dramatis personae and places in shadow of the empire alessia valeria zadmchovuh-less-ee-yuh zuh-doom-chavone of hinevs explorers , daughter of the last enorian zariqua enassa and nerena zadmchov ; the child taken by marankeil to be hinevs assistant ariyalsynaiar-ri-yal-sinn-eyewhite mountain or star mountain ; the ancient capital of seynorynael berrachai ( y ) ibair-uh-kai-yian alien race calendrakuh-len-druh ( soft `` k '' ) a woman from firien ; kiels fiance celekar calainsel-i-kar kal-lain ( harder `` s '' ) technician at the firien project ; one of hinevs explorers eiron vaikyure-erlenkovair-on vai-kyure er-lenn-kahvseleraels father elera erlenkovell-err-uh er-lenn-kahva woman training at the lunei center ; ilikan marankeils companion enoree-nora legendary planet and civilization ettrekh meilacu-raee-trekh may-lak-ku-raha kayrian man , father of undina fynals hinevfy-nahlss hai-nevthe greatest scientist of seynorynael , son of jerekkil hinev and undina meilacu-ra ; the scientist who created the elixir of immortality known as hinevs serum ; one of kudenkas explorers goeurgerr , like the french `` coeur '' planet ilikan marankeilill-li-kahn mair-enn-kee-ilman who one day becomes a mechanized elder , then emperor of the seynorynaelian empire jerekkil hinevjair-ik-keel hai-nevan explorer and proto-telepath raised in the region of lake firien ; father of fynals hinev fielikor kielfee-yel-ee-kor keela spacecraft engineer on the firien project ; later the leader of hinevs explorers firiena city and region on seynorynael surrounding lake firien ; north of the weather-safe ring kudenkakoo-den-kuha scientist who leads kudenkas explorers ; friend of hinev lake firienlake fear-ee-enna province of seynorynael ; also a large body of water lierva kazankovlee-air-vuh ka-zan-kovmajor in the martial scientific force in charge of the firien project ; later one of hinevs explorers lyraleer-uhthe beautiful , mysteriously undying trees of seynorynael ; a formerly abundant , seeded , but now fruitless tree that can no longer be replaced once destroyed nalyanal-ee-yuhyoung woman of the ariyalsynai elite nerenaner-ee-nuhdaughter of nalya and general zadmchov ; mother of alessia rigellrai-jehla white star rikhsehr gerrylsrick-zair gair-rilssa botanist ; one of hinevs explorers rilien ornenkairill-ee-yen or-nen-kai , a biochemist ; later a mechanized elder and then vice-emperor of the seynorynaelian empire ; finally , the computerized entity on board selesta seleraelsel-air-ay-el ( softer `` s '' ) the daughter of alessia and eiron vaikyure-erlenkov , the one destined to end the seynorynaelian empire sesylendaeses-ill-enn-daystarship of kudenkas explorers seynorynaelsay-nor-i-nay-el ; often seh-nor-i-nay-elplanet in the great cluster galaxy selestasye-lerr-ess-tee-uh the greatest explorer spaceship ever to be built by the seynorynaelian empire ; once a ruin by lake firien , the vessel of the ferai-lunei , the comet riders .