Schism: Part One of Triad (Saga of the Skolian Empire)

by Asaro, Catherine

  Characters and Family History

  Boldface names refer to Ruby psions, also known as the “Rhon.” All Rhon psions who are members of the Ruby Dynasty use Skolia as their last name (the Skolian Imperialate was named after their family). The Selei name indicates the direct line of the Ruby Pharaoh. Children of Roca and Eldrinson take Valdoria as a third name. The “del” prefix means “in honor of,” and is capitalized if the person honored was a Triad member. Most names are based on world-building systems drawn from Mayan, North African, and Indian cultures.

  = marriage

  Lahaylia Selei (Ruby Pharaoh) = Jarac (Imperator)

  Lahaylia and Jarac founded the modern-day Ruby Dynasty. Lahaylia was created in the Rhon genetic project. Her lineage traces back to the ancient Ruby Dynasty that founded the Ruby Empire. Lahaylia and Jarac have two daughters, Dyhianna Selei and Roca.

  Dyhianna (Dehya) Selei = (1) William Seth Rockworth III (separated)

  = (2) Eldrin Jarac Valdoria

  becomes the Ruby Pharaoh after Lahaylia. She married William Seth Rockworth III as part of the Iceland Treaty between the Skolian Imperialate and Allied Worlds of Earth. They have no children and later separate. The dissolution of their marriage would negate the treaty, so neither the Allieds nor the Imperialate recognize Seth’s divorce. Both Seth and Dehya eventually remarry anyway. Spherical Harmonic tells the story of what happens to

  Dehya after the Radiance War. She and Eldrin have two children, Taquinil Selei and Althor Vyan Selei.

  Althor Vyan Selei = ‘Akushtina (Tina) Santis Pulivok

  The story of Althor and Tina appears in Catch the Lightning. Althor Vyan Selei was named after his uncle/cousin, Althor Izam-Na Valdoria. Tina also appears in the story “Ave de Paso” in the anthologies Redshift and Fantasy: The Year’s Best, 2001, edited by Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber.

  Roca = (1) Tokaba Ryestar (deceased)

  = (2) Darr Hammerjackson (divorced)

  = (3) Eldrinson (Eldri) Althor Valdoria

  Roca and Tokaba had one child, Kurj (Imperator and former Jagernaut). Kurj marries Ami when he is about a century old. Kurj and Ami have a son named Kurjson.

  Although no records exist of Edrinson’s lineage, it is believed he descends from the ancient Ruby Dynasty. Skyfall tells the story of how he and Roca meet. They have ten children.

  Eldrin (Dryni) Jarac (bard, consort to Ruby Pharaoh, warrior)

  Althor Izam-Na (engineer, Jagernaut, Imperial Heir)

  Del-Kurj (Del) (singer, warrior, twin to Chaniece)

  Chaniece Roca (runs Valdoria family household, twin to Del-Kurj)

  Havyrl (Vyrl) Torcellei (farmer, doctorate in agriculture)

  Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia (military scientist, Jagernaut, Imperator)

  Denric Windward (teacher, doctorate in literature)

  Shannon Eirlei (Blue Dale Archer)

  Aniece Dyhianna (accountant, Rillian queen)

  Kelricson (Kelric) Garlin (mathematician, Jagernaut, Imperator)

  Eldrin appears in The Radiant Seas and Spherical Harmonic.

  Althor lzam-Na = (1) Coop and Vaz

  = (2) Cirrus

  Althor has a daughter, Eristia Leirol Valdoria, with Syreen Leirol, an actress turned linguist. Coop and Vaz have a son, Ryder Jalam Majda Valdoria, with Althor as co-father. Althor and Coop appear in The Radiant Seas. The novelette, “Soul of Light” (Circlet Press, anthology Sextopia), tells the story of how Althor and Vaz met Coop. Vaz and Coop also appear in Spherical Harmonic. Althor and Cirrus also have a son.

  Havyrl (Vyrl) Torcellei = Lilliara (Lilly) (deceased in 2266)

  = Kamoj Quanta Argali

  Havyrl & Lilly marry in 2223. Their story appears in “Stained Glass Heart,” a novella in the anthology Irresistible Forces, February 2004. The story of Havyrl and Kamoj appears in The Quantum Rose, which won the 2001 Nebula Award. An early version of the first half was serialized in Analog, May 1999-July/August 1999.

  Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia = (1) Jato Stormson (divorced)

  = (2) Hypron Luminar (deceased)

  = (3) Jaibriol Qox (aka Jaibriol II)

  The story of how Soz and Jato met appears in the novella, “Aurora in Four Voices” (Analog, December 1998). Soz and Jaibriol’s stories appear in Primary Inversion and The Radiant Seas. They have four children, all of whom use Qox-Skolia as their last name: Jaibriol III, Rocalisa, Vitar, and del-Kelric. The story of how Jaibriol III became the emperor of Eube appears in The Moon’s Shadow. Jaibriol III married Tarquine Iquar, the Finance Minister of Eube. Soz’s experiences as a cadet are in Triad Part I (Schism) and Part II.

  Aniece = Lord Rillia.

  Lord Rillia rules Rillia, which consists of the extensive Rillian Vales, the Dalvador Plains, the Backbone Mountains, and the Stained Glass Forest.

  Kelricson (Kelric) Garlin = (1) Corey Majda (deceased in 2243)

  = (2) Deha Dahl (deceased)

  = (3) Rashiva Haka (Calani trade)

  = (4) Savina Miesa (deceased)

  = (5) Avtac Varz (Calani trade)

  = (6) Ixpar Karn (closure)

  = (7) Jeejon

  Kelric’s stories are told in The Last Hawk, Ascendant Sun, The Moon’s Shadow, the novella “A Roll of the Dice” (Analog, July/August 2000), and the novelette “Light and Shadow” (Analog, April 1994). Kelric and Rashiva have one son, Jimorla (Jimi) Haka, who becomes a renowned Calani. Kelric and Savina have one daughter, Rohka Miesa Varz, who becomes the Ministry Successor in line to rule the Twelve Estates on Coba.

  The novella “Walk in Silence” (Analog, April 2003) tells the story of Jess Fernandez, an Allied starship captain from Earth who deals with the genetically engineered humans on the Skolian colony of Icelos. The story of Dayj Majda, the Prince who was betrothed to Roca in Skyfall, appears in the novella “The City of Cries” in the anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, edited by Mike Resnick.

  Time Line

  circa 4000 BC Group of humans moved from Earth to Raylicon

  circa 3600 BC Ruby Dynasty begins

  circa 3100 BC Raylicans launch first interstellar flights; rise of Ruby Empire

  circa 2900 BC Ruby Empire declines

  circa 2800 BC Last interstellar flights; Ruby Empire collapses

  circa AD 1300 Raylicans begin to regain lost knowledge

  1843 Raylicans regain interstellar flight

  1866 Rhon genetic project begins

  1871 Aristos found Eubian Concord (aka Trader Empire)

  1881 Lahaylia Selei born

  1904 Lahaylia Selei founds Skolian Imperialate

  2005 Jarac born

  2111 Lahaylia Selei marries Jarac

  2119 Dyhianna Selei born

  2122 Earth achieves interstellar flight

  2132 Allied Worlds of Earth formed

  2144 Roca born

  2169 Kurj born

  2203 Roca marries Eldrinson Althor Valdoria (Skyfall)

  2204 Eldrin Jarac Valdoria born

  2205 Prince Dayj Majda runs away (“The City of Cries”)

  2206 Althor Izam-Na Valdoria born

  2209 Havyrl (Vyrl) Torcellei Valdoria born

  2210 Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria born

  2211 Denric Windward Valdoria born

  2219 Kelricson (Kelric) Garlin Valdoria born

  2223 Vyrl marries Lilly (“Stained Glass Heart”)

  2227 Soz goes to Jagernaut military academy (Schism)

  2235 Denric trapped in Never-Haven (“The Edge of Never-Haven”)

  2237 Jaibriol II born

  2240 Soz meets Jato Stormson (“Aurora in Four Voices”)

  2241 Kelric marries Admiral Corey Majda

  2243 Corey assassinated (“Light and Shadow”)

  2258 Kelric crashes on Coba (The Last Hawk)

  early 2259 Soz meets Jaibriol (Primary Inversion)

  late 2259 Soz and Jaibriol go into exile (The Radiant Seas)

  2260 Jaibriol III born (aka Jaibriol Qox Skolia) (The Radiant Seas)

  2263 Rocalisa Qox Skolia
born; Althor Izam-Na Valdoria meets Coop (“Soul of Light”)

  2266 Lilly dies

  2268 Vitar Qox Skolia born

  2273 del-Kelric Qox Skolia born

  2274 Radiance War begins (also called Domino War) (The Radiant Seas)

  2276 Traders capture Eldrin. Radiance War ends

  2277-8 Kelric returns home (Ascendant Sun); Dehya coalesces (Spherical Harmonic); Kamoj and Vyrl meet (The Quantum Rose); Jaibriol III becomes emperor of Eube (The Moon’s Shadow)

  2279 Althor Vyan Selei born

  2287 Jeremiah Coltman trapped on Coba (“A Roll of the Dice”)

  2298 Jess Fernandez goes to Icelos (“Walk in Silence”)

  2328 Althor Vyan Selei meets Tina Santis Pulivok (Catch the Lightning)

  This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

  SCHISM

  Copyright © 2004 by Catherine Asaro

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  First Edition: December 2004