Lord Imidol
Names: Lord ImidolImidolImiImidol the Deputy CoercerYoungest BrotherImidol Lord Coercer
First appears in Book 2: The Golden Torc, chapter 3 (3)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 4Imidol is the youngest and most aggressive of the siblings, a metacoercive who hates Gomnol and demands Elizabeth be killed, body and mind.
- Ch 9Imidol is a battle-champion and coercer with little mental subtlety.
- Ch 23Nontusvel predicts Imidol, another of her sons, will depose Gomnol in a few years.
- Ch 28Imidol, son of Nontusvel and the Thagdal, leads the Host in the ambush and will likely be named Lord Coercer once Gomnol is dead.
- Ch 28Imidol says the Host lost fifteen of their number to iron, beyond help of the Skin.
- Ch 31Imidol is a young Coercer who would demand a battle-trial of minds and weapons in the Mêlée.
- Ch 35Imidol, a sapphire-armored Tanu titan, declared he and Leyr would duel to the death in the High Mêlée for the Coercer presidency.
- Ch 39Imidol, a young Tanu coercer, lost to Sharn-Mes through a Firvulag trick involving a scorpion suit, and Nodonn blames him for endangering the Combat.
Connections
- family ofQueen Nontusvelson
- enemy ofSebi-Gomnol
- member ofHost of Nontusvel
- leadsHost of Nontusvel
- enemy ofLeyrkilled him in duel
- family ofNodonnbrothers
- ally ofNodonn
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 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 35Leyr returns to challenge Imidol
At the vacant Coercer presidency, the banished Leyr appeared as aspirant beside Imidol; they agreed to a death duel in the High Mêlée.
- 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 2 · Ch 39Aiken gains permission to fight Pallol his own way
After Imidol's loss, Aiken offers to kill Pallol the human way, showing the champions his plan. Nodonn confers with the High Table and permits it.