Spinifex

Desert grass plant.

Stelae

Land coral formation.

Ship's Eye

Term for a sandship's artificial intelligence.

Shallamon

A sandship at Twilight Beach.

Pabar engine

Sandship power device.

Sensorium

An array of detection devices.

Leopard

Old sandship name.

Gaheris

Maklin's sandship.

Deceiver

Old sandship name.

Disinherited

Old sandship name.

Binnacle

Part of a Sandship helm.

Crioyr

A sandship at Twilight Beach.

Shipmaken

A sandship construction expert.

Techmaken

Sandship system computing.

Roadmaken

A transport route construction expert.

BS330

See Barrinka-Samma.

Black Box AI

Keeping an artificial intelligence from becoming alive and active.

Barrinka-Samma

Sandship class of which Rynosseros is part, have AI spines that are not allowed to be truly alive, but can communicate.

Lateral 42

Transport route taken by Tom with Cota on board Rynosseros.

Cristo's

Restaurant at Twilight Beach.

Caerdria

Cota's secret shield shipmaken workshop.

Tens

Ab'O assistant of Cota's.

Ramos

Sandship captain at Twilight Beach.

Miras

An Ab'O Shipmaken specialisting in National ships. Tries to help Tom with a damaged Rynosseros.

Danal

Ab'O assistant of Cota's.

Maklin

Sandship captain, associate of Miras.

Cota

Secret sandship expert.

Bikkal

Ab'O assistant of Cota's.

Bel Solus

Town, has a shipyard.

Sweetbread injections

Technology to deal with personality implants.

Quicksilver

Michael Glaive's sandship.

Scori modifiers

Technology to deal with personality implants.

Quervade

A Sandive charvolant.

Nanonics

Microscopic devices.

Albatross

Black Doloroso's ship.

Whore of Babylon

Biblical figure.

Teal

A Haldane.

Sapienta Dei

Sophia of the Gnostics.

Sophia

Gnostic religious figure.

Nag Hammadi

The Gnostic Gospels.

Lilith

Biblical vampire woman.

Legion

Implanting of a personality on a resident of the Pentateuch to keep up the numbers.

Lazarus

Implanting of a personality on a resident of the Pentateuch to keep up the numbers, but from a Cold Person in failing storage.

Harlot of Tyre

Biblical figure.

Jehovah

Biblical figure.

Grail

A cup that figures prominently in Arthurian legend.

Fisher King

Mythological religious figure.

Cortical imprinting

Technique to implant a personality in a host, used on Michael Glaive.

Black Madonna

Spanish biblical figure.

Bladed Sun

Term for the flag of Nation.

Babel

Biblical city.

Avalon

Mythical realm of Arthurian legend.

Arthurian

Relating to the legend of King Arthur.

Arcologies

Artificial living structure for Nationals.

Waterman's Market

Business at Pentecost.

Tattamorano

Town near Crater Lake.

Sasi

Town on the Emmaus Road.

Rubicon

Ancient Stream.

Pentecost

Town on the Emmaus Road, part of the Pentateuch.

Pentecost Hotel

Pub at Pentecost.

Pentateuch

Group of towns, a favorite location of Michael Glaive's.

Moon Road

Street at Pentecost.

Jerusalem

City.

Leviticus

Town on the Emmaus Road, part of the Pentateuch.

Jeroboam

Town on the Emmaus Road, part of the Pentateuch.

Emmaus Road

Transport route through the Pentateuch.

Galilee

Location in ancient Palestine.

Ecclesiastes

Town on the Emmaus Road, part of the Pentateuch.

Deuteronomy

Town on the Emmaus Road, part of the Pentateuch.

Cana

Town.

Babylon

Ancient country.

John/Anthony/Olan

Pentecost Hotel manager.

Jane/Souna/Ina

Bartender at the Pentecost Hotel.

Attan Sei Tinsa

A biotect called to help the Green Captain.

Coleridge

Poet. Wrote Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Way Of the Southern Cross

Religious Order.

Gnostics

Religious group.

Transept

Part of a brios.

Sun Platforms

Concrete structures at The Shores.

Sirrush stick

Clever Men aid.

Nave

Part of a brios.

Madrapore AI

Intelligence of bide-with-mes.

Harah Gate

Structure at The Shores, two tonson poles.

Calcine Framex

Calcine Frame - Part of a bide-with-me.

Bide-With-Me

A biomorphic trellis. Used for killing of Nationals.

Apses

Part of a brios.

First Circle of Heaven

Gaming area at The Shores.

The Shores

Littoral reserved for tribal use at Inlansay.

Tybarie

Belltree at The Shores, a Haut Sensalade.

Borges

Author.

Madaric

Belltree at The Shores, a Haut Sensalade.

Beckett

Author.

Haut Sensalade

Belltree class.

Magi

Ab'O Clever Men at The Shores.

Brios

Lifeforms formed from magi tech tinkering.

N-Sequence

Filoxenia growth area near Cape Bedlam.

P-Sequence

Filoxenia growth area near Cape Bedlam.

M-Sequence

Filoxenia growth area near Cape Bedlam.

Lehner

Type of flute.

J-Series

Filoxenia growth area near Cape Bedlam.

Land-coral

Coral that isn't in the sea.

Inhibitors

Machines to place restrictions on what Belltrees can do.

Ishmael

An old sandship, was Scarbo's many years in the past.

Fire-hank

Desert lifeform.

Filoxenia

Plant genus.

Denizen

Rim's uncle's ship, Scarbo borrows it to pick Tom up from Cape Bedlam originally.

Tom-O-Bedlam

Literary figure.

Mad John

Literary figure.

Jack of Fools

Literary figure.

Leopard

A secret name for Tom Tyson.

PE-3621-F

The Belltree known as Lone Star Stone.

Julia-Cori

Botanist near Cape Bedlam, helps Tom as he just comes out of the Madhouse.

Samat

Part of a belltree, near sensors.

Dimity

A class of skiff.

Lone Star Stone

A Belltree that likes Tom Tyson, of the Pyrran Eidect class.

Bodyboat

Personal transport sled.

Gunumelung

Tribal term for a particular season - the 'lightning season'

Aljurr

An old menage ship, name means 'Little Lightning'

Simpson Desert

Central Australian Desert.

Charles Napier Sturt

English explorer of South Australia.

Kakadu

Tropical wilderness.

Captain Gelise

A former ship captain, punished by ostracism. First name Talas. Takes Tom to Lone Star Stone the belltree.

Myceneans

Ancient people.

Stigmata Dream

Dream that causes skin patterns.

South Loggia

Feature of DePolignac estate.

Phaselus

Sandship type.

Salon Mechanique

Bairis Setz's game room.

Nacile 4

Type of Clotis Box.

Mad Geometer

Geography changer.

Kalyso

Bairis Setz's sandship.

Hiasis

Type of flowering plant.

Asius 4242

A supernova.

Clotis Boxes

Entertainment machine.

Tyrian

Term for a Roman purple.

Tesseract

A hypercube.

Locus Mirabilis

Latin for Miracle location.

Totem Rule

Town that Tom travels to on his search for meaning of his dreams.

Chiaroscuros

Painting type.

Spitzner Museum

Delvaux' inspiration place.

Serafina

Travel Location.

Sansvraimer

Town near Totem Rule.

Costa Brava

Location in Spain.

Vicomte Deveris

Secret garden builder.

Tremba

Traveller along the Soul.

Phiso

Waiter at Totem Rule.

Mark Sala

Media chief.

Isabel

Woman at Totem Rule, acquaintance of Bairis Setz.

Hansendrin

Interview subject of Mark Sala.

Dida

Woman at Totem Rule, acquaintance of Bairis Seitz, real name Rhee Fai Sue.

Faddan Chryke

Crewman of Bairis Seitz.

Delvaux

An Artist.

Cuesico

Interview subject of Mark Sala.

Dali

An Artist.

Celestine

Woman at Totem Rule, acquaintance of Baisin Seitz.

Bairin Seitz

A Dreamlock.

Atris

Bairin Seitz's housemaid.

Xiaphalas

Belltree class.

Trais

Belltree class.

Phoenicians

Ancient people.

DePolignacs

National family that won tribal concessions at Totem Rule.

Frost Mendicant

Belltree class.

Andrew

Bairin Seitz's houseboy.

Aia Katehos

Ab'O scholar, acquaintance of Baisin Setz, wants to study Tom as one of the Coloured Captains.

Allas Jay

Mark Sala's companion.

Ackman

Supply charvi captain.

Goranod

An opera.

Zen

Religious philosophy.

Pneuma

Ancient way of viewing the body.

Moses

Biblical figure.

European Operatic Festival

Music event with much opera.

Information Revolution

Change from an industrial society.

Gorgon

Greek mythological woman.

Bonn

City in Germany.

Gaea

Greek goddess.

Mr Loq

Aelea Sandercost's manager.

Mozart

A composer.

Lori Anas

Opera singer.

Jon

A crewman on Rynosseros early in Tom's career as a Captain.

Harold Gane Jorvi

Former opera producer.

Christopher Jenkins

Former violin maker.

Dante

An author.

Aristotle

Ancient philosopher.

Chan Armitage

Former tech at Bass, neurologian.

Aelea Sandercost

Opera diva.

Mancom Orchestra Two

Musical group playing at the European Operatic Festival.

Nation-Set

Corporation.

Gnostic

Religious group.

Bass

Laboratory group.

Abelan

Opera organisation.

Tarasin

Type of jewellery.

Parrot-gun

Hand weapon.

Laughing Man

Captain Ha-Ha's sandship.

Levitor

Type of Sandship Kite.

Israel Board

Communications technology, part of a creop environment.

Garis

Emmended sandship.

Hakkaku

Type of Sandship kite.

Eson

Emmended sandship.

Berengar

Emmended sandship.

Battle-kite

Sandship kite type.

Almagest

Captain Ha-Ha's sandship.

Stations

Sandship captain's battle signal.

Laughing Man

Amerind mythological figure.

Judgement of Paris

Judgement of Paris - A Greek mythological story where a mortal man has to judge a beauty contest between three goddesses.

Full Crew

Sandship captain's battle signal.

Acan

A fashion style.

Quaelitz

Location that Tom is taken to to meet Captain Ha-Ha.

Port Sire

Town.

Port Merilyn

Town.

Port Allure

Town.

Adanaya-Ros

Travel route to Inlansay.

Orroro

Tammas Hamm's birth town.

Tammas Hamm

National doctoral student at Inlansay, and a secret pirate.

Starman Guy

One of Captain Ha-Ha's men.

Serenya

The Restante Lady Say.

Mylo

Blue jewel head associate of Tammas Hamm and Captain Ha-Ha.

Lady Ty

Widow of Gennon Bay Argus, Emmended Clever Man.

Lady Ti

Wife and hetaera of Chitalice Clever Man Chions Lans Sancellin.

Lady Say

Ab'O creop woman. Also called Restante Lady Say for obvious reasons.

Gennon Bay Argus

Deceased Emmended Clever Man.

Chions Lans Sancellin

Chitalice Clever Man.

Hugh Archimbault

National ecologist from Port Syre, exchange lecturer at Inlansay.

Captain Ha-Ha

Sandship pirate.

Mikel

Corporation.

San-Mar

Ab'O tribe.

Kutungurlu

Ab'O tribe.

Creops

A person with no body, just a brain stored in a restante container.

Chargan

Ab'O tribe.

Chandrasar

Corporation.

Ajalta

National Ab'O nobility groupies.

Sandfish

120 foot Chitalice charvolant, from Bel Solus.

Quick Brown Fox

Lazy Kramer's Charvolant.

Jackaroo

Jack Temenos' Charvolant.

Sailor's Friend

See Phantom Surf.

Red Fleet

Mirage image of eight charvolants.

Phantom Surf

A mirage.

Gibbets

A Mirage.

Imp

A Mirage.

Black Ship

See Chaser.

Chaser

Mirage image of a black charvolant.

Trader Bill's Pool

Concrete wall sheltered mooring enclosure for charvolants near the Soul.

Sandman's Bar

Bar at Port Charles Windsor.

Soul

Great wind stream.

Sanalatti

Convection corridor for sandships on the Soul.

No Man's Easy Rest

Ab'O principality.

Port Charles Windsor

Town.

No Man's Easy Rest

Desert mining settlement.

Lofty's

Sandship hiring place in Adelaide.

Jarrapin Rake

Geographical feature near the Soul.

Jarrapin Rift

Geographical feature near the Soul.

Jarrapin Chimneys

Geographical feature near the Soul.

Breathing Gate

Structure at Port Charles Windsor.

Trader Bill

Owner of Trader Bill's pool, octaroon Chaness.

Sophie Hand

Client of Soma Toradi.

Soma Toradi

National healer.

Lazy Kramer

Sandship captain.

Martin

Apprentice of Ben's, lost to a dream world.

James Sofala

National Council president.

Pioneer 11

Primitive spacecraft.

Rorschach Ships

Anoki's term for the Rogue's ships.

Pioneer 10

Primitive spacecraft.

Luna 16

Primitive spacecraft.

Mariner 10

Primitive spacecraft.

Genesis 11

Later spacecraft type, looks similar to Pioneers. Sent on a seeding mission by Pan-Tribal interests.

Genesis

Later spacecraft type.

Gemini 7

Primitive spacecraft.

Babel Ships

Anoki's term for the Rogue's ships.

Apollo 11

Primitive spacecraft.

Aldebaran

A star.

Apollo 9

Primitive spacecraft.

Tower of Babel

Biblical structure.

Tribation

Political installation of the Ab'O power.

Rorschach inkblot

Psychological test.

Ragnarok

Norse End of Days.

Reality Crisis

Political upheaval related to Ab'O mental ability.

Pentecost

The Gift of Tongues.

Marduk

Babylonian god.

Nimrod

Biblical mighty hunter.

Fool of the Tarot

Card in the Tarot deck.

Boomori

Type of wind.

Auer-Rorschach

Psychological test, addition to Rorschach by Auer Rangan Anoki.

Armageddon

Biblical End of Days.

Trappiere's

A Kiosk in Twilight Beacn.

Tramway Street

Roadway in Twilight Beach.

Totem Rule

Location.

Saldy's Rainhouse and Aviary

Restaurant at Twilight Beach.

Happy Lion

Restaurant at Twilight Beach.

Izzian Ferris

Amusement Ride.

Hanging Gardens

Ancient Wonder in Babylon.

Filigor's

Restaurant at Twilight Beach.

Grand Bamboleon

Illuminated area at Twilight Beach.

Christensen's

Restaurant at Twilight Beach.

Au Revoir

Restaurant at Twilight Beach.

Bella's Amusement Arcade

Place for computer simulations at Twilight Beach.

Ansere's

Restaurant at Twilight Beach.

Nebuchadnezzar

Ancient Babylonian Ruler.

Michael Glaive

The Green Captain.

ID-5982-J

The Rogue Belltree.

Bella

Niuginian owner of Bella's Amusement Arcade.

Pyrran Eidect

Class of AI.

Auer Rangan Anoki

Ab'O Tribesman with psychological expertise, helps Tom investigate his Ship image.

Rogue Belltree

The belltree that gives the Coloured Captains their rights, bonded with James and Bymer.

It has a numerical designation ID-5982-J.

AL

Artificial Life.

Shatterwrack

Glass from a car accident.

Rolls Royce

Car manufacturer.

Mercedes-Benz

Car manufacturer.

Corpse Mask

Hologram used by someone to look far younger than they really are.

Breaklight

View at the Gaza near sundown, in Twilight Beach.

Time Beaches

Places with natural clocks as artwork at Twilight Beach.

Sailmaker's

Bar at Twilight Beach.

Gencardi's

Bar at Twilight Beach.

Hellespont

Greek ocean location.

Cobb's Platform

Location outside Twilight Beach.

Xerxes

Persian Leader.

Seianne

A Mirror Woman that Tom becomes infatuated with.

Clive Appia

Ex-chauffeur.

Cooney

Shatterwrack dealer.

Alexander Carlos

Upset fire chess player.

NASA

American space agency.

Mirror People

People going out as hologographic images only, not physically but as enantiomorphs.

Xoanons

Totems.

Tri-sephalay

Totem construction material.

Trochars

Totems.

Spinnerets

Totems.

Seargent-Majors

Totems.

Rorschachs

Totems.

Sandwives

Totems.

Orreriess

Totems.

Magganons

Totems.

Onagers

Totems.

Littoral

Geologic formation.

Fender's Folly

A large contruct at Trale.

Coralline dexters

Totems.

Dimity

Type of sandskiff.

Citilo

Totem construction material.

Teratoid

Description of strange lifeforms.

Bismin

Totem construction material.

Shastric wind

A heresy wind. Brinraga is one.

Eyeline death

Killed by totem.

Heliotropism

Sun following.

Endocement

Killed by totem.

Trale

Life dumping site for the biotects. Many Totems live and thrive here, of various types.

Colourman's Disease

A fatal medical condition that changes the eyes.

Enetiwok

Test site.

Beach 6

One of the beaches at Trale.

Beach 7

One of the beaches at Trale.

Beach 5

One of the beaches at Trale.

Beach 4

One of the beaches at Trale.

Beach 2

One of the beaches at Trale.

Beach 3

One of the beaches at Trale.

Beach 1

One of the beaches at Trale.

Lisa Maiten

Lifeform scientist. Studied at Inlansay, a sailor dying of disease.

Michael Warboy

Lifeform scientist.

Dr Andrew Mallin

Lifeform scientist.

New Land

Magazine.

Jacobi

A researcher that died at Trale.

Mayans

Ancient people.

Department of Life Sciences

Part of the university at Inlansay.

Tisn

Beverage.

Tautine

Beverage.

Sersifan

Ab'O House emblem.

I Ching

Chinese religious text.

Kulta

Soti sandship.

Deck sleeves

Hold inflatable kites on a sandship.

Amuduat

Passage from the Book of the Dead.

Book of the Dead

Egyptian religions book.

The Knife

Psychic mind weapon.

Roadsong

Wind noise while travelling.

A Star

An image Tom remembers from the Madhouse. Tom is sent this image by a Totem at Trale.

Adaio

The act of using a psychic Knife.

Sollellen

Town.

Lateral 246

Transport route.

Chirason Gate

Soti structure.

Jimi

Sa's name for Tynan Lees.

Tynan Lees

Kurdaitcha Mind Assassin, a Soti undeclared Prince.

Lady Sa

Ab'O Princess.

Blade Lees

Tynan Lees.

Docri

One of the poisoners of the Lady Sa.

Ziggurat

Stone structure.

Wind-trap

Wind channeling part of a house.

Wind-Bank

Wind channeling part of a house.

Tarot

Fortune telling deck of cards.

Taurus moulding

Style of building this part of a house.

Sonic wires

Devices for sound.

Roof-Field

Decoration.

Meade LX6

Satellite.

Meade

Telescope type.

Irijinit

Satellite type with ground laser strike capability.

Great Pyramid

Famous structure in Egypt.

Gallery 60

Part of Balin.

Gallery 52

Part of Balin.

Gallery 55-b

Part of Balin.

Fibrile openings

Devices for sound.

Cavetto cornice

Style of building this part of a house.

Colossi of Memnon

Ancient structure.

Acroteria

Pillars.

Siroon

Type of wind.

Airfoils

Wind devices.

Santana

Type of wind.

Morocco

Type of wind.

Sanalatti

Type of wind.

Monsoon

Type of wind.

Khamsin

Type of wind.

Meltemi

Type of wind.

Iran-Contra

American government scandal.

Council

National ruling body.

Inferno

The view from Balin.

Chac Mool

Aztec god.

Anderlee hearings

Inquiry involving Paul Cheimarrhos and his technology and activities.

Brinraga

Type of wind.

Vatican

Italian city.

Ur

Chaldee city.

Thebes

Egyptian City.

Teoteochan

Toltec city.

Sumer

Ancient nation.

Saqqara

Pyramid location.

Sabro

Roadstop.

Nile

Major river in Egypt.

Mesopotamia

Ancient nation.

Breathing Caves

Underground formation in the Nullarbor.

Granicus

Site of one of Alexander's battles.

Bethlehem

Ancient city.

Balin

Paul Cheimarrhos' house.

Three-Line

Paul Cheimarrhos' company.

Sarete Cheimarrhos

Paul's sister. Three-Line Chief Executive.

Naese

Sarete Cheimarrhos' assistant. Secret Kurdaitcha agent.

Paul Cheimarrhos

Businessman, technologist and archaeology collector. Builds a singing house, and invents a device that allows the reading of halda

Luna Geary

A National who blatantly provoked the Tribes.

Honest John

John Newmarket.

James Agenture

Three-Line agent, and also an agent for the Vatican.

John Newmarket

Tosi-Go agent.

Imhotep

Egyptian ruler.

Hawkins

Privateer.

El Greco

Painter.

Frobisher

Privateer.

Drake

Privateer.

Djoser

Pyramid builder.

David Tyrren

Colleague of Paul Cheimarrhos'.

Deric

Paul Cheimarrhos' house-servant.

Cristofer

Paul Cheimarrhos' house-servant.

Beethoven

Composer.

Anquan

Paul Cheimarrhos' major-domo.

Amenophis III

Pharaoh. Statues of the Colossi of Memnon are of him.

Alexander

Ancient leader and conqueror.

Toltecs

Ancient people.

Privateer

Pirate hired on official government business.

Aztecs

Ancient people.

Chaldees

Ancient people.

Akkadians

Ancient people.

Hajan

Chy Anda Relenprise's Charvolant. Belltree Death Ship.

Skiff

Small sand vehicle.

Gibber

Stone.

Amiad

Sandship.

Cracker

Stonebreaking tool.

Philosopher's Stone

Mythological object with alchemical transformation powers.

David

Mythological figure. Slew Goliath with a sling stone.

Goliath

Big, mythological agressor, killed by David.

Turker Fin

Town.

Maldy

Biotect location.

Mider

Town.

Long Line 20

Transport route.

Lateral 913

Transport route.

Bay Ruggen

Checkpoint location.

Verage

Biotect.

TF-R143-6

Belltree.

Sarah Bernhart

Dead woman.

Saman

Sandship captain of the Amiad.

Sanfer

One of Chy Anda Relenprise's crew.

Rocco Jim

Rocky Jim.

Rocky Jim

Stoneman and Belltree defender.

Morocco Jim

Rocky Jim, in camel selling and caravanserai career.

Napoleon

French leader.

JS-A421-9

Belltree.

Janice Roa

One of Chy Anda Relenprise's crew.

Hitler

Nazi leader.

Chy Anda Relenprise

Ab'O architect of Belltree slaying and sandship captain.

Stonemen

Roadclearers.

Bedouin

Arab tribe.

Gyges

Ajan Bless Barratin's flagship.

Glass Woman

Menage relic.

Fighting Mesh

Psychic battle armour.

Broomhandle Mauser C96

Old-fashioned gun.

Escutcheon

Symbolic device.

Battle Mask

Duelling device.

Wired sky

Dangerous weather for sandship travelling.

Teratonic

Altered people.

Menage charvolant

Sandship with Exotics as crew.

Exotic ship

Ship with a crew that is not all standard human.

Master-captain

Ship crew position.

Duty-steward

Ship crew position.

Homotropic alignment

Weapon efficiency alteration.

Deckmaster

Ship crew position.

Pereche

Location, possibly exotic.

Grand Lateral

Sizeable transport route.

Cana

Exotic science facility.

Syr Chamin Monsanto

Bizarreman, exotic handler.

Sun Yat Sen

Chinese leader.

Rass

Boan's trainer.

Nemwyr

A thanatophon.

Mak

A rhinoton.

Chiang Kai Shek

Chinese leader.