Since there are so many important minor and original characters in this fic, I decided to compile a cast list. Those names with links lead to either bios or images Cheile has made so that you can put names to faces. Of course, this is not necessary with canon characters. (we would hope!)

Notes and credits on characters ~

-- All recognized canon characters are property of Paramount/CBS.
-- Colonel Reanla Kaelinn, Lieutenant Rash'iel Quinn, Lieutenant Kitanal Kestrae and Klingon Ambassador Ko'Tak were originally created for the Kerok Nor play-by-email RPG. All three Bajorans are the creation of Cheile. Ko'Tak is the creation of Mike Campbell.
-- Lieutenant Commander Zarianne Devante is played in the USS Dauntless play-by-email RPG, however this version is an AU version.
-- Vedek Arilsen was created by Carolyn Fulton and used in her awesome Odo/Kira story "The Fire and Rose", published in the fanzine Love and Justice #2. I do not believe this story is online anymore, but if I find Carolyn's email address, I will contact her and ask for a link that I can put here.
-- All other characters were created specifically for this story.


also ~ since my image editing skills cannot "create" Cardassians, the names I have listed are the voices we imagined as belonging to these characters. (i.e. the people "under the makeup")


The Cast of Retribution [in order of appearance]


Admiral Kathryn Janeway ~ Kate Mulgrew
Captain Jean-Luc Picard ~ Patrick Stewart
Lieutenant Samantha Wildman ~ Nancy Hower
Commander Chakotay ~ Robert Beltran
Chell ~ Derek McGrath
Raduen Aredat ~ Winsor Harmon
Tinalo Lasair ~ Michael Weatherly
Admiral Owen Paris ~ Richard Herd
Naomi Wildman ~ Scarlett Pomers
The Doctor ~ Robert Picardo
Colonel Reanla Kaelinn ~ Julianne Moore
Lieutenant Rash'iel Quinn ~ Shiri Appelby
Vedek Caprit Belisara ~ Emily Procter
Constable Brilgar ~ Christopher Conrad
Lieutenant Ciarnai ~ Diane Neal
Quark ~ Armin Shimerman
Lieutenant Ilario Cheyne ~ Rebecca Budig
Gul Derrak ~ Hugh Laurie
Glinn Vernak ~ Steve Burton
Glinn Roncet ~ Tyler Christopher
Colonel Kira Nerys ~ Nana Visitor
Admiral Alynna Nechayev ~ Natalia Nogulich
Svetlana (Sveta) Korepanova ~ Cali Rand
Lieutenant Kitanal Kestrae ~ Anna Kournikova
Ro Laren ~ Michelle Forbes
Thomas (Tom) Riker ~ Jonathan Frakes
Doctor Julian Bashir ~ Alexander Siddig
Lieutenant Commander Zarianne (Devante) Kegan ~ Eden Riegel
Ambassador Ko'Tak ~ The Rock
Gretchen Janeway ~ Dame Judi Dench
Phoebe Janeway ~ Jorja Fox
Lieutenant Tom Paris ~ Robert Duncan McNeill
Lieutenant B'Elanna (Torres) Paris ~ Roxann Dawson
Lieutenant Commander Tuvok ~ Tim Russ
Lieutenant Harry Kim ~ Garrett Wang
Libby Webber ~ Jennifer Gatti
Vedek Arilsen ~ Sam Waterston



Glossary of Terms/Translations (in alphabetical order)

amala'pagh ~ literal meaning "soul-mother". the Bajoran equivalent to a Terran godparent.
galt ~ Cardassian military rank, equivalent to ensign (borrowed from the 7th Order RPG and used in Kerok Nor game-play)
lam're ~ Trill for "mother"
leh'le ~ Bajoran for "little one" (pron. "leh-lay")
trei ~ a small Bajoran songbird with violet feathers (pron. "shray")

Ceremonial words for the amala'pagh ceremony:
Sarat shakala'reth tu tie leh'riet, a Bentel.
Ithnu eh ta'ri ouna akares vuanet voka ta antana.
Fareth ta amau quonot ne shay'et.
Veyt ouna amala'pagh priner eh kost ai Bajor.

translation:
[Cast your blessings down on these children, oh Prophets. Guard them with Your hands as they begin to walk their path. Give their parents the necessary wisdom and guidance. Lead their amala'pagh as she trains them in the ways of Bajor.]