PYA CAST OF CHARACTERS

CAST OF CHARACTERS FOR PYA: (information current through latest chapter posted)

Abbo (pronounced Ab-BOH): Youngest child of Mill and Oby; first lover was Maar; pilot on Pya
Adnes: Emma of Maar, Adon, Su, and Thleen; partner of Dru; miner on Chloddia
Adon: Second child of Adnes and Dru; inherits Manage on Chloddia; refinery supervisor; partner to Lark, aggie to Laad
Aleri: Resident of Kacang Island; partner to Meko and Nezi; emma to Ziri, Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard
Api: Former Ethicist on Skene; partner to Ollow; aggie to Oby and Lowitt; migrates to Pya, becomes first Ethicist there
Aro: Oldest child of Danaan and Rark
Avani: (Now deceased); lived in Skene, worked as biochemist; partnered with Nioma, aggie to Xani
Avik: Child of Xani and Rika, lives in Talaba; siba to Eoma, sibu to Xoan and Ryar
Aza: Youngest child of Mlis and Jinya (aggied by Mlis) on Grasak Island in Pya

Bara: Resident of Eastern Tendril in Skene who was two years older than Pyosz and on whom Pyosz had a crush in school
Briel: Raised on Hynys Fling; partners with Dodd; curandera; aggie to Mruch and Qoj; migrates to Pya and is curandera there
Bux: [pronounced boochs using aspirated ch of Hebrew] youngest child of Yerush, Qen and Veida; partner to Yoj and Halling; aggie to Mill, Ndege, Dodd, Prl and Speranz; wandmaler and eventual Sheng Zhang of Rahat, then Ethicist of Skene

Cremen: Friend of Uli's who lives in Dudor, plays Gong Tong with them. Works as land surveyor and in records section of land use management.

Dalling: Youngest child of Danaan and Rark
Danaan: Child of Iro and Ektr; partner to Rark; raised on Abfall; lighter pilot whom Halling saves; later explores new secano, helps Halling capture baby levi; eventually becomes Sheng Zhang of Lofthall after Halling retires; aggie to Aro and Dalling
Dekkan: Sibu of Uli, child of Udek and Licoro; new pilot on Pya
Dru: Aggie of Maar, Adon, Su, and Thleen; partner of Adnes; miner on Chloddia; child of Gusu and Daareen
Dodd: Second child (twin to Ndege) of Bux, Yoj and Halling; sigrist when grown, then leraar of second grade after migrates to Pya; partners with Briel; emma to Mruch and Qoj; (Y)

Ehall: Child of Ngall and Ehuy; siba to Omill and Vlapi
Ehuy: Raised on Seda; partners with Ngall; emma to Ehall, Omill, Vlapi
Eoma: Child of Xani and Rika, lives in Talaba; sibu to Ryar, Avik, and Xoan

Falle: Fifth child of Meko, Aleri and Nezi; sib to Ziri, Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard
Ferk: The capriste on Saya Island for whom Pyosz takes over.
Fohol: Sinner pilot on Pya, friend of Maar. Once had an affair with Maar.
Frahe: Raised on Bosco; partner to Nk; emma to Frank (Y)
Frank: Child of Nk and Frahe; comadrona

Gerra: Child of Asha, Ludo and Kint; sigrist on Skene; partners with Ndege; aggie to Vasha, Ndera, and Hallud
Gitta: Grocery store owner in Koldok; partners with Kolm and Taamsas
Gusu: Raised on Chloddia; bullied Yoj when they were both children; miner on Chloddia; aggie to Dru; partner of Daareen

Halling: [pronounced hahl - ling with equal emphasis on both syllables] third child of Mwezi and Ng; partner to Yoj and Bux; emma to Mill, Ndege, Dodd, Prl and Speranz; first partnered with Xaya; later some-time lover of Szebel; lighter and then sinner; later Sheng Zhang of Lofthall; grew up on Motu Fling, later lives in Manage on Riesig
Hallud: Youngest child of Ndege and Gerra
Henar: Lives in Talaba; partnered with Lpika; emma to Lehen and Rika; works for ejida

Jiips: Radio operator on Pya
Jinya: Sculptor on Grasak Island in Pya, partner to Mlis, emma to Raki and Aza (aggie to Raki); close friend of Pyosz
Jomad: Teenaged child of grocery owner on Chloddia at time Maar discovers her emma has been selling allotment goods
Juny: Sinner pilot at Pya Lofthall

Klosa: Kolm's sib, runs used clothing and furniture store in Koldok; partner with timmer Mrebbe
Ko: Resident of Kacang Island; partner to Ramea and Uben; aggie to Meko; abba to Ziri, Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard
Kolm: Djostiker in Koldok, partners with Taamsas and Gitta
Kuus: Pilot for Pya who is responsible for burying the dead in offshore volcano; paints a blue hand on her face

Laad: Child of Adon and Laark on Chloddia
Laark: Partner to Adone, lives in family Manage on Chloddia; emma to Laad
Lawa: Youngest child of Mwezi and Ng; after graduation works at ejida on Byli, then comes to work at ejida on Riesig; eventual partner of Qala; acts as live-in abba for Prl when she has Pyosz
Lawoj: Fourth child born to Maar and Pyosz, aggied by Maar
Lehen: Lives in Talaba; child of Lpika and Henar; siba to Rika; works for ejida
Licoro: Emma to Uli and Dekkan, partner to Udek; ejida worker in sugar beets field
Lpika: Lives in Talaba; partnered with Henar; aggie to Lehen and Rika; works in woolen factory
Lowitt: Younger child of Api and Ollow; Oby's younger sib; lives on Pya, sometimes in their Manage but more often in Cogio; runs kelp products factory in Cogio
Lmape: Sinner pilot who leads first exploration of Pya

Maar: Child of Dru and Adnes; pilot of lighters, sinners, and huolon; raised on Chloddia, migrates to Pya after finishing flight school; siba to Thleen, whom she helps raise
Meko: Resident of Kacang Island; child of Ko, Ramea, and Uben; partner to Aleri and Nezi; aggie to Ziri, Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard
Mill: Oldest child of Bux, Yoj and Hallinger; lighter pilot when grown; partners with Oby; one of first exploration team of Pya; part of first migration to Pya; settles on Arta Island (one of the Pea Pods) and becomes Sheng Zhang of Pya Lofthall; aggie to Ngall and Abbo
Mlis: Mollusk farner on Grasak Island in Pya, partner to Jinya, emma to Raki and Aza (aggie to Aza)
Moko: Young pilot in Pya who dies on her first huolon flight to Skene
Mrebbe: Timmer; partner with Klosa; sib-in-law to Kolm, Taamsas and Gitta
Mruch: Oldest child of Dodd and Briel; curandera/surgeon
Mwezi: Aggie to Halling, Moasi, Tu and Lawa; partner to Ng; silkworm worker and haicen; died young; lived on Motu Fling; child of Lranz, Maras and Qalaw

Naki: Photographer/printer in Koldok
Nalt: Resident of Trumpinne in Pya, olive grove worker; sweetheart of Su
Ndege: Second child (twin to Dodd) to Bux, Yoj and Halling; partners with Gerra; sigrist on Skene; emma to Vasha, Ndera, and Hallud
Ndera: Second child of Ndege and Gerra
Nezi: Resident of Kacang Island; partner to Meko and Aleri; emma to Ziri, Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard
Ng: Emma to Halling, Moasi, Tu and Lawa; partner to Mwezi, later lover of Qen; faryaste to Seda, keramiker (fertile Y); lived first on Motu Fling, then in Manage on Riesig
Ngall: Oldest child of Mill and Oby; return to Skene to attend University but falls in love with Ehuy and leaves school after a year to become orchard worker on Pomar; aggie to Ehall, Omill, Vlapi
Ngus: Third child born to Pyosz and Maar, aggied by Pyosz, with red hair and blue eyes
Nilma: Emma to Yoj, Myrd and Owera; partner to Rosz; worked as qigong on Yanja; lived on Isola Fling intermittently; child of Amyr and Malin
Nioma: Lives in Talaba on Pya, partnered with Avani (deceased); works for ejida as specialist in animal behavior; emma to Xani
Nk: Only child of Pank and Tu; migrates to Pya with them; woodcarver; partner with Frahe; aggie to Frank

Oby: Child of Api and Ollow; partner to Mill; lighter and sinner pilot; one of first exploration team of Pya; part of first migration to Pya; settles on Arta Island (one of the Pea Pods); emma (Y) to Ngall and Abbo
Ollow: Emma to Oby and Lowitt; migrates to Pya, build first kelp processing factory there
Omill: Second child of Ngall and Ehuy; sib to Ehall and Vlapi

Pank: Child of sib to Veida, raised on Beras; partners with Tu; aggies Nk late in life; migrates to Pya; forester and farmer
Pava: Eldest child of Poth and Thava, best friend of Dekkan
Poth: Ejida worker on Pya, fills in as capriste between Ferk's death and Pyosz's arrival; lives in Pertama; partners with Thava, another ejida worker; emma to Pava, Thont, and Sziem
Prl: Fourth child of Bux, Halling and Yoj; Genist when very young; has first child on Skene born via deliberate self-egg fertilization; aggie to Pyosz
Pyosz (pronounced Py-YODGE): Main character, only child of Prl the Genist, first child on Skene born by self-egg fertilization; trained as mathetician, but after moving to Pya becomes capriste

Qala: Raised on Exploit; radio operator at Lofthall; eventual secretary to Lofthall Sheng Zhang; eventual partner of Lawa; acts as live-in abba for Prl when she has Pyosz; (Y)
Qen: Emma to Bux, Paha and Culisa; partner to Yerush and Veida; later lover of Ng; leraar; grew up on Byli; child of Ndigo, Curak and Lisan; (unknown XXY)
Qoj: Youngest child of Dodd and Briel; meteorologist and astronomer

Raki: Eldest child of Jinya and Mlis on Grasak Island in Pya, aggied by Jinya
Ramea: Resident of Kacang Island; partner to Ko and Uben; emma to Meko; abba to Ziri, Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard
Rark: Raised on Abfall; partners with Danaan; lighter pilot, becomes radio operator when Qala retires; emma to Aro and Dalling
Ried: Curandera in hospital on Riesig, Skene; lives in Verzin; partnered with Foln
Rika: Lives in Talaba, works as soil builder on Doimoi; child of Lpika and Henar; sibu to Lehen; partner to Xani; emma to Xoan, Ryar, Avik, and Eoma
Roln: Allotment center clerk on Chloddia
Ryar: Child of Xani and Rika, lives in Talaba; siba to Avik and Eoma, sibu to Xoan

Schlih: Geothermal expert from Skene
Sey: Former lover of Pyosz who leaves her abruptly after two years for Woalt; chemiste
Sherr: Resident of Yanja who aspired to run as Ethicist but was revealed by Prl's green lineage directory to have partnered and borne children with her half-sib; close cousin to Sey
Speranz: Fifth child of Bux, Yoj and Halling; partners with Tlunu; aggie to Xunu and Yeraz; inherits Manage on Riesig
Szebel: Halling's some-time lover on Yanja; mathematician to the vetriste guild
Sziem: Third child of Poth and Thava

Taamsas: Hardware store owner/blacksmith in Koldok, partners with Kolm and Gitta
Thava: Ejida worker who is partners with Poth, lives in Pertama, aggie to Pava, Thont, and Sziem
Tlunu: Raised on Abfall (aggie was sib to Xaya, Halling's first great love); lighter and sinner pilot; partners with Speranz; emma to Xunu and Yeraz
Tsipi: Sixth child of Meko, Aleri and Nezi; sib to Ziri, Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard
Tu: Second child of Moasi and Ng, siba to Halling; partners with Pank; emma to Nk; migrates to Pya; forester

Uben: Resident of Kacang Island; partner to Ko and Ramea; emma to Meko; abba to Ziri, Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard
Udek: Aggie to Uli and Dekkan, partner to Licoro; weaver and basketmaker, as well as accounts manager for sugar mill
Uli: Friend of Pyosz's; geographer and cartographer; child of Udek and Licoro
Ulodd: First child of Qoj and Uli in Koldok on Pya; aggied by Qoj
Ura: Fourth child of Meko, Aleri and Nezi; sib to Ziri, Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard

Vants: Second child of Moasi and Ktiva (Y); capriste on Yagi
Vasha: Oldest child of Ndege and Gerra
Veida: Emma to Bux, Paha and Culisa; partner to Yerush and Qen; first partner was Maszon; was originally a lighter, retired after Maszon's death and became comadrona; grew up on Beras; child of Espara and Hamt
Vlapi: Youngest child of Ngall and Ehuy; siba to Ehall and Omill

Whard: Seventh and last child of Meko, Aleri and Nezi; sib to Ziri, Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard
Woalt: The woman for whom Sey leaves Pyosz; raised on Verzin

Xani: Lives in Talaba, works as wool weaver; child of Avani and Nioma; partner to Rika; aggie to Xoan, Ryar, Avik, and Eoma
Xante: Timmer on Mrebbe's crew, gifted woodworker
Xoan: Child of Xani and Rika, lives in Talaba; siba to Ryar, Avik, and Eoma
Xunu: Oldest child of Speranz and Tlunu

Yeraz: Youngest child of Speranz and Tlunu
Yerush: Aggie to Bux, Paha and Culisa; partner to Veida and Qen; only child of B'ruch and Melli; gakusha in history and teaches at University; sometimes elected ethicist; some-time lover of Raisa; grew up in Manage on Riesig and inherited it
Yoj: [pronounced yosh with long o] oldest child of Rosz and Nilma; partner to Halling and Bux; emma to Mill, Ndege, Dodd, Prl and Speranz; dichter and later gakusha as well; grew up on Isola Fling, later lives in Manage on Riesig; becomes Archivist

Ziri: Resident of Kacang Island; Thleen's best friend; child of Meko, Aleri and Nezi; siba to Koben, Meamea, Ura, Falle, Tsipi, and Whard

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