Cloud
Names: CloudCloud RemillardAliceCloudie
First appears in Book 3: The Nonborn King, chapter 3 (2)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 3Cloud is Marc Remillard's child, who believes his powers have diminished and was never told of his aborted plans for the children.
- Ch 14Cloud is Marc's daughter with strong redactive and coercive abilities; she shields Hagen from the horror of seeing Marc's true aspect.
- Ch 14Cloud believes the star-search is futile and supports the expedition to Europe; she would do anything to reach the goal of going home.
- Ch 21Cloud is a dark-haired boatbuilder and strong coercer who steers the ketch; Marc is annoyed that Cloud does not trust him.
- Ch 24Cloud is Marc Remillard's daughter; she throws Vaughn overboard after he kills a rama, and volunteers as the test subject for the equipment.
- Ch 24Cloud proposes leaving quickly, helping Jill, repairing the boat and keeping their minds shielded, then seeking her father's advice.
- Ch 24Cloud's father is away on a star-search.
- Ch 35Cloud believes her father Marc does not want to kill the rebels but will act if the gate threatens him and his people.
- Ch 35Cloud wants all exiles free and hopes both generations can work together rather than at opposite poles.
- Ch 37Cloud Remillard, daughter of Abaddon, is recovering at Afaliah from a fractured pelvis; she is a Grand Master equivalent in PK and good at redaction.
- Ch 39Human woman, daughter of Marc Remillard, with powerful iatropsychic healing ability; she is nearly healed, three times faster than in an Ocala tank.
- Ch 39She and her brother Hagen left Ocala because they wanted a path of their own, hoping to return to the Milieu via a rebuilt time-gate.
- Ch 42Cloud, a human redactor, chooses to help Nodonn seize the aircraft, hoping to save human lives by capturing the guards rather than killing them.
- Ch 42Cloud disguises herself as a tearful, harmless captured woman, then paralyzes Basil's Bastards with her redaction and cuts Basil's golden tore.
- Ch 42Cloud sides with Nodonn's raid; her brother Hagen mockingly calls Nodonn her "exotic boyfriend" and wants her at Afaliah instead.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 3Hagen's sister, in Afaliah with Tanu allies; urges Hagen to hurry there and contact Aiken Drum.
- Ch 3Holds Afaliah's dungeon prisoners and is extracting information from them with the local chief redactor, intending to use it as a bargaining chip with Aiken.
- Ch 7Aiken distrusts her promise that the North American rebels have no wish to take over the Many-Colored Land.
- Ch 7Cloud, Marc's daughter, is among the young rebels who came to Europe to reopen the time-gate.
- Ch 8Cloud is Hagen's sister and speaks on the intimate mental mode to the unseen adversary, trying to parley.
- Ch 9Cloud is Marc Remillard's daughter; she had the Bastards jailed in Afaliah after helping steal their aircraft, and told Aiken where the other aircraft are.
- Ch 14Cloud, a redactor, rejects Kuhal, insisting she is determined to reach the Milieu and claiming differences, but really refuses to take his dead twin Fian's place.
- Ch 15Her Tanu boyfriend Kuhal was sent to oversee Castle Gateway; she claims they are finished but still keeps in contact.
- Ch 19Cloud and Hagen have chosen freedom and refuse to let Milieu authorities return through the gate, and Cloud is afraid after Marc's plea.
- Ch 26Cloud is Hagen's sister, empathic and more conciliatory, resembling a long-dead woman; she worries they would be punished for helping Felice.
- Ch 26Cloud objects to harming Marc and immediately agrees to keep the peace.
- Ch 28Cloud loves her father and weeps on meeting him, but is bewildered and dismayed by the truth.
- Ch 28Cloud is one of the young Remillards, a child of Marc, who leaves with Aiken.
- Ch 29Cloud says she does not love Kuhal but admits she cannot do without him; she lets her mental barriers down and they join hands in a golden aura.
- Ch 29Cloud feels the Remillard children are sorry for the Flood but that remorse is not enough, and they do not know how to atone to the Tanu.
- Ch 29Cloud expects most of the other children to side with her on joining the Unity, except Nial Keogh, whom she calls a vicious power seeker.
- Ch 29Cloud tells her father Marc that his vision is flawed, and that she and Hagen will not follow his path for Mental Man.
- Ch 29Cloud and Hagen intend to subordinate Mental Man to the Milieu and hope eventually to forgive Marc.
- Ch 35Attends the games disguised as a Warrior Maid, cheering her Tanu lover Kuhal Earthshaker.
- Ch 38Cloud is Marc Remillard's daughter and a redactor who keeps Tony working; she and Hagen resolve to die rather than be taken alive.
Connections
- family ofMarc Remillardchild of
- family ofHagenbrother and sister
- partner ofElaby Gathen
- ally ofOwen Blanchard
- ally ofElaby Gathen
- part ofOrganic Mindcoordinates psychokinetics
- family ofPaul Remillardgranddaughter
- ally ofKuhalcooperating and healing together
- ally ofNodonn
- partner ofKuhal
- friend ofKuhalclose mental affinity; Kuhal loves her
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 14The Europe expedition is debated
The young people propose capturing Felice, taking Europe and rebuilding the time-gate. Marc learns Elaby is the planner, permits four to go, and sends Owen Blanchard instead of Hagen.
- Book 3 · Ch 21Marc watches the ketch
Brooding on his verandah, Marc uses farsight to observe the ketch crossing the Sargasso and Owen Blanchard's troubled sleep, then rages at them all.
- Book 3 · Ch 24Vaughn kills a porpoise and a rama
Vaughn shoots a porpoise despite Owen's orders, then kills a rama on the beach; Cloud throws him overboard in fury.
- Book 3 · Ch 24Attempt to docilize Felice exposed
Owen deceives Felice with promises of healing and queenship, and Elaby and Cloud demonstrate the rigged equipment. Elizabeth's voice warns Felice not to use the headset, exposing the trap.
- Book 3 · Ch 24Mental contest over Felice
A shapeshifting redactor offers to heal Felice and denounces Owen's group as would-be enslavers. Owen counters, urging her not to trust the redactor. The figure turns into a raven and flies away.
- Book 3 · Ch 24Aftermath and plan to flee
Elaby and Cloud drop their gear and Owen slumps exhausted. Cloud decides they should leave quickly, tend Jill, repair the boat and keep their minds shielded.
- Book 3 · Ch 35Jill's burial
Cloud and Elaby bury Jill by the Río Genil with orchids and an engraved stone, then discuss Marc, Aiken and the coming raid on Mulhacén before retreating below deck.
- Book 3 · Ch 36Fleet sails up the Genil; metaconcert assembled
Aiken addresses his army on the plan, then the fleet's rivercraft head up the Genil while operants assemble the Organic Mind. Abaddon hands it to Aiken as executive director.
- Book 3 · Ch 37Nodonn and Mercy reunite
The lovers reunite, confess their defilements, and discuss deposing Aiken, Mercy's foreseen death, Abaddon and Cloud Remillard. Nodonn asks she may have to return to Aiken, though she may stay a while.
- Book 3 · Ch 39Cloud tells Kuhal the Remillard history
While healing in the Skin, Cloud tells Kuhal of the Remillards, the failed 2083 Rebellion, exile in the Pliocene, Ocala, and why her generation broke from Marc.
- Book 3 · Ch 39Cloud analyzes the fight with Felice
Cloud explains Marc likely set Aiken up to die via the metaconcert program, that Felice d-jumped and may have hurt Marc, and warns that Aiken is a common threat to Tanu and humans.
- Book 3 · Ch 39Boduragol leaves the patients
Satisfied that the yoked healing is harmonious, Boduragol leaves, predicting both will be well in a week.
- Book 3 · Ch 42Cloud agrees to help
Cloud tells Hagen she will use her redaction to help Nodonn take the aircraft; Hagen objects but warns her to avoid the invasion of Goriah.
- 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 3Hagen contacts Cloud by farspeech
Hagen and Cloud learn Papa is coming, probably crippled. They discuss Aiken Drum's subsumption of Nodonn and the plan to bargain with Aiken. They also learn Kuhal faces execution.
- Book 4 · Ch 7Marc reveals the rebels' true goal
Marc tells Aiken by farsensed contact that the young people, including Hagen and Cloud, want to reopen the time-gate from the Pliocene side to return to the Milieu, and warns him to be careful.
- Book 4 · Ch 8Ambush of the pursuit force
While chasing chaliko riders at max speed, Hagen's vehicles are halted by green energy blasts and a thunderous mental voice threatening to zap the leader, forcing the pursuers to stop.
- Book 4 · Ch 8Parley and summons to Calamosk
Cloud and Hagen offer cooperation against their mutual enemy and reveal that he has learned to d-jump. The voice, after a silence, orders them to wait three hours then come to Calamosk disarmed.
- 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.
- Book 4 · Ch 14Cloud rejects Kuhal
At the King's party, Kuhal confronts Cloud, who denies caring, then admits she does but refuses to replace his dead twin Fian and vanishes.
- Book 4 · Ch 19Marc pleads with Cloud
Marc's simulacrum contacts Cloud, asking to meet her and Hagen face to face to explain why they mustn't return to the Milieu; she promises only to tell Hagen.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Elizabeth conveys Marc's proposal
Elizabeth tells Hagen and Cloud that the Milieu would accept them after atonement, then relays Marc's invitation to meet at Black Crag, with a hint about their genetic heritage.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Council agrees to meet Marc
After Hagen explains the CE rig's limits, Aiken, Hagen and Cloud agree to go to Black Crag to hear Marc, under Elizabeth's demand for oaths and redactive probing.
- 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 28Aiken asserts control
When Marc warns of the Milieu and the time-gate, Aiken seizes Hagen and Cloud in a psychocreative shield, declaring the decision his. Marc backs down.
- Book 4 · Ch 28Aiken and the young Remillards depart
Aiken asks for time to consider Marc's demands; Marc gives two days. Aiken, Cloud and Hagen fly off into the storm through the French windows.
- Book 4 · Ch 29Cloud and Kuhal's talk
In the castle garden Cloud and Kuhal discuss guilt over the Flood, Marc's plan and the Unity. Cloud admits she needs Kuhal, and they walk hand in hand through the gate.
- Book 4 · Ch 29Aiken shields the Guderian Project
Aiken moves the Guderian Project to Castle Gateway under a 900-power sigma-field, takes Cloud and Hagen under his protection, and offers Marc a truce invitation to the Grand Tourney.
- Book 4 · Ch 38The Adversary breaches Castle Gateway
Marc, empowered in the CE rig, shatters the dome and shields, captures his paralyzed children, takes Elizabeth's surrender and sends four people through the time-gate to the Milieu.