Poltroyans
Names: PoltroyansPoltroyanPoltroonsPoltroyan race
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 1 (Prologue)
Appearances
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B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
- Ch 4A Poltroyan research vessel was stranded in subspace with translator trouble and had under fifteen hours of oxygen left when a Lylmik cruiser rescued them.
- Ch 4The Poltroyans gave a recording of Voorhees' response to the distress signal to the Sector Magistratum.
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 29Poltroyans are at roughly Homo erectus level, wear fish-fur, and ritually eat the brains of slain neighbors.
- Ch 45The Poltroyan race once battened on their foes by mental absorption during their precoadunate days.
Connections
- enemy ofRichard Voorheeshates and abandoned them
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 4Richard ignores the Poltroyan distress call
En route to Orissa with a temple cargo, Richard intercepts a Poltroyan distress signal near his course, refuses to stop to protect his fee, and orders it erased from the log.
- Book 1 · Ch 4Richard's conviction and ruin
The Poltroyans, rescued by a Lylmik cruiser, give their recording to the Magistratum. Richard is arrested on Assawompset, convicted, fined, loses his ship, and is banned from spaceflight and commerce.