Sollan Empire
The largest and oldest single polity in human-controlled space, comprising some half-billion habitable planets.
The Sollan Empire
By the dawn of the seventeenth millennium ISD, the Sollan Empire stretched across much of four of...
The Imperial Court
God Emperor William Windsor
King William VII Alexander Henry Windsor, called William the Advent, the God Emperor, Emperor of ...
Emperor William XXIII of the House Avent
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Empress Maria Agrippina Avent
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Aurelian Avent
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Irene Avent
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Faustinus Avent
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Matthias Avent
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Ricard Anchises Avent
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Philip Avent
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Eleanor Avent
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Elara Avent
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Selene Avent
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Alexander Avent
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Titania Avent
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Vivienne Avent
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Empress Titania Augusta III
Predecessor and mother to EMPEROR WILLIAM XXIII. Her reign first brought humanity into contact wi...
Emperor Titus III
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Emperor Titus V
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Emperor Gabriel II
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Emperor Victor I
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Emperor Winston the Good
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Emperor William Siberian the Cruel
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Nicephorus
The EMPEROR's butler, an androgyn homunculus. .spoiler { background-color: gray; color: tran...
The Imperial Council
Prince Hector Avent
Supreme Chancellor of the Imperial Council, Prince of Aeolus, a brother of the EMPEROR. —SYLVA, t...
Lord Augustin Bourbon
Minister of War and member of the Lion Party. Son of the disgraced PRINCE PHILIPPE BOURBON, who a...
Lord Cassian Powers
Special Advisor on the Cielcin Question and Baron of Ashbless. The so-called Avenger of Cressgard...
Lady Leda Ascania
Minister of Public Enlightenment, a member of the Lion Party. .spoiler{ background-color: gray...
Lord Haren Bulsara
Director of the Colonial Office (an agency established to oversee and manage the Empire's colonia...
Lord Nolan Cordwainer
Minister of Revenue on the Imperial Council. One of three council members not belonging to the Li...
Lord Peter Habsburg
Minister of Works, a member of the Lion Party. .spoiler{ background-color: gray; color: tran...
Lady Miana Hartnell
Minister of Welfare. One of three council members not a member of the Lion Party. .spoiler{ ba...
Lord Minister of Rites
Minister of Rites (responsible for managing state ceremonies and rituals). Name unknown. One of t...
Lord Allander Peake
Minister of Justice, a member of the Lion Party. .spoiler{ background-color: gray; color: tr...
The Imperial Intelligence Office
Sir Lorcan Breathnach
Patrician, Director of the Legion Intelligence Office. Reports to LORD AUGUSTIN BOURBON, Minister...
Lord Friedrich Oberlin
A Director of the Contact Division (HAPSIS) of Legion Intelligence Office. Formerly a junior func...
Sir Gray Rinehart
Director of the Legion Intelligence Office, formerly a logothete of the same agency. .spoiler{ ...
Edouard Albé
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Syme
A veteran agent of Legion Intelligence with nearly eight decades of service. Sent to investigate ...
Sir Hector Oliva
Commander, a young knight attached to the Legion Intelligence Office. Future captain of the famou...
The Imperial Legions
319th Centaurine Legion
Legion featured in Tales of the Sun Eater, Volume 1, Not Made for Us, where soldiers stationed ab...
378th Centaurine Legion
Legion captured by the Dardanines, a Free company foederati group, contracted by Extrasolarian pi...
409th Centaurine Legion
Legion first mentioned in Tales of the Sun Eater, Volume 2 (The Dragonslayers) as the legion sent...
437th Centaurine Legion
In Empire of Silence, under the direction of First Strategos SIR TITUS HAUPTMANN and Legate LEONI...
116th Sagittarine Legion
Legion caravan sent by Imperial command from Gododdin to Nemavand; Mysteriously lost along the wa...
337th Sagittarine Legion
Legion caravan sent by Imperial command from Gododdin to Nemavand; Mysteriously lost along the wa...
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...
Carax of Aramis
A common legionnaire (319th Centaurine Legion), veteran of the Battles of Aptucca and Hermonassa....
Ramsundar Glass
Fleet captain of the Legions and captain of the ISV Hammerfall, in support of the Tamerlane at Th...
Corran
Legate under the command of First Strategos TITUS HAUPTMANN. Present during the Battle of Berenik...
Peter Thailles
Decurion, commanding officer of CARAX OF ARAMIS, killed in the Battle of Hermonassa. .spoiler{ ...
Captain Vohra
Captain of the ISV Inviolate attached to the 319th Centaurine Legion. Veteran of the Battles of A...
Quentin Sharp
First Centurion and commander of the 409th Legion’s Ninth Special Detachment, the so-called Drago...
Aron
Decurion of the 409th Legion’s Ninth Special Detachment, the so-called Dragonslayers, led by Firs...
Stas
Decurion of the 409th Legion’s Ninth Special Detachment, the so-called Dragonslayers, led by Firs...
Altaric
Soldier of the 409th Legion’s Ninth Special Detachment, the so-called Dragonslayers, led by First...
Mads
Soldier of the 409th Legion’s Ninth Special Detachment, the so-called Dragonslayers, led by First...
Teren
Soldier of the 409th Legion’s Ninth Special Detachment, the so-called Dragonslayers, led by First...
Vann
Soldier of the 409th Legion’s Ninth Special Detachment, the so-called Dragonslayers, led by First...
Eln
Soldier of the 409th Legion’s Ninth Special Detachment, the so-called Dragonslayers, led by First...
Gorren
Soldier of the 409th Legion’s Ninth Special Detachment, the so-called Dragonslayers, led by First...
Sir Sendhil Massa
Legate of the 409th Centaurine Legion. —BASSANDER LIN, a tribune in the 409th Centaurine Legion a...
The Legions
There are thousands of legions constituted under the Imperial banner, broadly divided by geograph...
House Marlowe of Delos
The Sword, Our Orator!
The Sword, Our Orator! FIRST ELEVATED FROM PATRICIAN standing in the mid-eighth millennium by Duk...
The Archons of Meidua Prefecture
Between the time of its formal constitution in ISD 7583 and the birth of Lord Hadrian, Meidua Pre...
Lord Aleister 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 ALEISTER 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 I
Ancestor of LORD TIMON MARLOWE, LORD ALEISTER DIOMEDES FRIEDRICH MARLOWE, HADRIAN ANAXANDER MARLO...
Lady Sabine Marlowe I
While under the reign of Lord Hadrian’s great-great-grandmother, the Archon Lady Sabine, House Ma...
Lord Timon Marlowe IV
Assassinated in ISD 15861 by a homunculus concubine gifted him by Yuen Starcrafts, a starship man...
Lady Fuchsia Bellgrove-Marlowe
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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 ALEISTER 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
Lieutenant shuttle pilot; Later a Pilot Corps Captain for House Marlowe — Her lieutenant, TRACY. ...
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 Armand 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
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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 on Emesh: WILLIAM OF DANU...
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 (Borosevo Sphinxes) in the Borosevo Colosso on Emesh. —Among the other gl...
Jaffa
Professional Gladiator (Borosevo Sphinxes) in the Borosevo Colosso on Emesh. —Among the other myr...
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...
Doctor 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...
Tor Arrian
Formerly LORD MARCUS AVENT, a cousin of the Emperor. Primate of Nov Belgaer athenaeum and master ...
Sister Ekaterin
An intus and palatine bastard. Serves as the primate's secretary at Nov Belgaer on Colchis. —Her ...
Sister Carina
A junior archivist at Nov Belgaer on Colchis. In service of Primate TOR ARRIAN. .spoiler{ back...
Brother Van
A novice training to be a scholiast at Nov Belgaer on Colchis. In service of Primate TOR ARRIAN. ...
Tor Imlarros
A scholiast at Nov Belgaer on Colchis specializing in engineering tasked with the maintenance of ...
Tor Aramini
Ancient architect of the Great Library at Nov Belgaer on Colchis. The brother of EMPEROR GABRIEL ...
Lem of Colchis
A fisherman. The eolderman of the village of Racha. —His former apprentice, EJAZ, an elderly fish...
Alvar of Colchis
A villager of Racha, an island part of the Sevrast Islands on Colchis. —His father, BAGOS OF COLC...
Elara of Colchis
Second Keeper of Thessa, an island part of the Sevrast Islands on Colchis. Named for ELARA OF EME...
Amarta of Colchis
Third Keeper of Thessa, an island part of the Sevrast Islands on Colchis. Served as Keeper for mo...
Bagos of Colchis
Fourth Keeper of Thessa, an island part of the Sevrast Islands on Colchis. —His children: —IMR...
Ginoh of Colchis
A villager of Racha, an island part of the Sevrast Islands on Colchis. —His cousins: —IMRAH OF C...
Imrah of Colchis
Fifth Keeper of Thessa, an island part of the Sevrast Islands on Colchis. —Her father, BAGOS OF C...
On the Planet Nessus
Lord Karol Marcus Venantian
Magnarch of the Centaurine Provinces, Viceroy of Alicante Province, Governor-General of Nessus, A...
Anju
Chief of HADRIAN MARLOWE's domestic staff at Maddalo House on Nessus. .spoiler{ background-col...
Sir Anders Lynch
Commandant of Alden Station in orbit above Nessus. Reports to Magnarch of the Centaurine Province...
On the Planet Thagura
Lady Gadar Berhane Amtarra-Vaha Malyan VII
Nineteenth baroness of Thagura, Archon of Pseldona Prefecture, and Lady of the Rock. Survivor of ...
Lord Aram Malyan I
First baron of Thagura, founder of Pseldona, and builder of the palace at the Rock. —His son, LOR...
Lord Vahan Malyan I
Second baron of Thagura. —His father, LORD ARAM MALYAN I, first baron of Thagura, founder of Psel...
Vahan Maro
Captain of the House Malyan Guard on Thagura; servant of LADY GADAR MALYAN. —His subordinates, TI...
Ravi Vyasa
Page and cupbearer in service to LADY GADAR MALYAN. A son of the ill-fated Archon of Aramsa on th...
Lady Sirvar Donauri
Archon of Iudha Prefecture on Thagura, a survivor of the Cielcin invasion. Leader of the interim ...
Siva
A survivor of the bombing in Pseldona on Thagura and crucial witness in the case against LADY GAD...
Sir Albert Trask
Later proconsul of Thagura following the interim rule of SIRVAR DONAURI, conducted the first post...
The Wider World
On the Planet Gododdin
Lord Nicholas Avent
Governor-General of Gododdin, a cousin of the EMPEROR. .spoiler{ background-color: gray; col...
Captain Wen Adina
Captain of the ISV Cyrusene. Fair-haired and pale-eyed. Her crew, under orders from Knight-Castel...
Captain Cornelius Eldan
Captain of the ISV Pride of Zama. A swarthy fellow with an easy smile and the fine bones of a pal...
Captain Magnus Yanek
Captain of the ISV Androzani. A hook-nosed man. His crew, under orders from Knight-Castellan SIR ...
Commodore Mahendra Verus
Captain of the ISV Mintaka. A patrician, serious-looking fellow with dark eyes and a mass of clos...
Sir Amalric Osman
Lord Castellan of Fort Din, supreme commander of the legionary forces in the Gododdin system. —Hi...
Ruan Insen
Strategos, Commandant of an orbital hospital and deployment station in Gododdin system. Under com...
On the Planet Berenike
On the Planet Forum
Prince Charles LIV Bourbon
Lord of Verehaut, King of France, Duke of Anjou, Lion of Earth. —His father, PRINCE LOUIS LIV BOU...
Lord Andrew Curzon
A minor lord of House Curzon of Dhaka. Distantly related to HADRIAN MARLOWE through Hadrian's mot...
Prince Marius Hohenzollern
Lord of Swabian Prime, King of the Germans, King of Prussia and Brandenburg. A member of the Lion...
Vianello the Painter
Imperial portraitist, court artist, fugue-bound immortal, chronicler of triumphs Legendary court ...