Tathal
Names: Tathalnest father
First appears in Book 3: The Evolutionary Void, chapter 7 (Inigo’s Twenty-sixth Dream)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 7Tathal is a young, handsome Apricot Cottage fellow with a provincial accent, living on Boldar Avenue in Abad, and possessing an exceptionally strong psychic ability.
- Ch 7Tathal uses domination to force Colfal to drop his complaint; his mind is the most perfectly shielded Edeard has encountered.
- Ch 7Tathal is the nest father, gatherer and teacher of strong psychics, father to seventeen of the nest's children, and speaks for the group.
- Ch 7Tathal is the leader of the nest and the source of its dominance; he asks Edeard to act as a bridge to the 'weaker' people.
- Ch 7Tathal leads the nest, dominating its members into a unified mind; he is curious about Edeard's secret power and tries to compel it from him.
- Ch 7Tathal has watched the memory of Edeard killing Owain and his conspirators, including Florrel, and suspects Edeard can see the future.
- Ch 7Tathal was never conceived after Edeard altered the past, so he never existed and cannot be remembered.
Connections
- member ofApricot Cottage Fellowship
- related toRanaleeEdeard believes she taught him dominance after a physical connection
- leadsApricot Cottage Fellowship
- partner ofRanaleeconsort, bearing his child
- family ofMatrarabusive father
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 7Tathal and Colfal dispute
Edeard arrives to find Colfal and Tathal feuding, then Colfal withdraws his complaint. Edeard recognizes domination and remembers Tathal.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Edeard confronts the nest
Edeard visits Apricot Cottage, meets the nest's powerful young psychics, and hears Tathal declare they will inherit and replace the current order, leaving Edeard frightened.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Confrontation with Ranalee and Tathal
Edeard learns Ranalee carries Tathal's child, then finds Marilee and Analee absorbed into the nest. Tathal and the nest try to compel Edeard to reveal his secret.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Erasing Tathal
Edeard escapes into the past and works backward through Tathal's life, finally poisoning his father Matrar before Tathal's conception, so Tathal never exists.