Brother Anatoly Gorchakov
Names: Brother Anatoly GorchakovAnatolyBrother Anatoly Severinovich GorchakovpadreAnatoly Severinovich GorchakovBrother Anatolythe friarAnatoly Severinovichthe priestthe old Franciscan
First appears in Book 4: The Adversary, chapter 5 (4)
Appearances
What you know
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 5A Franciscan friar and circuit rider of thirty years in Pliocene Europe, he travels to Black Crag to begin a mission conceived with another priest.
- Ch 5Bandits on the Great South Road stole his white chaliko, a gift from Lomnovel of Sayzorask, leaving him to cross the mountains on foot.
- Ch 5Hungry, hypothermic and with a swollen ankle, he nearly falls off a precipice but is saved by his lantern and staff.
- Ch 5Brother Anatoly is an elderly Franciscan friar sent by Amerie Roccaro to be Elizabeth's spiritual adviser; he burst into the salon uninvited.
- Ch 10Old Franciscan priest, formerly a Siberian Primacy apparatchik from Yakutsk, who came through the time-gate to make the Pliocene his parish; he distrusts the experiments.
- Ch 14Anatoly is an elderly Franciscan friar and Elizabeth's confessor, who came to the Pliocene three years before the Rebellion and has 42 years in Holy Orders.
- Ch 14On Elizabeth's orders Anatoly waited outside the nursery nightly from twenty-one hours to three for two and a half weeks, expecting Marc.
- Ch 14Anatoly is intrigued rather than afraid of Marc, and guesses Marc's loneliness may be why he came seeking a metapsychic who will accept him as human.
- Ch 16Brother Anatoly, a Siberian priest who came to the Pliocene before the Rebellion, comforts Elizabeth with spiked coffee and offers confession; she refuses.
- Ch 16Anatoly stole a man's coverall three or four days earlier, hoping to stop him leaving the chalet via his machine.
- Ch 16Anatoly later gave the coverall back after learning it was not needed for d-jumping.
- Ch 16Anatoly is a friar who offered spiritual assistance to the man whose coverall he stole.
- Ch 28Anatoly is a Russian friar who insists Hagen and Cloud have a free choice and urges Marc to justify himself to them.
- Ch 28Brother Anatoly serves mulled wine and urges Marc and Elizabeth to drink it for their good, saying they will need all the help they can get.
- Ch 28Anatoly warns Marc that forcing or mutilating the kids would create his own hell permanently, and says Marc's subconscious concedes guilt.
- Ch 32Anatoly absolved Marc Remillard, to Elizabeth's anger; he argues Marc has been unknowingly sorry for twenty-seven years.
- Ch 34Anatoly, an old Franciscan priest, once wore his clothes and worked in his garden with Remillard, and believes Remillard is only a man who can be persuaded.
- Ch 35Appears as a friar and is the advance man for Creyn and Basil, leading Marc to meet Creyn behind the bleachers.
- Ch 35Says Elizabeth did not send him to spy and does not know Marc is at the games.
- Ch 38Anatoly, the King's ally, hears the telepathic exchange through Aiken's mind's ear.
Connections
- member ofOrder of Friars Minor
- ally ofSister Annamaria RoccaroSent by Amerie
- related toSister Annamaria Roccarosent by her as Elizabeth's spiritual adviser
- related toElizabeth Ormeher confessor
- friend ofElizabeth Orme
- friend ofMarc Remillardworked with him in his garden
- ally ofCreyn
- ally ofBasil Wimborne
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 5Anatoly's climb to Black Crag
Robbed of his chaliko, Anatoly climbs to Black Crag in fog, nearly falls off a cliff, then is guided by mysterious lights to the lodge trail.
- Book 4 · Ch 5Friar Anatoly bursts into the conference
Brother Anatoly evades the retainers and barges into the salon. Minanonn freezes everyone, and Anatoly announces that Amerie Roccaro sent him as Elizabeth's spiritual adviser. Elizabeth lets him go, and he leaves.
- Book 4 · Ch 10Anatoly's prayer and exit
Anatoly argues with Mary-Dedra over the experiment, is rebuked by Elizabeth, then, bolstered by Minanonn's mental touch, recites a prayer and leaves with Dedra to the spring.
- 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 16Elizabeth confides in Anatoly
Anatoly gives Elizabeth breakfast and laced coffee; she discusses Marc's surprising skill and mercy and asks what he wants.
- Book 4 · Ch 16Anatoly reveals the coverall gambit
Anatoly admits he stole and then returned a man's coverall, a futile attempt to stop him d-jumping, then leaves with a chuckle after being asked about his offer of spiritual assistance.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Marc and Anatoly discuss damnation
In the Montagne Noire, Marc and Brother Anatoly finish the cognac and debate imputability and Marc's own damnation, while Marc checks on Kyllikki's safety.
- Book 4 · Ch 28Marc reveals the Mental Man truth
Marc tells Hagen and Cloud they are the parents of Mental Man and the last source of his immortal strain; he proposes they lead the project on a conquered planet.
- Book 4 · Ch 28Anatoly confronts Marc and Elizabeth
Anatoly offers the mulled wine, which Elizabeth refuses before leaving. He tells Marc that coercing or maiming the children would damn him, and Marc admits he is weighing it.
- Book 4 · Ch 32Marc delivers the redactive program
Marc teleports to Black Crag, gives Elizabeth the adapted redactive program excluding her from the metaconcert, warns he will oppose the gate, offers her another world, and departs after she refuses.
- Book 4 · Ch 34Evacuation of Black Crag
After the children are healed, Black Crag is evacuated. Minanonn, Creyn, Anatoly and Basil plan to fly to Nionel to find Remillard and appeal to him.
- Book 4 · Ch 35Anatoly accosts Marc at the games
Anatoly reveals he knows Marc's identity and says Creyn and Basil have information. Marc probes his mind, finds him truthful, and goes to meet Creyn.
- Book 4 · Ch 37Aiken takes Elizabeth away
Aiken arrives with advisors and removes Elizabeth for a ride, warning Marc to be gone when he returns.