The 108 (Earthens, Newcomers)
Aadhya - Assistant cook; Chatan’s partner
Addison - Personnel manager
Albert, Pamela - Landscapers
Ava - Leader of The 108
Caleb - Carpenter
Carol, Frank - Maintenance and repair
Charlie - Friend to Zoe
Chatan - Naturalist; Aadhya’s partner
Claira - Aadhya and Chatan’s daughter
Claudia - Friend to Zoe
Dhiren, Santosh - Hydroponics engineers
Dylan - Geologist
Erin, Julie, Megan, Peter - cooks
Forest - Wind engineer, fermentation specialist
Harper - Textile artist; Ava’s nemesis; partner to Michael
Henry - Archivist
Jamal - Solar engineer
Jacob - Cook
Jennifer - Albert's infatuation
Logan - Resource manager; self-appointed security officer
Maria - Logan’s infant niece (not part of The 108)
Mateo - 2nd engineer; vies with Sophia for recognition
Michael - Ava’s assistant; Harper’s partner
Mikaela - Fresh water and waste system engineer
Olivia - Lead cook; heals through food
Sabri - Astronomer
Scarlett - Science officer; worked at Space Agency
Sophia - Lead engineer; mentors Mateo
Susan - water management
Tom - Lead landscaper
Zoe - Assistant cook
Aironians
Airon - A sentient planet where all life cooperates
Jamina - Eglan matriarch; melds into JaCoMaTuRi
Lone Tree - Deep connection to Airon; a focusing rod for Airon’s essence
Rami - Birdling who befriends Aadhya at Pond and greets her at High Cliff
Scawlan - Vargad's burrowmate who drapes fibers over birthlings for the first time.
Solari - Vargad’s burrowmate who witnessed Eglans’ leaving
Vargad - Head-er of Narsis; melds into VaSoDeLa
VaSoDeLa
Vargad - Head-er; leads the Narsi family
Sorgad - Caretake-er; cares for birthlings and younglings
Dergad - Show-er; educates younglings
Largad - Find-er; explores and matches younglings with Life Burrow
JaMiKoDi, RaDoSaPa - VaSoDeLa’s littermates
Varlan - Vargad’s daughter
Aironian Species
Arbans - Wise trees who hold Airon’s power
Birdlings - Turquoise cloud; wandering juvenile Shosens
Eglans - Tend the Above; ancient partners to Narsis; reminiscent of eagles
Narsis - Tend the Below; ancient partners to Eglans; reminiscent of river otters
Shosens - Mature birdlings; care for the Arbans on High Cliff
Aironian Terminology
Above - The sky
Below - The ground
Birthlings - From birth until old enough to venture out with elders
Burrowmates - All the Narsis who share a single Life Burrow
Dawn Wisdom - Spiritual connection between elders and birthlings; strongest at dawn
Elders - Melded Narsi who has moved to their Life Burrow
Family - Group of one species living together
Forest - Any forest on Airon; has a consciousness of its own
Holderlings - Narsi appendages, used for holding and locomotion
Littermates - Born at the same time
Meadow - Any meadow on Airon; has a consciousness of its own
Meldmates - Four littermates who form a lifelong telepathic connection with each other
Mountain - Any mountain on Airon; has a consciousness of its own
Nurture-ers and Remove-ers - Array of plant life on Airon who provide nutrition and remove waste from animal life
Pool - Any pool on Airon; has a consciousness of its own
River - Any river on Airon; has a consciousness of its own
Soil - The rich underpinning of Below, teaming with life; possesses a consciousness of its own
Source - The divine
Stream - Any stream on Airon; has a consciousness of its own
Waterfall - Any waterfall on Airon; has a consciousness of its own
Younglings - Wander with Elders until old enough to meld and move to Life Burrow
Earthen Technology
Companions -Created by the ship to assist Earthens
Andy - Harper's companion
Sebba - Aadhya’s companion
Creation front - Mechanism within the ship’s enormous recycling bay where new material is created
Nanos -Nanotechnology infused into humans to enhance productivity
The ship -The sentient starship who carries The 108 from Earth to Airon
Places
Broad Sea - Below High Cliff
Burrow - Home of Narsis
Birth Burrow - Where young Narsis are born and live until they move to a Life Burrow
Life Burrow - Where elder Narsis live out their lives
Caravan - Home of Aadhya and Chatan at Pond; develops into Inipi
dining hall - Group dining room in Home Base
Earth - Airon’s sister planet
gathering hall - First building in Home Base
the Green - Open area in the middle of Home Base
High Cliff - Home of Arbans and Shosens; overlooks Broad Sea
Home Base - Earthen settlement on Airon
Inipi - Chatan and Aadhya’s shelter at Pond
Nest - Home of Eglans
Overlook - Twilight meeting place of Narsis and Eglans
Pond - Where Chatan and Aadhya live
shelters - Individual dwellings in Home Base
Sol - Earth’s sun