Raimo
Names: RaimoRaimo HakkinenRayChopperWoodchopperthe ex-woodsmanLord Raimo
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 27 (7)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
- Ch 27Raimo is a towheaded silver-torc prisoner who bitterly calls Pliocene Exile a hell-world and blames Madame Guderian.
- Ch 28A Finno-Canadian former forester who worked twenty years in the B.C. Megapod Reserve; he has enhanced psychokinetic (PK) power and is cruel and hostile toward Aiken.
- Ch 28His grandfather came from the Aland Islands; he carries a flask of Hudson's Bay Company Demerara rum.
- Ch 32Raimo is a former Finnish woodsman/forester whose psychokinesis lets him move furniture and call gulls; he turned friendly toward Aiken after seeing his powers.
- Ch 32After the morning's fun faded, Raimo became brooding and ill at ease, giving Bryan only curt replies about the party.
- Ch 36Raimo Hakkinen was a forester from British Columbia and wears a silver torc.
- Ch 38Raimo dislikes the shoot-the-chutes rides and drinks from a flask.
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 2Raimo is dressed in a skimpy scarlet leotard and golden cape; Elizabeth judges that with his weak psychokinesis and low intelligence he is destined to be a toy.
- Ch 3Raimo was dragged about by Tanu ladies in the dancing and pelted with bananas after displaying his talents.
- Ch 10Raimo, Aiken's old companion, is in a silver torc, exploited by Tanu women, and mentally close to breakdown.
- Ch 10Raimo, a silver-torc human, has been passed around and abused by Tanu women who tire of him when he fathers no children.
- Ch 36Raimo is a silver-torc psychokinetic, a former woodsman and drinker, forced into armor by six Tanu women and coerced into battle against his will.
- Ch 36Raimo, unfettered by coercion once the women withdrew, tried to escape; he feigned death under Firvulag corpses using a mental refuge Aiken Drum taught him.
- Ch 36Two Tanu women, a farsensor and a redactor, found Raimo shirking and coerced him to walk to the Great Retort, the penalty for cowardice.
- Ch 41Raimo, injured but resourceful, caulked the Retort's leaking door and received Bryan's golden torc; his brain is mending.
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 7Raimo is Aiken's old friend, a gold-torc human who deserted in the Combat; he arrives from Calamosk carrying valuable information.
- Ch 7Raimo knows of a rumor that Felice took the Spear from the bottom of the New Sea.
- Ch 23Aiken's friend, once close to Aluteyn; his subconscious was deep-reamed for intelligence on Felice and Celo, and he may be bitter.
Connections
- enemy ofAiken Drum
- friend ofAiken DrumRaimo calls them buddies
- friend ofAluteyn Craftsmaster
- ally ofAluteyn Craftsmaster
- friend ofYosh
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 28Aiken and Raimo's psychic fight
Aiken teases Raimo about spooky trees; Raimo lifts him from his saddle with PK. Aiken forces Raimo to drop him, and the two fight until Creyn stops them.
- Book 1 · Ch 30Arrival at Roniah
Creyn's caravan with the captive time-travelers reaches the illuminated city past midnight, enters through the gate, and is greeted by Tanu nobles in the marble quarter.
- Book 1 · Ch 32Dockside antics at Roniah
Aiken and Raimo sneak out, fly as butterflies over Roniah, then perform telekinetic stunts at the docks, destroying a bollard, until Creyn stops them and imposes mental restraints.
- 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 34Prisoners lodged at Darask
The travelers stop at the Riverside Palace, where Kennedy locks the prisoners in a tower chamber, and Elizabeth is summoned to help Creyn with the dangerous birth.
- 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 2Time-travelers appear at the feast
The five time-travelers meet in new Tanu finery, joined by Aiken, who hints at coming mischief and shows he is working around his metafunction curb before the court procession.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Toast to Elizabeth and fellowship
Thagdal declares Elizabeth a gift of Tana and announces her training under Brede; the court toasts fellowship, then feasting and dancing begin.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Nodonn arrives
Nodonn and Rosmar arrive; Rosmar reunites with Bryan. Nodonn goes to the arena, and Raimo desperately seeks Aiken.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Aiken aids Raimo
Raimo begs Aiken for help; Aiken eases his tormented mind, but six Tanu women arrive and carry Raimo off.
- Book 2 · Ch 36Raimo's failed desertion
Raimo, armored and sent to fight, is rescued by Aiken Drum from a Firvulag, hides among corpses until sunset, but is found by two Tanu women and sent to the Great Retort.
- Book 2 · Ch 38Bryan revived in the Great Retort
Aluteyn pulls Bryan from his mind-cave; Bryan, longing for Mercy, learns he is in the Great Retort while captives speculate about earthquakes.
- Book 2 · Ch 39Aluteyn's futile warning in the Retort
Aluteyn tries to warn of coming seismic disturbance but is dismissed by a human coercer and mocked by the doomed; he etches a warning on the glass.
- Book 2 · Ch 41Survivors in the floating Retort
Raimo and Aluteyn caulk the Retort and sort survivors from the dead; Aluteyn gives Raimo Bryan's golden torc.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Arrival of recruits at Goriah
Aiken and Culluket meet a batch of Tanu and human recruits from Afaliah and Calamosk, including Sullivan-Tonn, Olone and Aiken's old friend Raimo.
- Book 4 · Ch 14Aiken's night out
Bored with his party, Aiken disguises himself, joins Yosh and Raimo, visits the neputa workshop, and is jostled by a Most Exalted's retinue.
- Book 4 · Ch 14Aiken sees the guard in the Gyre
Aiken spots Morna-Ia heading to the Bijou, then sees a tall gray-haired man in elite guard mufti buying raspberry ice who nods at him. Shaken, Aiken stamps his hat and leads friends to the Mermaid to drink.