Arminel
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 13 (Inigo’s sixth dream)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 13Arminel is the hooded leader of the thieves, under forty, with a pale drawn face and long sandy hair covering large ears; he appears bored and never worried.
- Ch 13Arminel was charged with theft, aggravated trespass and assaulting a constable, after smashing together two bottles of cleaning fluid and acid to make a fireball.
- Ch 13Arminel is acquitted, then salutes Edeard with a gloating smile after the case is dismissed.
- Ch 15Arminel ambushed the squad at Birmingham Pool with a revolver and fired at Dinlay, smiling.
- Ch 15Arminel is a gang leader who ambushes Edeard and Dinlay with a revolver, shooting Dinlay in the hip.
- Ch 15Arminel is arrested with his accomplices after Edeard's feat; his gang members surrender rather than fight.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 2Arminel was found guilty of extortion, conspiracy and attempted murder of two constables, and sentenced to life in the Trampello mines.
- Ch 2Arminel was sentenced to the rest of his life in Trampello, probably over a hundred and fifty years, after attempting to ambush Edeard.
- Ch 12Arminel leads the armed squad that attacks the pavilion; his men's guns are crushed by Edeard's telekinesis.
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 4Arminel is Edeard's old friend still imprisoned in the Trampello mines.
Connections
- related toMaster Cherixdefence lawyer for
- ally ofOmasis
- ally ofHarri
- enemy ofEdeard
- member ofgangs
- led byCaptain Ivarlsuspected of sending him to ambush Edeard
- member ofOwainleads his squad
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 13Thieves' trial
Arminel, Omasis and Harri plead not guilty; Cherix argues they entered the storeroom to help, and discredits Edeard and Kanseen's testimony as unprovable.
- Book 1 · Ch 13Case dismissed
The judges rule insufficient evidence and dismiss the case; the thieves celebrate and Edeard is devastated, vowing silently to meet Arminel again.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Dinlay's chase and the ambush
Dinlay disobeys Edeard and chases the gang to Birmingham Pool. Edeard's ge-eagle is killed by gang ge-eagles. Arminel steps out and shoots at Dinlay.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Ambush at Birmingham Pool
Arminel's gang shoots Dinlay and pushes Edeard and Dinlay into the pool. Edeard nearly drowns saving Dinlay and is pulled out by his friends with a punt pole.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Edeard walks on water and arrests Arminel
Edeard walks across the pool on telekinetically stabilized water, shares his sight with all Makkathran, stops Arminel's bullet, breaks his nose and arrests the gang. The crowd hails him Waterwalker.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Arminel sentenced
After closing statements, judges led by Mayor Owain found Arminel and his four cohorts guilty; the others got twenty years, Arminel life in the Trampello mines.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Pavilion massacre
Arminel's squad fires on the pavilion, killing Salrana. Edeard crushes their guns and sets the pavilion ablaze with lightning, killing the squad, then escapes up the mountain.