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Allied Worlds of Earth. They had no children and later divorced. The dissolution of their marriage would have negated the treaty, so neithcr the Allieds nor Impcrialate recognize the divorce. Spherical Harmonie tells the story of what happened to Dehya after the Radiance War. She also appears in almost all of the Ruby Dynasty novcls.

Dehya and Eldrin have two children, Taąuinil Selei and Althor Vyan Selei. Taąuinil is an extraordinary genius and untenably sensitive empath. He appears in The Radiant Seas, Spherical Harmonie, and Carnelians.

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, Althor tzam-Na Valdoria. The short story “Avo de Paso” in the anthologies Redshift, edited by Al Sarrantino, and Fantasy: The Year’s Best, 2001, edited by Robert Sil-verberg and Karen Haber, tells the story of how Tina and her cousin Manuel deal with Mayan spirits in the New Mexico desert.

Roca = (1) Tokaba Ryestar (deceased)

= (2) Darr Hammerjackson (divorced)

= (3) Eldrinson Althor Valdoria

Roca is the sister of the Ruby Pharoah and in the direct linę of suc-cession to the Ruby Throne and all three titlcs of the Triad. She is also the Foreign Affairs Councilor of the Assembly, a seat she won through election rather than as an inherited title. A ballet dancer turned dip-lomat, she is considered one of the most beautiful women alive. She appears in almost all of the Ruby Dynasty novels.

Roca and Tokaba Ryestar had one child, Kurj (Imperator and Jager-naut). Genctically, Kurj is the son of his grandfather. Kurj married Ami when he was a century old, and they had one son named Kurjson. Kurj apears in Skyfall, Primary Inversion, and The Radiant Seas.

Although no records cxist of Eldrinson’s lineage, it is belicved he descends from the ancient Ruby Dynasty. He is a bard, farmer, and