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Authors: Catherine Asaro

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Family Tree: Ruby Dynasty

Boldface names refer to members of the Rhon. The Selei name denotes the direct line of the Ruby Pharaoh. All children of Roca and Eldrinson take Valdoria as their third name. All members of the Rhon within the Ruby Dynasty have the right to use Skolia as their last name. “Del” in front of a name means “in honor of.”

= marriage + children by

Characters and Family History

B
oldface 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 in 2205)
= (2)
Eldrin Jarac Valdoria

Dehya
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 anthology
Redshift
and
The Year’s Best Fantasy
, 2001.

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
Eldrinson
’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 Izam-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.

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.

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
2206   
Althor Izam-Na Valdoria born
2209   
Havyrl (Vyrl) Torcellei Valdoria born
2210   
Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria born
2219   
Kelricson (Kelric) Garlin Valdoria born
2223   
Vyrl marries Lilly (“Stained Glass Heart”)
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
)

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