Cheriton McOnna
Names: Cheriton McOnnaCheriton
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 14 (7)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 14Cheriton is an enriched gaiafield expert who will pose as a Dream Master to infiltrate Living Dream's search on Viotia.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 3Cheriton, in disguise, joins the Colwyn confluence nest staff and installs routines that secretly create a blind spot to the Second Dreamer's thoughts.
- Ch 3Cheriton is an infiltrator embedded among Living Dream's colleagues, feeding the team inside information on the occupation forces.
- Ch 5Cheriton went with Mareble to the docks to free Danal from Major Honilar, hoping to gain an ally among nest technicians.
- Ch 8Cheriton, a gaiafield expert, has infiltrated Living Dream's side, comforting widow Mareble to win her trust as a supportive friend.
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 3Cheriton phones Oscar on an ultrasecure channel and reports with Liatris that Living Dream has located Araminta.
- Ch 8Cheriton uses filter routines to shield himself from the intense gaiafield module, unlike Yenrol's team, who risk brainburn searching for the Second Dreamer.
- Ch 14Cheriton and Tomansio are Viotia citizens who display their distance from Living Dream.
- Ch 16Cheriton, a Knight Guardian, is targeted by Chikoya and teleported away by a T-sphere to the Farloy compartment.
- Ch 16Unable to trigger his biononic overload because the Cat severed his connections, Cheriton is tortured via gaiafield with falsified memories of killing his family.
Connections
- ally ofBeckia McKratz
- related toYenrolworks under as technician
- ally ofTomansio McFoster Stewart
- ally ofOscar Monroe
- member ofYenrolworks on Yenrol's team
- member ofKnights Guardian
- partner ofMareblepast brief affair
- enemy ofthe Cat
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 14Oscar briefs the Knights Guardians
Aboard the ship, Oscar argues history with the Knights Guardians and outlines a plan to infiltrate Living Dream's search on Viotia and seize the Second Dreamer.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Cheriton infiltrates the confluence nest
Cheriton, in disguise, joins Dream Master Yenrol's staff in Colwyn and installs routines that secretly blind the nest to the Second Dreamer.
- Book 2 · Ch 8False Araminta seized in Colwyn City
Honilar's welcome team violently captures an innocent lookalike on Daryad Avenue. Oscar's team watches, and Oscar feels guilt. The team then meets Cheriton, who reports on Living Dream.
- Book 3 · Ch 3Oscar's team confronts Mr. Bovey
Oscar, Beckia and Tomansio press Mr. Bovey to reveal Araminta's whereabouts, warning others will come. Cheriton and Liatris then report Living Dream has located her after she shared Inigo's Eighth Dream.
- Book 3 · Ch 14Araminta calls Oscar
Oscar and his team, preparing to give up and flee, receive a call using his onetime code from someone claiming to be Araminta, who asks to meet.
- Book 3 · Ch 14Oscar meets Araminta-two
Oscar's team meets Araminta-two in a Viotia restaurant and whisks her aboard Elvin's Payback. Tomansio verifies her; she asks for Ozzie's help and the ship heads to the Spike.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Aaron recognized as the Mutineer
When Oscar's party arrives at Ozzie's house, Tomansio recognizes Aaron as Lennox McFoster, the Mutineer who defied the Cat, shocking Aaron.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Chikoya attack Ozzie's house
Forty armored Chikoya teleport in, surrounding the house; Ozzie vanishes, and Oscar and the Knights Guardian fight them back while Aaron guards the Dreamers.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Cheriton teleported away
Chikoya establish a T-sphere around Cheriton, who cannot counterprogram it, and teleport him to the Farloy compartment. Tomansio forbids pursuit and the team evacuates the Dreamers.
- Book 3 · Ch 16The Cat tortures Cheriton by gifting
Cheriton contacts the team via gaiafield. The Cat, having mutilated him, rewrites his memories to torment him. The team flees FTL as he is forced to relive shooting his family.