The stories in the five existing anthologies serve to introduce characters, provide a deeper and more complete backstory, and flesh out the universe, so they claim the same canonical relevance as exposition in the main series. Universe creator David Weber serves as editor for the anthologies, maintaining fidelity to the series canons.
Citizen Vice Admiral, Commander of Task Force 20 for the attack on the Candor System
Flag in Exile
Abercrombie, Boniface
RH
Captain, COLAC of Gaston System Command during Eighth Fleets raid
At All Costs
Abernathy, Haskel
RMN
Commander, Logistics officer in Admiral Yancey Parks' staff, Lord
The Short Victorious War
Abramowitz, Carla
RMN
Rating aboard HMS Minotaur
Echoes of Honor
Abruzzi, Malachai
Solarian
Permanent Senior Undersecretary of Education and Information, Solarian League (back on Old Earth). One of a quintet of permanent bureaucrats who actually control the Solarian government's actions. Later arrested for war crimes and turned over to the SKM. (See also Innokentiy Arsenovich Kolokoltsov, Omosupe Quartermain, Nathan MacArtney, and Agatá Wodoslawski)
Treecat. Son to Nimitz and Samantha. Among the first treecats to settle on Grayson.
In Enemy Hands
Ackenheil, Jason
RMN
Commanding officer, captain, HMS LaFroye, involved in Operation Wilberforce (putting down slave trade)
War of Honor
Ackroyd, Justin
GSN
Commodore, GSN. Current head of the GSN Office of Personnel
In Enemy Hands
Adam
–
Prisoner held on Hades, killed by an SS pilot who tried to take his sister away
Echoes of Honor
Adams
GR
Minister of Agriculture before the Mayhew Restoration
In Enemy Hands
Adams, Ludmilla
SKM
Klaus Hauptman's personal chauffeur, security chief and bodyguard
Honor Among Enemies
Adcock to Albertson
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Adcock, Jonas
RMN
Vice Admiral of the Green, RMN. Fourth Space Lord of the Royal Manticoran Navy and head of the Bureau of Weapons. Brother-in-law to King Roger III.
In Enemy Hands
Addison, Calvin
PRH
People's commissioner to citizen captain Joanne Hall aboard PNS Schaumberg
Echoes of Honor
Adenauer, Dominica
RMN
Commander; operations officer, Battlecruiser Squadron 106; later operations officer, 10th Fleet. Not previously known to Henke before serving under her command.
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 8+11
Adib
RMN
Captain, CO of HMS Hydra
Ashes of Victory
Adolfsson, George
TC
Planetary President of Pontifex
The Service of the Sword
Agard
PN
Citizen lieutenant, Crewmember of a Havenite pinnace
Echoes of Honor
Agnelli, Federico
SS
Citizen admiral, SS. Citizen Admiral in State Security's Navy. Reverted to warlordism after the fall of the People's Republic
The Shadow of Saganami; Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 5
Ainspan, Victor
RMN
Commander, A prisoner in Hades, former commanding officer of the light cruiser HMS Adonai
Echoes of Honor
al-Fanudahi, Daud ibn Mamoun
SLN
Captain, a Battle Fleet analyst assigned to the Office of Operational Analysis. Led the 'Ghost Hunters', a group of Solarian military personnel who secretly and unofficial investigated rumours of Mesan infiltration of the Solarian League government.
Countess White Haven. Wife of Hamish Alexander and (later) also Honor Harrington. Former HD actress, nearly killed in an aircar accident which left her largely disabled and dependent on a life support chair. Recognized as an HD writer and director, poet, and political activist in the years after her return to public life. Died of a heart attack.
13th Earl of White Haven. Steadholder Consort Harrington. Admiral, RMN (ret.). Currently First Lord of the Manticoran Admiralty (civilian head of naval service). Former CO of Eighth Fleet, Sixth Fleet and several other RMN commands. Also holds the rank of Fleet Admiral in the Grayson Space Navy. Husband to Emily Alexander and Honor Harrington and brother of Lord William Alexander[1]
Political prisoner in the PRH for seventy years. The longest-serving prisoner in Hades, being sent there for criticizing the People's Republic's Technical Conservation Act. Currently a business associate to Honor Harrington.
Lord William McNeish, 1st Baron Grantville. Prime Minister of Manticore, head of the Centrist Party and former leader of the Opposition. Served as Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Cromarty Administration. Younger brother to Hamish Alexander. Created Baron Grantville on becoming PM. Desc. from On Basilisk Station ('McNeish' is spelled 'MacLeish' in On Basilisk Station, Ch. 22.)
Senior delegate to the Talbott Constitutional Convention from San Miguel, major stockholder Rembrandt Trade Union, leader of the Constitutional Union Party in the convention. Later on, the Prime Minister of the Talbott Quadrant, leader of the Constitutional Union Party.
Prime Minister Alquezar ("red-haired, improbably tall and slender Alquezar said, shaking Michelle's hand with a smile. Despite the low-gravity homeworld which had produced his physique, his grip was firm and strong.... ...at least a full two meters tall")
Commander, Commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Madrigal. Mercedes Brigham was his first officer. He was captured and tortured to death by Masadans. The Grayson Space Navy later named a class of heavy cruisers after him
The Honor of the Queen
Baoyuan Anderman
IAN
Rank unclear – possibly Admiral. Victor at the Battle of the Farnham System
Ashes of Victory
Chien-lu Anderman
IAN
Herzog von Rabenstrange, Grossadmiral. Commanding officer of the Andermani forces in Silesia. Cousin of Emperor Gustav XI, fifth in line for succession to the Andermani throne. Friend of Honor Harrington. Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 10: "Like most citizens of New Berlin, he was of predominantly Chinese ancestry, and the skin around his eyes crinkled into a smile... He wore the white uniform of an IAN fleet admiral, but a small, rayed sun of worked gold glittered on the right side of his round, stand-up collar...that sun was worn only by individuals in the direct line of succession to the imperial crown..."
Honor Among Enemies, War of Honor
Emperor Gustav Anderman I
AE
Emperor Gustav I. Ancient mercenary and founder of the Andermani Empire, author of the military treatise Sternenkrieg. Believed himself to be the reincarnation of Frederick the Great
Mentioned in Honor Among Enemies
Emperor Gustav Anderman VI
AE
Emperor Gustav VI. Emperor of the Andermani Empire. Quietly deposed for insanity (tried to appoint his rose bush as Chancellor)
Mentioned in Honor Among Enemies
Emperor Gustav Anderman VII
AE
Emperor Gustav VII. Actually one of Gustav VI's sisters; succeeded in the fight for the Andermani throne after having herself legally declared as a man. Considered the best emperor the Andermani Empire ever had
Mentioned in Honor Among Enemies
Emperor Gustav Anderman XI
AE
Emperor Gustav XI. Current Emperor of the Andermani Empire
Mentioned in Honor Among Enemies
Prince Huang Anderman
AE
Prince. Younger brother to Emperor Gustav XI. Victim of assassination attempt by Col. Hofschulte. One of his children died
Mentioned in War of Honor
Anders, William 'Five' to Archer
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
William 'Five' Anders
RH
Captain, RH. Member of Vice Admiral Shannon Foraker's staff at Bolthole
War of Honor
Anders
GR
Deacon of the Church of Humanity Unchained and deacon of Mayhew Cathedral
Mentioned in Flag in Exile, Ashes of Victory
Anderson
PN
Citizen Lieutenant. Crewman of a Havenite courier boat
Mentioned in Echoes of Honor
Jason Andrews
GSN
Lieutenant, GSN. High Admiral Bernard Yanakov's flag lieutenant
Mentioned in The Honor of the Queen
Andromeda
SKM
Treecat, child to Nimitz and Samantha.
Mentioned in In Enemy Hands
Franz Anhier
ME
Engineer, Jessyk Combine freighter Marianne
The Shadow of Saganami
Anisimovna, Aldona
ME
Member of the Manpower Incorporated board of directors; a senior operative of the Mesan Alignment.
Lieutenant Gervais Winton Erwin Neville Archer, or GWEN. Adm. Henke's new Flag Lieutenant. He was on board the Necromancer in the Battle of Solon. {father is Sir Roger Mackley Archer.} HH commented- "His efficiency reports are top-notch, and I know Captain Cruickshank thought the world of him. He ‘tastes’ a lot like another Tim Mears..." Desc.: "flaming red hair, green eyes, and snub nose... at best an exceedingly remote cousin (of Adm. Henke). "...tallish young man, a good quarter-meter taller than {Helga Boltitz's} own hundred and sixty-two centimeters, although he was nowhere near the height of someone like Alquezar or someone else from San Miguel. He was built more for speed than brute strength"...
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 7 & Ch. 15
Archer, Sir Roger Mackley
_
"Gwen" Archer's father.
Storm from the Shadows
Archer
RMN
Chief Petty Officer, RMN. Yeoman to Honor Harrington aboard HMS Wayfarer
Doctor. Manticoran linguist who developed a method of communication with the Medusans
Ashes of Victory
Armstrong, Veronica
RMN
Captain of the List; flag captain (CO) of HMS Achilles, Adm. Henke's flagship. "...on the tall side, somewhere between Michelle and Honor for height, with a strong face, dark green eyes, and chestnut hair, She was young for her rank,...just over twenty-five T-years younger than Michelle, in fact– and no one would ever consider her beautiful, or even exceptionally pretty. But there was character in that face, and intelligence, and the green eyes looked lively".
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 11
Armstrong, Victoria ("Vicki")
RMN
Captain, commanding officer HMS Artemis ; vice Admiral Gold Peak's flight captain. {See also Armstrong, Veronica (different spelling)}
Storm from the Shadows, (Character List Appendix.)
Jason Arner
–
"Commodore", "Chalice Cluster Navy". Pirate and senior officer in Andre Warnecke's "navy"
Honor Among Enemies
Artemis
SKM
Treecat, member of Nimitz's immigrant clan.
In Enemy Hands
Gianna Ascher
SKM
Master Chief Petty Officer, RMN. Senior noncom in HMS Prince Adrian's CIC
In Enemy Hands, Echoes of Honor
Ascencio
SKM
San Martin's ambassador to Manticore
Ashes of Victory
Ash
–
Lieutenant, Masadan Navy. Tactical officer aboard MNS Thunder of God
The Honor of the Queen
Ashford to Avshari
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Stewart Ashford
RMN
Captain (J.G.), RMN. COLAC aboard HMS Incubus
Ashes of Victory
Askew, Maitland ("Matt")
SLN
Lieutenant, assistant tactical officer, SLNS Jean Bart.
Lieutenant commander, RMN. Officer assigned to the dreadnought HMS Bellerophon
The Short Victorious War
B
Babcock to Bannister
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Iris Babcock
RMMC
Sergeant Major, wife of Horace Harkness. Served as Sergeant Major of the Marine contingents aboard the heavy cruisers HMS Fearless (probably CA-286, not CD-56) and HMS Prince Adrian. She is an expert in Coup de vitesse and often works out with Honor Harrington. She is 88 Earth years old as of The Honor of the Queen, but her physical age is about 40 due to the prolong process. Descr. in On Basilisk Station, Ch. 7: "...from Gryphon, Manticore-B V. ...Babcock was a good twenty centimeters shorter (than Honor Harrington), with a much shorter reach, to boot. She was also just over twice Honor’s age, and ...she was first-generation prolong. The original treatment had stopped the aging process at a much later point than current techniques, and there were strands of gray in her red hair and crows-feet around her eyes"....
CO of armed merchant ship Pirate's Bane, owner of Pirate's Bane and Ambuscade. Conducts anti-piracy operations in the Silesian Confederacy, as well as working for RMN's ONI, and running a small freight line. Honor Harrington's captain for her midshipwoman cruise. Promoted Harrington to Ensign ahead of her classmates. Put on half-pay immediately following Harrington's middy cruise; rose to Admiral by seniority.
War of Honor, Changer of Worlds
Frederick Bagwell
GSN
Captain, CO of GNS Honor Harrington. As commander served as operations officer on the staff of Honor's first battle squadron command
"The Mother of Grayson", wife of Steadholder Bancroft. Left her husband to warn the Moderates about the Faithful's doomsday weapon, triggering a series of events that led to the end of the Grayson Civil War and the exile of the Bancroft faction to Masada. Known in Masada as the "Harlot of Satan"
Mentioned in The Honor of the Queen, The Service of the Sword
Jeremiah Bancroft
GR
Steadholder Bancroft, Grayson historical figure; led the Faithful coup to take over the government, killing in the process 53 Steadholders and their heirs
Commodore, senior divisional commander in Battlecruiser Squadron 5. Her flagship is HMS Achilles
The Short Victorious War
Bardasano, Isabel
ME
Cadet member of the Jessyk Combine Board of Directors (which is fully owned by Manpower Incorporated); senior intelligence specialist, Mesan Alignment.
Sector Governor, Maya Sector, Solarian. He governs (theoretically) in the name of the Office of Frontier Security. Later proclaims and leads the independent star nation known as the Mayan Autonomous Regional Sector. Appearance (Torch of Freedom, CH. 1): "...Barregos' dark eyes hardened, and his deceptively round and gentle face suddenly looked remarkably ungentle..."
Senior Chief Petty Officer, Chief of the boat bay aboard HMS Prince Adrian. Imprisoned on Hades with the rest of Prince Adrian's crew
In Enemy Hands, Echoes of Honor
Brigita Basaricek
TC
Colonel, CO, Kornatian National Police Force
The Shadow of Saganami
Batson
GR
Master chef for Protector Benjamin IX
Ashes of Victory
Eldridge Beale
RMN
Ensign, RMN officer assigned to the Grendelsbane system
War of Honor
Theresa Beasley
RMN
Rear Admiral Mark Sarnow's staff communications officer
The Short Victorious War
Gifford Bede
SKM
Managing communication in one of the towns on Sphinx when Scott MacDallan met Fisher
Worlds of Honor
Jennifer Bellefeuille
PN
Admiral, CO of Chantilly System during Cutworm 2, managed to surprise the lead elements of Michelle Henke's attack on Vespasian, Chantilly's Planet. Further mentionings in passing to denote devious tactics employed in system defence
"Do you think they are trying to pull a Bellfeuille on us?"
At All Costs, Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 1
Ben-Fazal to Blaine
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Mudhafer Ben-Fazal
CN
Lieutenant commander, CO of the Zanzibaran warship Al Nassir
The Short Victorious War
Frederick Bennington
SKM
Chief of Procurement for Grayson Sky Domes, Ltd
Flag in Exile
Henri Benson-Dessouix
GR
Brigadier, formerly a Gaston Marine Lieutenant aboard GNS ship Dague. Captured by Havenite forces during the takeover and imprisoned on Hades. Companion/friend of, then married to Harriet Benson. He functioned as Camp Inferno's chief tailor. Relocated to Grayson after escape from Hades; joined the Grayson Marines
Echoes of Honor through War of Honor
Harriet Benson-Dessouix
GSN
Rear admiral, formerly a captain in the Pegasus System Navy. Captured by Havenite forces during the takeover of Pegasus, and imprisoned on Hades. Entered the Grayson Space Navy after escaping Hades and became CO of the First CLAC Squadron, Protector's Own
Former Secretary of State of the PRH under the old Legislaturalist government. Was the sole survivor of the Legislaturalist Cabinet because he was in transit to Earth to become RH Ambassador at the time of the Harris Assassination
Master Steward ; Replaced Adm. Henke's previous Steward (See also Clarissa Arbuckle) physically opposite of Clarissa, about James MacGuiness' age, a first-generation prolong recipient, solidly, if compactly, built with a rather luxuriant beard he'd grown since his capture. He's what the Service had always described as A Character. Knows where the nearest game of chance and distillery are. has "a checkered past", always popular with the officers he served under and the enlisted personnel he served with.
Vice Admiral; CO, Task Force 302, Lynx Terminus Station (and fortress Vigilant at the Lynx junction). "...tallish, bland-faced man with thinning hair and a thick beard. The beard was neatly trimmed, but the contrast between it and his far sparser hair made him look vaguely lopsided and scruffy"
Supply officer aboard the light cruiser HMS Fearless (CL-56 (probably not also CA-286)) Desc. from On Basilisk Station, Ch. 4: ...a small woman, with a sweet, oval face and blond hair, but her eyes moved back and forth endlessly, like a mouse trying to watch too many cats.
Second Deputy Director of Public Information of the PRH. Became Secretary of Public Information after the death of Cordelia Ransom. Directed the creation of the bogus footage of Honor's hanging which was distributed galaxy-wide
Minister Henri Krietzmann's senior personal aide; from Dresden. ("...one of the most attractive women he’d ever seen... ...blue eyes, and her voice, with its harsh, sharp-edged accent"...)
Commander; Achilles' astrogator also (earlier/later?): Lieutenant commander, astrogator, HMS Artemis. Lieut. Cmndr. info comes from Storm from the Shadows's Character List Addendum.
Captain, Republic of Haven Navy POW camp liaison responsible for Camp C7. "Republican Navy's designated 'liaison officer' to its prisoner-of-war camps here on the Republic's capital world".
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 4
Boyce to Brentworth
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Boyce
SS
Citizen Staff Sergeant, SS. Ground troope aboard PNS Tepes. Runs much of the ship's illicit activities such as gambling
Captain, CO, SLNS Restitution. Evelyn Sigbee's flag captain.
Storm from the Shadows
Brigham to Burke
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Mercedes Brigham
RMN, GSN
Commodore, RMN; Rear admiral, GSN. Admiral Harrington's chief of staff. Previously served as ship's Sailing Master aboard HMS Fearless (CL-56 (probably not also CA-286)), executive officer aboard HMS Madrigal and staff officer for the Grayson Navy. Spent a short, but brutal period as a Masadan prisoner of war Desc. from On Basilisk Station, Ch. 4:...Lieutenant Mercedes Brigham sat facing Blanding, as if she'd been placed deliberately to accentuate the contrast between them. Blanding was young and fair; Brigham was almost old enough to be Honor's mother, with dark, weathered-looking skin... ...yet her comfortable, lived-in face normally wore an air of quiet competence, though she had to know she would never advance beyond her present rank after so long in grade. And if she was as withdrawn as the others, at least she didn't seem physically afraid of her captain.
Citizen Admiral. De facto Chief of Naval Operations of the People's Navy (the title was considered to be "elitist" and was not used by the PRHN). Aided Esther McQueen in her scheme to replace the Committee of Public Safety
Countess of Green Vale. Manticoran Peer of the Realm, member of the Conservative Association and Government Whip in the House of Lords
Field of Dishonor
Butre, "Ganny" Elfride Margarete
–
'Clan' leader of Parmley Station. Widow of Michael Parmley. "...It was an impressive glare, too, for all that it came from a woman not much more than a hundred and forty centimeters tall. What made the glare all the more impressive was that, somehow, Butre managed to convey the sense that she was a tough old biddy despite—going simply by her physical appearance—looking like a woman no older than her late thirties or very early (and well preserved) forties".
A rookie State Security officer who became, under the guidance of Kevin Usher, a member of the resistance to the Pierre/Saint Just regime, and a major player in the 'Manpower Incident' on Terra. Very loyal to the Republic of Haven, and one of the most capable agents it has developed. As an unofficial agent of Haven's Federal Investigative Agency (headed by Usher), was deeply involved in the events which led to the successful liberation operation against Verdant Vista (i.e., Congo) and its birth as the Kingdom of Torch. Left the FIA to become Chief of Station for Haven's Secret Service in Erewhon and Torch after the liberation of Torch. Worked closely with RMN Captain (inactive) Anton Zilwiki thereafter. Close personal and official relationship with Thandi Palane, Commander-in-Chief of the Torch Armed Forces. Appearance (Torch of Freedom, Ch. 4): "...square-faced and seemingly conventional man..."
Private secretary for Oscar Saint-Just. Brother of Citizen Lieutenant Kevin Caminetti
Ashes of Victory
Hugh Candleman
SS
Citizen private, StateSec ground trooper aboard PNS Tepes; assigned to watch over RMN "defector" Horace Harkness
In Enemy Hands
James Candless
HSG
Honor Harrington's second most senior armsman. Took a rear guard post during Honor's extraction from special confinement and was killed protecting her aboard PNS Tepes before it was destroyed
Field of Dishonor through In Enemy Hands
Wallace Canning
PRH
The People's Republic of Haven's consular representative on Medusa. Demoted to Prole after the Basilisk Incident (i.e., disaster to Havinite plans). After RHN failure at Basilisk, returned in disgrace to Haven and became a core member of the Pierre/Saint-Just conspiracy against the Legislaturalist government
On Basilisk Station, The Short Victorious War
Caparelli to Castellaño
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Sir Thomas Caparelli
RMN
Admiral of the Green, First Space Lord of the Royal Manticoran Navy, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of King Roger. Put on half pay by the High Ridge Administration; reinstated as First Space Lord, when the High Ridge Administration resigned Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Ch. 11: "...a barrel-chested man with a weight-lifter's torso grafted onto a sprinter's legs. Although he was going just a bit to fat these days, the athlete whose bruising, physical style... ...was still recognizable"...
Commodore, Vice Admiral Parks' chief of staff. Recommended a court martial for Pavel Young after the Battle of Hancock Station as a result of the Board of Inquiry
The Short Victorious War, Field of Dishonor
Cardones, Rafael "Rafe"
RMN
Formerly assistant tactical officer and later tactical officer aboard HMS heavy cruiser Fearless (CL-56) and its subsequent replacement Fearless (CA-286), seconded temporarily to ONI for sub rosa project in Silesia, tactical officer aboard HMS Nike, executive officer of HMAMS Wayfarer, all under Honor Harrington. Commander of LAC carrier Werewolf, commander of superdreadnought Imperator as Honor Harrington's flag captain with the rank of captain (senior grade), personally saved from assassination by HH; close personal and official friend of HH. Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 6: "...a tall, dark-haired commander walked through it. He was built on long and lean lines, with a hawk-like nose and a ready smile. The breast of his tunic bore the white-barred blue ribbon of the Order of Gallantry and the red and white ribbon of the Saganami Cross, and, like Honor herself, the blood-red stripe of the Monarch's Thanks marked his right sleeve. He looked decidedly on the young side, even for a prolong recipient, to have acquired two of the Star Kingdom's four top medals for valor...".
Captain, GSN; Citizen commander, PN. Former Havenite naval officer who defected to Manticore aboard Tepes before it was destroyed. Entered service in the GSN's Protector's Own Squadron. Formerly CO of PNS Vaubon and Citizen Admiral Theisman's operations officer. Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 30: "...Hazel eyes..."
Lieutenant, Landing City Police Department. Manticoran police officer and Master of the Field during Honor Harrington's duels with Denver Summervale and Pavel Young
Tactical officer and later executive officer of HMS Nike, replacing Michelle Henke Desc. from The Honor of the Queen, Ch. 2: "...The diminutive tactical officer's flaming red head didn't reach even to Honor's shoulder, but she had a tough, no-nonsense look to her, and her blue eyes were as firm as her handshake...."
Admiral, CO, Office of Operational Analysis, Solarian League Navy.
Honor Among Enemies
Chernock, Seth
SS
Citizen Major General, StateSec commander for the Shilo Sector, headquartered at Danak. Formerly a sociology professor and longtime friend of Citizen Brigadier General Dennis Tresca. Organized a relief expedition to Cerberus when he became suspicious about what might have happened there. Commanded the Havenite forces during the Battle of Cerberus
Manticoran attorney, president and senior partner of the firm of Childers, Strauslund, Goldman, and Wu. Practice limited to Hauptmann Cartel matters until seconded by Hauptmann to do work for Honor Harrington. Thereafter, worked to establish ski resorts on the new Duchy of Harrington, etc.
Ashes of Victory, War of Honor
Genevieve Chin
PN
Citizen Rear admiral, Havenite admiral who commanded the initial attack at the Battle of Hancock Station, was rehabilitated and assigned to the Martine Sector, and then given command of an RHN Fleet during the Battle of Manticore (Operation Beatrice)
The Short Victorious War, At All Costs, The Service of the Sword
Chong Chin-ri
RHN
Commander of a Havenite task force during Operation Thunderbolt
War of Honor
Jacques Chou
–
Honor Harrington's maternal uncle. A resident of Beowulf and a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. An old time powder weapon "gun nut" who taught his niece much about the handling of obsolete hand weapons such as the M1911
Howard Clinkscales' nephew and a Grayson naval officer. Served under Honor Harrington as her flag lieutenant. Incredibly clumsy at first. Captured with Commodore Harrington aboard Prince Adrian and sent to Hades. Served with distinction in the escape from the Tepes. As of At All Costs, holds the rank of lieutenant commander.
In Enemy Hands, Echoes of Honor
Howard Clinkscales
GR
Grayson's Minister of Security and First Regent of Harrington Steading. Began his career as armsman for Protector Benjamin's grandfather, later went on to head Planetary Security. CEO of Grayson Sky Domes, Ltd. Died of old age, succeeded as regent by his son Austen.
The Honor of the Queen, Field of Dishonor, Flag in Exile, In Enemy Hands through At All Costs
Coatsworth to Corell
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Coatsworth
PN
Commander of a Havenite reinforcement task force sent to Hancock Station
Captain (junior grade), Rear Admiral Sarnow's chief of staff Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Ch. 17: "...fine-boned hand"...
The Short Victorious War
Cortez to Cukor
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Sir Lucien Cortez (Also spelled Lucian)
RMN
Admiral of the Green, Fifth Space Lord of the RMN, i.e. head of the Bureau of Personnel (BuPers) Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 6: "...sharp-faced, slightly balding... ...mild brown eyes..."
Power tech aboard HMAMS Wayfarer. One of the crew's troublemakers
Honor Among Enemies
Courvosier, Raoul
RMN
Admiral of the Green, considered to be one of the greatest military minds of his time ("cherubic little gnome of a man with a bent for creating demonic tac problems"). Mentor to Honor Harrington, friend and mentor to Admiral Bachfisch. Former tactics instructor of Advanced Tactics at Saganami Island Naval Academy. Later assigned to the Foreign Office. He died when his squadron was ambushed by Alfredo Yu during the First Battle of Yeltsin. Descr. at The Honor of the Queen, Ch. _- "...level blue eyes, ...cherub face"...
Military analyst with the Palmer Foundation who attempted to make Pavel Young appear to be the victim in the aftermath of his actions at Hancock Station
Manticoran Liberal member of Parliament, ranking member of the House of Commons' Naval Affairs Committee and brother-in-law to Admiral Simon Chakrabarti
War of Honor
Dances on Clouds
SKM
Treecat name for Honor Harrington
Danforth
SKM
Sergeant, former Manticoran Marine now in the Medusan Native Protection Agency
CEO and chief analyst of the brokerage firm DeMarco, Clancy and Jordan. Also a member of the Manticoran Crown Council of Financial Advisors
War of Honor
Erika Dempsey
–
Chief Operating Officer of the Dempsey Cartel for the past 60 years, "...sharp and attractive...", respected by Klaus Hauptman (Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 2).
Honor Among Enemies
Kirk Dempsey
RMN
Tech rating onboard HMAMS Wayfarer. One of Randy Steilman's victims
Honor Among Enemies
Denby
RMN
Commander in HMS Werewolf's LAC division and black belt with five knots in Coup de vitesse
Manticoran Peer of the Realm and leader of the Progressive Party. Became Foreign Secretary in the coalition government headed by Baron High Ridge. Resigns with the entire High Ridge Cabinet after Operation Thunderbolt and departs for Beowulf having diverted several tens of millions of government funds. An agent of sorts for Mesa / Manpower, who arranged that she would never be called to account or to testify.
Chairman and CEO of Manpower Incorporated The apparent Mesan chief executive, is possibly the descendant of Leonard Detweiler (who was a major proponent of genetic engineering and an opponent of the Cherwell Convention.) Possibly the wealthiest individual in the Honerverse. (See also Benjamin, Collin, Daniel & Everett Detweiler)
'Son' of Albrecht Detweiler of Manpower Incorporated; Mesan Alignment director of military affairs.
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 10
Collin Detweiler
ME
'Son' of Albrecht Detweiler of Manpower Incorporated; Mesan Alignment director of intelligence operations
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 10
Daniel Detweiler
ME
'Son' of Albrecht Detweiler of Manpower Incorporated Openly involved with R&D programs; Mesan Alignment director of nongenetic R&D..
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 10
Evelina Detweiler
ME
Albrecht Detweiler's wife; a senior genetic researcher for the Mesan Alignment.
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 10
Everett Detweiler
ME
'Son' of Albrecht Detweiler of Manpower Incorporated Openly involved with R&D programs; Mesan Alignment director of genetic R&D.
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 10
Franklin Detweiler
ME
'Son' of Albrecht Detweiler of Manpower Incorporated; Mesan Alignment director of political strategy.
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 10
Gervais Detweiler
ME
'Son' of Albrecht Detweiler of Manpower Incorporated; Mesan Alignment director of foreign affairs.
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 10
DeWitt to Divkovic
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Augustus DeWitt
RMN
Commander. HMAMC Scheherazade's executive officer. Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 7: "...he looked competent and confident. He was brown-haired and brown-eyed, but his skin was as dark as Stillman's, with the weathered look that seemed to mark all natives of Gryphon—otherwise known as Manticore-B V. ...but it (Gryphon) seemed to produce a disproportionate number of good officers and NCOs . . . most of whom seemed to feel a moral obligation to keep the sissies who lived on their sister worlds in line...." (See also: Samuel Houston Webster.)
Honor Among Enemies
Oliver Diamato
PN
Former tactical officer in PNS Schaumberg. Took over command after the death of Schaumberg's Captain Hall and her commissioner during the Second Battle of Hancock Station. After recovery in hospital, reported that the RMN used some new "super LACs" during that battle. His report was discounted for political reasons within much of the PRH Navy's ONI. Later promoted to citizen captain and given command of PNS William T. Sherman. After restoration of the Haven Constitution by Admiral Theisman, promoted to Admiral and served during the Battle of Manticore (Operation Beatrice) in a watching brief on the Manticoran Junction.
Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory, At All Costs
Diego, Wilton
RMN
Commander; tactical officer for Flag Captain Armstrong, HMS Achilles, Adm. Henke's flagship ("stocky, broad-shouldered commander was as fair-skinned as Lecter and as red-haired as Archer".)
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 11
Dillinger
RMN
Commander. HMS Enchanter's executive officer.
In Enemy Hands
Alec Dimitri
PN
Citizen Admiral. Citizen Admiral Theisman's replacement as commander of the Barnett System. Forced to surrender Barnett to the Manticorans during Operation Buttercup.
Citizen Private, SS. StateSec trooper onboard PNS Tepes, killed during Honor Harrington's breakout from imprisonment.
In Enemy Hands
Donevski
RMN
Lieutenant, Royal Manticoran Merchant Marine. RMMS Artemis ' communications officer.
Honor Among Enemies
Randal Donizetti
SL
Solarian weapons dealer who provides weapons for Masada's Faithful terrorists. Killed by order of Saint-Just after passing the weapons used by the Masadans in the attempt on Queen Elizabeth III of Manticore and Protector Benjamin.
Ashes of Victory
Jessica Dorcett
RMN
Commander. CO of the destroyer HMS Windsong and senior Manticoran officer in the Adler System following the near-total destruction of Commodore Yeargin's picket force by Citizen Rear Admiral Tourville.
In Enemy Hands
Ellen D'Orville
RMN
One of the Royal Manticoran Navy's greatest naval heroes. An empty crypt at King Michael's Cathedral in Landing honors her.
Echoes of Honor
Sebastian D'Orville
RMN
Admiral of the Green. Senior Manticoran naval officer, formerly commander of the Aggressor forces during the Fleet problem exercise prior to HMS Fearless's (CL-56) deployment to Basilisk. Served with great distinction during the first part of the War with Haven. Later placed on half-pay by the High Ridge Administration. Restored to active service and given command of Home Fleet prior to the Battle of Manticore (Operation Beatrice).
On Basilisk Station, The Short Victorious War, Honor Among Enemies, War of Honor, At All Costs
Isaac Douglas
KT(?)
Cathy Montaigne's "butler". Former Manpower slave. Member of the Audubon Ballroom, and therefore also known as Isaac X
CoW, SoS
Angela Downey
PRH
Citizen Secretary in the Committee of Public Safety. Killed during Citizen Admiral Esther McQueen's coup.
Ashes of Victory
Draskovic to DuMorne
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Josette Draskovic
RMN
Admiral of the Red. Fifth Space Lord of the Royal Manticoran Navy under the High Ridge government. Headed the Bureau of Personnel (BuPers) and considered one of the RMN's more "political" admirals. Forced out with the resignation of the High Ridge Administration after Operation Thunderbolt.
Prime Minister of Torch. Former genetic slave of Manpower Unlimited. Distinguished scholar and political scientist who, despite his hatred of the genetic slave trade and his personal vendetta to fight it in his own way, disagrees with the methods of Jeremy X and the Audubon Ballroom. Named himself after W. E. B. Du Bois and Václav Havel.
Lieutenant commander, RMN. Astrogator aboard HMS Prince Adrian. Survives Havenite imprisonment and escapes to Hades. Given command of ENS (formerly PNS) Ishtar in the Elysian Space Navy.
Havenite politician and architect of the PRH's plans of conquest (aka the DuQuesne Plan) to avoid economic collapse of the Haven welfare state. Military installations and a superdreadnought class are named after him.
Lieutenant commander, communications officer, Battlecruiser Squadron 106; later communications officer, 10th Fleet. Previously unknown to Henke before being under her command. Young of age, "just finished a stint with BuWeaps as one of Admiral Hemphill's assistants".
Captain of a convoy escort during a naval exercise
The Short Victorious War
Zeno Egervary
ME
Security Officer/Tactical Officer, Jessyk Combine freighter Marianne. Fired the shots that destroyed the pinnacle piloted by Midshipwoman Ragnhild Pavletic and was in turn killed by his CO Duan Binyan, who feared RMN retribution.
Treecat. One of the "clan" of treecats that migrated to Grayson with Nimitz and Samantha. Became the first treecat to adopt a Grayson, Miranda LaFollet.
Treecat, hunter of the Laughing River Clan. Bonded with Dr. Scott MacDellan. Saved McDallan's life at first encounter when McDallan fell on some rocks, concussed, and nearly drowned. Assisted in bringing murder of three men in an aircar accident and with killing the person responsible. One of the first treecat human bonds, only a few months after Stephanie Harrington's discovery. Story: The stray
Lord Burdette, Steadholder of Burdette Steading on Grayson and a leader of the extreme conservatives opposed to Protector Benjamin's reforms. Conspired with Steadholder Mueller and others to ruin Grayson Sky Domes, Ltd. by means of sabotage during construction of a school dome in Mueller Steading. Ordered the attempted murder of Honor Harrington by missile attack on her shuttle at Harrington Field. Resulted in the death of Reverend Hanks among others. Killed during a sword duel between the Protector's Champion (HH) on planet wide broadcast from the Council of Steadholders Chamber
Citizen general, Senior State Security officer assigned as People's Commissioner to Admiral Esther McQueen. Present with the Admiral while she put down the Leveler Revolt. Died with the Admiral when a nuclear device detonated under the Octagon
Vice Admiral, Head of Research and Development for the Havenite Navy. Previously served as tactical officer aboard PNS Vaubon under Citizen Commander Warner Caslet, and as operations officer on the staff of Citizen Admiral Lester Tourville. Single-handedly engineered the destruction of two StateSec naval squadrons. Reputed to have been a single-minded "techno-nerd" and "tac witch" during her early career for her considerable technical prowess. Perhaps most famous for 'Oops!' comment.
Captain, Grayson Planetary Security and head of Protector Benjamin's personal security detail. Died defending the Protector during the Maccabean assassination attempt
Secretary of Economy of the People's Republic during President Harris' administration. Murdered by a radical after merely suggesting reductions in the Basic Living Stipend
Countess, Manticoran ambassador to Erewhon during the High Ridge government. Cousin to both Baron High Ridge and Captain Michael Oversteegen, and considered by the latter to be a not only a cretin, but brainless
Admiral. After High Admiral Yanakov's death, L.G. was temporarily in charge of the Grayson Space Navy, until the promotion of Commodore Matthews to Admiral in charge of Grayson's mobile forces. Desc. from The Honor of the Queen, Ch. 22: "... a craggy-faced man whose hooded eyes..."
Designer of the skydome on Grayson, Chief Engineer of Grayson Sky Domes, Ltd.
Field of Dishonor, Flag in Exile, In Enemy Hands
Gervais
RMN
petty officer; Andromeda's number one pinnace
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 7
Arnold Giancola
RH
Secretary of State, former Dolist Manager, chief contender for the Presidency. Killed by a drunk driver
War of Honor, At All Costs
Jason Giancola
RH
Senator, brother to Arnold Giancola. Killed by a drunk driver
At All Costs
Lady Gifford
SKM
Manticoran Peer
Ashes of Victory
Taylor Gillespie
RMN
Commander, HMS Prince Adrian's executive officer
In Enemy Hands
Kerry Gilley
RMN
Lieutenant (jg), LAC Cutthroat's astrogator
War of Honor
Gillingham
RMN
Male Midshipman from Alizon, student in HH's class
Ashes of Victory
Girardi
PN
(Male) Admiral, shot for losing Trevor's Star
In Enemy Hands
Claude Gisborne
SS
Citizen general, ex-Marine, one of the commanders of the ground forces that should investigate the situation on Hades
Echoes of Honor
Giscard to Gower
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Javier Giscard
RHN
Citizen Admiral PN; Admiral, RHN; assigned to commerce raiding (Flag in Exile), High Admiral of the RHN. Commanded fleets just before the ceasefire between PRH and SKM, during McQueen's offensive before White Haven nearly won the war militarily before being leased by the cease-fire, and at the beginning of the restoration of hostilities. Assigned Eloise Pritchart as a People's Commissioner, but became her lover and co-conspirator against PRH. Killed in action during the Battle of Lovat
Vice Admiral of the Green, Second Space Lord, Member of the Weapons Development Board, Director of ONI Ashes of Victory, Ch. 19:Not only was she, as head of the Office of Naval Intelligence, the officer specifically charged with providing the data Caparelli needed, she was also Second Space Lord. In the event that anything happened to him, it would be her job to make decisions until the civilians got around to appointing a new First Space Lord Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Ch. 23: "...brown hair"...
Captain, CO of GNS Jason Alvarez, Captain of the ship 'the Harrington' that returned HH to Grayson at beginning of Ashes of Victory, HH's flagship for squadron 18
Battalion Sergeant Major, senior noncom aboard HMAMS Wayfarer. Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 23: "...a giant in a faded sweat suit. The black-haired, dark-eyed man stood at least two meters tall, and heavy eyebrows seemed to meet across the bridge of his nose. His face was darkly weathered, his shoulders were preposterously broad, and his hairy hands looked like cargo grapples, but he moved with a sort of lazy grace which looked out of place in such a big man. ...Like the Bosun, the giant had a distinct Gryphon accent, and his voice was even deeper than the senior chief's. It was also soft, almost gentle, as if its owner seldom needed to raise it... Hallowell grinned. It made his dark, weathered face look suddenly like a mischievous little boy's..."Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 28: "...Tall as the Captain was, the Marine was ten centimeters taller, and Aubrey knew from painful experience just how fast he could be..."
Honor Among Enemies
Halsted
RMN
Captain; Manned simulator for 'Apollo', briefed Adm. Henke
Lieutenant, Fusion One Damage Control, HMAMS Wayfarer
Honor Among Enemies
Harahap, Damien
OFS
(aka Firebrand) Captain, Solarian Gendamerie. Assigned to a top secret assignment under the joint authority of Manpower director Aldona Anisimovna, Jessyk Combine director Isabela Bardasano, and OFS commissioner Lorcan Verrochio. His role in the operation was to coordinate with, and supply terrorist and resistance factions on Kornati and Montana in an effort to stonewall the SKM annexation of the Talbott Cluster and the Lynx Terminus. . A former officer of the Solarian League Gendarmerie now working for Mesa.
(aka Lawrence Maguire) Saboteur and employee of Grayson Sky Domes Ltd.
Flag in Exile
Helen Harken
PN
Citizen Captain, CO of PNS Rapier
Echoes of Honor
Sir Horace Harkness
RMN
Chief warrant officer, recipient of the PMV for his work on Tepes assisting the Manticoran party to escape undetected to the surface of Hades. Married to Iris Babcock. Specialist in flight ops after meeting Ensign Tremaine. Mentored Prescott Tremaine and Aubrey Wanderman. Formerly a long serving non-com with a spotty record for brawling with Marines and a number of less than above concerning smuggling and such. Now reformed (more or less)
On Basilisk Station, Honor Among Enemies through Mission of Honor
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Harmon
RMN
Senior LAC commander on Wayfarer; COLAC (Commanding Officer, LACs) on Minotaur. Developed, with Admiral Alice Truman and assistance from HH and Scotty Tremaine, among others, most of the operational doctrine that made SKM's new LACs so effective. Killed in battle.
Honor Among Enemies, Echoes of Honor
Leona Harpe
RMN
Bosun, of the destroyer HMS L'Imperieuse. She was the ranking member of thirty-seven survivors of an attack in Solarian League space by a Peep heavy-cruiser. With the aid of retired RMN ensign Sir Hakon Nessler, she and the survivors crewed the Melungeon light-cruiser Colonel Araby, rechristened HMS Ajax, and tracked down and destroyed the PNS Rienzi.
More Than Honor
Harper
PN
Citizen captain
Echoes of Honor
Lord Theodore Harper
SKM
Planetary Grand Duke of Manticore
War of Honor
Harrington, Dr. Alfred to Harrington, Stephanie
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Dr. Alfred Harrington
SKM; GR
Surgeon commander, RMN (Ret.). HH's father, graduate of Semmelweiss University, former assistant medical chief of RMN Basington Medical Center. Neurosurgeon in private practice after leaving the RMN. Husband of Allison Harrington.
The Honor of the Queen, In Enemy Hands, Echoes of Honor, At All Costs
Dr. Allison Benton-Ramirez y Chou Harrington
SKM; GR
Native of Beowulf, geneticist. Member of the most illustrious Beowulfian medical dynasty. a direct ancestor signed the Cherwell Convention and several worked on Old Earth to alleviate the damage caused by the Final War with the Ukrainian 'supermen'. Mother of Honor, Faith, and James Harrington, wife of Alfred Harrington. A social bomb thrower, especlally with regard to stodgy social and cultural systems.
The Honor of the Queen, Field of Dishonor, In Enemy Hands, Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory, At All Costs
Faith Katherine Honor Stephanie Miranda Harrington
GR
HH's younger sister. Briefly Steadholder Harrington, during the time Honor was believed dead. Elder twin of James Harrington.
Echoes of Honor, War of Honor, At All Costs
Lord Devon Harrington
SKM
Second Earl Harrington, HH's first cousin. Historian. Succeeded to the title after HH's "execution" by PRH. Retained it after her return from Hades
Duchess Harrington (Gryphon), Steadholder Harrington (Grayson). Recipient of the Parliamentary Medal of Valor (War of Honor), Monarch's Thanks (The Short Victorious War, At All Costs); first and only female recipient of the Star of Grayson (The Honor of the Queen), only the second ever to be awarded it twice. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of King Roger (At All Costs), Captain of HMS Unconquered (At All Costs). First female member, and second ranking officer, of the Grayson Navy. Admiral of the Red and commander of RMN Eighth Fleet. Fleet Admiral of the GSN, Commander of the Protector's Own. Wife to Hamish Alexander-Harrington and Emily Alexander-Harrington of White Haven, Manticore. Mother of two.
On Basilisk Station through At All Costs
James Andrew Benjamin Harrington
GR
HH's younger brother. Faith Harrington's twin.
Echoes of Honor, War of Honor, At All Costs
Stephanie Harrington
SKM
HH's ancestor. Discovered treecats. First human to bond with a treecat, Lionheart (Climbs Quickly of Bright Water Clan). Only human ever to survive an encounter with a hexapuma armed only with a vibroknife. Youngest human ever to discover an intelligent species. Effective founder of the Sphinx Forestry Service. Drafted the 9th Amendment to the SKM Constitution.
Worlds of Honor
Harris to Haughton
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Harris
SS
Female Citizen Major General. Died of brain hemorrhage. Unrelated to Legislaturist Harris clan.
Echoes of Honor
Shawn Harris
RMN
Lieutenant commander, HMMS Jessica Epps tactical officer. Killed in battle.
War of Honor
Harris
RMN
HMAMS Wayfarer
Honor Among Enemies
Sidney Harris
–
Sidney Harris was the Hereditary President of the People's Republic of Haven. He, along with most of his government, was assassinated on President's Day in 1905 P.D. in a coup d'etat coordinated and executed by Rob S. Pierre, Oscar Saint-Just, and Cordelia Ransom. A group of naval shuttles dropped four five-thousand-kilo precision guided warheads onto the People's Palace where almost every member of the Legislaturalist class had gathered to celebrate Sidney Harris's birthday. Father of three.
On Basilisk Station, The Short Victorious War
Harris
RMN
Helmsman in HMS Prince Adrian CPO 1911 and SCPO 1912
In Enemy Hands, Echoes of Honor
Harrison, Dwayne
RMN
Commander, tactical officer, battlecruiser HMS Ajax.
CEO of the Hauptman Cartel. Wealthiest man in Star Kingdom of Manticore. Early opponent of HH, later supporter of HH. Desc. from On Basilisk Station, Ch._: ... The voice was... a deep, rolling baritone too velvety to be real. ...the blue eyes were hard in that too-handsome face.... Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch.1: ...dark-haired man with the dramatically white sideburns and bulldog jaw...
Lieutenant (Senior-Grade). Daughter of Aaron Hearns, Steadholder Owens. First native female commissioned by the Grayson Space Navy, first to attend the RMN Academy at Saganami Island; HH's protégé
Admiral, Monican Navy. CO Eroica Station and designated CO battlecruiser strike force. Killed during the Manticoran attack on Eroica Station.
The Shadow of Saganami
Hedges, William
RMN
Lieutenant, Royal Manticoran Marines. CO, 2nd Platoon, Marine Detachment, HMS Hexapuma. Killed aboard the pinnacle piloted by Midshipwoman Ragnhild Pavletic when they were fired upon by the Jessyk Combine Freighter Marianne.
Admiral of the Green. Nicknamed "Horrible Hemphill"; leading spokesperson of the jeune ecole strategy and tactics faction in RMN. Formerly chairwoman of the Weapons Development Board; former member of ONI; member of the Court Martial for RMN Captain Lord Pavel Young. Became Fourth Space Lord (head of BuWeaps) in the White Haven Admiralty. Baroness Low Delhi in most recent novel, Mission of Honor.
Manticoran Ambassador to Old Earth around the time of HH's escape from Hades. Member of the Conservative Association.
Changer of Worlds
Lady Caitrin Winton-Henke
SKM
Dowager Duchess of Gold Peak; younger sister of King Roger (deceased); Queen Elizabeth's and Prince Michael's aunt. Married Earl Gold Peak (deceased); mother of Michelle and Calvin Henke (deceased).
Changer of Worlds, Ashes of Victory, At All Costs
Lord Calvin Henke
SKM
Eldest son of Earl of Gold Peak and Caitrin Winton-Henke, and brother of Michelle Henke. Assassinated
Queen Elizabeth's first cousin; Countess of Gold Peak after father and brother's assassination; HH's roommate at the RMN Academy; XO of Nike; captain of HMS Agni; rear admiral of the Red and CO of BatCruRon 81 of the 8th Fleet; briefly a Haven POW; vice admiral, CO 10th Fleet; fifth in succession for the throne of Manticore. Conqueror of the Madras Sector, and of Mesa.
The Short Victorious War, Field of Dishonor, Echoes of Honor through Shadow of Victory
Roland Henneman
PRH/RH
former employee of Public Information under the CPS
At All Costs
Hennesy
RMN
Vice Admiral. Replaced at Seaford 9 by Admiral Santino.
Ashes of Victory
Alfred Henries
RMN
Admiral, knight
Flag in Exile
Hereux
PN
Commander
Flag in Exile
Hernando
Masada
Commander of MNS Scheherezade
Honor Among Enemies
Herrick to Hill
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Herrick
PN
PNS Kerebin
Honor Among Enemies
Anson Hewitt
RMN
Rear admiral, CO of Sidemore station, replaced by HH
War of Honor
Heyerdahl
SC
Governor in Brennan System
War of Honor
Susan Hibson
RMMC
Survivor of Gryphon Avalanche; Became a Royal Marine, went to OCS and became an officer. Served with Honor Harrington several times. Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 23: "...The major was a little bitty thing, less than half the size of her opponent, but she was built for speed, and for all her small size, she appeared to have been assembled from leftover battle armor parts..."
Worlds of Honor, The Honor of the Queen, Field of Dishonor, Honor Among Enemies
Higgins
GR
Corporal, one of Steadholder Mueller's armsmen
Ashes of Victory
Higgins
RMN
Admiral. CO of Grendelsbane depot. Forced to destroy the Yards, and all ships docked, mothballed, or under construction, when the Haven War resumed with Operation Thunderbolt and an overwhelming RH task force attacked
War of Honor
Lord Hightower
SKM
Baron. Dame Estelle's predecessor on Medusa
On Basilisk Station
Lord Gray Hill
SKM
Earl
On Basilisk Station
Hill
HSG
Colonel, later Brigadier General; CO of the Harrington Steadholder's Guard
Xenobiologist. Came to SKM when the treecats were discovered. Learned little about them as the 'cats had made a decision not to cooperate, and those humans who had bonded with a cat were playing dumb
Attempted assassination of Prince Huang of the Anderman Royal family. Succeeded in killing one of Huang's children. Killed during the attempt, which was never satisfactorily explained. Believed much later to have been under the control of Mesa. Assassination attempt resulted in the Imperial decree that no armed person ever be allowed in the same room as a member of the Royal family
A leading theorist of the Liberal Party; not a friend of the military. In The Honor of the Queen, second in command of Raoul Courvosier's diplomatic mission to Grayson. Later served as Second Space Lord during the High Ridge Government, in charge of financial build-down of the RMN.
Keel plate owner and XO of Hauptman Lines freighter Bonaventure. Captured by pirates, rescued by PNS, and repatriated, after PNS cruiser captured by HMAMS Wayfarer under HH command
Honor Among Enemies
Albert Hurston
Commander, Helmsport Navy (conquered by Haven). Former prisoner of Hades. Served on courts-martial of Hades staff.
Echoes of Honor
I
Illyushin to Ito
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Ed Illyushin
RMN
Crew member aboard HMAMS Wayfarer, hangs out with Randy Steilman
Head of the Imbesi Family, officially part of the Erewhonese political opposition, not one of the families represented in the existing government. Despite this, little gets done on Erewhon without the Imbesi Family's leverage. He is "...a fourth not quite officially acknowledged member..." of the government's leadership triumvirate. (See also: Alessandra Havlicek, Thomas Hall, Walter Imbesi.)
Admiral of the Green. Twice first space lord. Assigned HH to Basilisk Station. Allowed Manticore to lose technological edge during short cease-fire. Committed Suicide
On Basilisk Station, Ashes of Victory, War of Honor
Tactical officer aboard HMS Hadrian. Career nearly destroyed by Admiral Elvis Santino {deceased} (Echoes of Honor). "Rehabilitated" by Honor Harrington at Saganami Island (Ashes of Victory). Eighth Fleet Operations Officer.
Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory Ch. 11+, At All Costs
Citizen commander, Citizen Admiral Dimitri's com officer at Barnett
Ashes of Victory
Jessup
RMN
Commander
Echoes of Honor
Jessup, Duncan
Peep
Haven's Secretary of public information (pre-revolution) Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Prologue: "...a stocky, perpetually disheveled man who cultivated the public image of a grumpy but golden-hearted uncle...."
The Short Victorious War, Prologue
Jewel
PN
Citizen commander
In Enemy Hands
M. Johannsen
RMMC
Master sergeant, Saganami Island range officer
War of Honor
Johnson
PN
Citizen commissioner. Chenrov's commissioner
Flag in Exile
Heinrich Johnson
PN
Citizen corporal. Leader of gambling ring aboard PNS Tepes keeper for RMN defector, Horace Harkness. Murdered by Harkness.
In Enemy Hands
Jones
–
political leader on planet Everest
Flag in Exile
Jordan to Justin
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Jordan
PN
Citizen captain, CO aboard PNS Conquistador
Flag in Exile
Jordan
RMN
Senior Chief. (relief for Ginger Lewis)
Honor Among Enemies
Leander Joubert
PN
Citizen captain. Giscard's chief of staff
Echoes of Honor
Brother Jouet
–
Grayson Burdette Cathedral loyalist
Flag in Exile
Denis Jourdain
PNS
Vaubons People's Commissioner, Secretary of the Treasury, RH.
Honor Among Enemies
Juliet
–
ops officer for Admiral Higgins.
War of Honor
Hongbo Junyan
OFS
Vice Commissioner; Office of Frontier Security, associated with Lorcan Verrochio
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 16
Jurgens, Abraham
PN
Citizen Commodore, commanded a task force aboard PNS Achmed
Lieutenant, astrogator of HMAMS Wayfarer. Killed in battle against PNS Achmed.
Honor Among Enemies
Gabrijela Kanjcevic
–
Captain; a Solarian
War of Honor
Kantor
PN
Citizen Lieutenant commander. Assistant engineer, PNS Schaumberg Fourth in chain of command.
Ashes of Victory
Naomi Kaplan
RMN
Lieutenant commander, Royal Manticoran Navy. Tactical Officer, HMS Hexapuma.
The Shadow of Saganami
Jordin Kare
RMAIA
Astronomer. RMAIA
War of Honor
Jane Kellet
PN
Citizen Rear admiral. PNS Schaumberg. Killed in battle.
Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory
Kennedy to Kirkegard
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Brian Kennedy
MAS
co-conspirator with Mueller
Ashes of Victory
Jeffery Kersaint
PRH
Citizen Secretary, foreign minister
Ashes of Victory
Winston Kershaw
GR
Governor
Ashes of Victory
Lord Jonathan Kershaw
GR
Steadholder Denby, strong supporter of Benjamin IX
Ashes of Victory
Theophile Kgari
RMN
Lieutenant, later lieutenant commander, staff astrogator for Task Force Thirty-Four and Eighth Fleet, both under Honor Harrington,
War of Honor, At All Costs
The Hon. Augustus Khumalo
RMN
Rear admiral, Royal Manticoran Navy. CO, Talbott Station. Distant relative of the House of Winton. A firm member of the Conservative Association, however he distinguished himself to the Grantville Administration with his actions in supporting Captain Terekhov during the Monica situation. "...a large, rather beefy hand, ...a large man, with powerful shoulders and a middle which was beginning to thicken. His complexion was considerably lighter than Michelle (Henke)'s own — in fact, it was almost as light as the Queen's — but there was no mistaking the Winton chin".
The Shadow of Saganami; Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 8 & Ch. 14
New Kiev, (Marissa)
SKM
Countess New Kiev, leader of the Liberal Party of the House of Lords in the SKM, apparently so eager to take political power that she was willing to sacrifice principle for a Cabinet post under High Ridge. Opposed for leadership of the Liberals by Catherine Montaigne who renounced her title of Countess of the Tor to run as a commoner for Parliament. Was Minister for Medusan Affairs
On Basilisk Station, Ashes of Victory, War of Honor
Killian
RMN
CPO. Helmsman aboard both incarnations of HMS Fearless (CL-56 and CA-286). Two commissions previous to his service on the original HMS Fearless, he did a stint as the regular helmsman for a super dreadnought's boarding shuttle.
On Basilisk Station, The Honor of the Queen, The Service of the Sword
Wilson Kirkegard
RMN
Admiral
War of Honor
Kleinmeuller to Kuzak
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Klein
–
Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of the Marine detachment on the newer Nike. Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Ch. 2: "...His was the sort of face that revealed very little..."
Citizen Secretary of War, replaced by Admiral Esther McQueen.
In Enemy Hands
Klontz
–
Lieutenant Klontz (takes over for Silvetti)
Honor Among Enemies
Koga
RMN
Admiral
Flag in Exile
Kolokoltsov, Innokentiy Arsenovich
Solarian
permanent senior undersecretary for foreign affairs. One of a quintet of permanent bureaucrats who actually control the Solarian government's actions. (See also Nathan MacArtney, Omosupe Quartermain, Malachai Abruzzi and Agatá Wodoslawski)
Manpower genetic slave. Escaped. Paid by Mesa for her betrayal of a ship full of fellow escapees. Used the payoff when she came to SKM to begin a criminal career of commercial espionage, financial crimes, etc. Believed by LCPD to have murdered at least two people before changing her name to Georgia Sakristos after abandoning criminal career, just ahead of the police. 'Security specialist' to Dmitri Young, Earl of North Hollow. One time lover of Pavel Young, Earl of North Hollow, after his father's death. Married Stephan Young, Earl of North Hollow, minister in High Ridge cabinet. Effectively the eminence grise (and dirty tricks strategic planner) for the High Ridge Cabinet. After his return from Congo/Torch, 'encouraged' by Anton Zilwicki and Catherine Montaigne to leave SKM—permanently. She had been a very high priority Ballroom target since the betrayal.
Rear admiral of the Red. Served with Earl White Haven early in the War at Second Yeltsin. On Honor Harrington's staff at the ATC while HH was commandant.
Ashes of Victory
Henri Krietzmann
TC
President, Talbott Constitutional Convention. Later, the Quadrant's Minister of War. (...Krietzmann was a short, compact, solid-looking man with brown hair and gray eyes. His left hand had been mangled in some long-ago accident, and although Michelle knew he was actually the youngest person in the room, he looked like the oldest, because prolong had been unavailable on his native planet of Dresden in his youth"...)
The Shadow of Saganami; Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 16
Kuttner, Timothy
PN
Citizen Commissioner, Commissioner for Helen Zachary
In Enemy Hands
Theodosia Kuzak
RMN
Admiral. Supporter of the White Haven led traditionalist school (in opposition to Hemphill led jeune ecode faction). Childhood friend and (briefly) lover of Earl White Haven. Left in charge of 6th fleet's struggle to take Trevor's Star during Hamish Alexander's visit to Manticore (Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 1). Killed in the Battle of Manticore
Field of Dishonor, Honor Among Enemies, Echoes of Honor through At All Costs
Kuzak
RMN?
Admiral. brief mention
IS2, Ch. 7
L
Lababibi to Langtry
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
President Samiha Lababibi
TC
President of the Spindle System and its senior delegate to the Talbott Constitutional Convention. Later, "resigned as the Spindle System President to take the Treasury Ministry" (of the Talbott Quadrant).
Head of the "Leveler" a group of anarchists. Lead an uprising against the Committee of Public Safety.
Andrew LaFollet
HSG
Major, Harrington Steadholders Guard. Close friend and longtime personal armsman of HH. Promoted to lieutenant colonel and now personal guard for HH's son.
Andrew LaFollet's sister. Jennifer LaFollet's cousin. Personal maid and assistant to Honor Harrington. Functions as her chief of staff. First Grayson to bond with a treecat.
Colonel (retired). Ambassador to Grayson. Later foreign Secretary in 1st Grantville Administration. Desc. from The Honor of the Queen, Ch. 18: "...Langtry had been a Marine colonel... ...deep-set eyes... ...a tall man, but much of his bulk was in his torso, and he had to half-trot to match (Honor Harrington's) long-legged stride...."
Historical figure who invented a vaccine against lung cancer, seventeen centuries before the events of the HH stories
Mentioned in The Honor of the Queen
Julia Lapisch
PN
Citizen Lieutenant commander, com officer
Echoes of Honor
George Larabee
–
Lord Altamont, Catherine Montaigne's brother-in-law
War of Honor
Lady Altamont Larabee
–
George Larabee's mother
War of Honor
Larry
–
Captain Bachfisch's Pirates' Bane's astrogator.
War of Honor
Ron Larson
RMN
Commander; Exec to Flag Captain Armstrong (Voice- a highland Gryphon burr... raised on the other side of the planet from what had become the Duchy of Harrington. "half a head shorter than the flag captain. He was as dark-haired as Adenauer, but his eyes were a curious slate-gray, not brown, and he sported a luxuriant but neatly trimmed beard that made him look vaguely piratical. There was something about him that reminded Michelle of Michael Oversteegen, though she couldn't put her finger on what it was".)
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 11
Howard Latham
GSN
Commander (GNS), HH's staff com officer (on GNS Alvarez)
In Enemy Hands
Lawrence
–
Chief Petty Officer under Sarah Flanagan
War of Honor
–
Commodore; senior officer of the Spindle System Navy
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 15
Leahy
RMN
Captain senior intelligence officer, Third Fleet
Echoes of Honor
Cynthia 'Cindy' Lecter
RMN
Captain (junior-grade); Adm. Henke's chief of staff. Had previously served as Henke's executive officer. ("...a trim blonde at least twelve or thirteen centimeters shorter than Michelle")
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 8
Lemaitre, Antoinette to Lewis
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Antoinette Lemaitre
RMN
Captain (SG) who views HH as a loose warhead
Field of Dishonor
George LeMoyne
GSN
Lieutenant (Senior-Grade) Logistics and Supply Officer (on GNS Alvarez)
In Enemy Hands
Leopold
SS
Citizen commissioner to Citizen Rear Admiral Darlington during Operation Icarus.
Echoes of Honor
Denis LePic
RH
Senior Peoples Commissioner at Barnett, assigned to Admiral Theisman. Not a fan of the Pierre – Saint-Just regime and its policies; became Attorney General after restoration of the Haven Constitution
Flag in Exile, In Enemy Hands, Ashes of Victory through At All Costs
Anson Lethridge
ESN
Lieutenant Commander Honor Harrington's Erewhonese astrogator (on GNS Alvarez)
In Enemy Hands, Echoes of Honor
Levitt
PN
Citizen commander
Echoes of Honor
Izrok Levakonic
SOL
Technodyne Industries of Yildun's representative to the Republic of Monica. Killed in the Manticoran attack on Eroica Station.
The Shadow of Saganami
Ginger Lewis
RMN
Electronics Tech, later commander (RMN). Friend and classmate of Aubrey Wanderman, Gravitics specialist, DCC Chief on Wayfarer, promoted out of the zone. Victim of Steilman's retaliation. Attended OCS, became an officer and was Chief Engineer on Hexapuma's tour to the Lynx Cluster under Captain Terekhov. Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 8: "...a gravitics specialist like Aubrey. The trim redhead had graduated nineteenth in their class of a hundred... ...twelve years older than he was... ...She wasn't anywhere near as strong as he on theory, yet she had an uncanny instinct for troubleshooting, as if she could actually feel where the problem lay. She also had the added maturity of her age, and the fact that she was extremely attractive hadn't..." Later by 1922AD, she became captain (JG) appointed to admiral Yeager staff at HMSS Wayland.
Honor Among Enemies, Mission of Honor, The Service of the Sword
Victor Lewis
PN
Rear admiral; "...would have made formidable interrogators" & "Lewis commanded the Office of Operational Research, the Bureau of Planning's primary analysis agency",
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 4
Lionheart to Luchner
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Lionheart (Climbs Quickly)
SKM
The first treecat to bond with a human, Stephanie Harrington. Lost a true arm in a battle with a hexapuma defending the injured Stephanie, after a hang glider crash.
Changer of Worlds
Listerman
PRH
Holdout against the Republic of Haven
Mentioned in War of Honor
Livermore
PN
Citizen colonel (PNS) CO of PNS Tepes's ground force and security detachments
In Enemy Hands
Livitnikov
SKM
Associate of Denver Summervale, presumably a lawyer, who acts as a witness and a second during Summervale's duels
Field of Dishonor
Robert Llewellyn
RMN
Commander. Executive Officer for HMS Jessica Epps. Killed in action.
War of Honor
Sabrina Longmont
PN
Citizen Admiral. Supported Committee of Public Safety. Imprisoned on Hades after defeat in battle. Served on courts-martial of Hades staff under conditions.
Echoes of Honor
Lovat
RMN?
Commander, Exec. to Commodore Van Slyke on HMS Crusader Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Ch. 22: "...the slender commander's intricately-braided chestnut hair and attractively curved figure and gave her a gracious smile. ...on her hips and nicely filled trousers"...
The Short Victorious War
Karen Lowe
PN
Citizen commander
In Enemy Hands, Echoes of Honor
Luchner
PN
Citizen commander. Executive officer of PNS Katana
In Enemy Hands
M
MacAfee to Maddison
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Lawrence MacAfee
PN
Citizen Vice Admiral PNS
Ashes of Victory
Nathan MacArtney
Solarian
permanent senior undersecretary of the Interior (back on Old Earth). One of a quintet of permanent bureaucrats who actually control the Solarian government's actions. (See also Innokentiy Arsenovich Kolokoltsov, Omosupe Quartermain and Malachai Abruzzi and Agatá Wodoslawski)
Senior Master Chief Boatswain's Mate (Bosun : senior non-commissioned officer) aboard Fearless (CL-56?, probably not CA-286), has served in the Royal Manticoran Navy (RMN) for over 15 Manticoran years. She is a native to Gryphon.
On Basilisk Station, Honor Among Enemies, Echoes of Honor
Niall MacDonnell
GSN
Admiral
War of Honor
James 'Mac' MacGuiness
RMN
Senior Chief Steward, First Class Steward. Later head butler at Harrington Steading.
Allen MacGuire
–
Captain (Junior-Grade) Gudrid's CO and the squadron's third-in-command. Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 7: "...MacGuire was a small man, twenty-five centimeters shorter than Honor, and another blond. ...he had a lively sense of humor which would probably stand a Q-ship's commander in good stead. He was also sharply intelligent..." {See also Exec. officer Courtney Stillman.}
Honor Among Enemies
Andrew MacIntosh
PN
Citizen captain, PRH ops officer, and Javier Giscard's chief of staff.
Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory
Sir Harrison MacIntosh
SKM
Home Secretary
War of Honor
John Mackenzie
–
(Grayson, steadholder)
Flag in Exile, At All Costs
Allison MacMurtree
PN
Caslet's XO
Honor Among Enemies
Maddison
RMN
CPO. Teacher of Neue-Stil Handgemenge martial art at Saganami Island
War of Honor
MaGuire to Mangrum
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Magilen, Julie
Maya Solarian
"...(Gov.) Barregos' private secretary, guarded the approaches like a deceptively demure looking dragon".
Presumably on the staff of Rozsak, Luiz, rear admiral Has not been entrusted with Rozsak's actual long range plans. Referred to as "...that little snot Manson".
"Lady Dame Estelle Matsuko, Baroness Medusa, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth III of Manticore's Imperial Governor for the Talbott Quadrant". Knight of the Order of King Roger and Resident Commissioner for Planetary Affairs on the planet Medusa in the name of Her Majesty Elizabeth III, Queen of Manticore and Defender of the Realm. (in HH1) The Empress' direct representative and viceroy in the Quadrant. Interim system governor for the Talbott Cluster. Expected to be appointed as the first imperial governor.
On Basilisk Station, The Service of the Sword; Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 15
Wesley Matthews
GSN
High Admiral. Received sudden promotion to be in charge of Grayson's mobile forces/fleet. Desc. from The Honor of the Queen, Ch. 22: "...short, even for a Grayson, stocky and solid, with an intelligent, mobile face..."
Lieutenant, HH's armsman. Murdered in the line of duty.
Flag in Exile through In Enemy Hands, Ashes of Victory through At All Costs
Lady Francine Maurier
SKM
Baroness Mourncreek and First Lord of the Admiralty. With the formation of the Grantville Administration, was made a countess and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Short Victorious War, Field of Dishonor, War of Honor(Mentioned only)
Richard "Silver Spanner" Maxwell
RMN
PO, Flight engineer aboard Harpy One. Killed in action.
Echoes of Honor
Richard Maxwell
SKM
lawyer for HH Ashes of Victory, Ch. 20: "...I've been practicing almost exclusively before the criminal bar for the last twenty or thirty T-years. Although I've handled a few business matters for Willard (Neufsteiler), primarily when he wanted someone he'd known for years and knew to be discreet, my commercial law is actually fairly rusty".
"I am a high muckety-muck in security...", ___, brother of Zachariah Appearance (Torch of Freedom, Ch. 5): "Both brothers were red-haired and blue-eyed, but of the two, Jack had the greater number of freckles and the more infectious smile. ...Both of them had lively senses of humor, ...Jack had always been the extrovert of the pair... ...Jack the joker, the raconteur of hilarious stories, the guy with the irresistible grin and the devastating ability to attract women",...
Torch of Freedom, Ch. 5
McBryde, Zachariah
Mesan
scientist, one of Anastasia Chernevsky's key research directors, brother of Jack Appearance (Torch of Freedom, Ch. 5): "Both brothers were red-haired and blue-eyed, but of the two, ...Zachariah, six T-years younger and three centimeters shorter than his brother, had always been the straight man when they were younger. Both of them had lively senses of humor, and Zachariah had probably been even more inventive than Jack when it came to devising elaborate practical jokes..."
Lieutenant Colonel; ...born and raised on the planet of Gryphon, less than five hundred kilometers from what had since become the Duchy of Harrington, was (Commodore Arlo) Turner's antithesis in almost every way. Where Turner was fair-haired and blue-eyed, McGregor had black hair, dark brown eyes, and a swarthy complexion. Where Turner was heavyset—chunky, not overweight—and stood only a little more than a hundred and sixty-two centimeters in height, McGregor had a runner's build and topped a hundred and ninety-three centimeters... ...Turner had been the senior officer of Camp Charlie-Seven, and McGregor, as the senior Marine officer in the camp, had been his adjutant and the commander of Camp Charlie's internal police service. He continued to hold both of those posts, and Turner had become Michelle's executive officer.
Rear admiral of the Red. HH Executive Officer aboard the light cruiser, Fearless (CL-56, not CA-286). Captain of Troubador, Prince Adrian. Captured and sent to Hades with HH. Killed in the Battle of Manticore. Desc. from On Basilisk Station, Ch. 1: ...tall, heavyset exec... ...His gray eyes ...
On Basilisk Station through Field of Dishonor, In Enemy Hands through At All Costs
Esther McQueen
PN
Trevor's Star. Committee of public safety, Citizen Secretary of War
Flag in Exile through War of Honor, More Than Honor, Changer of Worlds
McReynolds, Hester
__
Author of 'Origins of the Maya Crisis' (Ceres Press, Chicago, 2048 PD)
Lt, Communications Officer on HMS Fearless (CA-286)
The Honor of the Queen
Michaelson
GR
(Grayson, steadholder)
Flag in Exile
Silas Mikasinovich
SS
Citizen general, longest surviving major SS dissenter of the Republic of Haven
War of Honor
Diego Mikhailovic
RMN
Captain of the battlecruiser (probably 'Ajax'?) that Admiral Michelle Henke manned (KIA in Battle of Solon).
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 1
Edith Mincio
SKM
Scholar and former tutor for Sir Hakon Nessler of Greatgap. Recently attained post as Reader in Pre-human Civilizations at Skanderbeg University on Manticore.
More Than Honor
Monroe to Mueller
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Monet, George
RMN
Lieutenant commander, Communications section Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Ch. 2: "...the antithesis of her new tac officer: a tall, thin, almost colorless man with humorless features. His handclasp was firm enough, but almost mechanical...."
formerly Countess of the Tor, galactic anti-slavery advocate (through the Anti-Slavery League); known as a 'loose cannon' {Please correct with actual phrase} due to her affiliation with the 'Audubon Ballroom'; Member of the Manticoran Liberal Party (and likely candidate for its leadership); native of SKM, lover of Anton Zilwicki
Ensign (Resigned), Royal Manticoran Navy. Fourteenth Earl of Greatgap. Undertook an expedition, along with his mentor Edith Mincio, to Hope (fmr. Salamis) in the outskirts of the Solarian League to study the Alphane Worlds. While there he took command of the Melungeon light-cruiser Colonel Araby, rechristened HMS Ajax and crewed by the thirty-seven survivors of the destroyer HMS L'Imperieuse. He and "his" crew and tracked down and destroyed the heavy-cruiser the PNS Rienzi which was attacking RMN ships in Sollie space.
More Than Honor
Willard Neufsteiler
SKM
Honor Harrington's chief financial manager
Field of Dishonor, Honor Among Enemies through At All Costs
Francis 'Frank' Ney
SKM
personal bodyguard of Prime Minister Allen Summervale, died in the assassination at Grayson.
Ashes of Victory
Nico Havenhurst
SKM
The White Haven majordomo.
War of Honor, At All Costs
Nimitz (Laughs Brightly)
SKM
Treecat. Adopted Honor Harrington at the age of 13 (14??), attended RMN Naval Academy on Saganami Island with her, and has been with her ever since, save while imprisoned aboard Tepes with Cordelia Ransom. His injuries in connection with that episode have prevented him from telepathically speaking to other treecats. Mate of Samantha and father of Jason, Achilles, Andromeda, and Cassandra, who were taken to Grayson to grow up, along with a party from Nimitz' Bright Water Clan.
Agnes Nordbrandt
TC
Leader of the Kornati National Redemption Party (NRP) and as such was a close ally of current President Vuk Rajkovic; organizer and leader of the Freedom Alliance of Kornati (FAK), a terrorist group backed unknowingly by Mesa through a contact named "Firebrand".
The Shadow of Saganami
Eugene Nordbrandt
RMN
Lieutenant, Bad Penny's com officer
Ashes of Victory
Ildikó Nyborg
MSDF
Commander, MSDF. Operations officer to Admiral Osiris Trajan.
Honor's tracking yeoman on the first SD she served aboard, a Shinto priest
Mentioned in Flag in Exile
Jennifer O'Brien
RMN
White Haven's 8th Flt intelligence officer
Echoes of Honor
Merlin Odom
SKM
Willard Neufsteiller's deputy at Manticore
War of Honor
Odysseus
SKM
Aristophones Georgides' treecat partner
Honor Among Enemies
Lasrina O'Faolain
PN
Citizen Commissioner
Ashes of Victory
Sir Clarence Oglesby
SKM
public relations director and press secretary for High Ridge
War of Honor
Kendrick O'Halley
RMN
Senior Chief Coxswain on HMS Wayfarer (helmsman). Killed in battle against PNS Achmed
Honor Among Enemies
Tamara O'Jorgenson
RMN
Sphinxian SCPO on HMS Prince Adrian, senior environmental tech and qualified small craft gunner. Imprisoned on Hades with the rest of Prince Adrian's crew
Echoes of Honor
Fugimori Okamura
PN
Citizen Lieutenant commander, ops officer to Citizen Admiral Groenewold
Ashes of Victory
Frances Olivetti
RMN
Lieutenant, Royal Manticoran Navy. Assistant Engineer, HMS Hexapuma.
The Shadow of Saganami
Olson to Oversteegen
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Olson
PN
Citizen captain, CO of the small PN patrol detachment
Echoes of Honor
Quentin O'Malley
RMN
Vice Admiral, Royal Manticoran Navy. CO of RMN task force dispatched to Monica to support Terekhov. (His command was originally intended as a screening element at the Lynx junction.)
The Shadow of Saganami; Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 8 & Ch. 13
Shulamit Onasis
RMN
Commodore; commands BCS 106's second division
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 13
Pakow Oovvic
SKM
Dempsey's restaurant manager at Manticore-B
Lajos Orban
RMN
Surgeon commander, Royal Manticoran Navy. Ship's doctor, HMS Hexapuma. Temporarily replaced by Surgeon Lieutenant Ruth Sarkozy
The Shadow of Saganami; Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 5
Lord Orloff Maxwell
VE
Captain of the light cruiser the Colonel Araby. Noble of the Grand Duchy of Melungeon, a Verge system to the galactic south of the Solarian League. Responsible for the destruction of a priceless archaeological artifact when he attempted to move one of the "Alphane Columns" off of the planet Hope.
Baroness Medusa's civilian senior intelligence analyst. "...and, effectively, her chief of staff, as well" ("...slightly built and a good ten centimeters shorter than Augustus Khumalo, with thinning gray hair"...)
The Shadow of Saganami; Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 16 & Ch. 17.
Oselli, Charlotte
RMN
Lieutenant commander, astrogator on the newer Nike. Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Ch. 2: "...Oselli's hair and eyes were as dark as Honor's own, and her thin, almost foxy features looked both confident and intelligent...."
The Short Victorious War
Oswald
GR
(grayson early history, survivor of Bancroft's assassinations, leader of the Faithful) Steadholder
Rear admiral. Distant relative of the Baron High Ridge. Former commander of HMS Gauntlet and HMS Nike. Commanding officer of Battlecruiser Squadron 83 after Michelle Henke's capture at the Battle of Solon.
Lieutenant, frmr. A native of Ndebele, a heavy-G planet in the Mcafene system, she was a Solarian citizen only by proxy. Citizens of planets under the jurisdiction of the OFS could join the military but were often overlooked for advancement. Career prospects picked up for her when she was recruited into Captain Luis Rozsak's covert ops detachment. She was affectionately dubbed "Great Kaja" by her charges, a strike team of Ukrainian-developed genetic superwomen whom she trained personally, known as scrags, aka "Amazons". Her own capabilities include superhuman strength and agility as well as her Solarian Marine Corps training. At the end of Crown of Slaves she resigned her Solarian commission to take up the post as CO of the Torch Royal Military.
Secretary for Internal Security in President Harris's cabinet, under the Legislaturist regime of the People's Republic of Haven. She was assassinated by Kevin Usher and other members of the CRP in The Short Victorious War.
The Short Victorious War
Pangborn
PN
Citizen captain
Echoes of Honor
Cal/Carl Panokulous
RMN
Honor's boyfriend on Sanganami Island
Mentioned in The Short Victorious War & War of Honor
Yancy Parks
RMN
Vice Admiral of the green
The Short Victorious War
Panowski to Perot
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Panowski
RMN
Lieutenant, acting astrogator aboard HMS Fearless (CL-56). Killed in battle against the Havenite Q-ship Sirius
On Basilisk Station
Nikos Papadapolous
RMMC
Serving in the RMMC aboard HMS Fearless (CL-56 (probably not ALSO CA-286)), Captain Papadapolous heads the marine division assigned to Honor's ship. Desc. from On Basilisk Station, Ch. 4: ...meticulously neat in the green and black of the Royal Manticoran Marines... Desc. from On Basilisk Station, Ch. 18: ...The Marine was dark, despite his auburn hair, with quick, alert eyes, ...but he looked like an untested recruit...
PRH Chief of Naval Operations who planned the initial attacks of the Manticore-Haven war. Admiral (CNO) Amos Parnell of (Peep) Naval Intelligence was a firm man supporting the war effort. Court martialed and convicted of treason for involvement in the coup which overthrew the RH, sent to Hades, freed during HH's breakout, went to Earth to testify on the circumstances of that coup and related events. Regarded by White Haven as a very good battle planner and commander.
The Short Victorious War, Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory, War of Honor
Mark Paulk
RMN
PO 2/c, LAC Cutthroat's helmsman
Ashes of Victory
Ragnhild Pavletic
RMN
Midshipwoman, Royal Manticoran Navy, assigned HMS Hexapuma. Close friend of fellow "Middie" Helen Zilwicki. Killed in an attack by the Jessyk Combine Transport Freighter Marianne.
Computer specialist, Sarawak System Navy (Conquered by PRH). Returned from Haven captivity, she became a captain in the Grayson Navy.
Echoes of Honor through At All Costs
Edward Pierre
PRH
Son of Robert S. Pierre, Rear Admiral in the People's Navy. Killed in action during the early skirmishes of the war with Manticore. His death was one of several catalysts that motivated his father to overthrow the Legislaturalist government.
The Short Victorious War
Robert S. Pierre
PRH
Dolist member of RH Legislature. Chief organizer of the coup which brought the RH government down. Chairman of the Committee which established the PRH, and which put Saint-Just in charge of State Security. Effective, if brutal (mostly via Saint-Just) leader. Killed during a coup led by PRN Admiral (and War Minister) Esther McQueen.
The Short Victorious War through At All Costs
Bianca Polanco
PN
Citizen captain, CO of PNS Timoleon
Ashes of Victory
Porter
PN
Citizen corporal
In Enemy Hands
Porter
PN
Citizen rear admiral
Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory
Preston to Pyne
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Jayne Preston
PN
Citizen captain. CO of PNS Subutai.
Echoes of Honor
Preston of the Spaceways
–
Famous fictional character in Honorverse.
Lord Henry Prestwick
GR
Grayson; Chancellor, Steadholder
The Honor of the Queen, Flag in Exile, In Enemy Hands through War of Honor
Lady Ellen Prevost
RMN
Lieutenant commander, Apollo's Exec, Desc. in The Honor of the Queen, Ch. 3: "...both of them as golden-haired as Honor was dark..."
The Honor of the Queen
Michael Preznikov
PRH
(PRH citizen, aboard PNS Conquistador, resident commissioner for Committee of Public Safety) Citizen Commissioner
Flag in Exile
Minerva Prince
SKM
liberal, co-host of "Into the Fire"
Field of Dishonor
President Eloise Pritchart
RH
PRHN Admiral Javier Giscard's Peoples Commissioner, former Aprilist opponent of the RH regime, (twin sister Estelle brutally killed in the streets of Nouveau Paris). Very close relationship with Giscard, concealed from StateSec and most others. After the Theisman coup, became President of the revived (pre-Legislaturalist) Republic of Haven.
Honor Among Enemies, Echoes of Honor through At All Costs, Changer of Worlds, The Service of the Sword
Estelle Pritchart
PRH
sister to Eloise Pritchart. Killed, inspiring Eloise Pritchart to join the CRU
Honor Among Enemies
Proxmire
PN
Citizen Lieutenant commander, courier boat skipper assigned to Hades. Attempted to get off planet to inform the PRH of Honor Harrington's takeover of Camp Charon, but was shot down and killed.
Permanent Senior Undersecretary of Commerce (back on Old Earth). One of a quintet of permanent bureaucrats who actually control the Solarian government's actions. Unlike the other four, she had spent twenty years in the private sector before joining the Solarian bureaucracy. (See also Innokentiy Arsenovich Kolokoltsov, Nathan MacArtney, and Malachai Abruzzi and Agatá Wodoslawski)
Fifth in succession to throne, renowned combat commander of IAN, Emperor's first cousin.
Honor Among Enemies, War of Honor
President Vuk Rajkovic
TC
Leader of the Reconciliation Party (RP). Recently appointed Planetary President of Kornati and the Split System. Was Vice-president until the impeachment and subsequent resignation of former President Aleksandra Tonkovic.
The Shadow of Saganami
Tomas Ramirez Tomas Santiago Ramirez
RMMC
Royal Manticoran Marine Corps. Son of Jesus Ramirez. Brigadier General
The Honor of the Queen, Field of Dishonor, Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory
Elena Ramirez
SKM
Ramirez's kids
Mentioned in Echoes of Honor
Jesus Ramirez
SMN
a commodore from San Martin, POW, senior surviving officer from the SMN task force that covered the Trevor's Star, imprisoned on Cerberus. Upon his return, elected president of San Martin.
Echoes of Honor
Josepha Ramirez
SKM
Ramirez's kids
Mentioned in Echoes of Honor
Manuel Ramirez
–
father to Jesus Ramirez
Ashes of Victory
President Hector Ramirez
–
uncle to Jesus Ramirez
Ashes of Victory
Rosario Ramirez
–
Wife of Jesus Ramirez, mother of Elena, Josepha, and Tomas
Led the coup against Haven's Legislaturalist government with the aid of Rob S. Pierre and Oscar Saint-Just. Became a senior member of the Committee of Public Safety set up in place of the previous regime
Manticore Astro-Control Service (ACS). Later Vice Admiral, Manticore Astro-Control Service. Desc. from On Basilisk Station, Ch. 8: ...bristly gray hair...
Sergeant-Major "Major Rice had been the Protector's personal armsman for over ten years, since his predecessor's death during the Maccabean coup attempt, and he had not been selected for his position for his social skills. Indeed, his social skills were a bit rudimentary. But back before joining Palace Security, Sergeant-Major Robert Rice, known to his fellows as "Sparky" for some reason Matthews had yet to ferret out, had been the senior noncom of the Orbit Dogs. Officially known as the 5019th Special Battalion, the Orbit Dogs were the elite battalion (except that the outsized "special" battalion was bigger than a normal regiment) of the Grayson Space Marines. After the Protector's hairbreadth escape from assassination, Palace Security had decided he needed an especially nasty guard dog, and "Sparky" Rice had been their choice. It was not, Matthews suspected, a post the slightly graying, red-haired veteran had accepted without some severe qualms. On the other hand, his long, distinguished, and risky military career had"...
commander, Judge Advocate's Corps; briefed Adm. Henke on complications re her parole. "...a solidly-built fellow, with dark hair, and probably somewhere in his mid-forties"
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 8
Nathan Robards
GSN
Lieutenant, White Haven's aide aboard GNS Benjamin the Great
In Enemy Hands through Ashes of Victory
Robert Roden
–
Lieutenant commander, CO of 1906th LAC Squadron of Scotty Tremaine's Nineteenth LAC Wing aboard HMS Hydra
Ashes of Victory
Rodgers
PN
Citizen Sergeant
Echoes of Honor
Guillermo Rodham
SS
Citizen Lieutenant
Echoes of Honor
Yuri Rollins
PN
Admiral. Falsely pronounced dead by CPS/SS of PRH
The Short Victorious War, Echoes of Honor
Rontved
–
Commodore
War of Honor
Rosenfeld to Ryder
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Rivka Rosenfeld
–
Seeing Prince Roger Winton, admired by Ariel (Queen Elizabeth's treecat) thought of as possible consort for Roger. Marries Roger in "A Rising Thunder."
Mentioned in Ashes of Victory
Ross
RMN
Chief flight ops
Mentioned in Honor Among Enemies
Rozsak, Luiz (also spelled Roszak, Luis)
Maya Solarian
Rear admiral Appearance (Torch of Freedom, Ch. 1): "...dark, trim man in the uniform of a Solarian League Navy rear admiral..." (Torch of Freedom, Ch. 2):"...Rozsak's own hundred and seventy-five centimeters..."
Crown of Slaves & Torch of Freedom, alternate spelling in A Rising Thunder
Ruihuan
–
War of Honor
Rutgers
PN
Citizen captain. CO of PNS Pappenheim.
Mentioned in Echoes of Honor
Edward Rutledge
–
director of RN Bureau of Logistics
War of Honor
Gianna Ryan
PN
PNS Rene dAiguillonCitizen Commodore
Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory
Angela Ryder
–
Surgeon lieutenant commander Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 17: "...as dark-haired as Hibson, with a thin, studious face. She was also a bit absentminded and tended to prefer a white smock to proper uniform, but she was a first-class physician...."
Commodore in the RMN leader of a brilliant defense of a merchant convoy in Silesia against a much larger force, during which he lost his ship and his life. Regarded as one of the best fighting officers the RMN has ever had. The first recipient of the PMV, posthumously. His last ship, the cruiser Nike, became the first member of the RMN honor list, meaning that there will always be a ship of that name on the active commissioned roster. 'Buried' in the King Michael's Cathedral, Landing City, as a mark of honor. The RMN Naval Academy is located on Saganami Island.
Oscar Saint-Just
PRH
former 2nd ranking member of PRH Security Service, betrayed RH by coup in partnership with ex-Dolist Legislature member R S Pierre, to found the People's Republic of Haven. Became Chief of State Security (the PRH KGB equivalent), survived at least two coup attempts, and the death of all other Committee members in the last to become dictator of the PRH. Summarily executed in a final coup led by Admiral Thomas Theisman.
see also Elaine Komandorski and Lady Georgia Young, Countess of North Hollow. Former employee of Dmitri Young, Earl of North Hollow and later his son Pavel Young. Planned the deaths of Paul Tankersly and Honor Harrington as well as the demise of her former employer and lover. Later married his younger brother, Stefan. Disappeared towards the end of War of Honor after burning down the North Hollow residence.
Treecat. A memory singer of exceptional ability who declined to serve officially, and co-instigator of The People's decision to abandon the concealment masquerade initiated by Sings Truly at the time of the discovery of treecat to human bonding. Adopted RMN Cmdr Harry Tschu (killed). Adopted Hamish Alexander, Earl White Haven. Mate of Nimitz, Treekittens: Jason, Achilles, Andromeda, and Cassandra, with Nimitz.
Admiral. Asst. Tactical officer and OCTO (officer candidate training officer) aboard War Maiden during HH's snotty cruise. Replacement for Vice Admiral Hennesy at Seaford 9. Killed in battle.
Echoes of Honor, Changer of Worlds
Dominica Santos
RMN
Lt. Commander. Chief Engineer and Damage Control Officer aboard HMS Fearless (CL-56). Killed in battle. Desc. from On Basilisk Station, Ch. 8: ...Dark hair...
On Basilisk Station
Ruth Sarkozy
RMN
Surgeon Lieutenant ; formerly HMS Vigilant's ship's surgeon before Battle of Monica, then replaced/assisted Hexapuma's surgeon Surgeon Commander Lajos Orban during his recovery from injuries.
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 5
Mark Sarnow
RMN
Admiral. Convinced Alizon to join the Manticore Alliance. Commanding Officer of Hancock Station during station's construction. Squadron commander at Hancock Station. Commander at Sidemore Station. Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Ch. 6: "...His complexion was darker than she'd expected, a darkness emphasized by his green eyes, chestnut hair, and the pronounced eyebrows, several shades darker than his hair or mustache, which met in a straight line above the bridge of his high-arched nose... ...His tenor voice was gentler than his strong-jawed face, almost soft"....
mathematician & theoretical astrophysicist, Gamma Center project leader, becomes one of the main secondary characters in Torch of Freedom. (wife Harriet & daughter Francesca 'Frankie')
He was the younger brother of the Masadan head of state, Thomas Simonds, and an elder of the Church of Humanity Unchained. He held the rank of Sword of the Faithful (commander-in-chief) of the Masadan military, and led Masada's assaults on Grayson. He died in a space battle with Honor Harrington.
Chief Elder of the Church of Humanity Unchained and head of state on Masada. Desc. from The Honor of the Queen, Ch. 17: "...rheumy old eyes flat as a snake's..."
senior industrial planner to (Solarian) Maya Sector Governor Oravil Barregos. Appearance (Torch of Freedom, Ch. 2): ...on the large size, seven centimeters taller than Rozsak's own hundred and seventy-five centimeters, with blond hair and brown eyes. He was also a direct descendant of the first wave of Mayan colonists...
Commander RMN Capt. MacGuire's Exec on the Gudrid. Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 7: "...was considerably taller than he was. She might be ten or twelve centimeters short of Honor's height, but that still made her seem to tower over her CO. They were an odd-looking pair, and not just because of the altitude differential. Stillman was dark-skinned, with eyes an even darker brown than Honor's, and she wore her close-cropped black hair at least as short as Honor had worn hers up until four years ago. She also seemed to have absolutely no sense of humor, yet she and MacGuire obviously got along together well...."
Lieutenant (senior grade). from Manticore, serves as an astrogator aboard HMS Fearless (CL-56 (probably not also CA-286)). Desc. from On Basilisk Station, Ch. 4: "...fleshy, dark-browed, and physically powerful..."
Rear admiral. Senior (RMN) POW officer on RH/PRH prison planet Hades until arrival of Admiral Harrington. Allowed to resign rather than face court-martial after return to the SKM. Echoes of Honor, Ch. 26+: "They'd had him for over eight T-years, since the day they'd destroyed his entire picket squadron in the Yalta System in one of the probing attacks with which they had opened the present war". Ashes of Victory, near end of Ch. 8: "His voice turned darker with the last words, and Honor understood perfectly. Rear Admiral Harold Styles had been allowed to resign his commission rather than face trial on the charges of insubordination and cowardice she'd laid against him, but not everyone felt that was sufficient punishment."
Surgeon commander. Doctor aboard HMS Fearless (CL-56). Because of her annoyance in carrying out her duties concerning the health of the crew aboard HMS Fearless—she falls in bad favor with Honor.. Desc. from On Basilisk Station, Ch. 4: "...thin-faced, petulant..."
Hauptman Lines freighter Bonaventure—Cmdr (RMN)R—captured by a Warnecke pirate ship, rescued by PNS xxx, recovered by Wayfarer; provided intelligence about Warnecke's naval strength and plans.
(spiritual head of the Church of Humanity Unchained)
Frederick Sully
HSG
Died in pinnace crash at Harrington space port
Flag in Exile
Prime Minister Allen Summervale
SKM
Prime Minister of SKM, Duke of Cromarty. Leader of the Centerist political party—and of the coalition under Roger III and the first years of Elizabeth III's reign—which built up the (RMN) and prepared for war with RH. A politician of great ability and integrity who held that coalition together while building an anti-RH Alliance and conducting the first years of the war. Assassinated by Masadans. Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Ch. 11: "...tall and slim, like all the Summervales, and, despite prolong, his hair was silver and his handsome face deeply lined..."
Employed in a plot on Medusa by Haven. Professional duelist. Former captain in RMMC—cashiered for conduct unbecoming. Hired by Lord Pavel Young to kill Paul Tankersley (succeeded) and Honor Harrington (failed). Shot by Honor Harrington in a formal duel. Distant cousin of Allen Summervale.
On Basilisk Station, Field of Dishonor
Jared Sutton
GSN
Lieutenant. HH's flag lieutenant. Killed during assassination attempt.
Flag in Exile
Earl of Sydon
–
(husband of Lady Zidaru?)
Ashes of Victory
T
Takahashi to Templeton, G
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Ernest Takahashi
RMN
On HMS Minotaur, modified flight simulator in school, earning a reputation
lieutenant, Biological Survey Corps, "...he'd have been described as the unit's intelligence officer in another armed force...", ____________ See also Hugh Arai, Marti Garner. Appearance (Torch of Freedom, Ch. 9) "...blue eyes, very dark skin, features which seemed more south Asian than anything else—and the complete absence of even a trace of an epicanthic fold".
Distant relative of the Michelle Henke, formerly XO for Captain Pavel Young. A BuShips yard specialist after his tour aboard Warlock with Young. Became HH's first love, designed and had built the first treecat vac suit (for Nimitz), killed at Pavel Young's order by Denver Summervale in a duel. Desc. from The Short Victorious War, Ch. 6: "...He was short, the crown of his head just topping Honor's shoulder, but solid and chunky, and his dark hair, longer than current fashion decreed, was drawn back in a neat ponytail under his black beret. His cuffs bore the same four gold rings as her own, but his collar carried the four gold pips of a junior grade captain, not the single planet of a captain of the list...Tankersley's voice was deeper than she remembered, rumbling about in his chest..."
Corporal, Harrington Steadholders Guard, Faith's personal armsman
Ashes of Victory, At All Costs
Michael Tennard
RMN
Rear admiral of the Green
Echoes of Honor
Aivars Aleksovitch Terekhov
RMN
Captain, Royal Manticoran Navy. CO, HMS Hexapuma.
The Shadow of Saganami; Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 5
Sinead Patricia O'Daley Terekhov
SKM
Wife of Captain Aivars Terekhov.
The Shadow of Saganami
Madison Thaddeus
PN
Intelligence officer. Citizen lieutenant, sister Sabrina Thaddeus was hung by People's Courts
Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory
Tharwan
–
Commodore, head of RecDiv (Marsh)
War of Honor
Rochelle Thatcher
RMN
HMS Harvest Joy Lieutenant
War of Honor
Thayer
RMN
Admiral, formerly commanded space port Vulcan
Mentioned in The Honor of the Queen & Honor Among Enemies
Thomas Theisman
PN
(PNS Conquistador books 2 and 5) Current Secretary of War, Republic of Haven
The Honor of the Queen, The Short Victorious War, Flag in Exile, In Enemy Hands through At All Costs
Theodore
–
Midshipman
Ashes of Victory
Therret to Thurgood
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Brigham Therret
SS
Citizen colonel, stationed at Danak
Echoes of Honor
Luke Thiele
RMN
PO 3/c, Cutthroat's assistant engineer
Ashes of Victory
Thoma
–
Captain
Ashes of Victory
Thomas
SS
Citizen Chief
In Enemy Hands
Thomas
RMN
Ensign, LAC squadron
Echoes of Honor
Thomas
RMN
Master at Arms
Honor Among Enemies
Thomason
GMC
Colonel, a grayson, loyal to Benjamin Mayhew
Ashes of Victory
Susan Thorn
SKM
HH's cook at Harrington Steading.
Ashes of Victory
Prestwick Thornegrave
SS
Citizen Major General, PNS Farnese
Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory
Angela Thurgood
RMN
Commander, Parnassus Exec, sat beside Alice Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 7: "...Blondes weren't all that rare in the Star Kingdom, but they weren't especially common, either. Yet it seemed to be a tradition that whenever Honor saw Truman, her senior subordinate—male or female—would be one of them".
Honor Among Enemies
Thurman to Tobias
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Amanda Thurman
–
Lieutenant
Echoes of Honor
Thurmond
RMN
Captain, Rafael Cardones' COLAC
War of Honor
Thurston
RMMC
Lieutenant, deceased. Iris Babcock's first CO. The first known victim of Denver Summervale.
Field of Dishonor
Alexander Thurston
PN
Citizen Vice Admiral, CO of Task Force 14 aboard PNS Conquistador. KIA at the Fourth Battle of Yeltsin.
Flag in Exile
Francis Tibolt
RHN
Commander, chief of staff for RHN Task Force Eleven
War of Honor
Hanson Timmons
SS
Citizen lieutenant, cell guard, SS
In Enemy Hands
Jane Timmons
RMN
Captain; CO, HMS Andromeda
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 7
President Jacomina Tinkhof
TC
System President, Rembrandt System.
The Shadow of Saganami
Tinsdale
GSN
Commander, Grayson light cruiser Nathan; helmsman
Honor Among Enemies
Eric Tobin
GR
Grand Swordmaster, Grayson
Flag in Exile
Tobias
RMN
Chief, HMS Harvest Joy
War of Honor
Tobin to Trajan, Wi
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Tobin
GR
Brother Tobin, the Mueller Steading chaplain
Ashes of Victory
Togo
SKM
Treecat in Nimitz's immigrant clan
In Enemy Hands, Ashes of Victory
Tomkins
PN
Citizen general
Echoes of Honor
Tompkins
GR
Councilman before the Mayhew Restoration.
The Honor of the Queen
Aleksandra Tonkovic
TC
Former Planetary President of Kornati, Split System. Split System's senior delegate to the Talbott Constitutional Convention. Leader of the Liberal Constitutional Party in the convention. Resigned the office of president after she was impeached for withholding knowledge of an SKM imposed deadline on the convention from her own government.
The Shadow of Saganami
Tor; Countess of the
See Catherine Montaigne (NOT spelled: 'Maintaigne'.)
Lester Tourville
RH
Citizen Rear Admiral Lester Tourville
In Enemy Hands through At All Costs & Storm from the Shadows, Ch 4
'Scotty' (Ops Officer, Honor Among Enemies) (Electronics Officer, In Enemy Hands) (Commander, Echoes of Honor) Ensign Tremaine was HMS Fearless's (On Basilisk Station) boat bay control officer. Taken under PO Harkness' wing at that time. Specialist in small boat operations, became one of the first squadron leaders for the new LACs and LAC carriers under Admiral Truman.
Vice Admiral, director of RN Bureau of Planning (the equivalent of Second Space Lord). "would have made formidable interrogators" & "the Republic of Haven's senior command staff had a depressingly high level of general competence". (Storm from the Shadows)
At All Costs, Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 4
Dennis Tresca
SS
Citizen Brigadier, Warden of Hades prison planet, sadistic thug who likes to play correspondence chess when not torturing or killing prisoners.
Vice Admiral, Dame Honorable. Honor's second in command in First Yeltsin, later assigned to organize and develop operational doctrine for the SKM LAC carriers and new LACs Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 7: "...golden blonde and green-eyed, still the same sturdily built woman..."
Engineering, Commander. aboard Wayfarer. Bonded with Samantha. Killed aboard Wayfarer in combat.
Honor Among Enemies
Jeff Tullingham
RH
War of Honor
Avram Turner
PRH
Citizen Secretary of the Treasury
Ashes of Victory, War of Honor
Turner
PN
Citizen captain
In Enemy Hands
Turner
RMN
Lieutenant, astrogator aboard HMS LaFroye
War of Honor
Arlo Turner
RMN
Commodore, aide to Henke when she was in the hospital. ...a heavyset, fair-haired man in his mid-fifties, ...from the planet of Manticore itself. ...from the City of Landing, the Star Kingdom' capital ...he was one of the more efficient administrators she'd ever worked with, and she had no doubt he was a competent tactician, too...
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 3
Marisa Turner
SKM
Countess of New Kiev and Chancellor of the Exchequer for the High Ridge Cabinet; see New Kiev
On Basilisk Station, Echoes of Honor, Ashes of Victory, War of Honor
Sensei Robert Tye
SOL
Sensei of Neue-Stil Handgemenge, one of the two or three most respected martial arts masters anywhere. Teaches on Terra and became friends with Helen Zilwiki and Anton Zilwiki in the years before the Peep-Manpower War Incident.
Number three man on the fourth watch at Basilisk Astro-Control.
Echoes of Honor
Hermelinda Urizar
RMN
Sergeant-Major, Royal Manticoran Marines. Company sergeant-major, HMS Hexapuma.
The Shadow of Saganami
Gene Usher
RMN
Commander. CO HMS Hawkwing, a destroyer which was HH's first hyper-capable command. Ship destroyed in action in Silesia while 'informally' (though under orders) accompanying a small convoy carrying Klaus Hauptmann. Wayfarer happened by in time to attempt a decoy operation during which she was destroyed.
Honor Among Enemies
Kevin Usher
RH
Committed Aprilist opponent of the Legislaturalist regime, close associate of Eloise Pritchart while in the Aprilists, active and effective participant in the Pierre coup, joined the PRH Marines when Saint-Just made it clear the Aprilist program would not be followed, served on Terra while drinking heavily and maintaining a covert opposition to the PRH regime. Became aware of an opportunity to strike a blow against Mesa/Manpower Inc, save a kidnapped girl, and take on the worst of StateSec on Terra. With Jeremy X of the Ballroom, and a raw SS officer named Cachat, planned and executed the complete destruction of Manpower's Terran HQ. After the Theisman coup, became head of the revived RH's FIS. Married Ginny (ex-manpower slave) while on Terra. Extremely skilled black ops operator, at the top of the list, according to RMN Captain Zilwiki (inactive). General, head of FIA (Federal Investigation Agency)
Founder, majority shareholder, and former chairman of the Rembrandt Trade Union (RTU). Was principally responsible for the plebiscite issuing a request for annexation into the Star Kingdom of Manticore for the Talbott Cluster. Was tapped by Baroness Medusa to assist Captain Aivars Terekhov on board HMS Hexapuma as a diplomat/negotiator, during which time the two men forged a close working relationship. (Height: shorter than two meters, but still considerably taller than Michelle {Henke}. He was also fair-haired and blue-eyed, and his Standard English had a distinctly different accent from Alquezar's.)
Introduced Lieutenant Archer to Helga Boltitz. Joachim Alquezar's appointment secretary. (suave, dark-haired Rembrandter...youthful appearance, was at least ten or fifteen T-years older than Gervais)
Storm from the Shadows, Ch. 15
Van Slyke, Stephen
RMN
Commodore, CO of Heavy Cruiser Squadron Seventeen under Admiral Mark Sarnow's Hancock task group
The slim Venizelos served under Honor Harrington as lieutenant and tac officer aboard HMS Fearless (CL-56) and as lieutenant commander and XO aboard HMS Fearless (CA 286). Was later promoted to commander and given command of the light cruiser HMS Apollo, and eventually become HH's chief of staff when she assumed command of Battlecruiser Squadron 18 of Admiral White Haven's Eighth Fleet. Captured aboard HMS Prince Adrian and died helping Honor escape from Tepes.
Commissioner, Office of Frontier Security, Solarian League. OFS administrator for the Madras Sector which borders on the Talbott Cluster. Authorized OFS involvement in the Mesan plot to derail the SKM annexation of the cluster.
Electronics Technician First-Class, gravitics specialist. Now Senior Chief Petty Officer, RMN, Engineering, HMS Hexapuma under Commander (and friend) Ginger Lewis Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 8: "...almost as young as prolong made him look. He was brown-haired and slim, with the wiry, half-finished look of his youth, and he'd dropped out of Mannheim University's physics program half-way through his freshman form to enlist..."
Admiral of the Green (RMN, traditionalist). Served as First Space Lord during the first Janáček Admiralty; CO of Home Fleet during the Mourncreek Admiralty; was the Star Kingdom's ambassador to Old Earth by At All Costs. Assassinated presumably by Haven, but in fact was killed as part of a Mesa plot to cause a breakdown in peace negotiations. He has the trademark 'Webster chin'.
Captain (junior grade). Scheherazade's CO. (RMN) served with HH in Basilisk, Hancock. Started out as a lieutenant communications officer aboard HMS Fearless (CL-56). He is the third cousin of Duke of New Texas and the grandnephew of the First Space Lord James Webster. Prior to the Second Havenite War, he was promoted to rear admiral in command of the Sixteenth Battle Squadron. Desc. from HH?, Ch. ?: "...A cheerful young and overly tall (almost lanky) redhead, Samuel has the trademark Webster craggly chin and a homely face...." Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 7: "...the tall, gangling redhead... ...He had the distinctive 'Webster Chin' that marked him as a scion of one of the RMN's more powerful naval dynasties; fortunately, he also had the ability to deserve the advantages that chin brought with it...."
On Basilisk Station, The Short Victorious War, Honor Among Enemies, War of Honor
Organizer and leader of the Montana Independence Movement aimed at halting the SKM's annexation of the Talbott Cluster. Was singular in his efforts to avoid casualties. Ended his guerrilla movement when it was discovered that his weapons supplier, "Firebrand", was operating on the behalf of Mesa.
Elizabeth Adrienne Samantha Annette Winton, Queen of Manticore
Princess Joanna Winton
SKM
Princess Joanna, daughter of Queen Elizabeth
Prince Michael Winton
SKM
Prince Michael, son of King Roger III, brother of Queen Elizabeth. He also served as an Office in the Royal Manticore Navy, Michael's early career included rescue of a group of runaway Masadan wives. He would form a relationship with one of them, named Judith. His relationship with her would slowly blossom into marriage. However, before their came to grips with their feelings for one another, Judith's daughter Ruth would get kidnapped by a rival Manticore family wanting him to marry their daughter instead. After Ruth's recovery, they would soon marry.
Princess Ruth, stepdaughter of Prince Michael Winston, stepniece of Queen Elizabeth. She also the daughter of ex-Masada wife Judith Winston. At age 2, she would get kidnapped by a rival political family trying secure a marriage to Prince Michael. She shortly after, she would be adopted by Prince Michael after he her marries his mother. She would get involved in anti-slave moment which would ultimately lead to liberation of the world of Torch from Mesa.
permanent senior undersecretary for Treasury (back on Old Earth). One of a quintet of permanent bureaucrats who actually control the Solarian government's actions. (See also Innokentiy Arsenovich Kolokoltsov, Nathan MacArtney, Omosupe Quartermain and Malachai Abruzzi)
Ensign, served her first tour of duty with Honor Harrington on HMS Fearless (CA-286). Would again serve under HH as assistant tac officer aboard HMAMC Wayfarer at the rank of lieutenant, but was killed in battle against PNS Achmed Desc. from The Honor of the Queen, Ch. 31: "...chestnut hair"...
Current leader of the Audubon Ballroom, a terrorist organization fighting genetic slavery. Escaped Manpower slave. Eventually serves as one of the founders, and the first Secretary of War, of the Kingdom of Torch.
Sensor Technician First Class, Sensor technician aboard HMS Fearless (CL-56).
On Basilisk Station
Yana Tretiakovna
KT
Former "Scrag" and one of Lieutenant Thandi Palane's "Amazons". Description from A Rising Thunder, Ch. 4: "tall, attractive, and very dangerous blonde"...
Commander. Staff logistics officer assigned to Admiral White Haven while commanding Eighth Fleet.
Echoes of Honor
Yanakov
GR
General, Grayson Planetary Security commander of the Office of Planetary Security of the Protectorate of Grayson.
Ashes of Victory
Anna Yanakov
GSN
High Admiral Yanakov's third wife.
The Honor of the Queen
Esther Yanakov
GR
High Admiral Yanakov's second wife.
The Honor of the Queen
Bernard Yanakov
GSN
High Admiral, Commander of the Grayson Space Navy and fifth cousin of Protector Benjamin IX. Led the combined Grayson-Manticoran fleet that tried to stand up to the Masadan invasion force. Died on the bridge of GNS Austin Grayson with Admiral Courvosier.
The Honor of the Queen
Dietmar Yanakov
GR
Historical figure on Grayson; during the Protectorship of Thomas II, he smuggled one of the wives (pregnant at the time) of the Protector's late brother out of palace.
Echoes of Honor
Hugh Yanakov
GR
Captain of the original colony ship that landed on Grayson. One of the planet's five original Steadholders and founder of the Steading of Yanakov.
The Honor of the Queen
Judah Yanakov
GSN
Admiral. Grayson admiral and commander of the GSN contingent assigned to Eighth Fleet. As Rear admiral, led the First Battle Squadron's BatDiv Thirteen during the Fourth Battle of Yeltsin. On board 'the Harrington' when HH was returned to Grayson at beginning of Ashes of Victory.
Citizen Commodore Co-commander (with Citizen General Thornegrave) of the joint Navy-StateSec force sent to Cerberus III.
Echoes of Honor
Arthur Yard
HSG
Armsman, Harrington Steadholder's Guard Armsman occasionally assigned to Honor Harrington's personal security detail.
Flag in Exile
Yazov
SS
Citizen colonel, StateSec. State Security officer who defects to Citizen Admiral McQueen's side during her attempted coup.
Changer of Worlds
Frances Yeargin
RMN
Commodore. Commander of the Allied picket at the Adler System. Died with almost all her entire command during a sneak attack led by Citizen Rear Admiral Tourville. Described as arrogant, contemptuous of the People's Navy and ultimately overconfident.
In Enemy Hands
Paul Yearman
PN
Citizen Rear admiral. Co-commander (with Citizen General Chernock) of the Havenite task group destroyed at the Battle of Cerberus.
Echoes of Honor
Yerensky
RMN
Commander, Admiral White Haven's staff astrogator.
Echoes of Honor
Andrew Yerensky
RMN
Commodore. Manticoran officer assigned to the Weapons Development Board.
On Basilisk Station
Jonathan Yerensky
GSN
Captain. Commanding officer of the GSN superdreadnought Benjamin the Great and Admiral White Haven's flag captain during Operation Buttercup.
Ashes of Victory
Yestachenko
RMMC
Major. Commander of the Marine contingent aboard the heavy cruiser HMS Prince Adrian.
Field of Dishonor
Leslie Yestremensky
RMN
Admiral, Manticoran ACS Senior officer of the Manticoran Astro Control Service.
Echoes of Honor
Younce to Young, Lord Stefan
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Younce
SS
Citizen Major, StateSec Officer at the StateSec garrison on Hades. Tried and convicted for war crimes, but not condemned to death.
Echoes of Honor
Young
PM
People's Marines. Havenite Marine assigned to MNS Thunder of God. (a.k.a. PNS Saladin)
Tenth Earl of North Hollow Manticoran peer of the realm and powerful political figure of the Conservative Association. Father of Pavel Young. Dies of a stroke after hearing his son's conviction by a court martial.
On Basilisk Station, The Short Victorious War, Field of Dishonor
Edwin Young
RMN
Rear admiral. Naval attaché in the Manticoran embassy to the Solarian League on Old Earth. Convicted for violation of the Articles of War for his use of Manpower Inc'.s "services". Stripped of rank and sentenced to decades of incarceration.
Changer of Worlds, War of Honor
Lady Georgia Young (see Sakristos)
SKM
Former senior aide to Pavel and Dimitri Young. Wife of Stefan Young. In Crown of Slaves, she is identified as the same person as Elaine Komandorski In book 10, she left abruptly.
Eleventh Earl of North Hollow. Earl of North Hollow, former captain in the RMN. Lord. Cashiered out of the Royal Navy for cowardice under fire. Tried to rape Honor Harrington while at Saganami Island Naval Academy, but was never charged due to HH's failure to testify against him. Former commanding officer of the heavy cruiser HMS Warlock. Son of Dimitri Young. Killed by Honor Harrington in a duel. Description: Flashy, handsome man, slightly overweight. Short beard, beginnings of a double chin.
On Basilisk Station, The Short Victorious War, Field of Dishonor
Lord Stefan Young
SKM
Twelfth Earl of North Hollow, former Secretary of Trade of the Star Kingdom under the High Ridge Administration, brother of Pavel Young, married to Georgia Sakristos
Field of Dishonor, War of Honor
Younger to Yviernau
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Eleanor Younger
PRH
First Deputy Director for Public Information of the People's Republic of Haven.
Echoes of Honor
Gerard Younger
RH
Representative in the Congress of the Republic of Haven. Cousin of Arnold Giancola.
War of Honor
Youngman
RMN
Senior master chief petty officer. Ran the marina at Saganami Island Naval Academy while Honor Harrington was a midshipwoman.
Field of Dishonor
Janine Yountz
RMN
Lieutenant. Officer aboard HMS Fearless (CL-56), later transferred to HMS Madrigal.
On Basilisk Station, The Honor of the Queen
Alfredo Yu
GSN
Admiral; Captain, PN Currently second-in-command, under nominal commander HH, of the Protector's Own Squadron of the Grayson Space Navy. Formerly a Havenite PN captain assigned as an advisor to the Masadan Navy during their shooting war with Grayson (just prior to the start of the Haven War). Defected to Manticore and later relocated to Grayson where he became a citizen and entered the Grayson Navy. Commanded the superdreadnought GSN Terrible during the Fourth Battle of Yeltsin.
The Honor of the Queen, Flag in Exile, Ashes of Victory, War of Honor
Yuan
PMC
People's Marines. Havenite Marine assigned to one of Citizen Major Gricou's assault team during Admiral McQueen's attempted coup.
Changer of Worlds
Francisca Yucel
SOL
Brigadier General, Solarian Gendarmerie. Senior Solarian Gendarmerie officer assigned to the Madras Sector.
The Shadow of Saganami
Yuranovich
PN
Commodore. Division commander in Rear Admiral Edward Pierre's battlecruiser squadron.
The Short Victorious War
Andrieaux Yviernau
TC
Chairman of the New Tuscany delegation to the Talbott Constitutional Convention.
The Shadow of Saganami
Z
Zachary to Zidaru
Character
Affiliation
Description
Appeared in
Josepha Zachary
RMN
Captain, CO of the exploration ship HMS Harvest Joy which first passed through the Lynx terminus of the Manticore Wormhole Junction.
War of Honor
Helen Zachary
PN
Citizen captain
In Enemy Hands
Anna Zahn
RMN
Lieutenant commander, Sidemore Navy, HMS LaFroye's tactical officer
War of Honor
Tim Zahn
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Civilian analyst for Fleet Operations, Marsh/Sidemore, husband of Anna
Mentioned in War of Honor
Zelazney
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Governor of the Horus system, planet Osiris, Silesian space
War of Honor
Zidaru
SKM
Lady Zidaru (wife of Earl Sydon?)
Ashes of Victory
Zilwicki to Zrubek
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Anton Zilwicki
RMN
Captain. Husband of Helen Zilwicki (died). Ex-Spy, currently on half pay. Father of Helen, Lars, and Berry. (See also: Catherine Montaigne)
^Desc. from Honor Among Enemies, Ch. 1: "...The earl was ninety T-years old, though in a pre-prolong society he would have been taken for no more than a very well preserved forty, and even that would have been only because of the white stranded through his black hair. But there were new lines around his ice-blue eyes..."
^Description (Torch of Freedom, Ch. 3): "...Once he got past puberty, Berry's younger brother Lars had turned into something of a Lothario. The secret of his attraction to young women remained mysterious to Cathy. Lars was a pleasant looking boy, but he wasn't really what you'd call 'handsome'."