Akeem
Names: AkeemMaster Akeemthe old Master
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 3 (Inigo’s first dream)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 3Akeem is Ashwell's last shaper, over 180 years old, always smartly dressed, absent-minded but affectionate, and a strong ethical teacher to Edeard.
- Ch 3Akeem left the capital's Guild partly because his interpretation of Guild ethics differed from the Masters of the Blue Tower.
- Ch 3Akeem persuaded the elder council to let Edeard take a major role in the new well; he set the assessment harder than usual.
- Ch 5Akeem taught Edeard defensive telekinesis, including that there is no such thing as a disabling blow.
- Ch 7Akeem is an old Master who once lived in Makkathran and can sense even well-hidden emotions.
- Ch 7Akeem says he cannot confirm Edeard as a Master until he has served five years as a journeyman.
- Ch 7Akeem urges Edeard to go to Makkathran's Blue Tower, offers a sponsorship letter, and arranges passage with the Barkus caravan.
- Ch 7Akeem warns that Ashwell villagers are nervous about Edeard's strength and intellect, and says Ashwell would stifle him.
- Ch 7Akeem advises Edeard to tell nobody he is leaving, since envy breeds resentment.
- Ch 7Akeem is Edeard's Master; he organises the defence, tells Edeard the village is lost, and urges him to escape to the Blue Tower in Makkathran.
- Ch 7Akeem sends Edeard a knowledge gift, a song-like longtalk transferring a complex mental technique.
- Ch 7Akeem was Edeard's Eggshaper Master at Ashwell, a good teacher who taught him constitutional law and rewarded apprentices flexibly.
- Ch 7Akeem was Edeard's Master, now dead, and was hard to impress but admired Edeard's talent.
- Ch 9Akeem was Edeard's Master and was never made a Guild Council member, due to politics; he died almost a year ago.
- Ch 9Akeem died before writing a letter of introduction for Edeard, and had warned Edeard he would find Guild formalities difficult.
- Ch 9Akeem left the Blue Tower to make a difference and taught Edeard in Ashwell, where he deeply affected the villagers' lives.
- Ch 11Edeard holds Akeem's memory, which remains clear, including his knowledge of the city's beautiful girls.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 7He raised Edeard as a true father and told him his parents' story; Edeard believes his soul may be lost.
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 4Akeem, Edeard's guild master, appears to Edeard as a vision with a sad look, as if saying 'Don't let me down'.
- Ch 15In Inigo's vision Akeem trudges dejectedly back to his guild, beginning self-imposed exile.
Connections
- related toEdeardapprentice of and ward totaught him defensive telekinetic techniques
- member ofEggshaper Guild
- friend ofBarkusknew him and remembers him fondly
- related toGrand Master FinitanMaster of Finitan when he was an apprentice
- family ofEdeardfoster father figure
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 3Morning before the assessment
Edeard wakes, eats with Akeem, who explains his senior apprentice assessment and Guild ethics, then tours the Guild compound checking the genistars before the well project is completed.
- Book 1 · Ch 7Akeem sends Edeard to Makkathran
Akeem tells Edeard he has outgrown him and should study at the Blue Tower in Makkathran, promising a sponsorship letter and passage with the Barkus caravan this month. Edeard accepts and is told to keep it secret.
- Book 1 · Ch 7Bandit attack on Ashwell
Waking in terror, Edeard senses the bandits; a large force with guns and fastfoxes burns Ashwell and slaughters villagers and guards. Edeard kills several bandits, and Akeem urges him to flee.
- Book 1 · Ch 9Edeard meets Grand Master Finitan
Edeard tells Finitan of Akeem's death and the village's slaughter. Finitan, once Akeem's apprentice, offers only junior apprentice status, requiring seven years.
- Book 3 · Ch 4Edeard refuses to relive the past
Tempted to go back and save the village, Edeard refuses, accepts the past, and leaves for Makkathran.
- Book 3 · Ch 15Inigo's tribute in Golden Park
Inigo manifests a vision of historical figures in Golden Park as a final tribute, then resolves to ascend once his home is in order.