The 108

Ava - Leader of The 108; successful entrepreneur

Michael - Ava’s assistant; Harper’s partner

Sophia - Lead engineer; mentors Mateo

Mateo - 2nd engineer; vies with Sophia for recognition

Scarlett - Science officer; worked at Space Agency

Zoe - Assistant cook

Claudia - Friend to Zoe

Logan - Resource manager; self-appointed security officer

Aadhya - Assistant cook; wanders in caravan

Olivia - Lead cook; heals through food

Harper - Textile artist; Ava’s nemesis; partner to Michael

Chatan – Naturalist; wanders on foot and on cycle

Mikaela - Fresh water and waste system engineer

Jamal - Solar engineer

Forest - Wind engineer, fermentation specialist

Jim, Cyndy, Shirley - Team with Ava to carry sections of gathering hall to building site

Tom - Lead landscaper

Albert, Pamela - Landscapers

Addison - Personnel manager

Dhiren, Santosh - Hydroponics engineers

Charlie - Friend to Zoe

Henry - Archivist

Earthens outside of The 108

Lisa - Ava’s childhood friend

Phillip - Ava’s husband; brilliant organizer and fundraiser

Mary and Stewart - Provide remote property in the Sierra foothills

Space Agency - The government agency that approves and supports stellar missions

Launch Team - The Space Agency team that manages all aspects of stellar journeys

Carlotta - Phillip’s mistress

Sandra - Aadhya’s friend who drives her to the training camp in the Sierra

Hank and Sommer, Millie and Antoine, Marcia, Hao and Marco - Leaders on other journeys

Carlos - Logan’s childhood friend

Maria - Logan’s niece

Marty - Logan’s onetime girlfriend

Julia - Scarlett’s friend from the Space Agency

Aironians

Airon - A sentient planet where all life cooperates

Birdlings - Turquoise cloud; wandering juvenile Shosens

Shosens - Mature birdlings; care for the Arbans on High Cliff

Arbans - Wise trees who hold Airon’s power

Lone Tree - Deep connection to Airon; a focusing rod for Airon’s essence

Jamina - Eglan matriarch; melds into JaCoMaTuRi

Eglans - Tend the Above; ancient partners to Narsis; reminiscent of eagles

Narsis - Tend the Below; ancient partners to Eglans; reminiscent of river otters

Vargad - Head-er of Narsis; melds into VaSoDeLa

VaSoDeLa

Vargad - Head-er

Sorgad - Caretake-er

Dergad - Show-er

Largad - Find-er

JaMiKoDi, RaDoSaPa - VaSoDeLa’s littermates

Rami - Birdling who befriends Aadhya at Pond

Technology

The ship -The sentient starship who carries The 108 from Earth to Airon

Nanos -Nanotechnology infused into humans to enhance performance

Companions -Created by the ship to provide assistance to humans

Places

Earth - Airon’s sister planet

Sol - Earth’s sun

training camp -Property in the Sierra foothills

chambers - Individual dwellings on the ship

dining room - On the ship

assembly room - On the ship

Home Base - Human settlement on Airon

the Green - Open area in the middle of Home Base

gathering hall - First building in Home Base

dining hall - Group dining room in Home Base

shelters - Individual dwellings in Home Base

High Cliff - Home of Arbans and Shosens

Broad Sea - Below High Cliff

Pond - Where Aadhya secludes

Burrow - Home of Narsis

Nest - Home of Eglans

Overlook - Twilight meeting place of Narsis and Eglans

Above - The sky

Below - The ground