Culluket
Names: CulluketCullthe Interrogatorthe King's InterrogatorCulluket the King's InterrogatorCulluket PrettyfaceRedactive Brotherthe Second RedactorCulluket the InterrogatorBelovedLord Culluket the King's Interrogatorher BelovedLord CullPretty-FaceTorturer BelovedCudmy Belovedthe TorturerDeath
First appears in Book 2: The golden torc, chapter 4 (4)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The golden torc
- Ch 4Culluket is a redactive Interrogator who most resembles his mother; the Host rarely seek him for healing, as some think he is too zealous in scrutinizing pain.
- Ch 9Culluket, the King's Interrogator and a redactor, is loyal to his mother Nontusvel rather than his father Thagdal; Elizabeth is warned to avoid him at close range.
- Ch 12Redactive Tanu son of Nontusvel who accuses Mayvar and Dionket of heresy against the battle ideal.
- Ch 22Culluket is the King's Interrogator and Nodonn's younger brother; he takes custody of the unconscious Bryan at Redact House.
- Ch 25Interrogated Sukey and Stein and, with Gomnol, probed Aiken Drum's mind without finding any treachery.
- Ch 28Culluket the Interrogator, in ruby armor, holds Felice in mental bondage and fits gray torcs on Amerie, Burke and Basil.
- Ch 30A sadistic redactor who tortured Felice and sent her information to Nodonn; he promised to deliver her fit to fight in the Combat as an automaton.
- Ch 31Culluket is away celebrating with the Host, making the night's escape safe.
Book 3: The nonborn king
- Ch 2Culluket the Interrogator is Felice's Beloved; his armor bears a transfixed caput mortuum emblem. Felice fears he is dead and calls to him mentally.
- Ch 6Culluket survived the Flood and has gone to Goriah hoping Aiken Drum will protect him from Felice.
- Ch 7Culluket is Nodonn's brother, the Interrogator, and Aiken's redactor; he wants to deep-probe arrivals, especially traitors.
- Ch 7Culluket wants to ream Raimo for information on Felice and the Spear; Aiken reluctantly agrees only later and under his supervision.
- Ch 11Culluket, Second Redactor and Nodonn's late brother, recently came to Goriah to side with Aiken and announces the planned coronation of Aiken and Mercy.
- Ch 11Culluket is the only one besides Mercy who can self-levitate; he points out the Grove's sightline to the Castle of Glass for watching the Foe.
- Ch 11Culluket is a redactive specialist who can sort memories; he identifies the Florentine politician in the portrait Mercy recalls.
- Ch 13A redactor who survived the Flood; Felice wants him and calls to him at dawn, but he does not notice her.
- Ch 16Culluket is the beautiful-faced torturer of Felice's memories, whom she both loves and hates and wants to invade and break.
- Ch 23Never gets drunk; he saved Aiken at VarMesk and deep-reamed Raimo Hakkinen for information about Felice and Celo.
- Ch 24Culluket is an exotic redactor with sapphire eyes and fiery hair; Felice loves him, has had no trace of him since the Flood, and fears he is dead.
- Ch 25Culluket has the strongest farsensing in the party and finds the plesiosaur for Sharn to hunt.
- Ch 27Culluket, called Death and the Interrogator, dressed as Death for the masquerade; he is Kuhal's blood-brother and has had nine wives and thirty mistresses.
- Ch 27Culluket supports Aiken Drum despite estrangement from Nodonn, and becomes President of the Guild of Redactors.
- Ch 30Culluket tortured Felice; Felice calls him 'my Culluket'.
- Ch 31Culluket, the Interrogator, trains Aiken in mind-probing and redaction and devised the plan to ambush Felice.
- Ch 32Culluket, the Interrogator, betrayed the Host and spread genetic findings that metapsychic humans carry Tanu or Firvulag genes.
- Ch 35Culluket wears ruby armor with a transfixed death's-head blazon, expects to die, and admits he is afraid; he knew Nodonn lived and showed Aiken the proof within Mercy.
- Ch 35Culluket carries a small sigma-field generator from Aiken, meant as defense against Felice.
- Ch 36Culluket is plugged into the Organic Mind as a passive one-way conduit and living safety fuse; if Felice attacks he would die.
- Ch 36Culluket the Interrogator is among those unaccounted for after the avalanche.
- Ch 42Cull was a combatant redactor, now dead, whose skills Nodonn wishes he had.
Connections
- family ofQueen Nontusvelson
- family ofThagdalson
- member ofHost of Nontusvel
- family ofNodonnyounger brother
- member ofThe Hunt
- enemy ofFelice Landrytorturer
- member ofDionketdelegated Second Redactor
- partner ofFelice Landryshe calls him her Beloved
- ally ofAiken Drum
- related toFelice LandryFelice calls Cull her Belovedfused with her in the Duality
- family ofKuhalblood-brother
- enemy ofMiakonn
- part ofOrganic Mindsafety-fuse conduit
- family ofMinanonnCulluket was Minanonn's Thagdalson brother
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 4Siblings press the Queen to kill Elizabeth
In the garden, Culluket, Imidol and Riganone persuade Nontusvel that Elizabeth threatens the dynasty through Gomnol's breeding scheme and cannot be allowed to flee. They agree she must die.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Plan to compel Elizabeth's self-destruction
Imidol and Culluket will design a compulsion to self-destruction, powered by the Host members in Muriah, while waiting for Nodonn and Grand Combat. They resolve to act after Brede's initiation and to hide it from the Thagdal and Gomnol.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Suicide compulsion on the headland
The Host of Nontusvel bombards Elizabeth with suicide compulsion at the cliff edge; she shows she is aware of it and shuts them out, and they withdraw.
- Book 2 · Ch 22Bryan handed over to Culluket
At Redact House Nodonn and Culluket receive the sleeping Bryan. Nodonn orders him protected and kept unaware until the Combat ends, then leaves with Mercy for Creation House to deal with the computer.
- Book 2 · Ch 25Sukey's treason exposed
The Queen and Culluket reveal Sukey's plot knowledge and marriage to Stein; she is condemned as an outlaw human, and Stein is imprisoned.
- Book 2 · Ch 25Aiken Drum and Gomnol examined
Culluket and Gomnol probe Aiken Drum's mind and find nothing, raising suspicion that Gomnol is allied with him.
- Book 2 · Ch 25Nodonn reveals his strategy
Nodonn outlines his plan to exploit the planned raid and expose the survey at the Grand Combat, summoning the top fighters to a reunion luncheon, and reveals Mercy's genes.
- Book 2 · Ch 28Ambush at the torc factory
Felice melts the doors and the Host of Nontusvel ambushes the party. Most saboteurs die; Felice is subdued by the combined Host; Amerie, Burke and Basil are captured.
- Book 2 · Ch 28Murder of Gomnol
Gomnol arrives and thanks the Host, but Imidol and the Host combine their minds against him and kill him, planning to blame Felice.
- Book 2 · Ch 30Culluket breaks Felice's body but not her will
Culluket tortures and violates Felice, extracting secrets for Nodonn, but cannot make her cry out; he fits her with a gray torc and sends her to a deep cell.
- Book 2 · Ch 37Brothers' council before dawn
Nodonn and his brothers survey the battlefield, assess losses including Velteyn, and plan to move wounded golds to Redact House and admit fighting grays to the Skin.
- Book 2 · Ch 39Thagdal names the pairings
Thagdal assigns Tanu opponents to each Firvulag hero. The results leave Nodonn's side with a lead lost, as Imidol's defeat gives the Firvulag the point lead.
- Book 3 · Ch 2The devils answer Felice's call
Felice calls mentally to Culluket and the devils answer. Terrified, she shields herself and flies to Mount Mulhacén, escaping their tracking, then returns home with the tore.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Elizabeth reveals Felice is alive
Elizabeth tells Amerie that Felice survived and describes her torture by Culluket, her psychosis and her calls to him.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Breaking the wild chaliko
Brazos Ben subdues a huge wild roan chaliko with a running W and gentle mind contact while Aiken, Culluket and Alberonn watch.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Arrival of recruits at Goriah
Aiken and Culluket meet a batch of Tanu and human recruits from Afaliah and Calamosk, including Sullivan-Tonn, Olone and Aiken's old friend Raimo.
- 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 11Aiken pleads for kingship
Aiken rallies the High Tablers with spoken and mental persuasion, recalling his victories and showing no other viable king candidate exists against the Firvulag.
- Book 3 · Ch 11Royal progress planned
Using Mercy's idea, Aiken plans to tour the cities before his coronation, starting with Afaliah, accompanied by the High Tablers. They fly back to Goriah.
- Book 3 · Ch 11Culluket identifies the portrait
Mercy's thought about the portrait with Aiken's face is answered by Culluket, who recovers the memory and notes the resemblance to a Florentine politician.
- Book 3 · Ch 13Night farsearch locates Felice
Elizabeth and Creyn farsearch, finding Burke and Sharn, then spot Felice over Mount Mulhacén calling Culluket. They discover a multiple human-mode transmission from the Devils, who promise to come in fifteen days.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Felice's failed hunt and torture flashback
As a raven, Felice kills a gazelle but feels no pleasure, then collapses into a vivid memory of torture by Culluket.
- Book 3 · Ch 23Aiken's cavalcade returns to Goriah
Aiken returns secretly by night, exhausted, and recounts the progress including the VarMesk assassination attempt by Miakonn, foiled by Culluket.
- Book 3 · Ch 25Sharn kills the plesiosaur
Goaded by Aiken, Sharn hunts a bull plesiosaur over the sea. Bitten in the leg, he beheads it using his sword and throws the head to Aiken as a trophy.
- Book 3 · Ch 27Coronation of Aiken Drum
Before 6000 Tanu, Firvulag guests and 15,000 humans, Elizabeth presents Aiken with a black glass crown; he names his High Table and is acclaimed King.
- Book 3 · Ch 31Abaddon contacts Aiken
Abaddon farspeaks Aiken from across the Atlantic, reveals Felice's hideout near Mount Mulhacén, and they agree to a deal including a stronger metaconcert program and a rendezvous at the Río Genil in a week.
- Book 3 · Ch 35Mercy tells the Tanu lords Nodonn lives
Mercy and Culluket meet Celadeyr, Aluteyn and Kuhal inside a sigma-field. She reveals Nodonn lives and proposes flight; they refuse, learn Abaddon's identity, and resolve to cooperate with Aiken's raid.
- 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 36Felice searches for Culluket
Felice flies as a raven across the Tanu cities seeking Culluket, finding them emptied, and turns home to Mulhacén at day's end.
- Book 3 · Ch 36Felice finds her lair destroyed
Felice returns to Mulhacén and finds her home buried and her treasure stolen. She blames Culluket and Aiken Drum and flies in pursuit.
- Book 4 · Ch 1Elizabeth entombs the Duality
Elizabeth finds the fused minds of Felice and Culluket under the rockfall and, with Minanonn's help, plans to seal them in the room without doors before healing Aiken.