Cardassia and Andor
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OTHER ANDORII TERMS
ceara: traditional clothing among zhen
challorn: a sweet-smelling flower
eketha: a hardwood tree
elta: a floral tree
grelth: an arachnid
hari: a flatbread
katheka: a stimulant analogous to coffee
kheth: the temporary pouch that grows over and around the lower abdomen of a zhavey for the final phase of Andorian gestation
klazh: an animal known for its careless way of moving
saf: a psychoactive chemical refined from an Andorian plant, used in the shelthreth and generally available only by medical prescription on Andor. Possession of saf is illegal off Andor
shapla: a betrothal symbol; woven locks of hair from bondmates
shax: a poisonous altParasitic insect that nests under the skin of its host
shaysha: an edible beetlelike insect
shelthreth: ritual consummation of marriage for the purpose of conception.
taras: a kind of tree
tezha: sexual union outside the shelthreth
vithi: an edible flower
xixu: a marine plant whose fronds may be mashed and used in baby food
zhiassa: a zhavey’s milk
zletha: a flower
About the Author
Heather Jarman grew up fantasizing about being a writer the way many little girls fantasize about being ballerinas and princesses; she had all the lyrics to the Beatles’ “Paperback Writer” memorized by age 6. But in her wildest suburban childhood dreams, she had no idea how Saturday afternoons spent lazing in her beanbag chair watching Star Trek would dramatically impact her lifelong aspiration.
Indeed, the Star Trek universe played host to her professional fiction debut, This Gray Spirit, the second novel in the critically acclaimed Mission: Gamma series of Deep Space Nine books set after the TV series. She’s also written Balance of Nature, part of the Star Trek: S.C.E. series, and contributed “The Devil You Know” to Prophecy and Change, the DS9 tenth anniversary anthology. With Jeffrey Lang, she collaborated on “Mirror Eyes” for Tales of the Dominion War. She’s also currently writing an original young adult novel.
She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and four daughters. She rarely finds time to lounge about in beanbag chairs these days, much to her deep regret.
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