The Vorkosigan Companion (25 page)

Deslaurier—dehs-LAW-rih-r—Ensign and Fleet legal officer in lieu of a senior officer on death leave, Barrayaran trade fleet escort. (DI)

Desroches—day-ROH-shay—Doctor and Chief of Staff at the Sevarin Replication Center on Athos. Doctor Ethan Urquhart's immediate superior. (EA)

Destang—des-STAHNG—Commodore, Chief of Security for Sector II, hopes to retire before Miles shows up in his area again. (BA)

Diaz, Carlos—dee-AAZ, KAAR-lohs—Private eye who lost his license and is looking for a new source of income, aka Rudolph Kinsey. (DD)

Droushnakovi, Ludmilla—DROOSH-nuh-kaw-vee,
luhd-MIH-luh—Bodyguard to Princess Kareen and her son, Gregor, later married to Captain Koudelka. (B)

Dub—DUHB—Imperial armsman encountered by Miles after his unscheduled landing at Vorhartung Castle, did not believe who Miles was. (WA)

DuBauer, Chalmys—doo-BAA_OO-r, CHAAL-mihs—Pilot in pre-wormhole jump days between Earth and Beta Colony. (DD)

Dubauer, Ker—doo-BAA_OO-r, KR—Assumed name of
Idris
passenger seeming to be a Betan hermaphrodite, actually a renegade Cetegandan ba. (DI)

Durona Group—doo-ROH-nuh GROOP—Medical research group allied to House Fell, founded by Lilly Durona and composed of her clones. (MD)

Durrance—duh-RAANTZ—Captain, GalacTech freight shuttle commander, Ti's supervisor, who spreads gossip of Beta Colony's invention of artificial gravity. (FF)

Dyan—DAI-aan—House on Jackson's Whole, taken over by House Ryoval. (DI)

Escobar—EHS-koh-bahr—A high-tech world, located near to Beta Colony and Sergyar in the Wormhole Nexus. (SH)

Esterhazy—EHS-tr-hah-zee—Vorkosigan armsman, good with horses, aids Bothari, Cordelia, and Gregor to escape Vordarian's squads. (B)

Eta Ceta—AY-tuh SEE-tuh—Capital world of the Cetagandan Empire. (C)

Farr, Andro—FAHR, AAN-droh—Komarran, a friend of Marie Trogir, worried about her and about what to do with her cats. (K)

Felice—fay-LEES—Nation on Tau Verde IV, warring with Pelias. (WA)

Fell—FEHL—House and criminal syndicate on Jackson's Whole, specializing in arms deals. (L, MD)

Ferrell, Falco—FEH-rehl, FAAL-koh—Escobaran Pilot Officer, assigned to personnel retrieval after the war with Barrayar. (SH)

Fetaine—feh-TAYN—Gas terror weapon, causes genetic damage to its victims. (VG)

Firka—FUHR-kuh—One of Gras-Grace's fellow smugglers, business manager of their enterprise. (DI)

Fors—FOHRZ—Sergeant, GalacTech Security, he led an unsuccessful team of three attempting to recover a stolen shuttle on Rodeo. (FF)

Foscol, Lena—FOHS-kohl, LEE-nah—Accountant for the Komarr Terraforming Project, Serifosa Branch, a most meticulous thief. (K)

Galen, Ser—GAY-ln, SUHR—Dedicated Komarran rebel, his sister Rebecca was killed in the Solstice Massacre. (BA)

Galeni, Duv—geh-LEHN-ee, DUHV—Born David Galen, son of Ser Galen, captain in the Barrayaran Imperial Military. Security chief of Barrayaran embassy on Earth, later head of Komarr Affairs, Imperial Security. (BA, CC, M, WG)

Gamad—GAH-mahd—Felician Lieutenant who became enamored of his own importance upon succeeding Major Daum. (WA)

ghem—GEHM—The lower of the two Cetagandan castes of nobility. (C)

Giaja, Fletchir—gee-AH-jah, FLEH-chr—Emperor of Cetaganda. (C)

Giaja, Slyke—______, SLAI-kee—Satrap Governor of Xi Ceta and half brother of the current emperor. (C)

Gibbs—GIHBZ—Colonel, ImpSec, Solstice, financial analyst called in to examine the books of the Komarr Terraforming Project at Serifosa. (K)

Goff—GAWF—One of four thugs hired to assault Lord Dono Vorrutyer on Barrayar. (CC)

Gompf, Laurie—GAWM-pf, LOH-ree—GalacTech's Hazardous Waste Management Officer, George Bannerji required a proper work order signed by her to fire on the D-620. (FF)

Gonzales, Helmut—gohn-ZAH-lehs, HEHL-muht—Feelie-dream distributor who has contracted for a sequel from Anias Ruey. (DD)

Graf, Leo—GRAAF, LEE-oh—Welding engineer and expert in nondestructive testing, eighteen-year veteran of GalacTech, leads the quaddies to freedom. (FF)

Greenlaw—GREEN-law—Union of Free Habitats' Senior Sealer for Downsider Relations, equivalent to a minister plenipotentiary reporting to the very top level of their government. (DI)

Grishnov—GRIHSH-nawv—Minister of Political Education, he thought he might become the real power in the Barrayaran Empire; his ministry was one of Ezar's experiments in centralization that failed. (B)

Gulik, Ti—GOO-lihk, TAI—Lieutenant, GalacTech freight shuttle pilot drafted to pilot the quaddies' superjumper. (FF)

Gupta, Russo—GUHP-tah, ROO-soh—aka "Guppy." A genetically engineered amphibious human attempting to make a semi-honest living as an engineer on a smuggling ship when the crew was double-crossed and murdered in a deal only Guppy survived. (DI)

Gustioz, Oscar—GOOS-tee-ohz, AHS-kr—Escobaran parole officer tasked with retrieving Doctor Borgos from Barrayar. (CC)

Halify—HAA-lih-fee—Able young Felician general who hired Miles to stop the war with the Pelians. (WA)

Haroche, Lucas—hah-ROHSH, LOO-kuhs—General and Head of Domestic Affairs, Imperial Security, sabotaged Simon Illyan's memory chip to take his job. (M)

Hassadar—HAA-suh-dahr—New capital of Vorkosigan District after the destruction of Vorkosigan Vashnoi in the Cetagandan War. (CC, MM)

haut—HOHT—The higher of the two Cetagandan castes of nobility. (C, DI)

Hegen Hub—HEH-gn HUHB—Nexus of four wormholes connecting Pol, Vervain, Jackson's Whole with five wormholes, and Komarr with six wormholes, an important trade and political crossroads. (VG)

Helda, F.—HEHL-dah—Biocontrol Warden for Sector Four on Kline Station. Her son emigrated to Athos, making her hate the males-only planet. (EA)

Henri—HEHN-ree—Doctor and first Barrayaran uterine replicator specialist, beaten to death by Vordarian's men seeking Miles. (B)

Hewlett—HEE_OO-leht—Jacksonian pilot, one of Gras-Grace's smuggler crew. (DI)

Husavi—hoo-SAH-vee—Group Commander, Komarran commander of Station Security on the Barrayaran jump-point station at Komarr. (K)

Hysopi, Karla—hai-SOH-pee, KAAR-lah—Widow, caretaker of Elena Bothari. (B)

Idris
—IH-drihs—Komarran trade ship held at Graf Station. (DI)

Illyan, Simon—EEL-yn, SAI-mn—Captain in Barrayaran military,

implanted with a memory chip in his brain to ensure perfect and verifiable recall. Becomes Chief of Security afterward. (All except DI)

Jackson's Whole—JAAK-snz HOHL—System off the Hegen Hub run by the greater and lesser houses, each headed by a baron under the principle that "the Deal is the Deal." (BA, EA)

Jahar, Faz—jah-HAHR, FAAZ—Cetagandan geneticist, obsessed with finding the genes for telepathy. (EA)

Janine—jah-NEEN—J-9-X Ceta-G, experimental telepathy subject and companion to Terrence Cee, killed during escape from Cetaganda. (EA)

Jankowski—jaang-KOW-skee—Vorkosigan armsman, one of the three allotted to Miles while he is at Vorkosigan House. (M)

Jankowski, Denys—______, DEH-ns—Son of Armsman Jankowski. (CC)

Janos—YAA-nohs—Son of Ethan's father's designated alternate parent who Ethan wished would be his designated alternate parent, moved to Outlands on Athos. (EA)

Jesek, Bazil—JEH-sehk, BAA-zl—Deserted from the Barrayaran military, sworn as armsman by Miles, fell in love with and married Elena Bothari, commodore and fleet engineer in the Dendarii Mercenaries until his resignation. (WA)

Jole—JOHL—Lieutenant, aide to Aral Vorkosigan. (VG)

Joris—JOH-rs—Vorrutyer armsman, driver, loyal to Dono. (CC)

Kanzian—KAAN-zee_uhn—Admiral in the Barrayaran military, allied with Aral during the Vordarian Pretendership, a top military strategist. (B)

Karal, Serg—KAA-rl, SRG—Speaker for Silvy Vale, a veteran and a traveled man. (MM)

Kety, Ilsum—KEH-tee, IHL-suhm—Satrap Governor of Sigma Ceta, impatient, manipulative. (C)

Kline Station—KLAIN STAA-shuhn—Three-hundred-year-old station orbiting a faint star in a nexus of six wormholes, a thriving crossroads with one hundred thousand citizens, already a hundred years old when Athos was founded. (EA)

Klyeuvi, Amor—klai-OO-vee, AY-mohr—"Kly the Mail," retired major, served Piotr in the Cetagandan War, then eighteen years as the Imperial Mail in the hills, he aids Cordelia and Gregor in escaping Vordarian's squads. (B)

Komarr—koh-MAHR—Important wormhole nexus, living off its trade routes; controlled by Barrayar, as its only outlet to the rest of human inhabited space. (CC, K, M, SH)

Korabik, Gottyan—koh-RAH-bihk, GOHT-yahn—Eager for promotion, joined Radnov's mutiny; got his captaincy in the expedition against Escobar, died soon after. (SH)

Kosti—KAWS-tee—Corporal, gate guard at Vorkosigan House provided by ImpSec. (CC)

Kostolitz—KOHS-toh-lihtz—Unhappily paired with Miles for the academy entrance physical tests, later befriended. (WA)

Koudelka, Clement—koo-DEHL-kuh, KLEH-mnt—Suffered nerve disruptor damage in Radnov's attempted takeover of the Sergyar expedition, became secretary to the Regent, married Droushnakovi, has four daughters: Delia, Olivia, Martya, and Kareen. (B, CC, SH, WA)

Koudelka, Delia—______, DEE-lee_uh—Eldest Koudelka daughter, involved with Commodore Duv Galeni. (CC, M, MD, WG)

Koudelka, Kareen—______, kah-REEN—Youngest Koudelka daughter returning home after a year studying at Beta Colony with Mark Vorkosigan, finds it hard to return to Barrayar. (CC, MD)

Koudelka, Martya—______, MAHR-tee_uh—One of the   middle Koudelka daughters, interested in Doctor Borgos. (CC)

Koudelka, Olivia—______, uh-LIH-vee_uh—One of the   middle Koudelka daughters, attracted to Lord Dono Vorrutyer. (CC)

Kshatryia—KSHAH-tree-uh—Culture whose military includes imperial mercenaries they rent to anyone. (WA)

Kyril Island—KIH-rihl AI-lnd—Location of Lazkowski Base, a Barrayaran infantry winter training camp. (VG)

Lazkowski Base—laas-KOW-skee BAYS—Barrayaran infantry winter training camp on Kyril Island, also called "Camp Permafrost." (VG)

Leutwyn—LOOT-wihn—Adjudicator called in on Graf Station to judge if warrants could be issued for arrest and fast-penta interrogation, arrived in time to witness the arrival of Russo Gupta and sanction his arrest and interrogation. (DI)

Lura—LOO-ruh—Ba, loyal servant of the Haut Lizbet Degtiar, the Dowager Empress, its involvement in the copying of the Star Crèche cost it its life. (C)

Malka—MAAL-kuh—One of four thugs hired to assault Lord Dono on Barrayar. (CC)

Marilac—MAA-rih-laak—Invaded by the Cetagandans. Barrayar aided them for five years until the Cetagandans left. (BI)

Mayhew, Arde—MAY-hee_oo, AHR-dee—Jump pilot who allowed Cordelia to stow away on his ship from Beta Colony, rescued by Miles when his ship was about to be scrapped. (WA)

Maz, Mia—MAHZ, MEE-uh—Vervani embassy Assistant Chief of Protocol specializing in women's etiquette, she accepts Ambassador Vorob'yev's marriage proposal. (C)

Mehta—MEH-tah—Doctor, captain in Betan Security, and a devious psychoanalyst. (SH)

Metzov, Stanis—MEHT-zawv, STAA-nihs—General commanding Laskowski Base, an old line veteran, after his resignation, he left Barrayar and joined Randall's Rangers. (VG)

Millisor, Luyst—MIH-lih-sohr, LOIST—Ghem-colonel in charge of security on Faz Jahar's genetics project, determined to dispose of the last experimental results. (EA)

Minchenko, Ivy—mihn-CHEHNG-koh, AI-vee—Musician,   historian-performer, second-best musician on her planet. (FF)

Minchenko, Warren—______, WAH-rn—Doctor, chief   medical officer, Cay Habitat, worked from the beginning on the thirty-five-year-long project to create the quaddies. (FF)

Molino—moh-LEE-noh—Senior Cargomaster of the Komarran trade fleet. (DI)

Muno—MOO-noh—Sergeant, assistant to Parole Officer Gustioz. (CC)

Murka—MUHR-kuh—Dendarii lieutenant, beheaded by plasma fire on Dagoola IV. (BI)

Naismith, Cordelia—NAY-smihth, kohr-DEE-lee_uh—Betan Astronomical Survey, captain of the
Rene Magritte
, stopped the mutiny on Aral's ship, married Aral and became Countess Vorkosigan, ended the Vordarian Pretendership while rescuing her son. (All except FF)

Naismith, Elizabeth—______, eh-LIHZ-uh-behth—Replicator repair tech on Beta Colony, Cordelia's mother. (EA, WA, CC)

Naru—NAH-roo,—Ghem-general, commander of Cetagandan Imperial Security and ghem-Colonel Benin's commanding officer. (C)

Navarr, Pel—nah-VAHR, PEHL—Haut-lady, consort of Eta Ceta, ally of Rian Degtiar, receives the kidnapped Star Crèche shipment to Rho Ceta, and performs the duties of the murdered consort of Rho Ceta. (C, DI)

Necklin field—NEHK-lihn FEE_IHLD—Five-space field   necessary for wormhole jump travel, generated by the Necklin Drive. (All)

Negri—NEH-gree—Captain, head of Imperial Security under Emperor Ezar Vorbarra, died saving Gregor from Vordarian's men during the coup attempt. (SH, B)

Nevatta, Grace—neh-VAH-tah, GRAYS—"Gras-Grace," captain of a small smuggling ship trying to make a living, she is the brains of the operation. She has an alternate ID as Polian Louise Latour. (DI)

Nicol—nih-KOHL—Harp and hammer dulcimer player with the Minchenko Ballet orchestra after roaming outside Quaddiespace. Bel Thorne lives with her. (L, DI)

Norwood—NOHR-wd—Lieutenant, medtech who shipped Miles's cryo-chamber away from Bharaputra Labs. (MD)

Nout—NAA_OOT—Dendarii put in charge of the worthless Felician millifennig payment for delivery of Daum's cargo. (WA)

Nu, Livia—NOO, LIH-vee-uh—Cover identity for Commander Cavilo. (VG)

Okita—oh-KEE-tah—Sergeant, one of ghem-Colonel Millisor's men, killed by Ellie Quinn. (EA)

Oliver—AH-lih-vr—Marilacan Commando Sergeant, first recruit to Miles's new Marilac resistance. (BI)

Olshansky—ohl-SHAHN-skee—Colonel, Head of Sergyaran Affairs, newly appointed. (M)

Orient Station—OH-ree-ehnt STAY-shuhn—Barrayaran Security HQ for Sector IV. (BA)

Oser—OH-sr—Admiral of the Oseran Mercenaries, killed during the Vervain conflict. (WA)

Overholt—OH-vr-hohlt—Sergeant in Imperial Security, Miles's bodyguard on his assignment in the Hegen Hub. (VG)

Parnell—pahr-NEHL—Pilot Officer of the decoy vessel captained by Captain Cordelia Naismith. (SH)