Highjohn
Names: HighjohnSkipper HighjohnCaptainJohnnythe skipper
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 32 (12)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
- Ch 32Highjohn is a jovial skipper of the riverboat Mojo, has run the Rhône-Med route for sixteen years and never lost a boat.
- Ch 38Highjohn is the skipper of the riverboat carrying the human passengers south from Castle Gateway.
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 1Highjohn is the boat's skipper, a gray-torc wearer and former ferryboat pilot who accepts Tanu orders in return for shared mind-intimacy.
- Ch 1Highjohn is the boatman, a black man in an old U.S. Navy cap who wears a gray torc.
Connections
- leadsMojoskipper
- related toCreynskipper and passenger guide on the same journey
- friend ofBryan Grenfell
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 32Shooting Cameron's Sluice
The party boards the Mojo and rides the Rhône through violent rapids; most passengers are asleep or calmed, while Bryan stays awake and Highjohn offers him a job.
- Book 1 · Ch 38Descent of the Dreadful Slide
The riverboat goes over the continental brink at the end of the Rhône and plunges into the empty Mediterranean basin, ending after four hours in a great bitter lake. The torc-wearers refuse Creyn's offer of oblivion.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Arrival at Aven
Tanu and human riders welcome the boat at Aven; hellads haul it toward Muriah while Bryan seeks Mercy and Highjohn explains torcs and Tanu society.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Highjohn's reward
Creyn gives Highjohn a mental reward; Bryan and Elizabeth find him convulsing in ecstasy, and Bryan closes the door before they follow the others inside.