Sollan Empire
The largest and oldest single polity in human-controlled space, comprising some half-billion habitable planets.
The Imperial Court
Emperor William XXIII of the House Avent
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Selene
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Alexander
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Faustinus
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Emperor Titus III
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Emperor Titus V
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Emperor Victor I
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Emperor Winston the Good
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Empress Titania Augusta III
Predecessor and mother to EMPEROR WILLIAM XXIII. Her reign first brought humanity into contact wi...
The Imperial Council
The Imperial Intelligence Office
The Imperial Legions
437th Centaurine Legion
In Empire of Silence, under the direction of First Strategos SIR TITUS HAUPTMANN and Legate LEONI...
Sir Titus Hauptmann
Duke of Andernach and First Strategos of the Legions of Centaurus. Commander of the ISV Sieglinde...
Dame Raine Smythe
In Empire of Silence, a Tribune of the 437th Legion of Centaurus; captain of the ISV Obdurate. Re...
Sir William Crossflane
In Empire of Silence, Commander, First Grade of the 437th Centaurine Legion, aboard the ISV Obdur...
Sir Leonid Bartosz
Legate of the 437th Legion of Centaurus, under the leadership of First Strategos TITUS HAUPTMANN....
Maris Cartier
Lieutenant on board the ISV Schiavona attached to the 437th Legion of Centaurus. .spoiler{ bac...
Ludovico Sciarra
Commander and third officer aboard the ISV Schiavona. .spoiler{ background-color: gray; colo...
House Marlowe of Delos
The Sword, Our Orator!
The Sword, Our Orator! FIRST ELEVATED FROM PATRICIAN standing in the mid-eighth millennium by Duk...
Lord Alistair Diomedes Friedrich Marlowe
Archon of Meduia Prefecture and Lord of Devil's Rest, former executor of Delos System, The Butche...
Lady Liliana Kephalos-Marlowe
Wife to LORD ALISTAIR DIOMEDES FRIEDRICH MARLOWE; A celebrated librettist and filmmaker and notor...
Crispin Orestes Marlowe
Heir apparent to Meidua Prefecture and Devil’s Rest on Delos; A violent and callow youth; Popular...
Sabine Doryssa Marlowe
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Lord Julian Marlowe
Ancestor of LORD TIMON MARLOWE, LORD ALISTAIR DIOMEDES FRIEDRICH MARLOWE, HADRIAN ANAXANDER MARLO...
Archon Lady Sabine Marlowe
While under the reign of Lord Hadrian’s great-great-grandmother, the Archon Lady Sabine, House Ma...
Lord Timon Marlowe
Assassinated in ISD 15861 by a homunculus concubine gifted him by Yuen Starcrafts, a starship man...
Lady Fuchsia Bellgrove-Marlowe
—Her husband, LORD TIMON MARLOWE —Her children: ALISTAIR MARLOWE and LUCIAN MARLOWE .warning {...
Lucian Marlowe
Killed in a shuttle crash around the year ISD 16129-about seven years before HADRIAN MARLOWE left...
Sir Felix Martyn
Castellan and commander of the house guard. Also tasked with the martial instruction of the Marlo...
Sir Roban Milosh
Lictor tasked with the personal protection of House Marlowe; Reports to SIR FELIX MARTYN .warn...
Dame Uma Sylvia
Lictor tasked with the personal protection of House Marlowe; Reports to SIR FELIX MARTYN .warn...
Sir Ardian Tullo
Captain of the House Marlowe pilots' corp; Reports to SIR FELIX MARTYN .warning { font-famil...
Tor Alcuin
Chief scholiast advisor to Archon LORD ALISTAIR MARLOWE. .warning { font-family: Arial, sans...
Tor Gibson
Tutor to the Marlowe children (HADRIAN and CRISPIN) and a minor functionary on the archon’s (LORD...
Tor Alma
Personal Physician to House Marlowe. Authorized to do work with High College birthing vats in the...
Helene
Chamberlain of Devil's Rest on Delos for House Marlowe and chief of the domestic and social serva...
Kyra
In Empire of Silence, Lieutenant shuttle pilot. In The Lesser Devil, a captain in the House Marlo...
Ludwig
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Brax
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Emer
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Ored
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Van
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House Kephalos of Delos
House Ormund of Delos
House Orin of Linon
On the Planet Delos
Adaeze Feng
Director of the Wong-Hopper Consortium for the Auriga Province. —Her retainers: —XUN GONG SUN, a ...
Xun Gong Sun
Junior Minister of the Auriga Province of the Wong-Hopper Consortium dealing with the trade of ra...
Tor Terence
A scholiast advisor to DIRECTOR ADAEZE FENG's personal office of the Auriga Province of the Wong-...
Demetri Arello
A Jaddian Free Trader, captain of the starship Eurynasir. —His wife, JUNO ARELLO, co-owner of the...
Juno Arello
—Her husband, DEMETRI ARELLO, co-owner of the starship Eurynasir. —Their crew: —BASSEM, a fellow ...
Saltus
A homonculus of inappropriate humor Crew member aboard the starship Eurynasir, captained by DEMET...
Lena Balem
Factionarius of the Delian Miners Guild, Meidua chapter; tasked with the oversight of all uranium...
Abbé (Father) Laurent
Priest of Saint Maximus under the Redtine Mountains in Meidua Prefecture on Delos. Born on Almonh...
Jean-Louis Albé
Member of Saint Maximus in Meidua Prefecture on Delos under the shepherding care of Abbé Laurent;...
Edmond Albé
Fifteen year-old member of Saint Maximus in Meidua Prefecture on Delos under the shepherding care...
Jacqui
Member of Saint Maximus in Meidua Prefecture on Delos under the shepherding care of Abbé Laurent;...
House Mataro of Emesh
Borne by Conquest
Borne by Conquest A comparatively young house, the Mataros of Emesh are one of several nouveau ri...
Lord Balian Mataro
Third Count of Emesh, Archon of Borosevo Prefecture, and Lord of Castle Borosevo. —His husband, L...
Lord Luthor Astin-Shin-Mataro
A Mandari man, Minister of Finance for the county and formerly of the Marinus office of the Wong-...
Dorian Mataro
Presumptive heir to the County of Emesh, a young man in the year of his Ephebeia. —His fathers, L...
Anaïs Mataro
A young and canny socialite of House Mataro on the planet Emesh. —Her fathers: LORD BALIAN MATARO...
Lord Armand Mataro
First Count of Emesh, conqueror of the Norman United Fellowship. Oversaw the construction of the ...
High Chancellor Liada Ogir
High Chancellor and chief of the House Mataro palace logothetes, head of the civil service. .w...
Sir Preston Rau
The elderly fencing instructor tasked with teaching count LORD BALIAN MATARO's children, DORIAN M...
Dame Camilla
A lictor tasked with the protection of count LORD BALIAN MATARO and his family. .warning { f...
Tor Vladimir
Chief scholiast advisor to count LORD BALIAN MATARO .warning { font-family: Arial, sans-seri...
On the Planet Emesh
Lord Perun Veisi
Archon of Tolbaran Prefecture on Emesh and Lord of Springdeep Castle; Vassal to LORD BALIAN MATAR...
Lady Lydia Redgrave-Veisi
An offworld palatine —Her husband: LORD PERUN VEISI, Archon of Tolbaran Prefecture on Emesh and L...
Sir Elomas Redgrave
A famous traveler, adventurer, and duelist. Retired to a life in the country as an amateur xenolo...
Tor Ada
Associate of SIR ELOMAS REDGRAVE, a scholiast, director of the archaeological dig at Calagah on E...
Karthik Veisi
A young man, squire to his great-uncle SIR ELOMAS REDGRAVE. —His father, LORD PERUN VEISI, Archon...
Centurion Etan Vriell
Centurion in the service of LORD PERUN VEISI, Archon of Tolbaran Prefecture on Emesh and Lord of ...
Lord Tivan Melluan
Archon and Exsul of Binah Prefecture on Binah in the Emesh sytem; vassal to the LORD BALIAN MATAR...
Lord Ivanis Kvar
Archon and Exsul of Armand Prefecture on Armand in the Emesh system; Vassal to LORD BALIAN MATARO...
Banks
A grizzled veteran of the Emeshi Colosso; One of the de facto captains of the myrmidon team. —Amo...
Cat
A poor girl eking out a living in the streets of Borosevo on the planet Emesh. .warning { fo...
Kiri
A middle-aged woman fighting voluntarily in the Borosevo Colosso on Emesh, hoping to earn enough ...
Sepha
An old woman who runs a clinic in Borosevo on Emesh for the city's poor and homeless, often for f...
Erdro
Myrmidon in the Borosevo Colosso on Emesh. —Among the other myrmidons: WILLIAM OF DANU ("SWITCH...
Maris
Assistant to SEPHA, an old woman who runs a clinic in Borosevo in Emesh for the city's poor and h...
Kogan
A former Whitehorse Company mercenary, veteran of the Battle of Wodan. Recently joined the myrmid...
Amarei of Mira
Professional Gladiatrix in the Borosevo Colosso on Emesh. —Among the other gladiators: JAFFA ...
Jaffa
Professional Gladiator in the Borosevo Colosso on Emesh. —Among the other myrmidons: AMAREI OF M...
Gila
Head of a reclamation dock for abandoned lighter ships in Borosevo on Emesh. —Her employees, SKAG...
Rells
The head of a street gang that menaces the city of Borosevo on Emesh and terrorizes the other hom...
Prefect-Inspector Gin
Prefect-Inspector of the Borosevo Criminal Response Division on Emesh, chief enemy of the street ...
Vilicus Niles Engin
Vilicus of the Umandh alienage at Ulakiel on Emesh, high-ranking member of the Fishers Guild. —QU...
Old Crow
A traveler from an antique land. First encountered by HADRIAN MARLOWE in Borosevo on Emesh. .w...
Chand
A slave and physician to the myrmidons in the Borosevo Colosso on Emesh. A Lothrian ex-patriot an...
Sir Alexei Karelin
Lord Chairman and Captain of the Whitehorse Company, a group of foederati composed primarily of I...
Varric Cousland
Lord Chairman, founder, and Captain of the Cousland Drakes, a foederati company operating out of ...
Stromos
Chef in the Borosevo coliseum's hypogean gaol on Emesh. Considers himself too great an artist for...
On the Moon Colchis
Tor Ohannos
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Tor Paulos
Chief scholiast responsible for the translation and preservation of the records of the life of th...
Tor Petros
Assistant to TOR PAULOS; Field of study involves the translation and preservation of historical r...