Basil's Bastards
Names: Basil's Bastardsthe BastardsBasil and his Bastards
First appears in Book 3: The Nonborn King, chapter 33 (6)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 33Thirty daredevil pilots, technicians and specialists, nicknamed by Denny Johnson, who are to go to the Ship's Grave under Basil's leadership.
- Ch 33Kalipin, a Howler, is the thirty-first member; the group has fourteen pilots and plans to leave in two days.
- Ch 38Rehabilitating the flyers cost two pilots and four technicians their lives.
- Ch 38The Bastards ferried the flyers from the crater lake to Monte Rosa; two aircraft were kept for the trip home.
- Ch 42Basil's Bastards, the camp's pilots, technicians, medics and daredevils, are captured and held in Afaliah's dungeons for two days.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 8A band of technicians, pilots and adventurers betrayed to Nodonn Battlemaster by an operant woman, fitted with gray tores and robbed of their aircraft.
- Ch 8After nine days in a Tanu dungeon they are suddenly freed and told to go to Calamosk to meet the King.
- Ch 22The climbing group, whose ranks are being thinned rapidly by attrition.
Connections
- led byBasil Wimborne
- has memberBogle
- enemy ofNodonnwere betrayed into his hands
- has memberDmitrios Anastos
- has memberDr. Thongsa
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 33Return to Hidden Springs
Burke, Basil, Amerie and the thirty Bastards arrive to a joyful welcome, with a feast and Mass of Thanksgiving. Kawai welcomes Amerie home and she reunites with her cat Dejah.
- Book 3 · Ch 42Capture of the Vale of Hyenas
Cloud enters the camp as a feigned intruder, redacts everyone, cuts Basil's golden tore, and summons Nodonn's knights; the prisoners are knocked unconscious and taken to Afaliah.
- Book 4 · Ch 8Spider fight and release
Betsy panics at a spider, sparking a dungeon-wide battle with the spiders. Ochal the Harper then frees the Bastards and announces they will go to Calamosk to meet King Aiken-Lugonn.
- Book 4 · Ch 9Bastards welcomed to Calamosk
Led by Ochal, Basil and the Bastards reach Calamosk. Parthol Swiftfoot greets them and lodges them in a bathhouse complex to bathe and get new clothes before meeting the High King.
- Book 4 · Ch 9Aiken's proposal to the Bastards
Aiken tells them the Remillard children plan a second time-gate and want the Bastards to fly and maintain aircraft. He keeps them torced and demonstrates his power. Basil agrees to cooperate.