—Their charge, MAKISOMN, a Cielcin gifted to the count by the Whitehorse Company, meant for public execution.
THE WIDER WORLD
Here follows a list of those persons tied neither to Delos nor Emesh in Lord Marlowe’s account:
His Imperial Radiance, EMPEROR WILLIAM THE TWENTY-THIRD OF THE HOUSE AVENT; Firstborn Son of the Earth; Guardian of the Solar System; King of Avalon; Lord Sovereign of the Kingdom of Windsor-in-Exile; Prince Imperator of the Arms of Orion, of Sagittarius, of Perseus, and of Centaurus; Primarch of Orion; Conqueror of Norma; Grand Strategos of the Legions of the Sun; Supreme Lord of the Cities of Forum; North Star of the Constellations of the Blood Palatine; Defender of the Children of Men; and Servant of the Servants of Earth.
—His Strategos, SIR TITUS HAUPTMANN, Duke of Andernach and First Strategos of the Legions of Centaurus.
—His tribune, DAME RAINE SMYTHE, a Tribune of the 437th Legion of Centaurus, captain of the ISV Obdurate.
—Her first officer, SIR WILLIAM CROSSFLANE, Commander, First Grade. An elderly palatine.
—Her lieutenant, BASSANDER LIN, a promising young senior security officer aboard the Obdurate. Frequently serves as a lictor to the tribune on political affairs.
—SIR ALEXEI KARELIN, Lord Chairman and Captain of the Whitehorse Company, a group of foederati composed primarily of Imperial ex-legionnaires.
Attached to the 437th Legion.
—VARRIC COUSLAND, Lord Chairman, founder, and Captain of the Cousland Drakes, a foederati company operating out of the Norman Freehold of Monmara.
Attached to the 437th Legion.
—EDOUARD ALBE, a Legion intelligence operative.
His Royal Highness ALDIA AHMAD RODRIGO-PHILLIPE DI OTRANTO, High Prince of Jadd; Prince of Laran; First-Among-Equals of the Princes of the Principalities of the Jaddian Peoples; Lord of the Encircling Moons; Keeper of the Planet of Fire; Chief of the Dham-Eali.
—LADY KALIMA ALIARADA UDIRI DI SAYYIPH, Satrap of Ubar, loyal to the
Prince of Thessaloniki. A formal envoy to the war front on behalf of the High Prince.
—Her lictor, SIR OLORIN MILTA, a Maeskolos swordmaster of the Fire School.
—His lieutenant, JINAN AZHAR, a promising young officer.
UTSEBIMN ARANATA OTIOLO, Aeta Prince-Chieftain and Captain of Its Scianda; Master-Keeper of its People; Servant to Its Slaves.
—Its property:
—CASANTORA TANARAN IAKATO, baetan priest-historian of the scianda.
—ITANA UVANARI AYATOMN, ichakta captain of the starship Yad Ga Higatte and a proud military officer.
—Its property and slave-soldier, SVATAROM.