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Authors: David Wingrove
The White Mountain (44 page)
In
Monsters of the Deep
we witness the first cracks in the great edifice as cousin is set against cousin in a war that is as tragic as it has become inevitable.
CHARACTER LISTING
MAJOR CHARACTERS
| DeVore, Howard | A one-time Major in the T'ang's Security forces, he had become the leading figure in the struggle against the Seven. A highly intelligent and coldly logical man, he is the puppetmaster behind the scenes as the great âWar of the Two Directions' takes a new turn. |
| Ebert, Hans | Son of Klaus Ebert and heir to the vast GenSyn Corporation, he has been promoted to Major in the T'ang's Security forces, and is admired and trusted by his superiors. Ebert is a complex young man; a brave and intelligent officer, he also has selfish, dissolute ambition to become not merely a prince among men but a ruler. |
| Fei Yen | âFlying Swallow', daughter of Yin Tsu, one of the Heads of the âTwenty-Nine', the minor aristocratic families of Chung Kuo. Once married to Han Ch'in, the murdered son of Li Shai Tung, she subsequently married his brother Li Yuan, nine years her junior. This classically beautiful woman seems fragile in appearance, but is actually strong-willed and fiery, as was proved in her secret affair with Tsu Ma, the T'ang of West Asia. |
| Kao Chen | Once a kwai , a hired knife from the Net, the lowest level of the great City, Chen has raised himself from those humble beginnings and is now a Captain in the T'ang's Security forces. As friend and helper to Karr and a close associate of Haavikko, Chen is one of the foot soldiers in the war against DeVore. |
| Karr, Gregor | Major in the T'ang's Security forces, Karr was recruited by Marshal Tolonen from the Net. In his youth, Karr was a âblood'; a to-the-death combat fighter. A giant of a man, he is the âhawk' Li Yuan plans to fly against his adversary, DeVore. |
| Lehmann, Stefan | Albino son of the former Dispersionist leader, Pietr Lehmann, he has become a lieutenant to DeVore. A cold, unnaturally dispassionate men, he seems to be the very archetype of nihilism, his one and only aim to bring down the Seven and their great City. |
| Li Yuan | Second son of Li Shai Tung, he became heir to City Europe after the assassination of his elder brother. Considered old before his time, his cold outward manner conceals a passionate nature, as expressed in his brief marriage to, and divorce from, the fiery Fei Yen, his dead brother's wife. |
| Mach, Jan | A maintenance official in the Ministry of Waste Recycling and a part-time member of Li Yuan's Reserve Security Force, Mach has a second identity as one of the Council of Five, the policy formulators of the newly split-off Yu, the revolutionary successors to the Ping Tiao , a new and yet darker force within the depths of City Europe. |
| Tolonen, Jelka | Daughter of Marshal Tolonen, Jelka has been brought up in a very masculine environment, lacking a mother's feminine influence. However, her genuine interest in martial arts and in weaponry and strategy masks a very different, more feminine side to her nature â a side brought out after the unsuccessful attack on her by Ping Tiao terrorists. |
| Tolonen, Knut | Marshal of the Council of Generals and one-time General to Li Shai Tung, Tolonen is a big, granite-jawed man and the staunchest supporter of the values and ideals of the Seven. Possessed of a fiery, fearless nature, he will stop at nothing to protect his masters, yet after long years of war even his belief in the necessity of stasis has been shaken. |
| Tsu Ma | T'ang of West Asia and one of the Seven, the ruling Council of Chung Kuo, Tsu Ma has thrown off his former dissolute past to become one of Li Yuan's strongest supporters in Council. A strong, handsome man in his mid-thirties, he has extricated himself from a secret affair with Fei Yen, which â had it become public â might easily have destroyed the Seven. |
| Wang Sau-leyan | Young T'ang of Africa. Since his father's murder he has thrown off his former ways and become a sharp and cunning adversary to Li Yuan and the old guard among the Seven. An abrasive, calculating figure with sybaritic tastes, he is the harbinger of Change within the Council of Seven. |
| Ward, Kim | Born in the Clay, that dark wasteland beneath the great City's foundations, Kim has a quick and unusual bent of mind that has marked him from the first as potentially the greatest scientist Chung Kuo has ever seen. His vision of a gigantic star-spanning web â formulated in the darkness of the Clay â has driven him up into the light of the Above. Now, after a long period of personality reconstruction, he has, through Li Yuan's generosity, been given the means to build his own great Company. But there are those who do not wish him success in this venture. |
| Ywe Hao | Born into the lowest levels of City Europe, Ywe Hao â âFine Moon' â joined the Yu, a terrorist organization, after the murder of her elder brother. A strong, idealistic woman, she represents the new tide of indignant rebellion that is stirring in the depths of the great City. |
THE SEVEN AND THE FAMILIES
| An Liang-chou | Minor Family Prince |
| An Sheng | Head of the An Family (one of the âTwenty-Nine' Minor Families) |
| Chi Hsing | T'ang of the Australias |
| Chun Wu-chi | Head of the Chun Family (one of the âTwenty-Nine' Minor Families) |
| Fu Ti Chang | third Wife of Li Yuan |
| Hou Tung-po | T'ang of South America |
| Hsiang K'ai Fan | Minor Family Prince; heir to the Hsiang Family (one of the âTwenty-Nine' Minor Families) |
| Hsiang Shao-erh | Head of the Hsiang Family (one of the âTwenty-Nine' Minor Families) |
| Hsiang Te-shang | Minor Family Prince and youngest son of Hsiang Shao-erh |
| Hsiang Wang | Minor Family Prince and second son of Hsiang Shao-erh |
| Lai Shi | second Wife of Li Yuan |
| Li Yuan | T'ang of City Europe |
| Mien Shan | first Wife of Li Yuan |
| Pei Ro-hen | Head of the Pei Family (one of the âTwenty-Nine' Minor Families) |
| Tsu Ma | T'ang of West Asia |
| Wang Sau-leyan | T'ang of Africa |
| Wei Chen Yin | Son of Wei Feng; regent for City East Asia |
| Wei Feng | T'ang of East Asia |
| Wu Shih | T'ang of North America |
| Yin Fei Yen | âFlying Swallow' ex-wife of Li Yuan and daughter of Yin Tsu |
| Yin Han Ch'in | bastard baby son of Yin Fei Yen |
| Yin Tsu | Head of Yin Family (one of the âTwenty-Nine' Minor Families) |
FRIENDS AND RETAINERS OF THE SEVEN
| Chan Teng | Master of the Inner Chambers at Tongjiang |
| Ebert, Berta | wife of Klaus Ebert |
| Ebert, Hans | Major in Security and heir to GenSyn |
| Ebert, Klaus Stefan | Head of GenSyn (Genetic Synthetics) and advisor to |
| Li Yuan | |
| Haavikko, Axel | Lieutenant in Security |
| Hung Mien-lo | Chancellor of Africa |
| Kao Chen | Captain in Security |
| Karr, Gregor | Major in Security |
| Nan Ho | Master of the Inner Chamber to Li Yuan |
| Shepherd, Ben | son of Hal Shepherd |
| Shepherd, Beth | wife of Hal Shepherd |
| Shepherd, Meg | sister of Ben Shepherd |
| Shou Chen-hai | Hsien Ling , or Chief Magistrate of Hannover Hsien |
| Sun Li Hua | Master of the Royal Household at Alexandria |
| Tolonen, Helga | wife of Jon Tolonen |
| Tolonen, Jelka | daughter of Knut Tolonen |
| Tolonen, Jon | brother of Knut Tolonen |
| Tolonen, Knut | Marshal of the Council of Generals and father of Jelka Tolonen |
| Tong Chou | alias of Kao Chen |
| Viljanen, Per | Lieutenant in Security; assistant to Marshal Tolonen |
| Wu Ming | personal assistant to Sun Li Hua |
| Yu | Surgeon to Li Yuan |
THE TRIADS
| Feng Shang-pao | âGeneral Feng', Big Boss of the 14K |
| Ho Chin | âThree-Finger Ho', Big Boss of the Yellow Banners |
| Hui Tsin | âRed Pole' (the 426, or Executioner) to the United Bamboo |
| Li Chin | âLi The Lidless', Big Boss of the Wo Shih Wo |
| Lu Ming Shao | âWhiskers Lu', Big Boss of the Kuei Chuan (Black Dog) |
| Mu Li | âIron Mu', Big Boss of the Big Circle |
| Wong Yi-sun | âFat Wong', Big Boss of the United Bamboo |
| Yao Tzu | âRed Pole' (the 426 or Executioner) to the Big Circle |
| Yun Yueh-hui | âDead Man Yun', Big Boss of the Red Gang |
YU
| Chi Li | alias of Ywe Hao |
| Edel, Klaus | brother of Vasska |
| Erika | fellow member of Ywe Hao's Yu cell |
| Hsao Yen | Yu terrorist |
| Klaus | Yu terrorist |
| Mach, Jan | Maintenance official for the Ministry of Waste Recycling, ex- Ping Tiao and Founder of the split-off Yu faction |
| Rooke | Yu terrorist |
| Tu Li-shan | Yu terrorist |
| Vasska | fellow member of Ywe Hao's Yu cell |
| Veda | Member of the Yu âCouncil of Five' |
| Ywe Hao | âFine Moon', female Yu terrorist from the Mid-Levels |
OTHER CHARACTERS
| Boden, Mikhail | alias used by Stefan Lehmann and Howard DeVore |
| Cherkassky, Stefan | retired Security special services officer; friend of |
| DeVore | |
| Chi Su | childhood companion to Kao Chen |
| Curval, Andrew | experimental geneticist, working for ImmVac |
| Debrenceni, Laslo | acting Administrator at Kibwezi Station |
| DeVore, Howard | former Major in Li Shai Tung's Security forces |
| Drake, Michael | supervisor at Kibwezi Station |
| Enge, Marie | woman server at the Dragon Cloud teahouse |
| Fan Tseng-li | Mid-levels surgeon |
| Fang Shuo | underling to Shou Chen-hai |
| Ganz, Joseph | alias of DeVore |
| Golden Heart | young prostitute bought by Hans Ebert for his household |
| Gustaffson | security guard at Kibwezi Station |
| Kao Ch'iang Hsin | daughter of Kao Chen and Wang Ti |
| Kao Jyan | eldest son of Kao Chen and Wang Ti |
| Kao Wu | second son of Kao Chen and Wang Ti |
| Kung Lao | young boy; friend of Ywe Hao |
| Kung Yi-lung | young boy; friend of Ywe Hao |
| Lehmann, Stefan | albino son of former Dispersionist leader Pietr Lehmann and former lieutenant to DeVore |
| Lever, Charles | âOld Man Lever', Head of the ImmVac pharmaceuticals company of North America; father of Michael Lever |
| Lever, Michael | American; son of Charles Lever |
| Leyden, Wolfgang | Security guard at Hannover Hsien |
| Mu Chua | Madam of the House of the Ninth Ecstasy, a singsong house or brothel |
| Novacek, Lubos | merchant; go-between for Triads |
| Palmer | security guard at Kibwezi Station |
| Peng Lu-Hsing | Minister of the T'ing Wei ; the Superintendency of Trials for City Europe |
| Reid, Thomas | sergeant in DeVore's forces |
| Shang | âOld Shang'; Kwai and childhood âMaster' to Kao Chen |
| Sheng | Minister to Wei Feng |
| Shou He | second wife to Shou Chen-hai |
| Shou Wen-lo | first wife to Shou Chen-hai |
| Ts'ui Wei | father of teenage troublemaker |
| Tuan Wen-ch'ang | alias of âmorph' sent by DeVore from Mars |
| Wang Mai Yu | uncle to Wang Ti |
| Wang Ti | wife of Kao Chen |
| Ward, Kim | âClayborn' orphan and scientist |
| Wong Pao-yi | steward to Shou Chen-hai |
| Wu | surgeon for Security |
| Yen T'ung | Third Secretary to Minister Peng Lu-Hsing |
| Yue Mi | young maid in Shou Chen-hai's household |
| Ywe Chang | uncle to Ywe Hao |
| Ywe Sha | mother to Ywe Hao |
| Ywe Su Chen | wife to Ywe Chang |
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