Brendan
First appears in Book 4: The Adversary, chapter 10 (9)
Appearances
What you know
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 10Mary-Dedra's hybrid baby, son of a Thagdal-line father, has black-torc syndrome though such children were supposed to be immune; he is unusually tough and has survived a month.
- Ch 14Brendan is a sleeping infant undergoing redaction; Marc and Elizabeth will intensify it and are unsure whether he will cope with the added psychic pressure.
- Ch 16Brendan is Mary-Dedra's infant son, near death from blistering and stupor; the redaction raises him to operancy and he recovers, though his tore is removed.
Connections
- family ofDedramother and son
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 10Redaction of Brendan's mind
Elizabeth and Minanonn spend eight hours rewiring the baby's brain; briefly he functions operantly without his tore, but Minanonn is exhausted and they must rest three days.
- Book 4 · Ch 10Marc Remillard appears
Marc Remillard hovers outside the nursery window after a hyperspatial jump, offers a greeting, which Elizabeth refuses, and says Brendan's problem interests him.
- Book 4 · Ch 14Marc visits Black Crag
Marc arrives to intensify Brendan's redaction. Elizabeth has Anatoly fetch him clothes and attend. Marc mind-reads Anatoly, then they discuss Marc's failure and loneliness.
- Book 4 · Ch 16Brendan's redaction completed
Over a night, Elizabeth and Marc finalize Brendan's brain redaction. Elizabeth cannot handle the boost, Marc seizes control, forces her subordinate, and completes it. Brendan becomes operant and healed.