Patricia Castellane
Names: Patricia CastellanePatriciaPat
First appears in Book 3: The Nonborn King, chapter 21 (7)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 21Patricia lives across the garden from Marc's verandah, and he desires her, though his libido is drained.
- Ch 29Patricia directed the obliteration of her own home planet in support of the Rebellion and is Marc's lover, faithful but not loving him.
- Ch 29Patricia has no children among the fugitives and favors killing the children as the only safe course.
- Ch 45Patricia Castellane was afraid for Marc and is relieved he is better; she would prefer that his enemy come to him.
- Ch 45Patricia and Marc are intimate, kissing and walking hand in hand into the house on Ocala Island.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 1Patricia is tasked with monitoring Marc closely while he is in the regen tank, to prevent regeneration errors.
- Ch 13A former dirigent of Okanagon, she leads the metaconcert against Helayne and controls Manion's docilator algetics.
- Ch 13Patricia is utterly devoted to Marc and no longer cares about Mental Man, only him; she is a magnate and a metapsychic lover of his.
- Ch 13Patricia wants to kill a man she calls a swine, suspecting he supplied the drug that turned Helayne violent.
- Ch 13Patricia counts only twenty-two available for Marc's offensive metaconcert, six of them magnates, since O'Malley, Fitzpatrick and Sherwoode are weak or incapacitated.
- Ch 21Patricia is an apprentice helmswoman who favors force, with Cordelia Warshaw, to keep the time-gate closed; she resents her weak metafunctions.
- Ch 29Patricia urges Marc to take the children's genes and warns that giving up means the end; she will guard against stray thoughts.
- Ch 32Patricia bridges the cut CE main by overloading herself, Jeff and Cordelia with power to free Marc, and dies from the effort.
Connections
- partner ofMarc Remillard
- ally ofMarc Remillard
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 29Marc ends his star-search and learns of the defection
Marc returns from the last star, Elirion, and Patricia tells him Hagen and 27 others fled with weapons and equipment four days ago.
- Book 3 · Ch 29Council debates the fugitive children
Marc's co-conspirators debate; Warshaw, Patricia and Van Wyk vote to kill the children, but the rest choose Marc's riskier plan to blow them back or onto Africa's coast.
- Book 3 · Ch 45Marc recovers and decides to attend the Grand Tourney
After witnessing the drama played out in Europe, Marc tells Patricia he is recovered and still intends to go to the Grand Tourney. They consider attending together and retire to the house.
- Book 4 · Ch 1Marc confirmed alive on Ocala
The Rebels bring Manion off the docilator; he analyzes the event, confirms Felice's d-jump, and identifies Marc inside the CE armor. Marc is divested, raving and in pain.
- Book 4 · Ch 1Marc's report after the failed experiment
Gravely injured, Marc tells his helpers the experiment was a qualified success: Felice is gone, Aiken Drum damaged. He orders the CE rig repaired and sent to Europe for a plan to destroy the time-gate site.
- Book 4 · Ch 1Marc withdraws into the regen tank
Marc, in agony, refuses help, goes alone to the regeneration tank and shuts off communication.
- Book 4 · Ch 13Helayne Strangford's rampage
During a storm, Helayne goes berserk, stabs Steve, kills fifteen people including the Keoghs, and climbs the jiggermast. Patricia's metaconcert fails against her; Steinbrenner shoots her dead as she coerces them to climb.
- Book 4 · Ch 13Marc returns from Poltroy
Marc returns from a successful d-jump test to Poltroy, learns of the murders, and brutally punishes Manion's taunting with a mental attack.
- Book 4 · Ch 13Marc confesses his impotence
After lovemaking, Patricia glimpses Marc's secret; he admits he has been unable to reach climax since Cyndia's death and swears her to secrecy, as it could ruin morale.
- Book 4 · Ch 13Alex's theory undermines Marc's plan
Patricia reveals Alex Manion's theory that the time-gate site cannot be destroyed. Marc rejects it but will question Manion, and outlines alternative plans.
- Book 4 · Ch 13Marc reveals d-jump rescue plan
Marc promises regular conferences and shows Patricia that d-jump could carry others, ending their exile without outside rescue.
- Book 4 · Ch 21Walter plans sabotage
After a tense exchange with Patricia, Walter talks to Veikko about his plan. He then wins over the docilated Manion and leads him to the forward hold to break Marc's lock and sabotage the X-lasers.
- Book 4 · Ch 29Marc decides to sail upriver
Marc tells the magnates the children refused him. He cannot see a way through the defenses, orders Kyllikki camouflaged and sailed up the river, then says he will go fishing.
- Book 4 · Ch 32Marc escapes Kyllikki
Patricia, Jeff and Cordelia overload themselves to restore power; Patricia dies. Marc teleports his equipment to a camouflaged gully near Castle Gateway.