Confidence
The tall, blue-eyed elder among Beacon's Greater Good — the council's voice of caution. Speaks bluntly, presses for evidence before she will lead her people toward a legend, and warns that pulling the Cinder King after the recovered disc was a serious risk. STD:TSM:Ch 8
Known facts
- offers-thanks-and-warmthStops Nomad as he turns to leave and tells him plainly that he is appreciated. She names what they all suspect — that the Cinder King offered him a deal, as is his way, and that he refused — and promises that if Beacon crests the mountains and finds the Refuge, she will be the first to offer him her warmth in thanks. He nods, and her gratitude cuts through his exhaustion more than he expected.STD:TSM:Ch 23
Events
- STD:TSM:Ch 8 Voice of caution at the council table; takes the disc from Contemplation to test its weight and warns the Refuge legend may be empty.
- STD:TSM:Ch 10 Still at the council table; among the Greater Good Nomad addresses in Beacon's tongue on his return.
- STD:TSM:Ch 11 Sceptic and rule-keeper of the Greater Good — calls the Sunlit Ones a notion for children, lectures Nomad on the difference between tyranny and proper authority, and presses for Rebeke's punishment until Nomad cuts her off.
- STD:TSM:Ch 18 Crouches behind the overturned table with the other Greater Good elders as Nomad crashes the window, then takes over the radio and directs Beacon's escape after the captured ship is freed.
- STD:TSM:Ch 19 Stands and tells the council, plainly, that they are dead; her duty is to speak only what she knows true. Plays the foil — argues for collapse so that the others can refute her into a plan — and later asks Nomad the question he cannot answer: even if they cross the mountains, what is the final objective.
- STD:TSM:Ch 23 Most resistant to Nomad from the start, and the one who finally stops him before he leaves to tell him that Beacon sees what he is doing, and offers thanks — including a future palm-to-palm warmth, if they reach the Refuge.
- STD:TSM:Ch 41 On the radio from another Beacon ship, urging Zellion to fly low and use a prospector instead.
- STD:TSM:Ch 44 Offers to negotiate by commerce when mercy fails; gets only an amused look in answer.
- STD:TSM:Epilogue Asks after the Cinder King and gestures at the embedded cinderheart when Rebeke refuses to be called ruler.
Backreferences
- factContemplation
- factLodestar
- factAdonalsium
- factGlowing Eyes
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 32
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 38
- factElegy
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 39
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 41
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 43
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 44
- factthe Greater Good
- summarySTD:TSM:Epilogue