Greg-Donnet
Names: Greg-DonnetCrazy GreggyGreggyLord Greg-DonnetPrentice BrownGregory Prentice BrownGenetics Masterthe madmanGreg-Donnet Genetics MasterLord Greg-Donnet Genetics Masterthe marmoset
First appears in Book 2: The Golden Torc, chapter 2 (2)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 2Greg-Donnet is the Tanu Eugenics and Genetics Master and a human time-traveler given an honorary gold torc.
- Ch 4Greg-Donnet says metapsychic operancy is an autosomal dominant with full penetrance.
- Ch 5Prentice Brown, called Lord Greg-Donnet, works at Creation House and calculates Tanu genetic heritability.
- Ch 10Greg-Donnet is a gold-torc human, formerly Gregory Prentice Brown, aged about sixty, Genetics Master and half-mad, obsessed with human ova and cloning.
- Ch 10Greg-Donnet says Thagdal endures humans as a necessary evil and that Nontusvel and her Host wish the time-gate had never opened.
- Ch 10Lord Greg-Donnet, an eccentric egg-eating noble, cheers Aiken and offers a side bet at 300-to-1 odds.
- Ch 22The childlike, seemingly mad Genetics Master secretly overrode the computer's lock-codes, printed a copy of the survey, and erased all stored data from the machine.
- Ch 22Believes the survey shows humanity's dire fate and that Nodonn was right about humans; he expects the Host to act on its findings.
- Ch 31Greg-Donnet, a genetics master, goes north with Sugoll and Katlinel to study and possibly correct the teratogenic problem in their offspring.
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 15Greg-Donnet, a human geneticist formerly of Muriah, confirmed the radiation cause of Howler mutations and proposes healing, genetic engineering and infusion of normal Firvulag genes.
- Ch 15Greg-Donnet is eccentric and cheerful, was never allowed to hunt in Muriah, and eagerly wants to use the gifted stun-guns on big game.
- Ch 15Wispy, marmoset-faced geneticist in a clawhammer coat; he also sensed disaster and agrees to keep the secret from Sugoll.
- Ch 22Crazy Greggy is a puckish little old human in a turquoise hunting coat who stuns the hoe-tusker and rescues Tony.
- Ch 22Greggy takes Tony and Dougal to Nionel, saying they should not be there when the elephant wakes.
- Ch 26Greg-Donnet is Genetics Master of the Howlers' side, acts as festival guide, and has planned hybridizing humans and Howlers.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 14Greggy, an elderly human geneticist from the Milieu, experiments on reshaping Howler genes and would love to take Sugoll and Katlinel to the Milieu.
- Ch 17Greg-Donnet wears a golden tore and runs a Skin-tank procedure to regenerate a mutant Howler woman.
- Ch 34Greg-Donnet has apparently transformed the bride-like Howler woman, and promises her husband Tony will join her before the Tourney ends.
- Ch 37Genetics Master of the Howlers with an honorary golden torc; he and Rowane sneak into the control booth.
- Ch 38Greggy, the Genetics Master, created the Skin-tank and is proud of Rowane's transformation; he winks at Tony about the baby, hinting it may be his.
Connections
- ally ofThagdal
- related toBryan Grenfellsecretly sabotages their survey
- ally ofKatlinel the Darkeyedshe took him with her when defecting
- ally ofSugoll
- inNioneltakes them home there
- ally ofMelinaworks with her on the tank procedure
- related toKatlinel the DarkeyedGreg-Donnet accompanied Katlinel to Nionel
- related toRowanementor and protégée
- createdSkin
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 2Thagdal explains Tanu breeding and torcs
Over the supper Thagdal and Nontusvel explain his sovereignty by fertility, the eugenic program with human help, and how honorary golden torcs were granted to key human arrivals.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Royal box discussion
Bryan reports on his survey while Tanu leaders voice fears about human influence, and Greg-Donnet rants about cloning.
- Book 2 · Ch 22Survey finalized and data erased
Bryan and Ogmol finish the survey and print three copies. Greg-Donnet then secretly overrides the lock, prints a fourth copy for himself and expunges all data from the computer.
- Book 2 · Ch 31Secret meeting of the antibattle faction
In the Mount of Heroes, leaders plan around Aiken Drum's expected kingship. Leyr agrees to challenge Imidol, Minanonn conditionally pledges support, and captains volunteer for Aiken's cohort. Sugoll and Katlinel's betrothal is revealed.
- Book 3 · Ch 15Howler Migration
About 9000 Howlers travel by boat through the underground rivers under the Feldberg, led by Sugoll, Katlinel and Greg-Donnet, and emerge by moonlight near the Rhine.
- Book 3 · Ch 15Katlinel and Greg-Donnet keep a secret
While the Howlers sleep, Katlinel and Greg-Donnet agree not to tell Sugoll the bad news they perceived about the Firvulag's disguises and the brides' prospects, and they find three sleeping Howlers.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Hoe-tusker charge and rescue
A deinotherium charges Tony and is felled by a stun-gun shot from Crazy Greggy, who then takes the pair to Nionel.
- Book 3 · Ch 26Grand Loving in Nionel
Firvulag stream into rebuilt Nionel for the Grand Loving; Sugoll and Katlinel preside as King and Queen of May, and the Little Green Army fights mock Tanu invaders with eggs.
- Book 4 · Ch 14Katlinel's gown and gifts
Katlinel models her finished Tourney gown; Sugoll presents a necklace and coronet, then reveals Aiken's time-gate plan and his pledged cooperation.
- Book 4 · Ch 17Howler woman enters the Skin-tank
Greg-Donnet and Melina wrap a mutant Howler woman in Skin and fill the tank to start regenerative treatment; she thinks of Tonee as she sleeps.
- Book 4 · Ch 34Opening of the Grand Tourney
The royals and nobles ride in procession to the Field of Gold; Aiken and Sharn jointly open the sky, and the new Song and the Singing Stone are presented.
- Book 4 · Ch 38Tony reunites with transformed Rowane
Tony finds Rowane, remade by Greggy's Skin-tank, and declares his love; she reveals she is pregnant.