Talizea yos'Phelium Clan Korval, called "Lizzie"
Her Birth[]
A daughter, born in late spring, SY 1393, on Surebleak at Jelaza Kazone with her father and The Tree also in attendance [1]
- “The weather is remarkably mild for the season, which is, in case you had wondered, spring [2]
She is the clan’s nadelm (heir to the delm)
Daughter of Val Con yos'Phelium and Miri Robertson
She opened her eyes to his face, brilliant with wonder, damp with tears. He was cradling something in his arms. Carefully, he bent and showed her—an impossibly tiny, scrunched face beneath a shock of fuzzy red hair. “Cha’trez,” Val Con said, and his voice was shaky with pride and love. “Behold our daughter.”[3]
Her Name[]
Her name is a compromise. Miri wished for "Lizzie" in order to honor her foster-mother Angela "Liz" Lizardi. Val Con suggested "Talizea" which was inarguably Liaden, an old name, belonging, one might say, to no one, which might, in the Terran way, be shortened to "Lizzie" and thus both cultures were served.[4]
Descriptions[]
Bright copper hair[4], moss green eyes.[5]
Before she was born, while still in the womb, her aunt Theo Waitley saw that she would be a pilot.[6]
She spends much time in the rumpus room at Jelaza Kazone. Likes to look at books. Loves the cats and Jeeves — is delighted with his flashing headball, and is somewhat spoiled by Nelirikk.
Kin[]
- Val Con yos'Phelium, father, Scout, (half of) Delm Korval
- Miri Robertson, mother (half of) Delm Korval
- See Korval Kin for complete list and ancestry charts
Development- Book by Book[]
- I Dare - conceived on Lytaxin at Clan Erob’s house
- Ghost Ship - identified as a pilot in the womb; born on Surebleak at Jelaza Kazone, in late spring
- Necessity's Child - introduced to the clan, including Syl Vor, probably in spring, possibly early summer
- Dragon Ship — crawling when introduced to Professor Kamele Waitley at end of book. Experiences her first summer: “Merlin the cat was sprawled, asleep in a thin puddle of Surebleak’s so-called summer sunshine.” [7]
- The Rifle's First Wife — “standing, bouncing experimentally on bowed legs, intent and wonder warring on her face as excited but nearly inaudible whuffs escaped her smile.” (Text indicates it’s spring — it must be the clan’s second spring on Surebleak, as they arrived just before spring, in late winter, and Lizzie was born in late spring.
- Dragon in Exile - summer. “Mother and child were on the floor: the child crawling in energetic circles” . . .Rys "extended only his natural forefinger and Lizzie wrapped all of her fingers around it. “You are strong,” he said, waggling the finger a little. “Be careful not to break me.” She laughed, and squeezed harder." Lizzie is loved by all at summer parade and picnic after Shooting Competition
- Neogenesis - crawling, standing and holding on as autumn begins
- Accepting the Lance — still crawling but starting to toddle on two feet
- The Gate that Locks the Tree — winter, looking at books, beginning to toddle more confidently
- Salvage Right — “Lizzie’s walking, except when she’s not”