Glossary
Characters
Aagen – renegade Wasp, now of Princep Salma
Alysaine – servant of Auder Bellowern
Argastos – ancient Moth mystic
Arvi – Fly-kinden secretary to Jodry Drillen
Atraea – Moth-kinden leader of Cold Well
Auder Bellowern – Imperial Beetle Consortium magnate
Averic –Wasp student at Collegium
Balkus – renegade Sarnesh Ant, now of Princep Salma
Bergild –Wasp Air Corps captain with the Second Army
Brakker – Wasp colonel with the First Army
Brugan – Wasp general of the Rekef
Castre Gorenn – Dragonfly archer with the Coldstone Company
Ceremon – Netheryen Mantis, consort of Amalthae
Cheerwell Maker (Che) – Inapt Beetle magician, niece of Stenwold Maker
Chenni – Rosander’s chief engineer
Dariandrephos (Drephos) – master artificer and leader of the Iron Glove
Darmeyr Forge-Iron – Mole Cricket slave of the Worm
Despard – Fly artificer, Tidenfree crew
Edvic – Wasp governor of Solarno
Ernain – Bee engineer captain, Second Army
Esmail – Assassin Bug spy
Eujen Leadswell – Beetle student and leader of the Student Company
Gannic – Wasp lieutenant with the Engineers
Honory Bellowern – Beetle diplomat
Gerethwy – Woodlouse student at the College
Giselle – Spider Arista of the Arkaetien
Greenwise Artector – Beetle magnate of Helleron
Gude – Fly helmswoman of the Tidenfree
The Hermit – renegade Scarred Priest of the Worm
Jen Reader – Beetle College librarian and wife of Willem Reader
Kymene – Mynan commander in exile
Laszlo – Fly agent and occasional pirate
Lien – Wasp general of the Engineers
Lissart – Firefly agent, prisoner of Milus
Lycena – Sarnesh Ant commander
Madagnus – Ant-kinden chief officer, Coldstone Company
Marent – Wasp general of the Third Army
Maure – halfbreed magician from the Commonweal
Messel – Cave Cricket, renegade slave of the Worm
Metyssa – Spider-kinden writer, in hiding in Collegium
Merva – Wasp-kinden, wife of Edvic, governor of Solarno
Milus – Sarnesh Ant tactician
Nessen – Wasp colonel, governor of Helleron
Orothellin – ancient Slug-kinden master, trapped by the Seal
Mycella of the Aldanrael – Spider noblewoman, Tynan’s lover
Oski – Fly engineer major, Second Army
Paladrya – Kerebroi adviser of the Sea-kinden
Poll Awlbreaker – Beetle artificer of Collegium
Raullo Mummers – Beetle-kinden artist of Collegium
Rosander – Sea-Kinden, Nauarch of the Thousand Spines Train
Sartaea te Mosca – Fly lecturer and magician
Seda – Empress of the Wasps
Sperra – Fly of Princep Salma
Stenwold Maker – Beetle-kinden, War Master of Collegium
Straessa – the Antspider, officer of Coldstone Company
Taki – Fly aviator of Solarno and Collegium
Thalric – renegade Wasp, former servant of Seda, now lover of Cheerwell Maker
Tisamon – dead Mantis Weaponsmaster raised by Seda
Tomasso – Fly-kinden pirate and merchant, captain of the Tidenfree
Totho – halfbreed artificer of the Iron Glove, second-in-command to Drephos
Tynan – Wasp general, Second Army
Tynisa – halfbreed Weaponsmaster, Tisamon’s daughter
Varsec – Wasp colonel with the Engineers
Vorken – Wasp major with the Slave Corps
Vrakir – Wasp Red Watch major
Willem Reader – Beetle Collegiate artificer
Wys – Smallclaw artificer and trader
Places
Capitas – capital of the Empire
Chasme – pirate city on the Exalsee
Cold Well – Mining Community under the Worm
Collegium – Beetle city-state
Commonweal – Dragonfly domain north of the Lowlands
Darakyon – Mantis forest, formerly haunted
Dirovashni – Bee-kinden city on the Exalsee
Dorax – Moth retreat
Exalsee – large lake north-east of Spiderlands
Helleron – Beetle city-state
Hermatyre – Sea-kinden city
Kes – Ant island city-state
Khanaphes – ancient Beetle city-state
Malkan’s Folly/Malkan’s Stand – battlefield, former site of Sarnesh fortress
Myna – Beetle city-state, formerly part of the Empire
Netheryon – Mantis hold
Princep Salma – city founded by refugees of the last war
Sarn – Ant city-state, ally of Collegium
Seldis – Spider city
Solarno – Beetle city on the Exalsee
Sonn – Beetle city in the Empire
Spiderlands – large domain south of the Lowlands
Tark – Ant city-state
Tharn – Moth retreat
Vek – Ant city-state, recently at peace with Collegium
Vesserett – Bee-kinden city in the Empire
Organizations and Things
Amphiophos – Collegiate centre of government
Aldanrael – Spider Aristoi house
Aristoi – the Spider-kinden ruling class
Arkaetien – Spider Aristoi house
Assembly – Collegiate ruling body
Coldstone Company – Collegiate Merchant Company
Consortium – Imperial mercantile arm
Engineering Corps (‘the Engineers’) – Imperial army corps
Farsphex – Imperial model of orthopter
greatshotter – Iron Glove-developed artillery
Imperial Second Army – ‘the Gears’, commanded by General Tynan
Imperial Third Army – commanded by General Marent
Iron Glove – artificing cartel led by Drephos out of Chasme
lorn detachment – soldiers sent on a suicide mission
Maker’s Own – Collegiate Merchant Company
Prowess Forum – Collegiate duelling school
Quartermaster Corps – Imperial army corps
Red Watch – Imperial corps, the mouth of the Empress
Rekef – Imperial secret service, divided into Inlander and Outlander
Slave Corps – Imperial army corps
Spearflight – Imperial model of orthopter
Stormreader – Collegiate model of orthopter
Tidenfree – Fly-kinden pirate ship
Twelve-year War – Imperial war against the Commonweal