The Last Immortal : Book One of Seeds of a Fallen Empire

by Anne Spackman

Aktaeon Forren—Ack-TAY-ahn FOR-enn—swarthy leader of the Tiasennian primary guard

  Ai-derian Suraeno—AI (like “eye”)-dare-ee-an Ser-AY-no—a noble Orian Ambassador to the planet Tiasenne

  Alessia Zadúmchov—Uh-LESS-ee-yuh Zuh-DOOM-chav—a mysterious visitor on Tiasenne who should have died long ago; the last survivor of Hinev’s explorers

  Ariyalsynai—Ar-ri-YAHL-sinn-ai—(white mountain or star mountain) the beautiful, ancient capital of the planet Seynorynael

  Baxver Alton—BACKS-verr AL-tuhn—a past Fer-innyera, the leader of the planet Tiasenne; also the grandson of Theodalix Alton, who was the Secretary to Fer-innyera Orashean

  Dasan Mira—DAY-suhn MEER-uh—a geoscientist expert on the spaceship Baidarka

  Eiron Vaikyur-Erlenkov—AIR-on VAI-kyerr Er-LENG-kahv—Vaikyur’s grandson; an independent-minded ekasi and soldier in the Tiasennian air corps

  Enessa Fulten—Ee-NEHSS-uh FULL-tehn—a botanist included on the spaceship Baidarka’s mission

  Enlil—En-Leel—the Orian space battleship designed after Selesta

  Enor—EE-nor—a planet known on Seynorynael only in legend, mythical creators of all life

  Fielikor Kiel—Fee-YEL-ee-kor Keel—an architectural and mechanical spacecraft engineer; also an officer in the Martial Scientific Force who became the leader of Hinev’s immortals

  Fynals Hinev—FAI-nahlss HAI-nev—the Seynorynaelian biogeneticist who created the elixir of immortality known as “Hinev’s serum”; one of Kudenka’s explorers and also the creator of “Hinev’s explorers”

  Goeur—Gerr, like the French “coeur”—a windswept planet that became a territory of Seynorynael

  Inen—AI-nen—the white-towered, fair capital city of planet Tiasenne

  Kane Gerryls—Kane GAIR-rilss—one of Hinev’s fighter-explorers in the distant past

  Kiel—Keel—the pole star of Seynorynael; the mariner’s star

  Kiel3—Keel three—a planet discovered by Hinev’s explorers in the Milky Way Galaxy; the third planet from a yellow sun inhabited by primitive earth-toned humanoids

  Kudenka—Koo-DENG-kuh—an astrophysicist and officer in the Martial Scientific Force chosen to lead Kudenka’s explorers

  Lake Firien—Lake FEAR-ee-enn—a large body of water on the planet Seynorynael and the name of a remote province. Lake Firien was Alessia’s childhood home and the location of The Firien Project, a project to rebuild an ancient ruined spaceship skeleton buried in the sands by the lake, a spaceship that would be called “Selesta”

  Lucianvar Beren—LOO-shuhn-varr BARE-enn—a former leader of Orian; the half-brother of Ai-derian Suraeno and the uncle of Sargon Maxarien

  lyra—LEER-uh—the beautiful, mysteriously undying trees of Seynorynael; a formerly abundant, seeded, but now fruitless tree that can no longer be replaced once destroyed

  Marankeil—MAIR-enn-keel—the mechanized Elder and leader of the Seynorynaelian Council of Elders, then leader of the Seynorynaelian Federation Council before he became the eternal Emperor of Seynorynael

  Mardius Ezáitur—Marr-dee-OOS Eh-ZAI-terr—the current Fer-innyera, or leader, of Tiasenne; a corrupt, capricious, and paranoid dictator

  Orian—May-LARR—the second, volatile planet of the twin Celestian worlds (Tiasenne being the other)

  Natoly Marúsh—Nuh-TOW-lee Muh-ROOSH—a Tiasennian government lackey

  Ornenkai—OR-nen-kai—a biochemist turned politician, the Elder who, in antiquity, became the Vice-Emperor of the Seynorynaelian Empire

  Rigell —RAY-gell—white star of the Celestian worlds, Tiasenne and Orian

  Reior Orashean—RAY-or OR-uh-sheen—an eccentric past Tiasennian Fer-innyera, or leader

  Ristalv Vaikyur—Rees-stahlf VAI-kyerr—the Head of the Tiasennian Army; a hardened veteran and secret dissident

  Sargon Maxarien Suraeno—SAR-gahn Mack-ZAR-ee-en Ser-AY-no—the Orian Ambassador’s brilliant son; a boy who will one day wrest power over all Orian and instigate the war between the Celestian worlds

  Selerael—Sel-AIR-ay-el; more often Seh-LAIR-ee-el—Alessia’s daughter, “moon angel”

  Sesylendae—SESS-SI-lynn-day—Alessia’s smaller spaceship; at one time, it had been the vessel of Kudenka’s explorers

  Seynorynael—Suh-nor-i-NAY-el; or Seh-NOR-i-nay-el, the pronunciation depending on the language used by alien races—the 6 billion year-old planet where Hinev’s explorers, Alessia, and the Celestian colonists came from. The planet was named after S’eynor-inn-ayel, an ancient settlement near Lake Firien that existed before the dark ages of Seynorynael

  Sukúr—Soo-KOOR—a Tiasennian rescue ship

  Selesta—Sill-err-ESS-tee-uh—the greatest explorer spaceship ever built by the Seynorynaelian Empire; the spaceship which now belongs entirely to Alessia but which has a computer that seems to have a mind of its own

  Tiasenne—Tee-uh-SENN—the first, lush green planet of the two Celestian worlds

  Tulor—Too-LORR—a remote planet

  Valeria—Vuh-LAIR-ee-uh—the short-lived, blue-white second star of the planet Seynorynael; civilization on Seynorynael only rose after Valeria’s formation, and life on Seynorynael was dramatically altered by Valeria’s intense radiation

  Wryan Kesney—RAI-uhn KESS-nee—a young Tiasennian ekasi, or low ranking officer, assigned under Ristalv Vaikyur in the Tiasennian Central Command

  Zariqua Enassa—ZAR-ee-kuh or ZAIR-ee-kuh Ee-NASS-suh—the last Enorian colonizer