Bleyn the Champion
Names: Bleyn the ChampionBleynLord BleynDeputy Lord Psychokinetic
First appears in Book 2: The Golden Torc, chapter 13 (13)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Golden Torc
Book 3: The Nonborn King
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 9Bleyn is Aiken's Deputy Lord Psychokinetic and will lead the Bastards on an aircraft salvage expedition to the Alps.
- Ch 15Bleyn is a psychokinetic and on assault team Number One, by the King's order that a Tanu accompany each team.
- Ch 20A Tanu with psychokinesis, waiting at Camp Bettaforca; he reluctantly agreed to Basil continuing, and finds humans paradoxical.
- Ch 22A Tanu High Table member who can fling about eight times his own weight with psychokinesis; admits he was careless in not detecting the ambush.
Connections
- member ofMayvar Kingmakerfaction of Mayvar
- family ofTirone Heartsingermarried
- ally ofAiken Drumserves as deputy of the King
- member ofAiken DrumDeputy Lord Psychokinetic
- ally ofBasil Wimborne
- member ofTanu
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 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 11Guests object to premature kingship
Morna, Bleyn and Eadnar warn that full-blooded Tanu are not ready for a human king and that Celadeyr's resistance could divide the cities, urging Aiken to secure the city-lords first.
- 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 15Basil briefs the expedition
Basil announces the Monte Rosa plan, assault and support team assignments, and the incoming Firvulag force; Veikko adds nineteen days remain and bad news about Marc.
- Book 4 · Ch 20Basil continues the climb
Basil tells Bleyn he will not turn back and will install the winch for Camp 2; Bleyn reluctantly agrees and watches him climb.
- Book 4 · Ch 22Pre-dawn briefing
Climbers learn the Firvulag split into two forces, one unseen northern force of about seventy that may ambush the climbers. Bleyn conveys the King's command to begin the climb at once; Thongsa's resignation is overruled.
- Book 4 · Ch 22Ambush at the Gresson Icefall
Near the supply dump, a premature Firvulag shot kills Thongsa. The party shelters behind an ice ridge, then fires and uses Tanu psychokinesis to topple a sérac, burying the Firvulag redoubt and the supply tents.