Makkathran
Names: Makkathranthe real Makkathranthe citythe capital of the worldthe capitalDream-Makkathran
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 2 (1)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 7Makkathran is a distant city reached by caravan; its Guild is housed in the Blue Tower.
- Ch 7The caravan will not reach Makkathran until next spring, if all goes well; Edeard and Salrana imagine it as wonderful and safe.
- Ch 9Makkathran is allegedly the only true city on Querencia, lying about two days from the mountains, with a lazy, content, and vital aura.
- Ch 9Makkathran's city material is nearly opaque to farsight; Edeard feels the city is alive, with humans like bacteria within it.
- Ch 11The city is deemed a single entity so residences cannot be owned; no new buildings exist or can be built, so the largest homes were claimed early.
- Ch 11The city has too few constables, and citizens are forming street associations to fight gangs, which Edeard thinks undermines the rule of law.
- Ch 11Beneath Makkathran's buildings lies a vast network of smooth fissures carrying water, wind and threads of violet light; the city seems to sleep, content.
- Ch 12Makkathran is a city on the Lyot Sea coast near the Iguru Plain, seen in Inigo's dreams.
- Ch 13Makkathran's legal system is shown to favour clever lawyers, with precedents like Makkathran versus Leaney on hearsay used to free the guilty.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 2Makkathran's canal network is duplicated in a hidden underworld of drains and tunnels lit by faint tangerine light.
- Ch 4Makkathran's tunnels shift to let Edeard through, and the city retains a memory of him, which he perceives with farsight.
- Ch 7Politics pervades every level of life in Makkathran, and the city currently supports Edeard's exclusion warrants against gangs.
- Ch 7Makkathran's Masters have split into political groups: Finitan's supporters, a large undecided middle, and traditionalists around Owain.
- Ch 7Makkathran's slumbering mind lowers Edeard through its tunnels, and it helped save him when he fell.
- Ch 9Makkathran's thoughts pervade its structure and are strongest beneath the streets and canals, where pipes, tunnels and energy threads interweave.
- Ch 9A secret group of Grand Family sons uses concealment and mentors to protect the families from the gangs and 'maintain order'.
- Ch 12Election day is a holiday in Makkathran, tense rather than festive, with fifty banished people camped beyond North Gate.
- Ch 12Makkathran's crystal wall can be passed through by Edeard, and its gates were shut with militia massed at the North Gate.
- Ch 12Hidden bright tunnels beneath the city let Edeard travel quickly and lead to a distant cave beyond the walls.
- Ch 12Makkathran is a vast sentient mind that wakes and speaks to Edeard for the first time when he thanks it, saying it felt his pain.
- Ch 12Makkathran says it was once one of many like it but is now alone.
- Ch 12Makkathran describes itself as 'the failed past', a remnant whose kind would not submit to absorption by the Void.
- Ch 12Makkathran tells Edeard that the Void lets those within it find their perfect life, achieving personal evolution and contentment.
- Ch 12Makkathran says that every species arriving in the Void was drawn into this evolution, and that the Void gives you whatever you want.
- Ch 12Makkathran advises Edeard to reach into the Void, search out where he wishes to be, and begin again.
- Ch 13Gore says Makkathran is where humans are centered in the Void, so Justine must reach it even though it appears empty.
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 5Makkathran's real currency is gossip and rumor; news of the Skylord spread through the whole city within an hour.
- Ch 7The influx of elderly travelers and their families has overwhelmed the city's accommodation, with no unregistered rooms left, and constables are fully deployed.
- Ch 9On the flotilla's return Makkathran's mind-timbre is angry; thousands camp outside the north gate, with militia deployed and ancient trees felled.
- Ch 15Only about ten thousand people remain on the world; they gather in Makkathran by yacht for the ascension ceremony.
- Ch 17Makkathran still exists, visible from orbit with its canals, crystal wall and districts; Justine believes it is a constant refuge for races entering the Void.
- Ch 17Its underlying technology can manipulate gravity and seems to be a high-technology intruder into this universe; it told Edeard about the Void's reset ability.
- Ch 18Makkathran is the one place known to be H-congruous inside the Void, and where humans are centered; Gore urged Justine to go there.
- Ch 19The city is empty and overgrown with animals; it absorbs debris and expels human-made fixtures, so only some metal trinkets remain.
- Ch 19Field scans show the city's orange lighting is electrically powered, suggesting a technological core reachable through deep travel tunnels.
- Ch 20Makkathran's management network seems to come from outside the Void, using electricity and gravity manipulation; its primary mind lies far below and Justine has not reached it.
- Ch 20Makkathran is now empty of people, since all humans of Querencia eventually accepted guidance to the Heart; the last left several thousand years earlier.
- Ch 20Makkathran is the last surviving warship of the Raiel armada, and a vast sentient mind that agrees to carry the group to the Heart.
- Ch 20Makkathran says the Void does not listen; it watched its kind die in tens of thousands trying to pass the final barrier.
- Ch 20Makkathran is revealed to be a Raiel ship, identified by its domes, which match those of High Angel.
- Ch 20Makkathran explains that speed depends on temporal flow, determined by thought, and then takes the group faster than the Skylords by applying the right pattern.
- Ch 21Makkathran is gone from the Void's Iguru plain, but everyone in it lived and did not die.
Connections
- containsBlue Tower
- includesHigh Moat
- includesIlongo district
- includesEyrie district
- includesSampalok districtdistrict where most gangs are based
- containsOlovan's Eagle
- containsSampalok district
- related toInigocity as seen in Inigo's dreams
- related toSalamartin HotelMakkathran-style man sits there; not located in it
- includesJeavons district
- containsBirmingham Pool
- led byOwainMayor
- includesFiacre district
- containsHouse of Blue Petals
- containsPoilus Theater
- containsParliament House
- containsRah's Garden
- inQuerencia
- includesGolden Park
- containsLady's Church
- part ofRaiellast survivor of the Raiel armada
- related toRaielMakkathran is a Raiel ship
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 9Entering Makkathran and parting
The caravan enters the north gate. Edeard and Salrana say a tearful goodbye to Barkus and cross into the Ilongo district to start new lives.
- Book 1 · Ch 9Recruits talk over breakfast
At the station Edeard and fellow recruits eat breakfast, share why they became constables, and explain the Makkathran gangs and their protection rackets to the newly arrived Edeard.
- Book 1 · Ch 11Edeard shares Ashwell with Kanseen
Walking home, Edeard shares a memory of Ashwell with Kanseen and reveals bandits destroyed it. Later, in bed, his farsight explores the fissures beneath Makkathran and senses the city's thoughts.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Dream Masters blocked
Ethan and the Dream Masters try to reach the Skylord and Makkathran but the Second Dreamer's dark force shatters the dream, and Ethan collapses.
- 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 14Cleric Council moves to claim Viotia
Ethan, recovering, convenes the council. They learn the Second Dreamer is in Colwyn City on Viotia, and Viotia accepts elevation to core status in the Free Trade Zone.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Council approves the Viotia treaty
After Viotia's acceptance, the Council unanimously votes for the treaty, with full trade to follow when the Second Dreamer joins them in Makkathran.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Morning with Jessile and Kristiana
Edeard wakes with two noblewomen, bathes with them, and agrees to meet Kristiana and her friend Ranalee that night.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Edeard confronts Ivarl
Edeard tells Ivarl his hidden stock has been found and will be seized, reveals he knows of the Tanamin punishment order, and rejects Ivarl's offer to work together.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Edeard returns through the tunnels
Edeard sees the city's memory of his fall, asks it to guide him, and plunges down a tilting tunnel to the Marble Canal Tunnel, then trudges home disheartened.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Legal route found
After Finitan advises building street-level support, Master Solarin finds the district exclusion bylaw and the petition right; Edeard organizes chambers of trade to petition District Masters.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Edeard finds Mirnatha through the mansion's memory
Edeard reads the mansion's memory, sees the kidnapper, and tracks his weight imprints, then identifies where Mirnatha is held under a Fiacre fish-smoking business.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Week at the beach lodge
Edeard and Kristabel spend a week at a coastal lodge, swimming, making love, and teaching each other fire techniques while discussing politics and Edeard's curiosity about the world.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Ambush on the tower
Medath and accomplices shoot Edeard and knock him off the tower platform. He falls, but the city lowers him safely to the ground.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Edeard's soul dream
Edeard wakes from another dream of souls rising from Makkathran; Kristabel comforts him and he reflects on the Lady's scriptures and his unease about the Pythia.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Edeard proposes to Kristabel
Edeard kneels in the mud by a stable and proposes; Kristabel accepts, and stable hands spread the news. She explains the council-approval custom and the elaborate formalities ahead.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Capture and imprisonment of the family agent
Edeard disabled a concealed man following him and holds him in a door-less, soundproof cell built by the city. The squad debates what to do with him.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Militia sent into Sampalok
The Mayor orders armed militia against the rioters. Edeard, defying orders, travels underground with his squad to stop them, while Finitan explains Owain's political maneuvering.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Edeard and Kristabel's wedding
Edeard marries Kristabel in a church ceremony led by the Pythia, attended by guild masters, constables and Mayor Finitan; Salrana sends regrets.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Edeard returns to a fallen Makkathran
Edeard races back, learns of Owain's coup and Finitan's death, bypasses the militia by jumping through the crystal wall, and finds Kristabel dead.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Makkathran wakes
On the summit, Edeard resigns himself to defeat and thanks the city; Makkathran awakens and answers him, speaking of sorrow and loneliness.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Makkathran reveals the Void's purpose
The city explains the Void grants a perfect life and tells Edeard to reach into it to begin again. Kristabel shows him the Void's record of his past.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Edeard announces the Skylord
Edeard publicly announces the Skylord's arrival, causing uproar; Yrance's team mocks it while Dinlay's counterclaims spread. Five days later Finitan is carried to the tower.
- Book 3 · Ch 5The Skylord claims Finitan
A vast Skylord flies over Makkathran. The tower flares with light, Finitan's body turns to ash and his spectral soul is taken up by the Skylord to the Heart. The Skylord promises its kindred will return, and Edeard feels he has won.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Edeard agrees to run for Mayor
Pressed by Macsen, Kristabel, Kanseen and Dinlay, Edeard accepts that he will stand for Mayor; Dinlay will organise the campaign.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Salrana asks for help
Salrana visits Edeard's office, asking him to intercede in her dispute with Timath over Garnfal's will; he agrees to ask the Lawyers Guild's Grand Master to arbitrate.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Gealee unmasked
Edeard confronts Gealee, who reveals herself as a nest member, forces a painful command on him to join, and leaves, telling him to explain Dinlay's lost marriage.
- Book 3 · Ch 9Flotilla returns to Makkathran
After 38 more days the flotilla reaches Makkathran; Edeard senses thousands of angry people camped outside the north gate, and quarrels with Kristabel over his burden complex.
- Book 3 · Ch 9Welcome on Wharf One
Edeard lands in the Port district to cheering crowds and is greeted by Macsen, Dinlay and Mayor Doblek, who asks if he sailed around the world.
- Book 3 · Ch 9Edeard's family reunion and births
Edeard greets his family; the twins Marilee and Analee give birth to two daughters and a son and daughter.
- Book 3 · Ch 9Rise of Our City
A Tosella eviction dispute became a political campaign, Doblek won the election, and riots in Ilongo led to a militia blockade of stopovers.
- Book 3 · Ch 13Farewell of the Waterwalker
Edeard bids his huge family farewell in the ziggurat, then travels by gondola through cheering crowds to Eyrie, where Mattuel carries him up the tower.
- Book 3 · Ch 15Anniversary ascension
On the thousand-year anniversary of the Waterwalker's ascension, a thousand people ascend through Eyrie's towers to the Heart of the Void while Inigo and family fly over Makkathran and bid farewell.
- Book 3 · Ch 20Arrival at Makkathran
After Oscar suffers Aaron's nightmare, the crew lands near the Silverbird; Justine greets them, and Aaron says Inigo must bring forth the Waterwalker.
- Book 3 · Ch 20Edeard appears
Inigo's summoning brings Edeard out of the Void's memory to the empty Eyrie tower; he finds the city lifeless and bellows for his family.
- Book 3 · Ch 20Edeard meets Inigo and learns the truth
Edeard is reunited with Inigo, who explains he was brought from the Void's memory, that his life is past, all humans have left, and the outside universe threatens the Void.
- Book 3 · Ch 20Makkathran launches
Edeard persuades Makkathran, which encases itself in a crystal dome, shatters the land and sea, and lifts into space as a warship.
- Book 3 · Ch 20Makkathran goes FTL in the Void
Edeard asks Makkathran to go faster; it applies a thought pattern and travels faster than light toward the Heart.
- Book 3 · Ch 21Qatux says goodbye to the Lady
Paula accompanies Qatux through Makkathran to the Lady's church, where he strokes her statue's cheek and bids farewell.