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he reassured the leader that he would prevent further murders by Muslims in Asia and would take greater control as the leader of his people.
    To accomplish this, he left the compound in Damascus and headed for the battlefields of India. There he would kill the rebellious general who led his armies in the killing of innocents that had been broadcast across the news nets. Along the way he met with Peter Wiggin, who asked that Alai name a successor who would be loyal to the Hegemony if Alai were killed in India.Alai made such a statement on a vid, but it was unnecessary. His execution of the rebel general went perfectly, and the soldiers renewed their commitment to follow Alai.
    Alai was certain that it would be he, not Peter, who would unify the world. He set up a new compound in India. Virlomi lived in a small hut just outside the compound. Her presence kept the Muslim and Indian people in check as neither side wanted to provoke the other.
    Virlomi convinced Alai to marry her, unifying the Hindu and Muslim worlds. But Virlomi’s ambition was too much for Alai, and he quickly fell out of love with her. She wanted to overthrow Peter Wiggin and rule the world; Alai had only wanted peace and unity between the peoples. Trapped in his marriage by threat of war against his people by Virlomi, Alai didn’t know what to do. All he was sure of was that Virlomi had believed she was the goddess of India and was not an equal as he’d thought she’d be.
    He was shocked to realize that many of his followers hated him, joining Virlomi’s side because of her expansionist policies. He survived an assassination attempt made by those who were loyal to Virlomi over him. He escaped from India and returned to Damascus where he released a video statement calling for all true Muslims to embrace the religion of peace and to stop attacking others.
    He called for revolution, and the result was the breakup of the Muslim world. Eventually, the various Islamic factions would join the Free People of Earth, Peter Wiggin’s world government organization of peace. Alai, still believing himself Caliph, nonetheless left Earth to join a colony in space. It is unknown to what colony he went, though it is believed it was Mecca.
    Alamander (SG)
    Alamander was an adviser to Alai when the latter became the Caliphate of the Muslim world. Alamander was against the expansionist policies of the Free People of Earth, but for those of Alai and the Muslims.
    When it became clear to Alamander that Alai was not a true expansionist, he joined a conspiracy to kill the Caliph. Alai killed Alamander during the attempted assassination, escaping to continue his reign.
    Albion (
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    Alvarez, Joao Figueira “Pipo” (SD)
    Pipo was the xenobiologist on the planet Lusitania. He worked closely with his son Libo, and studied the native Lusitania life—the pequeninos (or“piggies”). He built relationships with the piggies, gaining their trust, but was forbidden from sharing elements of human culture with them.
    He was married to a woman named Conceição, and with her had six children. They were, like most of the population at Lusitania, actively Catholic.
    When the leaders of the Children of the Mind of Christ on Lusitania came to him, asking him to see if a thirteen-year-old girl named Novinha was ready to take the xenobiologist certification test, he agreed to let her, though it was early.
    Sadly, Pipo’s friend among the piggies, Rooter, was killed by decree of the females of his race. In Rooter’s heart was planted a tree, which the other piggies would later worship. Pipo and Libo were concerned but fascinated by this development.
    A few years later, Pipo and Novinha unlocked the secret of the Descolada. The virus unraveled DNA and inserted proteins inside. Pipo recognized something previously hidden from him and raced to speak with the piggies to confirm his findings. He was killed by the small creatures, but unlike Rooter, a tree was not planted in his