The author says that we may pronounce the names as we please, but many readers wish to know how she pronounces them. Without getting too finicky, this is to give an indication of the syllables which are more emphasized and the approximate values of the vowels and consonants of most of the names used in the Vorkosigan universe of Lois McMaster Bujold. Brief identifications will include the work in which the person or place principally appears, if it appears little outside of that work.
This is not a complete guide to the pronunciation of all the names in Bujold's Vorkosigan universe. It contains . . . what it contains, with an attempt to cover all major characters and the minor ones whose pronunciation might be tricky. Names of persons are in alphabetic order by last name. When we have only one name for a person, it is in order just as we know it without there being a set of "unknown last name" entries somewhere, which also solves the problem of not always being able to tell whether it was the first name or last name that we knew. At least the author consistently uses European name order—given name first and family name last—so we don't have to cope with, for instance, whether Ky Tung belongs with the Tungs or the Kys.
Place and organization names are listed mixed in with the people. Even less attempt has been made to be complete. The Black Escarpment, for instance, is not listed since it is unlikely to be a pronunciation problem. Jackson's Whole House names are listed under their House names rather than all being collected under "House."
aa—a in as, cat
ah—a in arm, father, alleluia
aw—a in awe, dawn, caught
ay—a in bay, sakeuh—u in sun, done
oy—oy in boy
oh—o in go, oat
oo—o in choose, ruse
eh—e in bend
ee—e in week
ih—i in it
ai—i in sight, like
c—either k or s will be used except for ch
g—hard g as in good
j—soft g as in germ
zh—s in vision, second g in garage
Diphthongs (besides ai, ay, and oy) will be indicated by vowels separated by an underline; for instance, ai could be equivalently written as ah_ee. Many subtle differences are ignored: the "th" in thin is not distinguished from the "th" in then, the precise pronunciation of the "u" in survey is simplified to its less continental cousin "uh," and the rolled "r" is ignored. The swallowed vowel, as the "e" in "other" or the "o" in "carton," is simply left out. Purists beware.
Syllables are somewhat arbitrarily determined, more for convenience in indicating the vowels and stresses and to avoid the confusion of overloading many consonants onto a single syllable, than for exact indication of which syllable they would be pronounced with if one said the word syllable by syllable. So feel free to let the consonants indicated at the end of a syllable migrate to the beginning of the next and vice versa. Usually the difficulty about pronouncing an unfamiliar word is to choose among alternatives, and indicating which of the possible pronunciations the author prefers is the intent here. Stressed syllables are indicated by capital letters. If there is a secondary stress in a name it is indicated by small capitals, for instance: baa-ruh-POO-truh. There are many multi-syllable names with no indication of a secondary stress, when the rest of the syllables are all pretty much equal. Again, the pursuit of minutiae has been eschewed. Ship's names are in italics.
B—Barrayar
BA—Brothers in Arms
BI—"The Borders of Infinity"
C—Cetaganda
CC—A Civil Campaign
DD—"Dreamweaver's Dilemma"
DI—Diplomatic Immunity
EA—Ethan of Athos
FF—Falling Free
K—Komarr
L—"Labyrinth"
M—Memory
MD—Mirror Dance
MM—"The Mountains of Mourning"
SH—Shards of Honor
VG—The Vor Game
WA—The Warrior's Apprentice
WG—"Winterfair Gifts"
Agba—AAG-bah—Quaddie in charge of work teams getting clamps open during the disassembly of Cay Habitat. (FF)
Ahn—AAN—Lieutenant, meteorology officer at Lazkowski Base. (VG)
Aime Pass—AI-mee PAAS—Pass through the Dendarii Mountains taken by Gregor, Cordelia, and Piotr during Vorda rian's Pretendership. (B)
Anafi, Ser—aa-NAA-fee, SUHR—Agent of Rialto Sharemarket Agency that lent Tien Vorsoisson money he invested in a Komarran trade fleet. (K)
Apmad—AAP-maad—Vice President, GalacTech Operations. (FF)
Arata, Tav—ah-RAA-tah, TAAV—Captain, Kline Station Security, friend of Elli Quinn. (EA)
Arozzi—aa-ROH-zee—Komarr Terraforming Project, Serifosa Branch, engineer substituting for Radovas managing the Waste Heat section, also involved in Radovas and Soudha's other project. (K)
Aslund—AAS-luhnd—A system off the Hegen Hub that is wary of Barrayar. (VG)
Athos—AA-thohs—Planet within two-month sub-light voyage of Kline Station settled by a religious sect that banned women from the planet. (EA)
Auson—AW-sn—Captain of the Ariel in the Oseran Mercenaries, captain of the Triumph in the Dendarii Mercenaries. (WA)
Avakli—ah-VAH-klee—Doctor, rear admiral, biocyberneticist researching Simon's illness. (M)
ba—BAH—Caste of sexless aides and servitors to the haut of the Celestial Garden. (C)
Baneri—BAH-nee-ree—Marilacan leader, killed at the siege of Fallow Core. (BI)
Bannerji, George—BAA-nr-gee, JORG—Captain, GalacTech Company Security, Shuttleport Three, Rodeo, accidentally shot Tony during the attempted escape. (FF)
Barrayar—BEHR-ah-yahr—System off the Hegen Hub through Pol and Komarr, its wormhole connection to the rest of human space closed just after it was colonized, leading to several centuries of isolation and regression. (All except FF)
Baruch, Cynthia Jane—baa-RUHK, SIHN-thee-ya JAYN—Doctor, geneticist who built the original ovarian cultures for Athos, and put herself into her work. (EA)
Beatrice—BEE-uh-trihs—Marilacan lieutenant, tall, redhead, lost in the escape from Dagoola IV. (BI)
Beauchene Life Center—BOH-shayn LAIF SEHN-tr—Medical facility on Escobar specializing in cryo-revival. (MD)
Benar, Fehun—bay-NAHR, FAY-huhn—Commander of an orbiting Felician ore refinery and a friend of Major Daum. (WA)
Benin, Dag—BEH-nihn, DAAG—Ghem-colonel in charge of the investigation of Ba Lura's death. (C, CC)
Beta Colony—BAY-tah KAH-luh-nee—Second extra-solar colony, first successful one, founded from the U.S. before the advent of wormhole technology. (DD, FF, SH, WA, CC)
Bharaputra, Vasa Luigi—baa-ruh-POO-truh, VAA-suh loo-EE-jee—
Baron, head of House Bharaputra on Jackson's Whole, maker and seller of clones (and his own customer). (BA)
Bianca—bee-AHN-kah—Doctor and psychiatrist, he married into a pharmaceutical company and wants more control. (DD)
Bollan Design—BOH-lahn dee-ZAIN—Small engineering firm specializing in odd and experimental Necklin field generators and custom repairs especially of obsolete jump ship rods. (K)
Boni, Tersa—BOH-nee, TR-zah—Medtech, Escobaran, in Personnel Retrieval and Identification for nine years, made sure it was done right for her daughter. (SH)
Bonn—BAWN—Barrayaran engineering lieutenant at Laskowski Base, ordered to have his men clean up a fetaine spill. (VG)
Bonsanklar—BOHN-saang-klahr—Large seaside resort in Vorkosigan District. (B)
Borgos, Enrique—BOHR-gohs, ehn-REE-kay—Escobaran, doctor of entomology rescued with his bugs and lab equipment by Mark from his creditors on Escobar. (CC)
Bothari, Konstantin—boh-THAH-ree, KOHN-stehn-tihn—
Armsman to (in order): Aral Vorkosigan, Ges Vorrutyer, Aral Vorkosigan, Piotr Vorkosigan, Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan, and Miles Vorkosigan; absolutely loyal to the Vorkosigans and absolutely deadly, but not absolutely sane. (SH, B, WA)
Bothari-Jesek, Elena—______-JEH-sehk, ay-LAY-nuh—daughter of Konstantin Bothari, childhood friend of Miles, Ivan, and Gregor, apprentice to Commodore Tung and captain in the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet, married to Bazil Jesek, later retired as a merchant captain. (All except EA, DI, FF, SH)
Brownell—brah_oo-NEHL—Betan Port Security officer attempting to arrest Arde Mayhew. (WA)
Brun—BRUHN—Captain in the Imperial forces, Security commander in Barrayaran trade fleet escort. (DI)
Calhoun, Tav—kaal-HOON, TAAV—Owner of the RG 132 who accepts a deed of Vorkosigan land as security on payment for it. (WA)
Canaba, Hugh—kah-NAH-bah, HYUU—Doctor, geneticist working for Bharaputra Labs, target of clandestine pickup from Jackson's Whole by the Dendarii Mercenaries. (L)
Cappell—kah-PEHL—Mathematician in the Waste Heat Management section of the Komarr Terraforming Project, Serifosa Branch. (K)
Cavilo—kaa-VEE-loh—Commander of Randall's Rangers, promoted herself by assassination disguised as accident. (VG)
Cay, Daryl—KAY, DAA-rihl—Vice President, R&D, biological, and major stockholder of GalacTech, a geneticist, he had a vision for humans in zero gravity. (FF)
Cecil—SEH-sl—Major in personnel at the Academy, personally involved in deciding every cadet's first assignment. (VG)
Cee, Terrence—SEE, TEHR-ehns—L-X-10 Terran-C, experimental result of Faz Jahar's genetics project on Cetaganda. (EA)
Cetaganda—see-tuh-GAAN-duh—Empire of eight planetary systems plus "allied worlds." Tried and failed to conquer Barrayar, Vervain, and Marilac. (C, DI)
Chalopin—CHAA-loh-pn—GalacTech Shuttleport Three Admin istrator, Rodeo, she is annoyed with Van Atta for bypassing her authority in handling his escaping quaddies. (FF)
Chenko—CHEHNG-koh—Doctor, neurologist on Miles's team at ImpMil diagnosing his seizures. (M)
Chodak, Clive—CHOH-daak, KLAIV—Dendarii sergeant, key to saving Miles and getting Gregor home. (VG)
Clogston, Chris—KLOHG-stn, KRIHS—Captain, Senior Fleet Surgeon, has to take up forensics and a nasty nanotech-engineered virus on the fly. (DI)
Corbeau, Dmitri—kohr-BOH, d-MEE-tree—Ensign in the Barrayaran Imperial forces, he fell in love with Garnet Five on Graf Station, touching off a chain of circumstances resulting in a diplomatic crisis. (DI)
Couer—KOO-her—Commodore, one of the few surviving senior officers in the invasion of Escobar; he helped Vorkosigan with cleanup. (SH)
Croye—KROY—Imperial Security lieutenant at Barrayaran Embassy on Beta Colony, in charge of watching Miles while he is there. (WA)
Csurik, Harra—SHUH-rihk, HAA-ruh—Hiked to Vorkosigan Surleau to speak her complaint when her village speaker would do nothing about her murdered baby. (MM)
Csurik, Lem—______, LEHM—Accused of his daughter's murder, but unwilling to convict the true killer by his words. (MM)
Csurik, Raina—______, RAY-nuh—The murdered daughter of Lem and Harra. (MM)
D'Emorie—deh-EHM-oh-ree—Imperial Security major of Solstice, engineering analyst investigating the Waste Heat Management's experimental station. (K)
D'Guise—d-GEEZ—Doctor, cryonicist at Imperial Military hospital diagnosing Miles's seizures. (M)
Dagoola IV—duh-GOO-lah FOHR—Location of Cetagandan prison camp for Marilacan prisoners of war. (BI)
Dal, Harman—DAHL, HAHR-mn—Cover identity for ghem-Colonel Millisor on Kline Station. (EA)
Darobey—DAH-roh-bay—One of the mutineers under Radnov. (SH)
Daum, Carle—DAA_OOM, KAHR-leh—Felician major that hired Miles and the RG 132 to take "agricultural supplies" to Felice. (WA)
Dea—DEE—Doctor and lieutenant, assistant to the Regent of Barrayar's physican, also competent as a large animal veterinarian. (MM)
Degtiar, Rian—DEHG-tee-ahr, RAI-ahn—Cetagandan haut-lady, Handmaiden of the Star Crèche, serious geneticist and member of the inmost ruling circle. (C)
Dendarii—dehn-DEH-ree-ee—Mountain range on Barrayar; also the name borne by a galactic mercenary troop led by Admiral Miles Naismith. (All except SH)
Deslaurier—dehs-LAW-rih-r—Ensign and Fleet legal officer in lieu of a senior officer on death leave, Barrayaran trade fleet escort. (DI)
Desroches—day-ROH-shay—Doctor and Chief of Staff at the Sevarin Replication Center on Athos. Doctor Ethan Urquhart's immediate superior. (EA)
Destang—des-STAHNG—Commodore, Chief of Security for Sector II, hopes to retire before Miles shows up in his area again. (BA)
Diaz, Carlos—dee-AAZ, KAAR-lohs—Private eye who lost his license and is looking for a new source of income, aka Rudolph Kinsey. (DD)
Droushnakovi, Ludmilla—DROOSH-nuh-kaw-vee,
luhd-MIH-luh—Bodyguard to Princess Kareen and her son, Gregor, later married to Captain Koudelka. (B)
Dub—DUHB—Imperial armsman encountered by Miles after his unscheduled landing at Vorhartung Castle, did not believe who Miles was. (WA)
DuBauer, Chalmys—doo-BAA_OO-r, CHAAL-mihs—Pilot in pre-wormhole jump days between Earth and Beta Colony. (DD)
Dubauer, Ker—doo-BAA_OO-r, KR—Assumed name of Idris passenger seeming to be a Betan hermaphrodite, actually a renegade Cetegandan ba. (DI)
Durona Group—doo-ROH-nuh GROOP—Medical research group allied to House Fell, founded by Lilly Durona and composed of her clones. (MD)
Durrance—duh-RAANTZ—Captain, GalacTech freight shuttle commander, Ti's supervisor, who spreads gossip of Beta Colony's invention of artificial gravity. (FF)
Dyan—DAI-aan—House on Jackson's Whole, taken over by House Ryoval. (DI)
Escobar—EHS-koh-bahr—A high-tech world, located near to Beta Colony and Sergyar in the Wormhole Nexus. (SH)
Esterhazy—EHS-tr-hah-zee—Vorkosigan armsman, good with horses, aids Bothari, Cordelia, and Gregor to escape Vordarian's squads. (B)
Eta Ceta—AY-tuh SEE-tuh—Capital world of the Cetagandan Empire. (C)
Farr, Andro—FAHR, AAN-droh—Komarran, a friend of Marie Trogir, worried about her and about what to do with her cats. (K)
Felice—fay-LEES—Nation on Tau Verde IV, warring with Pelias. (WA)
Fell—FEHL—House and criminal syndicate on Jackson's Whole, specializing in arms deals. (L, MD)
Ferrell, Falco—FEH-rehl, FAAL-koh—Escobaran Pilot Officer, assigned to personnel retrieval after the war with Barrayar. (SH)
Fetaine—feh-TAYN—Gas terror weapon, causes genetic damage to its victims. (VG)
Firka—FUHR-kuh—One of Gras-Grace's fellow smugglers, business manager of their enterprise. (DI)
Fors—FOHRZ—Sergeant, GalacTech Security, he led an unsuccessful team of three attempting to recover a stolen shuttle on Rodeo. (FF)
Foscol, Lena—FOHS-kohl, LEE-nah—Accountant for the Komarr Terraforming Project, Serifosa Branch, a most meticulous thief. (K)
Galen, Ser—GAY-ln, SUHR—Dedicated Komarran rebel, his sister Rebecca was killed in the Solstice Massacre. (BA)
Galeni, Duv—geh-LEHN-ee, DUHV—Born David Galen, son of Ser Galen, captain in the Barrayaran Imperial Military. Security chief of Barrayaran embassy on Earth, later head of Komarr Affairs, Imperial Security. (BA, CC, M, WG)
Gamad—GAH-mahd—Felician Lieutenant who became enamored of his own importance upon succeeding Major Daum. (WA)
ghem—GEHM—The lower of the two Cetagandan castes of nobility. (C)
Giaja, Fletchir—gee-AH-jah, FLEH-chr—Emperor of Cetaganda. (C)
Giaja, Slyke—______, SLAI-kee—Satrap Governor of Xi Ceta and half brother of the current emperor. (C)
Gibbs—GIHBZ—Colonel, ImpSec, Solstice, financial analyst called in to examine the books of the Komarr Terraforming Project at Serifosa. (K)
Goff—GAWF—One of four thugs hired to assault Lord Dono Vorrutyer on Barrayar. (CC)
Gompf, Laurie—GAWM-pf, LOH-ree—GalacTech's Hazardous Waste Management Officer, George Bannerji required a proper work order signed by her to fire on the D-620. (FF)
Gonzales, Helmut—gohn-ZAH-lehs, HEHL-muht—Feelie-dream distributor who has contracted for a sequel from Anias Ruey. (DD)
Graf, Leo—GRAAF, LEE-oh—Welding engineer and expert in nondestructive testing, eighteen-year veteran of GalacTech, leads the quaddies to freedom. (FF)
Greenlaw—GREEN-law—Union of Free Habitats' Senior Sealer for Downsider Relations, equivalent to a minister plenipotentiary reporting to the very top level of their government. (DI)
Grishnov—GRIHSH-nawv—Minister of Political Education, he thought he might become the real power in the Barrayaran Empire; his ministry was one of Ezar's experiments in centralization that failed. (B)
Gulik, Ti—GOO-lihk, TAI—Lieutenant, GalacTech freight shuttle pilot drafted to pilot the quaddies' superjumper. (FF)
Gupta, Russo—GUHP-tah, ROO-soh—aka "Guppy." A genetically engineered amphibious human attempting to make a semi-honest living as an engineer on a smuggling ship when the crew was double-crossed and murdered in a deal only Guppy survived. (DI)
Gustioz, Oscar—GOOS-tee-ohz, AHS-kr—Escobaran parole officer tasked with retrieving Doctor Borgos from Barrayar. (CC)
Halify—HAA-lih-fee—Able young Felician general who hired Miles to stop the war with the Pelians. (WA)
Haroche, Lucas—hah-ROHSH, LOO-kuhs—General and Head of Domestic Affairs, Imperial Security, sabotaged Simon Illyan's memory chip to take his job. (M)
Hassadar—HAA-suh-dahr—New capital of Vorkosigan District after the destruction of Vorkosigan Vashnoi in the Cetagandan War. (CC, MM)
haut—HOHT—The higher of the two Cetagandan castes of nobility. (C, DI)
Hegen Hub—HEH-gn HUHB—Nexus of four wormholes connecting Pol, Vervain, Jackson's Whole with five wormholes, and Komarr with six wormholes, an important trade and political crossroads. (VG)
Helda, F.—HEHL-dah—Biocontrol Warden for Sector Four on Kline Station. Her son emigrated to Athos, making her hate the males-only planet. (EA)
Henri—HEHN-ree—Doctor and first Barrayaran uterine replicator specialist, beaten to death by Vordarian's men seeking Miles. (B)
Hewlett—HEE_OO-leht—Jacksonian pilot, one of Gras-Grace's smuggler crew. (DI)
Husavi—hoo-SAH-vee—Group Commander, Komarran commander of Station Security on the Barrayaran jump-point station at Komarr. (K)
Hysopi, Karla—hai-SOH-pee, KAAR-lah—Widow, caretaker of Elena Bothari. (B)
Idris—IH-drihs—Komarran trade ship held at Graf Station. (DI)
Illyan, Simon—EEL-yn, SAI-mn—Captain in Barrayaran military,
implanted with a memory chip in his brain to ensure perfect and verifiable recall. Becomes Chief of Security afterward. (All except DI)
Jackson's Whole—JAAK-snz HOHL—System off the Hegen Hub run by the greater and lesser houses, each headed by a baron under the principle that "the Deal is the Deal." (BA, EA)
Jahar, Faz—jah-HAHR, FAAZ—Cetagandan geneticist, obsessed with finding the genes for telepathy. (EA)
Janine—jah-NEEN—J-9-X Ceta-G, experimental telepathy subject and companion to Terrence Cee, killed during escape from Cetaganda. (EA)
Jankowski—jaang-KOW-skee—Vorkosigan armsman, one of the three allotted to Miles while he is at Vorkosigan House. (M)
Jankowski, Denys—______, DEH-ns—Son of Armsman Jankowski. (CC)
Janos—YAA-nohs—Son of Ethan's father's designated alternate parent who Ethan wished would be his designated alternate parent, moved to Outlands on Athos. (EA)
Jesek, Bazil—JEH-sehk, BAA-zl—Deserted from the Barrayaran military, sworn as armsman by Miles, fell in love with and married Elena Bothari, commodore and fleet engineer in the Dendarii Mercenaries until his resignation. (WA)
Jole—JOHL—Lieutenant, aide to Aral Vorkosigan. (VG)
Joris—JOH-rs—Vorrutyer armsman, driver, loyal to Dono. (CC)
Kanzian—KAAN-zee_uhn—Admiral in the Barrayaran military, allied with Aral during the Vordarian Pretendership, a top military strategist. (B)
Karal, Serg—KAA-rl, SRG—Speaker for Silvy Vale, a veteran and a traveled man. (MM)
Kety, Ilsum—KEH-tee, IHL-suhm—Satrap Governor of Sigma Ceta, impatient, manipulative. (C)
Kline Station—KLAIN STAA-shuhn—Three-hundred-year-old station orbiting a faint star in a nexus of six wormholes, a thriving crossroads with one hundred thousand citizens, already a hundred years old when Athos was founded. (EA)
Klyeuvi, Amor—klai-OO-vee, AY-mohr—"Kly the Mail," retired major, served Piotr in the Cetagandan War, then eighteen years as the Imperial Mail in the hills, he aids Cordelia and Gregor in escaping Vordarian's squads. (B)
Komarr—koh-MAHR—Important wormhole nexus, living off its trade routes; controlled by Barrayar, as its only outlet to the rest of human inhabited space. (CC, K, M, SH)
Korabik, Gottyan—koh-RAH-bihk, GOHT-yahn—Eager for promotion, joined Radnov's mutiny; got his captaincy in the expedition against Escobar, died soon after. (SH)
Kosti—KAWS-tee—Corporal, gate guard at Vorkosigan House provided by ImpSec. (CC)
Kostolitz—KOHS-toh-lihtz—Unhappily paired with Miles for the academy entrance physical tests, later befriended. (WA)
Koudelka, Clement—koo-DEHL-kuh, KLEH-mnt—Suffered nerve disruptor damage in Radnov's attempted takeover of the Sergyar expedition, became secretary to the Regent, married Droushnakovi, has four daughters: Delia, Olivia, Martya, and Kareen. (B, CC, SH, WA)
Koudelka, Delia—______, DEE-lee_uh—Eldest Koudelka daughter, involved with Commodore Duv Galeni. (CC, M, MD, WG)
Koudelka, Kareen—______, kah-REEN—Youngest Koudelka daughter returning home after a year studying at Beta Colony with Mark Vorkosigan, finds it hard to return to Barrayar. (CC, MD)
Koudelka, Martya—______, MAHR-tee_uh—One of the middle Koudelka daughters, interested in Doctor Borgos. (CC)
Koudelka, Olivia—______, uh-LIH-vee_uh—One of the middle Koudelka daughters, attracted to Lord Dono Vorrutyer. (CC)
Kshatryia—KSHAH-tree-uh—Culture whose military includes imperial mercenaries they rent to anyone. (WA)
Kyril Island—KIH-rihl AI-lnd—Location of Lazkowski Base, a Barrayaran infantry winter training camp. (VG)
Lazkowski Base—laas-KOW-skee BAYS—Barrayaran infantry winter training camp on Kyril Island, also called "Camp Permafrost." (VG)
Leutwyn—LOOT-wihn—Adjudicator called in on Graf Station to judge if warrants could be issued for arrest and fast-penta interrogation, arrived in time to witness the arrival of Russo Gupta and sanction his arrest and interrogation. (DI)
Lura—LOO-ruh—Ba, loyal servant of the Haut Lizbet Degtiar, the Dowager Empress, its involvement in the copying of the Star Crèche cost it its life. (C)
Malka—MAAL-kuh—One of four thugs hired to assault Lord Dono on Barrayar. (CC)
Marilac—MAA-rih-laak—Invaded by the Cetagandans. Barrayar aided them for five years until the Cetagandans left. (BI)
Mayhew, Arde—MAY-hee_oo, AHR-dee—Jump pilot who allowed Cordelia to stow away on his ship from Beta Colony, rescued by Miles when his ship was about to be scrapped. (WA)
Maz, Mia—MAHZ, MEE-uh—Vervani embassy Assistant Chief of Protocol specializing in women's etiquette, she accepts Ambassador Vorob'yev's marriage proposal. (C)
Mehta—MEH-tah—Doctor, captain in Betan Security, and a devious psychoanalyst. (SH)
Metzov, Stanis—MEHT-zawv, STAA-nihs—General commanding Laskowski Base, an old line veteran, after his resignation, he left Barrayar and joined Randall's Rangers. (VG)
Millisor, Luyst—MIH-lih-sohr, LOIST—Ghem-colonel in charge of security on Faz Jahar's genetics project, determined to dispose of the last experimental results. (EA)
Minchenko, Ivy—mihn-CHEHNG-koh, AI-vee—Musician, historian-performer, second-best musician on her planet. (FF)
Minchenko, Warren—______, WAH-rn—Doctor, chief medical officer, Cay Habitat, worked from the beginning on the thirty-five-year-long project to create the quaddies. (FF)
Molino—moh-LEE-noh—Senior Cargomaster of the Komarran trade fleet. (DI)
Muno—MOO-noh—Sergeant, assistant to Parole Officer Gustioz. (CC)
Murka—MUHR-kuh—Dendarii lieutenant, beheaded by plasma fire on Dagoola IV. (BI)
Naismith, Cordelia—NAY-smihth, kohr-DEE-lee_uh—Betan Astronomical Survey, captain of the Rene Magritte, stopped the mutiny on Aral's ship, married Aral and became Countess Vorkosigan, ended the Vordarian Pretendership while rescuing her son. (All except FF)
Naismith, Elizabeth—______, eh-LIHZ-uh-behth—Replicator repair tech on Beta Colony, Cordelia's mother. (EA, WA, CC)
Naru—NAH-roo,—Ghem-general, commander of Cetagandan Imperial Security and ghem-Colonel Benin's commanding officer. (C)
Navarr, Pel—nah-VAHR, PEHL—Haut-lady, consort of Eta Ceta, ally of Rian Degtiar, receives the kidnapped Star Crèche shipment to Rho Ceta, and performs the duties of the murdered consort of Rho Ceta. (C, DI)
Necklin field—NEHK-lihn FEE_IHLD—Five-space field necessary for wormhole jump travel, generated by the Necklin Drive. (All)
Negri—NEH-gree—Captain, head of Imperial Security under Emperor Ezar Vorbarra, died saving Gregor from Vordarian's men during the coup attempt. (SH, B)
Nevatta, Grace—neh-VAH-tah, GRAYS—"Gras-Grace," captain of a small smuggling ship trying to make a living, she is the brains of the operation. She has an alternate ID as Polian Louise Latour. (DI)
Nicol—nih-KOHL—Harp and hammer dulcimer player with the Minchenko Ballet orchestra after roaming outside Quaddiespace. Bel Thorne lives with her. (L, DI)
Norwood—NOHR-wd—Lieutenant, medtech who shipped Miles's cryo-chamber away from Bharaputra Labs. (MD)
Nout—NAA_OOT—Dendarii put in charge of the worthless Felician millifennig payment for delivery of Daum's cargo. (WA)
Nu, Livia—NOO, LIH-vee-uh—Cover identity for Commander Cavilo. (VG)
Okita—oh-KEE-tah—Sergeant, one of ghem-Colonel Millisor's men, killed by Ellie Quinn. (EA)
Oliver—AH-lih-vr—Marilacan Commando Sergeant, first recruit to Miles's new Marilac resistance. (BI)
Olshansky—ohl-SHAHN-skee—Colonel, Head of Sergyaran Affairs, newly appointed. (M)
Orient Station—OH-ree-ehnt STAY-shuhn—Barrayaran Security HQ for Sector IV. (BA)
Oser—OH-sr—Admiral of the Oseran Mercenaries, killed during the Vervain conflict. (WA)
Overholt—OH-vr-hohlt—Sergeant in Imperial Security, Miles's bodyguard on his assignment in the Hegen Hub. (VG)
Parnell—pahr-NEHL—Pilot Officer of the decoy vessel captained by Captain Cordelia Naismith. (SH)
Pelias—PEHL-ee-uhs—Nation on Tau Verde IV warring with Felice. (WA)
Pol—POHL—System linking Komarr to the Hegen Hub. (VG)
Pramod—PRAA-mawd—Quaddie welding tech, another top student of Leo Graf. (FF)
Ptarmigan—TAHR-mih-gn—Dendarii lieutenant noted for aggressive shuttle piloting. (L)
Pym—PIHM—Vorkosigan armsman. (CC, MD, MM, WG)
Quinn, Elli—KWIHN, EH-lee—Commander, Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet, originally from Kline Station. (All except FF, MM, SH, B)
Quintillan—KWIHN-tihl-aan—Minister of the Interior, promising Barrayaran bureaucrat lost to an untimely accident. (B)
Radnov—RAAD-nawv—Barrayaran lieutenant, Political Officer on the General Vorkraft, tried and failed to assassinate Aral Vorkosigan. (SH)
Radovas, Barto—RAA-doh-vahs, BAHR-toh—Engineer with a doctorate in math from Solstice University killed while testing wormhole-closing device. (K)
Rathgens—RAATH-jehnz—General, Imperial Security chief on Komarr. (K)
Rau—RAH_OH—Ghem-captain, minion of ghem-Colonel Millisor. (EA)
Rene Magritte—reh-NAY mah-GREET—Sixty-person vessel of the Betan Astronomical Survey. (SH)
Rigby—RIHG-bee—Group-Patroller, Komarran civilian police force, Serifosa Dome Security. (K)
Riva—REE-vuh—Doctor, five-space mathematical physics expert from Solstice University. (K)
Roic—ROYK—Vorkosigan armsman, former policeman in Hassadar, feels intimidated by the military backgrounds of most other armsmen. (CC, DI, WG)
Rond, Este—RAWND, EHS-tee—Satrap Governor of Rho Ceta, the Cetagandan territory closest to Barrayar. (C)
Rotha, Victor—ROH-thah, VIHK-tohr—Arms dealer cover identity for Ensign Lord Miles Vorkosigan in Hegen Hub. (VG)
Rudra—ROO-druh—Komarran trade ship held at Graf Station. (DI)
Ruey, Anias—RAY or RUH_EH, uh-NAI-uhs—A struggling artist and author of the feelie-dream Triad. (DD)
Ruibal—ROO_EE-bl—Doctor, a neurologist, head of the medical team handling Simon Illyan's "illness." (M)
Ryoval, Ry—RAI-uh-vahl, RY—Baron, head of House Ryoval, purveyor of flesh, genetic collector, and paranoid loner. (MD)
Sahlin—SAH-ln—Felician captain who takes Daum's cargo down to Tau Verde IV. (WA)
Sencele, Mount—sehn-SEHL, MAH_OONT—Site of the third day of the entrance exams for admission to the Barrayaran Imperial Academy, where the cadets must run a hundred kilometers. (WA)
Sens—SEHNZ—One of the mutineers under Radnov. (SH)
Sergyar—SRG-yahr—Barrayar's wormhole neighbor and colony planet. (CC, SH, DI)
Serifosa Dome—seh-rih-FOH-sah DOHM—One of the sealed arcologies on Komarr, capital of Serifosa Sector. (K)
Setti—SEH-tee—Minion of ghem-Colonel Millisor, killed on Kline Station. (EA)
Sevarin—SEH-vah-rihn—Large city on Athos, location of the Sevarin Replication Center, where Doctor Urquhart works. (EA)
Siembieda, Ryan—saim-BAI-dah, RAI-uhn—Dendarii tech sergeant killed on Mahata Solaris. Revived on Earth, he wondered what had happened and is filled in by Miles. (BA)
Siggy—SIH-gee—Quaddie airsystems maintenance tech, part of Silver's organization to obtain forbidden books and vids. (FF)
Silica—SIH-lih-kah—Underground city on Beta Colony with a notable zoo. (WA)
Silvy Vale—SIHL-vee VAYL—Small village in the Dendarii Moun tains, progressing with help from the Vorkosigans. (M, MM)
Skellytum—SKEH-lee-tuhm—Cylindrical plant up to five meters tall, brown with upward-growing tendrils, native to Barrayar. (K)
Smolyani—s-mohl-YAH-nee—Lieutenant in Imperial Security, captain of the courier Kestrel sent to find Miles to negotiate a solution to problems at Graf Station. (DI)
Soletta Array—soh-LEH-tah ah-RAY—Hexagonal array of seven insolation mirrors built by the Komarrans three centuries ago to aid in terraforming their world. Four mirrors were damaged or destroyed in an accident. (K)
Solian—SOH-lee-n—Lieutenant, Barrayaran security liaison officer to the Toscane-owned ship Idris of the Komarran trade fleet, killed by renegade Cetegandan ba. (DI)
Solstice Dome—SOHL-stihs DOHM—A sealed arcology on Komarr and the planetary capital. (K)
Soltoxin—sohl-TAHK-sihn—Gas weapon that attacks the lungs. The antidote is a teratogen that affects fetal bone development, severely injuring Miles before birth. (B)
Soudha—SOO-duh—An engineer with a degree in five-space technology, Head of Waste Heat Management for Serifosa branch of the Komarr Terraforming Project. He tries to close the wormhole to Barrayar to free his planet. (K)
Sphaleros—s-FAA-lr-ohs—Ground Captain ImpSec, sent to transport Nikki and various others to confer with Gregor. (CC)
Stauber, Georish—STAA_OO-br, JEE_OH-rihsh—Baron of House
Fell, half brother of Baron Ryoval, and Lily Durona. (L, MD)
Stuben—STOO-behn—Betan lieutenant, second-in-command of the Rene Magritte. (SH)
Suegar—SOO-gahr—Marilacan prisoner with a prophetic text on Dagoola IV. (BI)
Szabo—ZAH-boh—Chief Vorrutyer armsman with a special care for the succession of Count Pierre. (CC)
Tabbi—TAH-bee—Quaddie who figured out a way to open vacuum-welded clamps by using slurry explosive. (FF)
Tafas—TAA-fahs—One of the Radnov's mutineers, he helped Cordelia stop them. (SH)
Tanery Base—TAA-neh-ree BAYS—Barrayaran military shuttle port, Aral's base of operations during the Vordarian Pretendership. (B)
Tarpan, Lucan—TAHR-paan LUH-kn—From Jackson's Whole with ties to House Bharaputra, tries to have Ekaterin assassinated to cover his escape. (WG)
Tau, Varadar—TAH_OH, VAAR-ah-dahr—Bandit leader whose tax-collecting accountants were the first counts of Barrayar. (B)
Tau Verde IV—TAH_OH VAYR-dee FOHR—Location of Felice and Pelias. (WA)
Taura—TAH-rah—Ninth (and only survivor) of ten experimental supersoldiers made on Jackson's Whole, rescued/recruited by Miles for the Dendarii. (L, MD, WG)
Teki—TEH-kee—Kline Station hydroponics specialist and cousin of Ellie Quinn. (EA)
Teris Three—TEH-rihs THREE—Third-shift supervisor for Graf Station Security. (DI)
Tesslev—TEHS-lehv—Best guerrilla lieutenant General Piotr ever had, killed during the Cetegandan War. (WA)
Thorne, Bel—THOHRN, BEHL—Officer on the Ariel in the Oseran Mercenaries, captain of the Ariel in the Dendarii Mercenaries, forced to retire from the Dendarii for its role in the clone rescue raid, ended up in Quaddiespace as Assistant Portmaster on Graf Station, and wants to be a Union of Free Habitats citizen. (All except B, FF, SH)
Toscane, Laisa—TAHS-kayn, LAI-sah—Ph.D. in business theory and on Barrayar to lobby for Komarran shipping interests. Ends up marrying Emperor Gregor. (CC, M)
Touchev—TOO-chehv—Sergeant in the Imperial forces, squad leader of the Security team sent to retrieve Ensign Corbeau when the Barrayaran escort fleet went to alert status. (DI)
Tremont, Guy—treh-MAWNT, GEE—Marilacan colonel and a brilliant commander, he was betrayed at Fallow Core, died on Dagoola IV. (BI)
Tris—TRIHS—Marilacan, field-promoted to lieutenant. She and her disciplined corps are the core of Miles's organization of the prisoners and of the new Marilac resistance. (BI)
Trogir, Marie—troh-GEER, mah-REE—Engineering technician in the Waste Heat Management group, working for Radovas. She died in the test of the wormhole-closing device. (K)
Tung, Ky—TUHNG, KAI—Captain-owner of the Triumph in the Oseran Mercenaries, commodore and chief of staff in the Dendarii Mercenaries until his retirement. (BA, BI, MD, VG, WA)
Tuomonen—too_oh-MOH-nehn—Captain, head of ImpSec for Serifosa, married to a Komarran, helps Miles investigate the Soletta Station accident. (K)
Ungari—uhng-GAA-ree—Captain in Imperial Security, assigned to make a military evaluation of the Hegen Hub situation and given Miles as a resource. (VG)
Urquhart, Ethan—R-kwahrt, EE-thn—Doctor and Chief of Repro ductive Biology at the Sevarin Replication Center, sent to
replace the ovarian cultures bought from Jackson's Whole. (EA)
Ushakov—OO-shah-kawv—Colonel in Barrayaran Imperial Secu rity, commander of Major Zamori, Captain Ivan Vorpatril, and Lieutenant Alexi Vormoncrief, among others. (CC)
Vaagen—VAH-gn—Doctor and biochemist on Barrayar, expert in combat medicine, granted a research empire by Cordelia when he saves Miles's life. (B)
Valentine—VAA-ln-tain—Admiral, one of the seven sitting Imperial Auditors when Simon suffered his memory chip sabotage. (M)
Van—VAAN—Pilot Officer on a commercial liner, on the board of the pilot's union, acquainted with Arde Mayhew. (WA)
Van Atta, Bruce—Vaan AA-tah, BROOS—Head of the Cay Project after the death of Doctor Cay, sees his job as making the project profitable. After interpreting his orders to terminate the quaddies, he tries to stop them from escaping. (FF)
Vandeville—VAAN-d-veel—Town on Barrayar's South Continent where Ekaterin grew up. (K)
Venier, Ser—veh-NEER, SEHR—Administrative assistant to Tien Vorsoisson, a slight, nervous, rabbity Komarran. (K)
Venn—VEHN—Crew Chief of Graf Station Security, offended by the armed violence of Barrayarans in military alert mode. (DI)
Vervain—vr-VAIN—System linking the Hegen Hub to the Cetagandan Empire, attempting to remain neutral vis-à-vis Cetaganda. (VG)
Vervani—vr-VAAN-ee—An inhabitant of Vervain.
Villanova, Liz—vih-lah-NOH-vah, LIHZ—aka "Mama Nilla," a popular crèche mother to the younger quaddies. (FF)
Virga, Valeria—VUHR-gah, vah-LEH-ree_ah—Author of romantic novels Silver is fond of, possibly a committee. (FF)
Visconti, Elena—vihs-KAWN-tee, ay-LAY-nuh—Escobaran trooper captured in the early stages of the Barrayaran invasion of Escobar, tortured by Serg and Vorrutyer, rescued to the best of his ability by Bothari, she kills him in front of their daughter, Elena. (All except FF and SH)
Vorbarr Sultana—vohr-BAHR suhl-TAH-nah—Capital of Barrayar and also of the Vorbarra District. (B, CC, M, MD, SH, WG)
Vorbarra, Dorca—vohr-BAA-ruh, DOHR-kuh—"The Just," Emperor of Barrayar, after an age of chaos was unifying the counts under his rule when Barrayar was rediscovered by the rest of galactic humanity. He presided over the first defeat of the Cetagandans. (All except EA and FF)
Vorbarra, Ezar—______, EE-zahr—Emperor of Barrayar, experimented with more centralized government, managed the transition from the rule of men to the rule of law. (SH)
Vorbarra, Gregor—______, GREH-gohr—Emperor of Barrayar, Miles's foster brother and friend. (All except EA, FF, and SH)
Vorbarra, Serg—______, SRG—Prince, he is Ezar's deviant son and heir; killed in battle with Escobar at the Emperor's order. (SH)
Vorbarra, Xav—______, ZAAV—Prince, second son of Emperor Dorca, diplomat, married a Betan. (B)
Vorbarra, Yuri—______, YOO-ree—"Mad Emperor Yuri." His massacre attempting to kill all of his relatives made him too many enemies. (SH)
Vorbataille—vohr-bah-TAI-l—Lord with connections and a space yacht, used as a pawn in a hijacking. (WG)
Vorberg—VOHR-brg—Lieutenant, ImpSec courier rescued from hijackers in Admiral Naismith's last adventure. (M)
Vorbohn—vohr-BOHN—Count, commander of the Vorbarr Sultana municipal guard. (CC)
Vorbretten, René—vohr-BREH-tn, reh-NAY—Count, brilliant, talented, and one-quarter Cetagandan, center of a controversy on the inheritance of countship. (CC)
Vorbretten, Sigur—______, SEE-guhr—Descended from René's great-uncle without any Cetagandan interlopers, claims René's countship. (CC)
Vordarian—vohr-DAYR-ee_uhn—Family whose colors are maroon and gold. (B)
Vordarian, Vidal—______, vih-DAHL—Commodore, count, archconservative and isolationist, had political differences with Aral Vorkosigan, desired Princess Kareen, and tried to take the throne by force. Killed by Bothari at Cordelia's command. (B)
Vordrozda—vohr-DROHZH-duh—Barrayaran count attempting to influence young Emperor Gregor by accusing Miles of treason. His plan fails when Miles returns to defend himself. (WA)
Vorfolse—VOHR-fohls—Count whose vote Miles's alliance seeks for the Vorrutyer and Vorbretten cases. (CC)
Vorgarin—vohr-GAH-rihn—Count, one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (CC)
Vorgier—vohr-GEER—Captain in Imperial Security and the head of Barrayaran jump-point station at Komarr, he's ready to go in against the terrorists, all guns blazing. (K)
Vorgorov, Cassia—VOHR-goh-rawv, KAA-see-uh—Lady and acquaintance of Ivan, she is engaged to Lord William Vortashpula. (CC)
Vorgustafson, Van—vohr-GUH-stahf-sn, VAAN—Lord, Imperial Auditor, retired industrialist and noted philanthropist. (M)
Vorhalas—vohr-HAA-lahs—Count, father of Carl and Evon, conservative, Aral Vorkosigan's longest-standing enemy. (WA)
Vorhalas, Carl—______, KAHRL—A young hothead, killed a man in a drunken duel, executed for it. (B)
Vorhalas, Evon—______, EE-vahn—Lieutenant, attempted to assassinate Aral Vorkosigan to avenge his brother's death, caught and condemned, freed to fight by Vordarian, doomed by Vordarian's failure. (B)
Vorhalas, Rulf—______, RUHLF—The younger brother of Count Vorhalas, admiral in the Escobar Invasion fleet, killed in the invasion. (SH)
Vorharopulos—vohr-haa-ROH-puh-loos—Family whose colors are chartreuse and silver. (CC)
Vorhartung Castle—vohr-HAHR-tuhng KAA-sl—Meeting place of the Council of Counts. (B, CC, WA)
Vorhovis—vohr-HOH-vihs—Imperial Auditor, Gregor's top man, a soldier and diplomat, lean, cool, and sophisticated. (M)
Vorinnis—vohr-IHN-ihs—Count, head of the military faction and one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (CC)
Vorkalloner, Aristede—vohr-KAA-ln-r, aa-rihs-TEED—Lieutenant commander on the General Vorkraft under Aral Vorkosigan, and commander on Gottyan's vessel in the expedition against Escobar. Killed in action. (SH)
Vorkosigan Surleau—vohr-KOH-sih-gn, suhr-LOH—Estate of the Vorkosigans on the Long Lake, once a castle destroyed in the Cetagandan Wars; later a house converted from the old barracks. (B, CC, SH, M, MD, MM, WF)
Vorkosigan Vashnoi—______ VAASH-noy—Old capital of the Vorkosigan District, became a blue-glowing crater in the Cetagandan Wars. (B, CC, M, WA)
Vorkosigan, Aral—______, AA-rl—Conqueror of Komarr, architect of the Barrayaran withdrawal from Escobar, admiral, regent, count, prime minister, worthy successor to his father, General Count Piotr Vorkosigan. (All except EA and FF)
Vorkosigan, Mark Pierre—______, MAHRK pee_EHR—Clone brother to Miles, he is six years younger and did not have his own name before Miles told him what it was as his parents' second son and insisted it was his. (BA, CC, MD, WG)
Vorkosigan, Miles Naismith—______, MAI_UHLZ NAY-smihth—Stunted and deformed by an assassination attempt on his father, wants nothing more than to be a worthy successor to him. Invented and became Admiral Naismith trying to be of service. (All except FF and SH)
Vorkosigan, Piotr Pierre—______, pee_OH-tr pee_EHR—General, count, chief architect of both Barrayaran victories in the Cetagandan Wars, and Ezar's succession in Mad Yuri's War, died in bed—the first Count Vorkosigan to do so—at ninety-two. (B, MM, WA)
Vorkosigan, Selig—______, SEH-lihg—General, count, possible original owner of Miles's seal dagger, inherited from his grandfather. (K)
Vorlaisner—vohr-LAYS-nr—One of the seven Imperial Auditors serving when Simon was stricken. (M)
Vorlakial—vohr-LAI-kee-uhl—A military strategist Aral Vorkosigan rates as superior to himself. Killed under mysterious circumstances. (SH)
Vorloupulous—vohr-LOO-puh-loos—Count who sought to evade Dorca's law limiting the number of armsmen a count could have. (WA)
Vormoncrief, Alexi—vohr-MAHN-kreef, aa-LEHK-see—Lieutenant in the Barrayaran military and the nephew of Count Boriz, a meddlesome young man who didn't react well when Ekaterin refused his offer of marriage. (CC)
Vormoncrief, Boriz—______, BOH-rihz—Barrayaran count suing the Council of Counts on behalf of his son-in-law, Sigur Vorbretten. (CC)
Vormuir, Thomas—vohr-MEE_UHR, TAA-ms—Count who has a great ambition to be a father to 122 illegitimate daughters. (CC)
Vormurtos—vohr-MUHR-tohs—Lord, and supporter of Richars' cause, prone to inebriation. (CC)
Vorob'yev—vohr-OHB-yehv—Ambassador, head of Barrayaran Embassy on Eta Ceta. (C)
Vorparadijs—vohr-PAH-rah-dees—General in the Barrayaran military and Imperial Auditor appointed by Ezar, one of the seven Imperial Auditors serving when Simon was stricken. (M)
Vorpatril, Alys—vohr-PAA-trihl, AA-lihs—Lady, a woman of impeccable taste, many friends, and subtle influence, good friend to Simon Illyan. (B, CC, WG)
Vorpatril, Eugin—______, YOO-jihn—Admiral of the Barrayaran escort of the Komarran trade fleet impounded at Graf Station; his flagship is the Prince Xav. (DI)
Vorpatril, Falco—______, FAAL-koh—Count, he is Ivan's cousin several times removed. (CC)
Vorpatril, Ivan—______, AI-vn—Miles's second cousin and heir, closest coeval relative and friend since childhood. A dedicated lady's man. (B, BA, C, M, MD, WA, WG)
Vorpatril, Padma—______, PAHD-mah—only descendant of Prince Xav besides Aral to survive Yuri's assassination squads. (SH)
Vorpinski—vohr-PIHN-skee—Count, one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (CC)
Vorreedi—vohr-REE-dee—Colonel in Imperial Security and Chief of Protocol of Barrayaran Embassy on Eta Ceta IV, also head of Intelligence department there. (C)
Vorrutyer, Byerly—vohr-ROOT-yr, BAI-r-lee—Assiduous town clown. (CC)
Vorrutyer, Dono—______, DOH-noh—Lord, formerly Lady Donna, part of her scheme to prevent Richars from succeeding to the countship. (CC)
Vorrutyer, Ges—______, GEHS—Admiral in Barrayaran military and co-commander with Prince Serg of the Barrayaran invasion fleet launched against Escobar. Killed by Bothari before the battle. (SH)
Vorrutyer, Richars—______, RIH-chahrs—Successor to Pierre that no one looks forward to, unprovably involved in other suspicious deaths. (CC)
Vorsmythe—vohr-SMAITH—Count, one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (CC)
Vorsoisson—vohr-SWAH-sawn—Officer in the South Continent district government, best friend of Sasha Vorvayne, has a son, Etienne, about ten years older than his friend's daughter. (K, CC)
Vorsoisson, Ekaterin Nile Vorvayne—_______, ee-KAY-tr-ihn NAI_UHL vohr-VAYN—Lady, married to Etienne Vorsoisson at age twenty, has a son, Nikolai. Her uncle is Imperial Auditor Professor Vorthys. (K, CC, WG, DI)
Vorsoisson, Etienne—_______, eht-YEHN—Administrator of the Serifosa branch of the Komarr Terraforming Project, a minor bureaucrat of no particular talent, thinks everything is accomplished by doing and calling in favors, has no use for the concept of merit. Dies trying to save his own skin at the Serifosa experiment station. (K)
Vorsoisson, Nikolai—_______, NIH-koh-lai—The nine-year-old son of Ekaterin and Tien, has inherited the Vorsoisson family genetic condition, Vorzohn's Distrophy. (K, CC)
Vorsoisson, Vassily—______, VAA-sih-lee—Etienne's third cousin, guardian of Nikki after Tien's death. (CC)
Vortaine—vohr-TAYN—Count, rather elderly, Ivan's heir, one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (WA)
Vortala—vohr-TAA-luh—Ezar's prime minister and Aral's when he is regent. (B)
Vortalon—vohr-TAA-ln—Captain, vid series jump-pilot hero, sidekick of Prince Xav, tracked down and killed those responsible for his father's death. (CC)
Vortashpula, William—vohr-TAASH-puh-luh, WIHL-ee_uhm—
Lord, acquaintance of Ivan, engaged to Lady Cassia Vorgorov. (CC)
Vorthalia—vohr-THAH-lee_uh—"The Bold," also "The Loyal," legendary hero of Barrayar also a historical person. (WA, K)
Vorthys, Georg—VOHR-tais, JOHRJ—Professor of Engineering at the Imperial University at Vorbarr Sultana, an Imperial Auditor specializing in diagnosis of engineering failures and sabotage sent to Komarr to investigate the Soletta Array accident. (CC, K, WG)
Vortrifrani—vohr-trih-FRAA-nee—Count, head of the isolationist faction. (M)
Vortugalov—vohr-TOO-gah-lawv—Count, head of the Russian language faction. (B)
Vorvane—vohr-VAYN—Lord, Minister for Heavy Industries. (MD)
Vorvayne, Edie—vohr-VAYN, EE-dee—Daughter of Hugo and Rosalie, a preteen, she has two elder brothers. (CC)
Vorvayne, Hugo—______, HYOO-goh—Holds a post in the Imperial Bureau of Mines in the northern regional HQ in Vordarian's District, Ekaterin's elder brother. (CC)
Vorvayne, Sasha—______, SAH-shuh—Officer in the South Continent district government, eager for his daughter, Ekaterin, to marry his friend's son, especially as he was remarrying. (K)
Vorvayne, Violie—______, VAI-oh-lee—Second wife of Sasha Vorvayne, stepmother to Ekaterin. (K)
Vorventa—Vohr-VEHN-tuh—Lord, "The Twice Hung," during the Time of Isolation, tried after he was dead, an unusual legal precedent on Barrayar. (K)
Vorville—vohr-VEEL—Count, head of the French language faction, one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (CC)
Vorvolk, Henri—VOHR-vohk, ahn-REE—Count, one of the few counts Gregor's age, friend of Gregor, and an official in Accounting watching over expenses. (WA)
Vorvolynkin—vohr-voh-LIHN-kn—Count, one of Alys Vorpatril's circle. (CC)
Vorzohn's Distrophy—VOHR-zhohnz DIHS-troh-fee—Genetic condition and adult-onset neurological disorder that begins in slight tremula, progresses to mental collapse and death, treatable by complex and expensive means, curable by gene therapy. (K)
Watts—WAHTZ—Boss or supervisor of Graf Station Downsider Relations, a job that includes the duties of Portmaster. (DI)
Weddell, Vaughan—WEH-dehl, VAWN—Hugh Canaba's new identity on Barrayar. He is a genetic researcher at the Imperial Science Institute just outside Vorbarr Sultana, brought in to assist on Simon's case by Miles. (L, M)
Wyzak—WAI-zaak—Chief, Life Support Systems, Cay Habitat. (FF)
Xian—zai-AHN—Marilacan general, had sworn to return to Fallow Core but was killed before he could do so. (BI)
Yegorov—YEH-goh-rawv—Barrayaran lieutenant on the Prince Serg, attempts to advise Admiral Naismith on etiquette when meeting Aral Vorkosigan. (VG)
Yei, Sondra—YAY, SOHN-drah—Doctor, head of psychology and training for the Cay Project, she takes a spanner to Bruce Van Atta's head when he attempts to kill the quaddies. (FF)
Yenaro—yeh-NAH-roh—Cetegandan grandson of ghem-General Yenaro, the last of five leaders of the Barrayar invasion, wishes to be an imperial perfumer. (C)
Yuell—YOO-ehl—Doctor, math professor, colleague of Doctor Riva. (K)
Zamori—zaa-MOH-ree—A major working in the Imperial Military, found excuses to call on the Vorthys residence to see Ekaterin. (CC)
Zara—ZAA-rah—Quaddie pusher pilot, her skill got the strike team docked with the D-620 superjumper. (F)