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qaqanhialh

the greatest and most critical festival and celebration of the aliens, the Zashinhalh. At this time the aliens reproduce, and conjugate, and die, and are born. It occurs during periods of certain currents of particles between the host star and one or more of its planets.

qaqanialh

a mispronunciation of ‘qaqanhialh', overlooking the silencing of the ‘n’.

Qin

one of Doug‘s fellow prisoners at Oberon.

quandarr: quandarinn, quandarr

in the game of MuTou, a convex polyhedral solid with identically-polygonal opposing faces and an inscribed, readable number on each face, used as a die in altering the outcome of a player’s move.

Quessnar: Quessnar, Quessnar Viustin, Viustin

father of Lejina, a street poet in the City‘s lower zones.

quinicale

a hardy, highly-nutritious grain based genetically on five different strains of earlier grain species.

Quintiran

security chief for Arlen‘s andro farms.

Quisindarr

a composer of the Second Dynasty.