Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (audiobook)

Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising
Attribution information
Author(s)	Timothy Zahn
Narrator(s)	Marc Thompson
Publication information
Publisher	Random House Audio
Release date	September 1, 2020
Media type	Audiobook download
Run time	780 minutes (13 hours)
ISBN	9780593215371
Chronology
Timeline	19 BBY
Followed by	Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good

Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising is the unabridged audio version of Timothy Zahn's canon novel of the same name. It was performed by Marc Thompson and released by Random House Audio on September 1, 2020.

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9780593215371; September 1, 2020; Random House Audio; Audiobook download

Appearances

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Dramatis personae

Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn"; Mitth family merit adoptive (First identified as Kivu'raw'nuru, Vurawn and Mitth'raw'nuru) Ar'alani "Ziara"; Irizi family blood (First identified as Irizi'ar'alani and Ziara) Mitth'ali'astov "Thalias"; Mitth family merit adoptive (First appearance) Mitth'urf'ianico "Thurfian"; Mitth family syndic (First appearance) Ufsa'mak'ro "Samakro"; Ufsa family merit adoptive (First appearance) General Ba'kif (First appearance) Che'ri; sky-walker (First appearance) (First identified as Che'ri) Qilori of Uandualon; Pathfinder navigator (First appearance) General Yiv the Benevolent; Nikardun commander (First appearance)

Other characters

Ab'begh (First appearance) Ab'begh's caregiver (First appearance) Padmé Amidala (Mentioned only) Ar'alani's aunt (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Ar'alani's grandfather (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Azmordi (First appearance) Ba'kif's aide (First appearance) Boadil'par'gasoi "Ilparg" (First appearance) Duja (Voice only) Elod'al'vumic "Dalvu" (First appearance) Frangelic (First appearance) Irizi'stal'mustro "Zistalmu" (First appearance) Ja'fosk (First appearance) Jixtus (First appearance) (Voice only) Kiwu'tro'owmis "Wutroow" (First appearance) Mafole (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Uingali foar Marocsaa (First appearance) Mimott (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Mitth'raw'nuruodo's sister (First mentioned) Mitth'oor'akiord "Thooraki" (First appearance) Mitth'ras'safis (First mentioned) Mitth'ykl'omi (First appearance) Nana (First appearance) Plikh'ar'illmorf "Kharill" (First appearance) Obbic'lia'nuf "Biclian" (First appearance) Ocpior (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Octrimo (First appearance) Sheev Palpatine (Mentioned only) Prack (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Proslis (First mentioned) R2-D2 (Mentioned only) Roscu (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Anakin Skywalker (Voice only) Thistrian (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified bluedock foreman (First appearance) Unidentified caregiver (First mentioned) Unidentified Chiss ambassador (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified Chiss captain (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified Chiss emissary (First mentioned) Unidentified Chiss shuttle pilot (First appearance) Unidentified Clarr Speaker (First appearance) Unidentified Clarr Syndic (First appearance) Unidentified Droc Syndic (First appearance) Unidentified Garwian general (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified instructor (First mentioned) Unidentified Irizi Aristocra (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified Irizi Speaker (First appearance) Unidentified Irizi Syndic (First appearance) Unidentified Lioaoi commander (First appearance) (Voice only) Unidentified liner captain (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified Mitth family Aristocra (First mentioned) Unidentified Mitth family Trial-born (First mentioned) Unidentified Obbic family Speaker (First appearance) Unidentified Paccosh spokesman (First appearance) Unidentified Patriel (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified personnel officer (First appearance) Unidentified Plikh Speaker (First appearance) Unidentified Plikh Syndic (First appearance) Unidentified Prefect (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified sky-walker (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified Ufsa family Speaker (First appearance) Unidentified Ufsa Syndic (First appearance) Unidentified Vak curator (First appearance) Unidentified Void Guide (First appearance) (Appears as a corpse) Vorlip (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Wevary (First appearance) (In flashback(s))

Creatures

Bird (Mentioned only) Chimaera (Depicted on ring) Dragonelle (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Flashfly (First mentioned) Fly (Mentioned only) Weltfly (First mentioned) Groundlion (First mentioned) Nighthunter (First mentioned) Slug (Mentioned only) Fen slug (First mentioned) Snake (Depicted on ring) Stinger (First mentioned) Symbiont (First appearance) Toad (Mentioned only) Hop-toad (First mentioned) Whisker (First mentioned)

Droid models

Astromech droid (Mentioned only) Droid starfighter

Events

Eighteenth Era (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Fifteenth Era (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Fourteenth Era (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Grysk conquests (Indirect mention only) Plot to destroy the Chiss Ascendancy (First mentioned) Lioaoin pirate campaign (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Mission to Bardram Scoft (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Skirmish in the Kinoss system (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Stivic incident (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Skirmish above Solitair (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Midorian Era (First mentioned) Mitth'raw'nuru's cheating charge (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Nikardun conquests (First appearance) Attack on the edge of the Dioya system (First mentioned) Attack on Csilla (First appearance) Attack on the Paataatus (First appearance) Mission to the Rapacc system (First appearance) Raid on Rapacc (First appearance) Urch incident (First appearance) Mission to the Lioaoin heartworld (First appearance) Primea diplomatic reception (First appearance) Attack at Primea (First appearance) Lioaoin skirmish (First appearance) Battle over Primea (First appearance) Republic Era Clone Wars Mission to Batuu Mission to Mokivj (Mentioned only) Seventeenth Era (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Sith Wars (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Twelfth Era (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Vagaari pirate operations (First mentioned) Unidentified cataclysm (First mentioned)

Locations

Outer Rim Territories (First identified as Lesser Space) Mokivj system Mokivj Trilon sector Batuu system Batuu Black Spire Outpost (Indirect mention only) Thearterra (First mentioned) Thearterra mining field (First mentioned) Unknown Regions (First identified as "The Chaos") Avidich (First mentioned) Mitth family compound (First mentioned) Bardram Scoft (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Colonial Station Camco (First appearance) (Depicted on mosaic) Csilla system (First appearance) Csilla (First appearance) Csaplar (First appearance) Convocate Hall (First appearance) Cupola (First appearance) Csaplar spaceport (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Fleet headquarters (First appearance) Irizi family homestead (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Mitth family homestead (First appearance) Csilla's star (First appearance) Dioya system (First appearance) Dioya (First appearance) Jamiron (First appearance) (Depicted on mosaic) Kinoss system (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Kinoss (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Lioaoin space (First appearance) Lioaoin heartworld (First appearance) Massoss system (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Naporar (First appearance) Chiss Expansionary Fleet medcenter (First appearance) Expansionary Defense Fleet headquarters (First mentioned) Expansionary Fleet complex (First mentioned) Taharim Academy (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified art gallery (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified dojo (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Paataatus homeworld (First appearance) Pesfavri (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Primea system (First appearance) Primea (First appearance) Vak art gallery (First appearance) Vak spaceport (First appearance) Rapacc system (First appearance) Rapacc (First appearance) Shadow Number One (First appearance) Shadow Number Two (First appearance) Rentor (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Sarvchi (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Schesa (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Solitair (First appearance) Solitair planetary security center (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Stivic (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified triple-ringed gas giant (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified quadruple star system (First appearance) Unidentified triple star system (First mentioned) Urch system (First appearance) Urch (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Aide Ambassador Artisan (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Batuu police (Indirect mention only) Cadet (In flashback(s)) Senior Cadet (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Chief (Mentioned only) Chiss Ascendancy Chiss Defense Force Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet (First identified as Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet and Expansionary Fleet) Picket Force Six (First appearance) Picket Force Two (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Chiss officer Defense Hierarchy Council (Mentioned only) (First identified as Defense Hierarchy Council) Senior officer corps (First identified as senior officer corps) Chiss family (First appearance) Blood (First appearance) Cousin (First mentioned) Kivu family (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Merit adoptive (First appearance) Mitth'ali'astov's original family (First mentioned) Ranking distant (First appearance) Trial-born (First appearance) Councilor (First mentioned) Diplomatic corps (First appearance) Great Families (First appearance) Droc family (First appearance) Kiwu family (First appearance) Nine Ruling Families (First appearance) Boadil family (First appearance) Chaf family (First appearance) Clarr family (First appearance) Dasklo family (First appearance) Irizi family (First appearance) Mitth family (First appearance) Office of the Patriarch (First appearance) Obbic family (First appearance) Plikh family (First appearance) Ufsa family (First appearance) Sky-walker corps (First identified as sky-walker corps) Caregiver (First appearance) Sky-walker Syndicure (First appearance) Aristocra (First appearance) Great Families (First appearance) Kiwu family (First appearance) Nine Ruling Families (First appearance) Boadil family (First appearance) Chaf family (First appearance) Clarr family (First appearance) Dasklo family (First appearance) Irizi family (First appearance) Mitth family (First appearance) Obbic family (First appearance) Plikh family (First appearance) Ufsa family (First appearance) Patriarch (First appearance) Patriel (First mentioned) Speaker (First appearance) Syndic (First appearance) Collector Confederacy of Independent Systems Confederacy military Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy Separatist Droid Army (Indirect mention only) Controller (Voice only) Curator Chief curator (First mentioned) Dame (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Diplomat (Mentioned only) Director (Mentioned only) Emissary (Mentioned only) Engineer (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Envoy Foreman Galactic Republic Republic Military Grand Army of the Republic (Voice only) Jedi General (Voice only) Galactic Republic Navy Supreme Chancellor (Mentioned only) Garwian Unity (First appearance) Diplomatic corps (First appearance) Garwian military (First appearance) Garwian officer (First appearance) Ruleri (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Security Chief (In flashback(s)) Second Defense Overlord (First appearance) Gunner Historian (Mentioned only) Informant (Mentioned only) Instructor (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Jedi Order (Voice only) Jedi (Voice only) Jedi Knight (Voice only) Kimbples (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Lioaoin Regime (First appearance) Lioaoin High Command (First mentioned) Lioaoin military (First appearance) Lioaoin Orbital Command (First appearance) (Voice only) Regime Diplomatic Office (First mentioned) Traffic Control (First mentioned) Lord (Mentioned only) Marocsaa subclan (First appearance) Merchant (Mentioned only) Medic Naboo Royal Handmaidens (Indirect mention only) Navigator Navigators' Guild (First appearance) Pathfinders (First appearance) Vector One (First mentioned) Void Guides (First appearance) (Appears as a corpse) Nikardun Destiny (First appearance) Nikardun military (First appearance) Nikardun soldier (First appearance) Primea fleet (First appearance) Tactical commander (First mentioned) Nunech Art Collection (First mentioned) Officer Admiral Captain Colonel (In flashback(s)) Commander Commodore Comm officer Deck officer (In flashback(s)) First officer Flag officer General Helm officer Junior Captain (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Junior Commander (In flashback(s)) Junior officer (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Lieutenant Commander Mid Captain (First appearance) Mid Commander Operations officer (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Quartermaster (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Second officer Security officer (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Senior Captain Senior Commander Senior officer Sensor officer Supreme Admiral (First appearance) Supreme General (First appearance) Third officer (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Weapons officer (In flashback(s)) Overseer (Mentioned only) Paataatus government (First appearance) Paataatus delegation (First mentioned) Paataatus military (First appearance) Philosopher (Mentioned only) Pilot Pirate (In flashback(s)) Privateer (In flashback(s)) Planetary forces Professor (Mentioned only) Scientist (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Scoftic government (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Prefect (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Scoftic military (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) (In flashback(s)) Scout Sculptor (In flashback(s)) Sith (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Sith Empire (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Skywalker family (Voice only) Spy Supervisor (Mentioned only) Teacher Technician Tower Dimension (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Urch Planetary and Space Control (First appearance) (Voice only) Vagaari (First mentioned) Vak Combine (First appearance) Primea Central Command (First appearance) (Voice only) Waiter Weaver (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Brodihi (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Garwian (First appearance) Grysk (Indirect mention only) Human (Voice only) Naboo (Voice only) Lioaoi (First appearance) (Voice only) Near-human Chiss Nikardun (First appearance) Paataatus (First appearance) Paccosh (First appearance) Scofti (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Urchiv-ki (First appearance) (Voice only) Vak (First appearance)

Vehicles and vessels

Chiss defense platform (First appearance) Escape pod Garwian defense platform (First mentioned) Space station Blackdock (First mentioned) Bluedock (First appearance) Guild Concourse 447 (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified orbiting merchant-hub station (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified Paccosh mining station (First appearance) Starship Capital ship Dreadnought Nikardun Battle Dreadnought (First appearance) Deathless (First appearance) Chiss merchant ship (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Courier (In flashback(s)) Cruiser Chiss diplomatic cruiser (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Heavy cruiser Chiss heavy cruiser Destrama (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Springhawk (First appearance) Ready Room Two (First appearance) Patrol cruiser (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Chiss patrol cruiser (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Parala (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Garwian patrol ship (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Lioaoin cruiser (First appearance) Attacker Four (First appearance) Attacker One (First appearance) Attacker Three (First appearance) Attacker Two (First appearance) Destroyer Chiss destroyer (First appearance) Nikardun destroyer (First appearance) Freighter Chiss freighter (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Lioaoin freighter (First appearance) Thrawn's freighter (First appearance) Frigate Nikardun blockade frigate (First appearance) Blockade Four (First appearance) Blockade One (First appearance) Blockade Three (First appearance) Blockade Two (First appearance) Garwian diplomatic ship (First appearance) Grayshrike (First appearance) Gunboat Chiss missile boat (First appearance) Lioaoin gunboat (First appearance) Nikardun gunboat (First appearance) Gunship Jixtus' ship (First appearance) Lioaoin corsair (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Luxury liner (In flashback(s)) Unidentified excursion liner (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Nightdragon man-of-war (First appearance) Vigilant (First appearance) Nomad Four Possibility Paataatus warship (First appearance) Patrol boat Boco (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Lioaoin patrol craft (First appearance) Vak patrol boat (First appearance) Thrawn's patrol boat (First appearance) Patrol ship Chiss patrol ship (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Patrol Four (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Patrol One (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Patrol Three (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Patrol Two (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Nikardun patrol craft (First appearance) Scout ship Shuttle Chiss shuttle Mitth'raw'nuruodo's ship Starfighter Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor Anakin Skywalker's Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor Paataatus fighter (First appearance) Stingfly (First appearance) Transport Chiss Defense Force Transport (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Tomra (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Unidentified Lesser Space starship (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Vak warship (First appearance) Whirlwind (First mentioned) Whisperbird (First appearance) Yacht (Indirect mention only) H-type Nubian yacht (Mentioned only) Tube car (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Airlock Armor (In flashback(s)) Artificial intelligence Breath mask Charric (First appearance) Cloaking device (Mentioned only) Combat stick (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Soft-coat stick (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Computer Targeting computer Crash webbing (Mentioned only) Crippler net (First appearance) Deflector shield Deflector shield generator Droid Electrostatic barrier (First appearance) Engine Flight simulator (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Gun Headset Sensory deprivation headset (First appearance) Hologram Hyperdrive Hyperspace transport ring Lamp (Mentioned only) Life support (Mentioned only) Maglock (Mentioned only) Magnetic field (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Maneuvering jet (Mentioned only) Missile Breacher Missile launcher Navigational beacon Planetary shield (Mentioned only) Plasma sphere Plasma sphere launcher Plasma tank (First mentioned) Questis data-link reader (First appearance) Republic energy shield Sensor Targeting sensor Sewing machine (In flashback(s)) Sword (Mentioned only) Tractor beam Tractor beam projector Transmitter (Mentioned only) Turret Viewscreen (In flashback(s)) Warhead

Miscellanea

Acid After-action report (Mentioned only) Alien Army (Voice only) Asteroid Asteroid belt Atmosphere Bath (Mentioned only) Bathroom Blanket Blockade Blood Bone (Mentioned only) Book Brain Bridge Brig (Mentioned only) Building snap (First mentioned) Capital Cargo container Cave Centimeter Chimaera Chiss family hostage (First appearance) Chiss—Urchiv-ki treaty (First mentioned) City Clothing Belt Chiss uniform Cloak Glove Hat Robe Cockpit Color Core name Creators' Market (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Currency Univer (First mentioned) Death Suicide (Mentioned only) Death mark (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Dismemberment (Mentioned only) Distress call (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Dream (Mentioned only) Ear Egg (Mentioned only) Epaulet (Mentioned only) Execution (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Eye Factory (Mentioned only) Flagship Fleet Foodstuff Galara tealeaf (First appearance) Honey (Mentioned only) Kiki (First appearance) Sandwich (Mentioned only) Nut-paste sandwich (First mentioned) Sauce (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Soup (Mentioned only) Sugar (Mentioned only) Yapel triangle (First appearance) The Force "Third Sight" (First identified as Great Presence) Force power Precognition Force-sensitive Forest (Mentioned only) Fork (In flashback(s)) Fortress (Mentioned only) Fuel (Mentioned only) Fungus Galactic coordinates (Mentioned only) Galaxy The galaxy Garden Gas Oxygen Glass God (Mentioned only) Grain (Mentioned only) Graph marker (First appearance) Gravity Gravity well (In flashback(s)) Hair Hangar Headache Heart (Mentioned only) Hell (Mentioned only) (as expletive) Homeworld Hotel (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Hull Hyperspace Hyperspace lane (Mentioned only) Jump-by-jump Microjump (Mentioned only) Kilo Kilometer Knife (In flashback(s)) Knitting (Mentioned only) Language Cheunh Cheunh script (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Galactic Basic Standard Garwian script (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Trade language Meese Caulf Minnisiat (First appearance) Sy Bisti Taarja (First appearance) Vak script (First appearance) Laser Modulated laserfire (First appearance) Spectrum laser Leather (In flashback(s)) Light-year Lightspeed Lung Map Star map Marriage (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Medcenter (Mentioned only) Meditation (Mentioned only) Memorial staff (First appearance) Meter Mid Spring (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Mining (Mentioned only) Military rank Mountain Mouth Music (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Nation (First identified as nation) Non-aggression protocols (Mentioned only) Nose Orbit Painting Paper (Mentioned only) Parent (Mentioned only) Pillow Pincer maneuver Planet Gas giant Planetary ring Plant Flower (Mentioned only) Grass Swish grass (First appearance) Tree Plasma Poison (Mentioned only) Politics Prison (Mentioned only) Prisoner Radiation Ransom Realspace (First identified as space-normal) Refugee (Appears as a corpse) Rematching (First appearance) Remembrance party (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Restaurant (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Ring Marocsaa subclan ring (First appearance) Silk (In flashback(s)) Silver Sleep Soap (Mentioned only) Soldier Soothement bubble (First mentioned) Spacefarer Spaceport Species Spice Spoon (In flashback(s)) Star Artificial sun (First appearance) Star system Binary star (Indirect mention only) Box system (First appearance) Steel Stomach Stone Stylus (Mentioned only) Supernova (Mentioned only) Tap-click (First appearance) Task force Tattoo Tava (First appearance) Temperature Thought line (First appearance) Time Millennium Nanosecond Second Standard century Standard day Standard decade Standard hour Standard minute Standard month Standard week Standard year Tongue Tooth Treason (Mentioned only) Triad (Mentioned only) Trials (First appearance) Troop Warship Uandualon (First mentioned) Unidentified maneuver (First appearance) Universal port (First appearance) Universe Vacuum Viewport Walking stick Water Wing Xenophobia Youngling

External links

• Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, Book 1 on Amazon.com (backup link)
•  Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book I: Chaos Rising) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
• Star Wars: Read an Exclusive Excerpt of Thrawn Ascendancy - Chaos Rising (backup link)

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