Argian
Names: ArgianArgain
First appears in Book 2: The Temporal Void, chapter 9 (Inigo's Eleventh Dream)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 9Argian is a senior Weapons Guild journeyman aged forty-eight, held by Edeard in an underground cell; Owain names him as the pistol thief.
- Ch 9Argian mutters to himself in the cell, revealing a plot: poison Edeard slowly, hope Kristabel will turn against him, and use the election and riots.
- Ch 9A wanted man whom Edeard released, who reluctantly agrees to gather his things and perhaps report anything detrimental he sees.
- Ch 9Argian has confessed to Edeard and now acts as an informant, reporting that eight of Warpal's people are in Sampalok observing and ready to act.
- Ch 9Argian suggests Mirayse was given the pistol and told where Boyd was, since the gun model is the kind his people favor.
- Ch 9Argian is astonished to learn that Edeard can see souls.
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 7Edeard assigned Argian to trace Constatin's last movements.
- Ch 11Argian and Marcol led a raid on a Port district shipyard intended to burn two trading schooners; Jiska's concealment hid her presence from them.
Connections
- member ofWeapons Guild
- enemy ofEdeardholds him prisoner
- ally ofEdeard
- has memberJunlieone of Argian's people
- ally ofMarcol
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 9Owain names Argian
Owain apologizes for the stolen pistols, names Argian as thief, and says the consent act is a formality; Edeard conceals that he holds Argian.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Edeard pressures Argian
Edeard tells Argian his allies have betrayed him, then leaves as the cell walls and ceiling close in on him.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Edeard meets Argian
In Golden Park Edeard frees Argian and asks him to stay in the city, watch his people and moderate Edeard.
- Book 3 · Ch 4Final assault on the bandits' valley
On his fifth reset, Edeard prepares by removing the hidden guns and subverting ge-eagles; the militias surround the Gilmorn's fortress outcrop and capture him with few losses.
- Book 3 · Ch 11Jiska dies in the shipyard raid
Argian tells Edeard that Jiska was burned in the raid; Edeard rushes to the Neph hospital where his family reveals they are the resistance, and Jiska declares defiance before dying.