Moe Marshak
Names: Moe MarshakMarshak
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 49 (11)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
- Ch 49A gray-torc soldier of Finiah's garrison who gave the first alarm, then fought alone and quietly, avoiding telepathy because the Firvulag can detect it.
- Ch 49Marshak killed a Firvulag disguised as a hellgrammite to save Koliteyr and three women, then surrendered to Burke's Lowlives.
- Ch 49A gray-torc prisoner who, in telepathic communion with other grays, chose removal of his torc, which meant execution, rather than amnesty.
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 49Invasion of Finiah
Claude's photon blasts breach the Rhineside wall; Lowlives and Firvulag storm into Finiah, where Firvulag champions rout the garrison and the invaders spread into the city.
- Book 1 · Ch 49Marshak surrenders
Marshak kills a Firvulag attacker to save Koliteyr's party, but Burke's Lowlives arrive and kill Koliteyr; Marshak yields.
- Book 1 · Ch 49Marshak's execution
Marshak and other gray-torc prisoners choose torc removal in a tribunal, which means death, in solidarity with their Tanu masters' memory.