Duane Poncy & Patricia J McLean
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Born in Meadow Springs, the Communities of Sweetland, in Y-3. She is a precoscious reader and has consumed all of the books from Earth available in the village library. The Sweetland Quartet Molly is a main character in the Sweetland Quartet, although she does not appear in Skyrmion. At the beginning of Degrees of Freedom she is 13-years-old, and at the end of the quartet, she is 17.
Raoul Adair is a close friend of Molly Whitedeer and Maige Roget. He is a secondary character in Degrees of Freedom (and will likely play a role in the final novel). — Family: Achievement: Role in Sweetland:
Encyclopedia of the Convergence Richard Miglia, CEO New America Corporation The bad guy.
Sean O’Connell runs a pub called The Penny Whistle, in the Irish Town neighborhood of south Sangre del Corazon. He was born in Sonoma, California, and moved with his parents to Belfast, Ireland at the age of twelve. — Family:
Sister Korinna is a Teacher at Sainte-Magdalene Convent. She is a Templar who is recruited to the cause of The Mutualists. — Family: Return to Index
Encyclopedia of the Convergence Sister Luz Sister Luz is a member of the Order of Eve (Teacher) in Sangre del Corazon. She is associated with the Mutualists. She is a spoke on The Concilio, and a colleague of Jessie Larivee. Sister Luz was born, Rowan O’Connell, in Sonoma, California. Her younger brother, Sean O’Connell, immigrated to Sweetland with her in 2038.
Brother Karim is a Templar and a Traveler. He is a member of the Mutualists, and organizes allies within the Communities and the Temple. He became a Traveler after emigrating from Earth to Sweetland. He is at the Guide level – can travel alone, can guide an apprentice, but has limited knowledge of the network. He was born in Chad and his family fled to Algeria when he was a child. He spent many years in a refugee camp in Algeria. — Family: Return to Index
Vasi Sra is a young Omi Guide from Vizucán who befriends Molly Whitedeer. Vasi is a farm girl, raised in a communal family, who left to join the Travelers and see the Convergence and has taken a courier job with Xelun Bés-la, delivering supplies and messages to neighboring worlds. She is a secondary character in Degrees of Freedom (and will likely play a further role in the final two novels).
One of the young rebels Jessie Larivee befriends in the forest, she is also a singer and songwriter with Enfants des Lunes, a band Molly Whitedeer and her friends meet at the Festival of Verano. The Struggle for Sweetland Vi Aubrac played an heroic role in the Struggle for Sweetland, and helped gained independence from the New America Corporation occupation of the Communities of Sweetland.
Xelun Bés-la operates a logistics company based in Ryzan, an Omi world. She has one employee, Vasi Sra. She currently supplies the waystation in Torzucan and a few obscure outer worlds, but has ambitions to supply most of the consulates in the Omi and Ysal worlds. — Family: Parents: Achievement: Return to Index
Zalas Cree is a young Metis from Alberta, son of a Polish father and French/Cree mother. He has a wife and daughter back on Earth, and he’s come to Sweetland to make good money from bauxite mining, sending a portion back home every month. He’s lived in New America for only a year, but suspect that he will not be allowed to return home again. — Family: Return to Index