Qatux
Names: Qatuxthe High Angelbig-Q
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 10 (5)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 10Qatux is a Raiel who once shared human emotions, married the human Tiger Pansy on Far Away, and experienced her prolonged, horrible death.
- Ch 10Qatux now holds high rank among the Raiel, is a custodian rather than a defender, and agrees to receive Inigo's memories.
- Ch 10Qatux liked Paula Myo and took part in a human expedition during the Starflyer War.
- Ch 10Qatux regards the Void as evil and the destroyer of life, and says other Raiel defend the galaxy and may act against the Pilgrimage.
- Ch 12Qatux reviewed Inigo's early-life memories and concluded that guilt over hiding his true nature drives him.
- Ch 12Qatux concluded Inigo has probably gone to Hanko, which he saw as his true ancestral home.
- Ch 12Qatux once helped humans, but stopped after Tiger Pansy was killed; reviewing Inigo's memories risks a return to an old addiction.
- Ch 12Qatux has risen to the fifth and highest echelon of the High Angel, making him its captain.
- Ch 12Qatux holds forty years of Inigo's early life memories and told Aaron Inigo was probably hiding on Hanko.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 3Qatux says he can do nothing about the pursuing Raiel warships because they are warrior Raiel, no longer of his kind.
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 6Qatux says the Raiel's involvement is mandatory and the High Angel will fly to Sol, though he doubts it can breach the barrier.
- Ch 8Qatux has agreed to help the Commonwealth by sending the High Angel to Earth to attempt to break through the Sol barrier.
- Ch 14Qatux says the Raiel cannot break the Sol barrier; their trip was a symbolic show of support, and he offers to save Paula when the galaxy falls.
- Ch 14Qatux, the High Angel, owes Ozzie and could collect them safely on its way to Andromeda.
- Ch 16Qatux says neither he nor the Raiel can get Inigo into the Void before the Pilgrimage; their ships lack the speed.
- Ch 16Qatux says someone possibly more important than Inigo will reach Ozzie in three days, accompanied by Oscar Monroe, and urges them to wait.
- Ch 16Qatux warns the link across seven thousand light-years is not totally secure, and says Paula Myo has kept him informed of Aaron's travels.
- Ch 18Qatux, captain of High Angel, kills the Cat and tells her she will never remember his wife.
- Ch 18Qatux agrees to explain to the warrior Raiel why the Mellanie's Redemption should be let through, but can do no more.
- Ch 18Qatux feels shame at the failed interception and has a private chamber where Paula watches events.
- Ch 21Qatux is a Raiel who loved the Lady and visits her statue in Makkathran's church to say goodbye.
Connections
- partner ofthe Ladymarried
- member ofRaiel
- friend ofPaula Myo
- leadsHigh Angelcaptain of the arkship
- ally ofOzzie
- friend ofOzzie
- friend ofOscar Monroe
- ally ofPaula Myo
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 10Aaron seeks the Raiel's help
Aaron and Corrie-Lyn dock the Artful Dodger at High Angel and are teleported to Qatux. Aaron asks him to absorb Inigo's memorycell to find Inigo and stop the Pilgrimage; Qatux agrees.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Qatux's tragic history revealed
Qatux explains he married Tiger Pansy, shared her torture-death at the Cat's hands, and has not known human emotion since.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Qatux names Hanko
After reviewing Inigo's memories, Qatux tells Aaron and Corrie-Lyn that Inigo has likely gone to Hanko. Aaron decides to go there.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Paula questions Qatux
Paula Myo visits Qatux, learns Aaron and Corrie-Lyn were there, and that Qatux reviewed Inigo's memories and guessed Hanko.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Paula learns Inigo may be on Hanko
Qatux reveals Inigo was born Higher and likely hides on Hanko. Paula discusses the Pilgrimage with Qatux, then asks Kazimir to observe Hanko; he declines to intervene.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Justine's chase to the Void
Raiel warships pursue the Silverbird with hyperspace shock waves; Araminta, via the gaiafield, asks a Skylord to open the boundary, and Justine enters the Void.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Paula consults the SI and Qatux
Paula learns of Troblum, the Silfen path idea and that the Raiel built the Dark Fortress; Qatux says the High Angel will try the Sol barrier.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Paula and the Admiral discuss the Pilgrimage
They conclude attacking the Pilgrimage ships would devastate Greater Makkathran, plan sabotage, note Qatux's help against the Sol barrier, and agree to wait on intercepting the Lindau until the Spike.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Qatux contacts Ozzie
Forced by Aaron, Ozzie calls the High Angel; Qatux cannot get them into the Void but says someone important, escorted by Oscar Monroe, will arrive in three days.
- Book 3 · Ch 18High Angel destroys the Cat
After the Cat's quantumbusters seem to bury Paula, High Angel rises from the hydrocarbon ocean and Qatux destroys the Cat's ship with a spacetime-warping energy pulse.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Raiel attack on the Pilgrimage fleet fails
The warrior Raiel destroy relay stations and eighteen gas giants against the Pilgrimage fleet but cannot breach its force fields, then withdraw.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Containment activated
The Raiel activate the DF spheres, brightening Wall stars to build the containment around the Gulf, as a last-resort measure.
- Book 3 · Ch 20The Firstlife rejects Ilanthe
The Firstlife chooses evolution rather than inversion; the humans decline to join the Heart, and the Void transcends, leaving a bare Gulf with one star.
- Book 3 · Ch 21Neskia surrenders the barrier code
Paula Myo bargains with the captured Accelerator agent Neskia aboard the Raiel warship; Neskia gives up the Sol barrier deactivation code in return for immunity.
- 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.