Contemplation
The fuller-figured, pale-skinned elder of Beacon's Greater Good, her dyed black hair piled and curled atop her head, her grey-green eyes matching her shawl. Speaks for science and reason in council, then argues — for the first time, to Confidence's open surprise — that faith has its place too, and that the recovered disc is worth pursuing on Elegy's vision alone. STD:TSM:Ch 8
Known facts
- her-time-is-comingHer name is on Beacon's queue to be left for the sun; she lets slip to Nomad over the radio that she would prefer to see Rebeke safely behind the Refuge's door before her own time arrives.STD:TSM:Ch 14
- tired-of-runningTells Nomad, over the radio after he warns of the Cinder King's forces gathering, that she is simply tired of running. He answers that he has no idea how well he understands that.STD:TSM:Ch 17
- can-shootHunted as a youth and can still put rounds into a moving target — drops the two Charred on the command-ship floor with a rifle she has not fired in years.STD:TSM:Ch 18
- believes-nomad-is-sunlitTells Nomad, in private, that she recognised him as a Sunlit Man of their stories when he came through the cabin window — and again when he gave the council something to hope for. He demurs, but accepts the title for now if it will keep them moving.STD:TSM:Ch 20
Events
- STD:TSM:Ch 8 Holds the disc with reverence, makes the case for faith in science and for trusting Elegy's vision, and lays out the grim arithmetic of Beacon's survival.
- STD:TSM:Ch 10 Still holding the floor of the council when Nomad bursts back in, snatches the disc from the table, and proposes the alliance.
- STD:TSM:Ch 11 First to call Nomad a Sunlit Man, the only one in the room who hears his attempted warning about what is really behind the door, and the one who asks at chapter's end whether he can fly a ship.
- STD:TSM:Ch 17 Voice only, over the radio. Concedes the prospectors have found nothing in the cited region, accepts that the Cinder King's coordinates were probably a lie, sighs that she is tired of running, and asks Nomad to keep Rebeke alive at least until the rest of them fall.
- STD:TSM:Ch 18 Cuts through the radio chatter with the order to gather east, then — when Nomad reaches her ship — picks up the rifle he kicked across the floor and unloads it into the two Charred beating him in the corner.
- STD:TSM:Ch 19 Speaks for the Greater Good when no plan presents itself; admits she can think of nothing better than dying with pride beside Elegy's memory, then asks Nomad how soon he can fix the engines.
- STD:TSM:Ch 20 Tells Nomad she voted to make Elegy Lodestar and that the thing in chains is no longer her sister; then ungloves her hand and offers him the palm-to-palm thanks of her people. Confesses she knew him for a Sunlit Man when he came through the cabin window.
- STD:TSM:Ch 23 Folds her arms, lit by the running lights of the city, and asks Nomad aloud how long his iterate-and-improve loop is supposed to take. Later corrects his misuse of a drained sunheart for his soul transfer.
- STD:TSM:Ch 26 Joins Nomad at the edge of the shrinking deck on her cane, hair wet under a pinned hat, eyes shaded against even ringlight. Assigns him the Dawnchaser as his quarters, tells him the story of her sister's maelstrom plan, and listens to his tale of the Tagarut without expecting a moral. Stays beside him when the new "star" appears overhead.
- STD:TSM:Ch 27 Stays at Nomad's elbow through the work — asks pale, frightened questions about the Night Brigade, absorbs the survival protocol, finally blesses his test flight and asks Adonalsium to grant it.
- STD:TSM:Ch 44 Tells Nomad he did everything they asked of him; urges him to stay with his own kind as the elevator carries the three Beaconites back up.
- STD:TSM:Ch 47 Meets Zellion under the rising dome at the centre of the Beaconite huddle, pushes for the obvious ship-flight plan, is told why it will not work, and accepts the dome plan instead. Hears the recharge truth firsthand, accepts the charge of spreading it, and presses Zellion on his irritation with Adonalsium. Calls him by the title Sunlit Man as he leaves; passes on that Rebeke and Elegy have been taken to Union.
- STD:TSM:Epilogue Smiles a wan smile and confirms there is a way to recharge sunhearts — Rebeke tells her quietly that the offworlder shared it before he *left*.
Backreferences
- factBeacon
- factBeacon
- factCompassion
- factSunlit Man
- factBeacon
- factBeacon
- factthe Greater Good
- factRebeke Salvage
- factElegy
- factThrenodites
- factElegy's workshop
- factsunheart
- factElegy
- factthe Dawnchaser
- factthe Tagarut
- factSigzil
- factNight Brigade
- factSigzil
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 32
- factthe great maelstrom
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 39
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 43
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 44
- factthe Greater Good
- summarySTD:TSM:Ch 47
- factThrenodites
- factsunheart recharge
- factSigzil
- summarySTD:TSM:Epilogue