Phelim
Names: PhelimChief Cleric PhelimCouncillor PhelimCleric Phelim
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 2 (1)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 2Phelim is Ethan's utterly loyal personal secretary, a tall, black-skinned, shaven-headed Chief Cleric whose emotions cannot be read in the gaiafield.
- Ch 2Phelim says he himself would never be considered even for the Council, and Ethan plans to elevate his status.
- Ch 2Phelim is Ethan's trusted friend and aide; he will be elevated to the Council and made Treasury Secretary to fund the Pilgrimage starships.
- Ch 10Phelim, a tall Councillor, reports that the Second Dreamer is on Viotia, where his last dream was first received.
- Ch 10Phelim says Living Dream has recruited extra security forces since Ethan became Conservator, enough to enforce order on Viotia.
- Ch 10Phelim says that if the Second Dreamer refuses to help, they would change his mind in a very literal sense.
- Ch 14Phelim supports Ethan and reveals the Second Dreamer's location. He angers visibly when Councillor DeLouis repeats rumours about the Second Dreamer.
- Ch 14Phelim says the Council and the devout are bewildered and hurt that the Second Dreamer rejected the Skylord, and so turn to Ethan.
- Ch 14Phelim organises the plan: the wormhole opens within two hours of the treaty returning, at Colwyn City's dock complex.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 1Cleric Phelim, Ethan's chief of staff and enforcer, has come through the wormhole to oversee the search for the Second Dreamer.
- Ch 3Councillor Phelim assembled a welcome team of Ethan's loyal bodyguards, armed with heavy weapons, with authority over the invading forces to intercept the Second Dreamer.
- Ch 11Cleric Phelim refused to let ambulance capsules fly after the Bodant Park battle.
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 1Cleric Phelim threw out a Senate delegation accusing him of mass murder after the Bodant Park fight, and keeps the weather dome force field on.
- Ch 3Phelim, a Living Dream leader, located Araminta via pattern recognition at Miledeep Water on Chobamba and proposes hiring weapons-enriched troops to seize her.
- Ch 6Phelim withdrew paramilitaries from Viotia, leaving Living Dream followers to be hunted by locals, and keeps Colwyn City's force field closed except to Ellezelin capsules.
- Ch 8Phelim, leading the paramilitaries at the docks, resists Araminta with a false smile but is overwhelmed and stands helpless as she passes.
- Ch 12Phelim, a Cleric, took Likan's harem into custody on Viotia and is returning to Ellezelin to join the Pilgrimage fleet.
Connections
- ally ofEthanloyal personal secretary
- member ofEthanCouncillor serving under Ethan
- member ofLiving Dream
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 2Ethan takes the Mayor's sanctum
Ethan and Phelim retreat to the Mayor's rooms, where Ethan orders modern furnishings removed and marvels at achieving his goal.
- Book 1 · Ch 2Ethan plans his administration
As new Conservator, Ethan decides to make Phelim Treasury Secretary and Councillor, and to remove Corrie-Lyn from the Council, while discussing the search for the Second Dreamer.
- Book 1 · Ch 2Marius offers ultradrives
Marius congratulates Ethan and renews ANA's offer of ultradrives for the Pilgrimage ships; Ethan accepts but will also build conventional drives.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Living Dream Council meeting
Ethan meets Rincenso, Falven and Phelim. They discuss the Skylord, Pilgrimage ship construction due by September, and Phelim's finding that the Second Dreamer is on Viotia.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Ethan proposes incorporating Viotia
Ethan and Phelim persuade Councillors Falven and Rincenso to prepare to bring Viotia into the hierocracy, as a fallback if a direct intervention in the Second Dreamer's next dream fails.
- 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 14Planning the wormhole and police deployment
Phelim and Ethan plan to open a wormhole at Colwyn City, send police, and halt traffic to confine the Second Dreamer in the city.
- Book 3 · Ch 3Araminta found on Chobamba
Oscar's team and Living Dream both learn Araminta is on Chobamba sharing Inigo's dreams. Both sides plan to reach her; Oscar's team consults Paula.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Araminta reveals herself
Araminta, empowered by the Skylord, stops the mob, subdues Captain Darraklan, faces down Phelim and walks through the wormhole to Ellezelin followed by cheering followers.
- Book 3 · Ch 12Likan interrogated and released
Araminta confronts Likan, brutalised by a memory read, and offers freedom and a starship in exchange for naming the three women he profiled; he names Marakata, Krisana and Tammary.