Glossary

Characters

Aagen – Wasp-kinden ambassador to Collegium Accius – Vekken Ant-kinden ambassador to Collegium

Achaeos – Moth-kinden lover of Cheerwell Maker, died in the war

Akkestrae – Mantis-kinden in Collegium

Albinus – Ant-kinden intelligencer in Kanateris

Aldanrael – a Spider-kinden Aristoi family

Amnon – Khanaphir Beetle-kinden expatriate

Ancient League – the Moths and Mantids of Dorax, Etheryon and Nethyon, allies of Collegium in the war

Aradocles – Krakind heir to Hermatyre

Arianna – Spider-kinden lover of Stenwold Maker

Arkeuthys – giant octopus

Arvi – Fly-kinden secretary to Jodry Drillen

Balkus – renegade Sarnesh Ant-kinden

Berjek Gripshod – Beetle-kinden academic

Bloodfly – notorious Fly-kinden pirate from a generation ago

Caractes – Polypoi hermit

Cardless – Beetle-kinden servant to Stenwold Maker

Cheerwell Maker (‘Che’) – Beetle-kinden, niece of Stenwold Maker

Chenni – Smallclaw Onychoi, Rosander’s artificer

Claeon – Krakind Kerebroi, Edmir of Hermatyre

Cynthaen – Mantis-kinden fisherwoman

Danaen – Mantis-kinden raider

Daven – Wasp-kinden Rekef agent

Despard – Fly-kinden artificer of the Tidenfree crew

Diamedes – Krakind Kerebroi, agent of Hieracles

Ebris of the Ganbrodiel – Spider-kinden pirate

Elder Padstock – Beetle-kinden, Chief Officer of the Maker’s Own Company

Elleria of the Aldanrael – Teornis’s cousin

Elytrya – Krakind Kerebroi Littoralist agent

Epiphona – Greatclaw Onychoi, Nauarch of the Three Red Fish Train

Fel – Swiftclaw Onychoi, of Wys’s crew

Fernaea (‘Fern’) – Fly-kinden seer, of the Tidenfree crew

Filipo – Fly-kinden rogue in the employ of Forman Sands

Forman Sands – Halfbreed assassin in the employ of Helmess Broiler

Geontes – Krakind Kerebroi, agent of Claeon

Grampos – Tarantula-kinden in Kanateris

Greenwise Artector – Beetle-kinden magnate in Helleron

Gribbern – Deepclaw Onychoi Pelagist

Grief – Butterfly-kinden, Monarch of Princep Salmae

Gude – Fly-kinden helmswoman of the Tidenfree crew

Haelyn – Sepia-kinden Kerebroi, majordomo to Claeon

Heiracles – Krakind Kerebroi, insurgent leader

Helmess Broiler – Beetle-kinden Assembler

Honory Bellowern – Beetle-kinden, Imperial diplomat

Isseleema – Spider-kinden ship-owner

Jaclen Courser – Beetle-kinden ship’s master

Janos Outwright – Beetle-kinden, Chief Officer of the Merchant Companies

Jodry Drillen – Beetle-kinden Assembler

Jons Allanbridge – Beetle-kinden aviator

Kratia – Tseni Ant-kinden ambassador

Laszlo – Fly-kinden factor of the Tidenfree crew

Lej (‘Spillage’) – Greatclaw Onychoi engineer, of Wys’s crew

Lerean – Dart-kinden Kerebroi wanderer

Lineo Thadspar – Beetle-kinden, former speaker for the Assembly – died during the war

Lyess – Medusoi Pelagist

Malius – Vekken Ant-kinden ambassador

Mandir – Smallclaw Onychoi, the Man of the Hot Stations

Marcantor – Dart-kinden Kerebroi in Aradocles’ service

Marteus – Ant-kinden chief officer of the Coldstone Company

Maxel Gainer – Beetle-kinden artificer, Tseitus’s apprentice

Menes – Krakind Kerebroi assassin in Claeon’s service

Nemoctes – Wayfarer-kinden Kerebroi, leader of the Pelagists

Ordly Penhold – Beetle-kinden merchant

Paladrya – Krakind Kerebroi tutor to Aradocles

Partreyn – Beetle-kinden deputy speaker of the Assembly

Pellectes – Krakind Kerebroi, leader of the Littoralists

Phylles – Polypoi member of Wys’s crew

Piera – Fly-kinden of the Tidenfree crew

Plius – Tseni Ant-kinden agent, died during the war

Praeda Rakespear – Beetle-kinden academic

Pserry – Gribbern’s beast

Rones Failwright – Beetle-kinden Assembler, shipping magnate

Rosander – Greatclaw Onychoi, Nauarch of the Thousand Spines train

Salme Dien (‘Salma’) – Dragonfly-kinden noble, died during the war

Santiren – Dart-kinden Kerebroi in the service of Aradocles

Sfayot – Roach-kinden chancellor of Princep Salmae

Stenwold Maker – Beetle-kinden spymaster and statesman

Teornis of the Aldanrael – Spider-kinden Aristoi

Termes – Vekken Ant-kinden ambassador

Thalric – Wasp-kinden former Rekef agent and Regent

Theomen – Krakind Kerebroi assassin in Claeon’s service

Three-City Alliance – Myna, Szar and Maynes; cities formerly under the control of the Empire

Tisamon – Mantis-kinden Weaponsmaster, died during the war

Tolly Aimark – Beetle-kinden ship’s master

Tomasso – Fly-kinden master of the Tidenfree

Tseitus – Tseni Ant-kinden artificer

Tynisa – halfbreed Weaponsmaster, daughter of Tisamon

Tyresia – Spider-kinden information broker

Varante – Dragonfly-kinden leader of Teornis’s cadre

Wys – Smallclaw Onychoi mercenary

Places

Arvandine – trading post at the edge of the Felyal

Capitas – capital of the Empire

Collegium – Beetle city, heart of the Lowlands

Deep Seep – sea-kinden colony

Everis – Spider-kinden island city

Felyal – Mantis-kinden forest, now mostly burned

Grand Atoll – sea-kinden colony off Tsen

Helleron – Beetle-kinden industrial city

Hermatyre – sea-kinden colony

The Hot Stations – sea-kinden industrial colony

Kanateris – Spider-kinden pirate town

Khanaphes – ancient Beetle-kinden city

Merro – Fly-kinden town

Princep Salmae – city newly founded by war refugees

Sarn – Ant-kinden city allied with Collegium

Seldis – Spider-kinden city

Siennis – Spider-kinden city

Sonn – Beetle-kinden city in the Empire

Tark – Ant-kinden city, devastated during the war

Tsen – Ant-kinden city on the far west coast of the Lowlands

Vek – Ant-kinden city recently at war with Collegium

Organizations and things

Amphiophos – the seat of Collegiate government

Assembly – the governing body of Collegium, elected by Lots

Benthist – a member of a nomadic sea-kinden group

Coldstone Company – a Collegium merchant company

Edmir – the governor of a sea-kinden colony

Isseleema’s Floating Game – a floating gaming house

Lots – the election of Collegiate Assemblers

Maker’s Own – a Collegium merchant company

Migrating Home – Jaclen Courser’s merchant ship

Nauarch – the leader of a Benthist train

Obligist – a sea-kinden living in a colony

Outwright’s Pike and Shot – a Collegium merchant company

Pelagist – a sea-kinden that leads a solitary, travelling life

Pelter – Tolly Aimark’s ship

Rekef – the Imperial secret service

Speaker – the leader of the Collegiate Assembly

Storm Locust – Ebris of the Ganbrodiel’s ship

Thousand Spines Train – Rosander’s followers

Tidenfree – Tomasso’s ship

Tseitan – Maxel Gainer’s submersible

Very Blade – pirate vessel

Windlass – Jons Allanbridge’s airship