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judge on the planet Lyshriol (also known as Skyfall). His spcctacular voice is legendary among his people, a gift hc bequeathed to his sons Eldrin and Del-Kurj. The novel Skyfall tells the story of how Eldrinson and Roca mcet. They havc ten children:

Eldrin (Dryni) Jarać (opera singer, consort to Ruby Pharaoh, warrior) Althor Izam-Na (enginecr, Jagcrnaut, Imperial Heir)

Del-Kurj (Del) (rock singer, warrior, twin to Chaniece)

Chaniece Roca (runs Valdoria family household, twin to Del-Kurj) Havyrl (Vyrl) Torcelłei (dancer, farmer, doctorate in agriculture) Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia (military scientist, Jagernaut, Imperator) Denric Windward (teacher, doctorate in literaturę)

Shannon Eirlei (Blue Dale archer)

Aniece Dyhianna (accountant, MBA, Rillian queen)

Kelricson (Kelric) Garlin (mathematician, Jagernaut, Imperator)

Ali ten offspring briefly appear as teens or younger children in the novella, “Stained Glass Heart” (Irresistible Forces, ed. Catherine Asaro).

Eldrin appears in The Finał Key, Triad, Spherical Harmonie, The Radi-ant Seas, The Ruby Dice, Diamond Star, Carnelians, and Catch the Lightning.. See also Dchya.

Althor Izam-Na = (1) Coop and Vaz

= (2) Cirrus (former provider to Ur Qox)

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 cofather. Althor appears in his youth as a fighter pilot in Schism and The Finał Key. Althor and Coop appear in The Radiant Seas. Vaz and Coop appear in Spherical Harmonie. Althor and Cirrus also have a son.

Del-Kurj, often considercd the renegade of the Ruby Dynasty, is a rock singer who madę his famę on Earth. His twin sister is Chaniece. His story is told in Diamond Star, which is accompanied by a soundtrack of the same name cut by the rock band Point Yalid with Catherine