Terry sudddenly appeared at the Clave one day, speeding out of nowhere in his needle, Katana. He had a brief and torrid affair with Ruth Valley (see "Ruth Valley"), and then left just as suddenly. He called her Zilama, which he told her was an Indiian term of affection. She still carries a torch for him. Ruth's cousin, David Maxwell, didn't trust him.

Terry is half-Japanese, half-Indiian. As all Indiians, he is a powerful sensitive. He plays the violin.