The Authorized Ender Companion (28 page)

Navio, Doctor (SD)

Navio was the primary doctor on the planet Lusitania. He performed the autopsy on the late Marcão Ribeira. When Ender arrived to Speak Marcão’s
death, he met with Navio to learn all he could about the death. Navio, like most Lusitanians, was devoutly Catholic, and initially refused to share details with Ender. Ender, with the help of his computer friend Jane, convinced Navio that it would be better for the whole colony if he helped.

The doctor relented, and shared with Ender that Marcão had a congenital defect that normally would have sterilized him. But, since the man had fathered six children, the disease must have been slow-moving. Jane and Ender expressed some humor at the doctor’s choosing to remain naïve rather than accept that Marcão’s wife had been unfaithful. But he seemed to not know of the adultery until it was revealed during Ender’s Speaking for the Dead on behalf of Marcão a few days later.

Navio was called to the fence that protected the pequenino land outside of the colony. Miro Ribeira had climbed it, and was critically injured. Navio had no idea how to help Miro, having not been trained in medical school for the type of injury the fence caused. He did his best, however, but Miro had suffered severe nerve damage, and the doctor was unable to reverse it. However, Miro recovered on his own and was able to walk and talk, albeit with some difficulty.

Necessarians (CM)

Necessarians were a quasireligious/philosophical group on the Japanese planet Divine Wind. They believed in living in perfect harmony with one’s environment. Several Necessarians held great influence in the Starways Congress, and were partially responsible for the order given to a small fleet of ships to destroy the planet Lusitania. Necessarian philosophy taught that offenses should be ignored unless life was threatened.

Nets (EG, ES, SH, SP, SG)

“Nets” was the term given to computer networks similar to the Internet of modern time.

New Chinese (XN, CM)

New Chinese was the language of choice on the planet Path.

Nguyen, Colonel (SP)

Colonel Nguyen was the head of the International Fleet’s Digital Security Force. A Vietnamese woman, she worked at the Ministry of Colonization, which was housed in the refurbished Battle School orbiting Earth. When Hyrum Graff and Peter Wiggin set out to expose a mole in the Ministry, she
played an integral part by tracking all computer activity on the station. She revealed the mole to be Uphanad, the station’s security chief.

Nimbo (XN)

Nimbo was one of the sons of Ender’s stepson, Olhado Ribeira von Hesse, and his wife Jaqueline. He was one of the mobocrats who attacked pequenino land, killing many of the so-called piggies in retaliation for the murder of his uncle Quim. Nimbo was hurt in the riot but was able to walk despite his injuries. He was certain he would be killed in the riot.

When Valentine Wiggin visited Olhado’s home for the first time, she saw Nimbo to be a stereotypical child.

Nita (PB)

Nita was a family friend or servant of the Madrid family. She made noodles with Bonzo.

Noches, Pablo de (ES)

A janitor at a place Bean called the “clean place,” Pablo de Noches was a poor Dutch man who used all his money to buy prostitutes. He found Bean hiding in a toilet when Bean was less than a year old and took the boy home to care for him. Bean eventually left Pablo’s care, but they encountered one another four years later when Bean searched for the janitor.

Bean (and Sister Carlotta, who had followed him) hoped Pablo would be able to shed some light on Bean’s past, but the janitor was not very helpful. He told Sister Carlotta about the organ farming and, after Bean went to Battle School, showed the nun the toilet in which he’d found Bean years earlier.

Noches’ Hooker (ES)

Pablo de Noches was known for hiring prostitutes. On one particular night, the hooker he’d paid walked home with him, encountering a four-year-old Bean on the way. Bean claimed that Pablo was married, angering the hooker, who walked away with Pablo’s money.

Noncomplying Family Act (EG)

Law by which families who had more than two children were arrested. Several nations ignored the law, choosing instead to live religiously or culturally and have multiple children.

Nordic (SD)

Nordic was the chosen language of the planet Trondheim, where Valentine Wiggin met and married her husband, Jakt.

Novinha (
See
von Hesse, Ivanova Santa Catarina “Novinha”)

Observations of Distant Worlds with the Naked Eye
(SD)

Popular book by noted author Mil Fiorelli,
Observations of Distant Worlds with the Naked Eye
had a great impact on Ender and Valentine Wiggin.

O’Connor (EE)

After retiring from the International Fleet and Ministry of Colonization, Hyrum Graff lived by himself in Ireland. O’Connor was one of Hyrum’s few friends and delivered groceries and letters to him.

Office Manager (ES)

The office manager was a woman who ran the building Bean called the “clean place.” Though it had changed dramatically from when Bean lived there in his first year of life, Sister Carlotta hoped it would give her some answers into Bean’s past. Carlotta went to the building with janitor Pablo de Noches and told the office manager that they were there on Fleet business.

Ojman, Rymus (XN)

Rymus Ojman was the chairman of the cabinet of the Starways Congress. He was a powerful political leader but lost much of his influence after an ironic essay by political pundit Demosthenes mocked him publicly.

Old Chinese (CM)

“Old Chinese” was the term used by the Chinese citizens of the planet Path to refer to the version of their language on Earth in “ancient” times.

Old Man (EE)

The old man was a colonist from India who was traveling to the planet Ganges. He wanted to ensure that the settlers from the southern part of India would be treated respectfully by the colony’s governor, Virlomi. Virlomi agreed and promised they would be.

Olhado (
See
Ribeira von Hesse, Lauro Suleimão “Olhado”)

Ooka ([CM])

Ooka was the first Necessarian philosopher on the planet Divine Wind.

Oporto (
See
Hundred Worlds)

Order of Inhibition (SH, SP, SG)

When someone was a proven security risk, government officials implanted in his brain a device that caused any kind of anxiety to launch a feedback loop, leading to a panic attack. Such people were then given periodic sensitization to make sure that they felt a great deal of anxiety when they contemplated talking about the forbidden subject. A noted scientist named Anton had this implanted in him.

Otaheti (
See
Hundred Worlds)

O’Toole, Agnes (WG)

A female testing officer for the International Fleet, Agnes O’Toole worked with Zeck Morgan, preparing him for Battle School. She was well respected by Zeck, a religious zealot who felt all women deserved respect—even I.F. officers.

Ouanda (
See
Saavedra Ouanda Quenhatta Figueira Mucumbi)

Outback (
See
Hundred Worlds)

Outspace (XN, CM)

Outspace was where the philotes existed and could only be reached by focused thought by the sentient computer Jane. Once in Outspace, a person could travel to any planet instantly, merely by thinking of the destination. In Outspace all thoughts become reality, including the creation of new life like Peter Wiggin II or a new body for Miro Ribeira.

Pace, General (EG)

A general from the International Fleet’s high command, General Pace was an adviser to Battle School who became concerned that Ender’s life was in jeopardy and encouraged Colonel Graff to graduate Bonzo Madrid to protect Ender.

Pacifica/Lumana’i (
See
Hundred Worlds)

Pan Ku-wei (XN)

Pan Ku-wei was a citizen of the planet Path. Of Chinese descent, he was a very smart man who came close to passing the test for government service. He fell short, though, but spoke out about political matters. He often talked about how the Starways Congress was wrong to send a fleet to destroy the planet Lusitania. Much of his rhetoric was taken from the essays of Demosthenes.

Paribatra, Prime Minister ([SG])

Prime Minister Paribatra was the prime minister of Thailand and an ally to Bean when he was hiding in that nation. Bean knew that Achilles Flandres, a former Battle School dropout and serial killer, was set to try to take over all of Asia. The prime minister of Thailand relied on Bean’s military expertise to protect his nation from Achilles and the Indian army that was set to invade.

Bean told the prime minister that Achilles was using the Indian forces not to actually invade Thailand, but to weaken all the armies in Asia by spreading them too thin against each other. Once to that point, Achilles would join with China and allow the Chinese to take over all of Asia. The prime minister doubted this theory, and virtually ignored Bean’s warnings. He was captured and held in China.

Once free, Paribatra negotiated with Peter Wiggin to bring his people into the Free People of Earth world government.

Park shift (SD)

A park shift was a sudden slowing of velocity for a spaceship as it approached a planetary orbit or a sudden increase of velocity as it left.

Patinha “Isolde” (SD)

Patinha was a child to Pipo and Conceição, born on the planet Lusitania.

Path (
See
Hundred Worlds)

Peder (EGS)

Peder was one of Ender’s soldiers in Dragon Army and was promoted to commander of his own army because of Dragon’s success. He was still nine when he was promoted, three years earlier than usual. He was a commander
for two weeks before being sent to Command School to train on the simulator. He was one of Ender’s soldiers in the simulator.

Pei-Tian (CH)

Pei-Tian was the driver for Han Tzu’s father. He had a key to the outside of the Han family compound, which Han Tzu wanted to steal.

Peregrino, Bishop (aka Armao Cebola) (SD, XN)

Bishop Peregrino was the presiding religious authority on the planet Lusitania. He conducted the funeral of Pipo, the planet’s xenologist who had been murdered by the native Lusitanians, the pequeninos. He had also been responsible for submitting the names of Cida and Gusto, the planet’s previous xenobiologists, for canonization after they’d died helping eradicate a plague.

As the defender of Catholicism on Lusitania, Bishop Peregrino was opposed to the practice of Speakers for the Dead—irreligious funeral rights that had come into fashion over the last three thousand years. Some of the colonists on Lusitania had called for a Speaker, and the Bishop was upset, but bound by the law to allow it.

However, once the Speaker, Ender Wiggin, arrived, the bishop sought to create a unified front against him. He even went to his religious rival, the abbot of the Children of the Mind of Christ, asking for his help in ridding Lusitania of the Speaker. The abbot refused, seeking to adhere to the law.

He was invited, a short time later, to meet with Governor Bosquinha. He learned in that meeting that the Starways Congress had begun absorbing the planet’s computer files. He was instructed to transfer the church’s most important files into Ender’s well-hidden computer storage space. Bishop Peregrino agreed, begrudgingly.

That night, despite his own public protestations, Bishop Peregrino attended the Speaking. He was surprised to see the level of honesty Ender portrayed in his Speaking of the late Marcão Ribeira. He also felt that the truths Ender revealed were ultimately gifts for the family—helping them see who their father and their adulterous mother really were.

Lusitania’s planetary charter was revoked, and Bishop Peregrino met with the other leaders of the Lusitania colony to discuss what course of action to take. He, along with the other leaders, decided to rebel against the Starways Congress’s orders, and cut off ansible communication. He hoped this would open the door for conversion of the planet’s native life—the pequeninos—to Catholicism.

In this process, Bishop Peregrino developed a grudging respect, bordering on friendship, for Ender. He learned that Ender had been baptized Catholic, and was not as devious as he’d once thought.

Bishop Peregrino took the governor of the colony to the forest where they learned that a treaty had been signed between humans and the pequeninos. He celebrated the treaty, knowing that it afforded him the opportunity to take the piggies the gospel.

He performed a celebratory mass later that morning, noting that Ender Wiggin sat with Novinha and her family. Bishop Peregrino also performed the marriage of Ender to Novinha a short time later.

Nearly thirty years later, as the Lusitanians waited for the fleet to arrive to destroy their world, Bishop Peregrino was still the leader of the church on the planet. He was very old, but equally revered by his parishioners.

When Ender’s stepson Quim, who had been ordained as the priest to the pequeninos, decided to go on a mission to the heretical piggies that believed the deadly Descolada virus to be the Holy Ghost, Bishop Peregrino supported it. He defended the missionary effort to the mayor and Quim’s family, stating that they had a responsibility to maintain the welfare of the piggies’ souls. There was great risk, to be sure, but the bishop admired Quim’s willingness to go.

Quim was killed by the pequeninos, and many of the citizens of Lusitania rioted. They burned much of the piggies’ forest, killing many pequeninos in the process. Bishop Peregrino pleaded with the people for calm, and chastened them as their spiritual leader for committing the murders they had in the forest. But he also took personal responsibility for not doing anything to stop the murders, either.