Alberonn Mindeater
Names: Alberonn MindeaterAlberonnAlbyLord AlbyLord Mindeater
First appears in Book 2: The Golden Torc, chapter 7 (7)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Golden Torc
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 7Alberonn is a human-Tanu hybrid High Table member and creator-coercer with chocolate skin, green eyes and blond hair; he is betrothed to Eadnar.
- Ch 7Alberonn wants to marry Eadnar before the Grand Loving in May, but Culluket says mourning for Morna-Ia's son forbids it.
- Ch 11Alberonn is a hybrid High Tabler who saved Eadnar and Morna in the Flood and is courting Eadnar despite Rocilan's mourning customs.
- Ch 44Alberonn Mindeater, a hybrid coercer, rallies young loyalists back to efficient metaconcert fighting against Nodonn's knights.
Connections
- member ofMayvar Kingmakerfaction of Mayvar
- ally ofAiken Drum
- partner ofEadnarbetrothed
- related toSpearguards it
- family ofEadnarhusband and wife
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 13Aiken and Stein enter Delbaeth's cave
After the Hunt loses Delbaeth underground, Aiken and Stein defy the King's ridicule, shed armor and vanish into the cave as bats while several Tanu agree to wait three days.
- Book 2 · Ch 31Secret meeting of the antibattle faction
In the Mount of Heroes, leaders plan around Aiken Drum's expected kingship. Leyr agrees to challenge Imidol, Minanonn conditionally pledges support, and captains volunteer for Aiken's cohort. Sugoll and Katlinel's betrothal is revealed.
- Book 2 · Ch 37Aiken's ambush of Nukalavee
Aiken Drum lures Nukalavee's Firvulag legion into a corridor of illusory corpses where Tanu knights lie hidden; Bunone, Alberonn and Bleyn give the command to strike.
- Book 2 · Ch 39Thagdal names the pairings
Thagdal assigns Tanu opponents to each Firvulag hero. The results leave Nodonn's side with a lead lost, as Imidol's defeat gives the Firvulag the point lead.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Breaking the wild chaliko
Brazos Ben subdues a huge wild roan chaliko with a running W and gentle mind contact while Aiken, Culluket and Alberonn watch.
- Book 3 · Ch 11Rocilan guests welcomed at Goriah
Aiken and Mercy greet Eadnar, Morna, Tirone and Bleyn from Rocilan on the quay with the Tanu Song; Morna criticises Aiken, who appeals to her telepathically and wins a grudging concession.
- Book 3 · Ch 11Tour of the Grove of May
Mercy leads a flight, with Aiken carrying the guests, to the Grove of May. He reveals the Firvulag royals are invited, gilds the maypole with psychokinesis, and Culluket announces a coronation at the Loving's finale.
- Book 3 · Ch 11Aiken pleads for kingship
Aiken rallies the High Tablers with spoken and mental persuasion, recalling his victories and showing no other viable king candidate exists against the Firvulag.
- Book 3 · Ch 11Royal progress planned
Using Mercy's idea, Aiken plans to tour the cities before his coronation, starting with Afaliah, accompanied by the High Tablers. They fly back to Goriah.
- Book 3 · Ch 44Battle in the Castle of Glass
Nodonn's knights fight loyalists in the courtyard. Congreve's elite guards stun Celadeyr's force after it surrenders. Kuhal finds Mercy's body in Aiken's bedroom, and Nodonn turns it to ash.
- Book 4 · Ch 2The King returns from his victory
After the duel, Aiken Drum returns to the castle with the silver hand, silent and psychically swollen. Bleyn, Alberonn and Tirone settle him in a retiring room; he declines healing, orders them to oversee mop-up, and plans to judge prisoners at 2100.
- Book 4 · Ch 35Rebels bid farewell to the Children of Rebellion
Aiken brings the mutinous metapsychic Rebels through the force-field to Castle Gateway, where Walter parts from Veikko and Irena as the Guderian device nears completion.