In his Introduction to The Night Face, Poul Anderson refers to series characters of the Technic History, including Christopher Holm. Chris/Arinnian:
counts as a series character because of his roles in The People Of The Wind and The Earth Book Of Stormgate;
has joined a choth/gone bird;
speaks Planha-influenced Anglic but with a changed accent;
like other "birds," tends to go nude but with skin paint;
but wears a coverall and boots for flight with a gravbelt;
earns an income by herding and hunting with Ythrians;
has fair skin darkened by the light of Laura, less bright than Sol but closer to Avalon;
in flight, wears antigrav cylinders with fully charged accumulators, a leather helmet and goggles;
carries a knife and slugthrower, even when attending a peace-holy Khruath.
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