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Show CHARACTERS The Needlesmiths Ida Needlesmith-(also Saint Ida) Oceanographer and motherly co-leader of the sainted two hundred scientists, the Doctors, who came to colonize BauerWorlde in the middle of the twenty-first century Isaac Needlesmith-(also Saint Isaac) Ida's partner, afflicted with arthritis early in life and beloved of his flock of two hundred Dr'Anya Gundarholt-Needlesmith-direct descendant of Isaac and Ida, a cultural historian in the twenty-fourth century, who has a precarious ownership of the ancestral pile, Needlesmith Hold D'Raphael Rice-Needlesmith-father of Dr'Anya, driven half mad by his hatred of the BureauNetwork Brendi Hamilton-Needlesmith-mother of Dr'Anya, who died by mistake in her twenty-seventh TwelveMonth Janni-Gundarholt-Needlesmith-Dr'Anya's daughter and the Doctor-elect of Needlesmith Hold Leland Jones-Needlesmith-great uncle to Dr'Anya and a Doctor on the Council The Cottagers Magri-Dr'Anya's old. servant, dismissed by Dr'Anya's partner; Armand Gundarholt and granted a SmallHolding in the blue Jumbles Shimu-HeadHerdsman of Needlesmith Hold for a full seventy-five 111 |