise meaning. It leaned far over the table. “This gift. It would fight for us? Speak with the Aeta of the other clans? With the Hasurumn, the Dorayaica, the Gadaritanu, and the rest?”

Howling Dark, Chapter 66: A Bloody Star

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Clan Hasurumn

Clan Hasurumn

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“Five hundred standard years I’ve traded with the Cielcin. With Otiolo, Hasurumn, and Dorayaica,” Kharn said. “I see no reason to jeopardize these arrangements in the name of your Emperor.”

Howling Dark, Chapter 32: Saturn or Dis

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Mentioned in Howling Dark, Chapters 32, 57, 66

Clan Koleritan

Clan Koleritan

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Aranata Otiolo made a disgusted face. “One cannot serve so many masters. It is uidyryu. Unclean.” It jerked its head in the negative.

“And what of your gift?” Smythe crossed her arms, unimpressed by the Prince’s looming bulk. “An end to the fighting between your clan and our Empire? And Tanaran?”

The herald hissed, “She would starve us, my prince!”

The Aeta swatted Oalicomn with casual disdain. The herald yelped and fell silent in its seat. “You cannot have Tanaran,” he said. “And if your gift will fight with us, we shall feast on the other itanimn. Long have I dreamed of drinking the blood of the Koleritan. Perhaps the dark one will deliver them to me as he delivered Tanaran.”

“You want me to fight for you?” I was shocked.

Howling Dark, Chapter 66: A Bloody Star

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Clan Pagoramatu

Clan Pagoramatu

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“Surrender?” Smythe echoed when she had been told the prince’s words. “We wish to stop fighting. To make peace as equals.”

“Equals?” Aranata said. “The Aeta have no equals.” I should have recognized that statement for what it was: a warning that our negotiations were doomed from the start. But I had come too far and hoped for too long to see the truth I would not hear. I had hoped the Cielcin would be all like Uvanari. But Uvanari had been beaten, and the prince was not the captive soldier I had killed. “You would have us serve you!” he said. “And for this they will expect me to turn on Hasurumn, on Pagoramatu, and the others? Is this the way?”

Howling Dark, Chapter 57: The Prince of Hell

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Clan Ulurani

Venatimn Ulurani

Former Aeta of the Ulurani clan, killed by Hadrian Marlowe in single combat at the Battle of Aptucca, allowing a nearly bloodless human victory.

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Clan Unknown

Makisomn

A Cielcin gifted to the count LORD BALIAN MATARO on Emesh by the Whitehorse Company, meant for public execution during the count's son's (DORIAN MATARO) Ephebeia. Captured during the Battle of Wodan.

Eager to get the focus off of me, I asked, “You captured Cielcin at Wodan?”

“Only a couple hundred. Hauptmann gave them over to the LIO,” Kogan said with a conspiratorial tilt of his head, referring to the Legion Intelligence Office. He leaned further in. “I was just telling your boy here that before I left my company, Commandant Alexei—that’s my old boss—retained a pair of the prisoners for sport.”

Empire of Silence - Chapter 38: Blood Like Wax

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Clan Utaiharo

Clan Utaiharo

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Piecing together what we can from the available sources, it seems that the clan Otiolo was a young, fairly minor tribe. Marlowe’s text says the Prince Aranata took its people “out of Utaiharo.” This suggests that Prince Aranata defeated another prince in combat and took his tribe for his own, making him the first chieftain of the Itani Otiolo, as any Cielcin who kills an Aeta becomes an Aeta. Such short-lived clans appear to have been common among the Cielcin, their being a species of tyrants (which explains the necessity of the Baetan class, who appear to maintain the continuity of the tribe as it changes hands and identities as it moves from Aeta to Aeta.

Tor Paulos, Howling Dark

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Mentioned in Howling Dark, Chapters 56, 57, and 60.