AUTHOR'S NOTE: After reminding myself that I'd given my characters names for particular reasons, just as the Wachowski brothers had done with the original Matrix trilogy, I decide to post some definitions of most of those mentioned in both stories.

Hope this helps explain why some characters have the fates that they do…

Morithil.

The Hybrid & The Exodus character name meanings:

PERSIS: a) The feminine version of the Greek name Perses-the Titan god of man-made destruction; "He who lays waste", therefore, the feminine Persis; "she who lays waste".

b) The name of the third Graiaia, one of the three gray sisters who were one of the first born of the gods-they were "robed in beauty and clothed in saffron". Millenia later, they would be the three greys hags, wise beyond most knowledge who shared an eye between them by which they saw everything.

CALYX: Borrowed from the meaning of a Manga character name. I think it's a type of precious stone...

SOL: Spanish word for "the sun".

APOLLO: The Greek god of the Sun, who rode across the sky in a chariot to pull the Sun across the sky.

ANTIGONE: The name of the daughter of Oedipus, who, when her brother was killed, was forbidden to give him proper funeral rights because of the dishonourable nature of his death. However, because of her love for her brother she gave him a proper burial and funeral honours. In punishment for this she was buried alive.

TITUS: A Roman general who returned home from the wars to find his family had been murdered. Enraged, he enacted his revenge on all those responsible.

NESO: Greek name meaning, "island".

PRIEST: Pretty self explanatory, really. Oh, btw, when Priest gets cut in half by a laser beam in The Hybrid, that's my sly comment on how the modern church is divided.

AEI: Opposite of Zee (last letter in alphabet) Aei(the first letter)

ECHO: I think was a nymph of some sort who fell in love with Narcissus. I made Echo a guy, because there seemed to be a predominantly female crew on the Apollo, and it didn't make sense when nearly all the other ships in my fanfic were evenly divided.

SYLLIS, SYENES: Random maidens in Greek mythology. Not much info about them on the net...

OLYMPUS: The mountain above which the Greek gods lived.

HERMES: The name given the Greek god-the Winged Messenger

NARADA: A lesser god in Indian mythology-"The Wandering Seer" of a gentle and kindly nature, often given to offering his advice to others.