Sullivan-Tonn
Names: Sullivan-TonnAloysius X. SullivanTonnSullivanLord Sullivan-Tonn
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 49 (11)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 7Sullivan-Tonn is a 96-year-old rejuvenated human gold, former Fordham moral theology professor, with huge psychokinetic power but pacifist timidity, who refused aggressive use of it.
- Ch 27Sullivan-Tonn is a 96-year-old psychokinetic, Olone's elderly fiancé; she mocks him for not fighting at Finiah and for his perverse books.
- Ch 31Sullivan-Tonn asked to move with Olone to Afaliah; Olone defied him while flirting with Aiken.
- Ch 40Sullivan-Tonn is a pompous gold-torc psychokinetic, husband of Olone, who coaches Vilkas's kite and is humiliated by Aiken.
- Ch 43Sullivan-Tonn is a portly, timid psychokinetic who hates Aiken, and he opens the secret vault's lock for Mercy.
- Ch 43Aiken Drum pins Sullivan-Tonn with invisible force and burns him to death; Mercy mercifully kills him with a fireball.
Connections
- ally ofLord Velteyn
- partner ofLady Oloneengaged
- related toLady Olonebetrothed against her will
- family ofLady Olonehusband and wife
- member ofAiken Drumcourtier of the King
- ally ofMercedes Lamballe
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 49Fall of House Velteyn
Allied Lowlives and Firvulag surprise the Tanu cavalry with iron spears and break the defense of House Velteyn near dawn. Velteyn evacuates the Tanu civilians by roof.
- 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 3 · Ch 7Aiken welcomes the newcomers
Aiken rebukes Congreve, ends searches of arrivals, and invites everyone to a party at the Castle of Glass.
- Book 3 · Ch 40Kite demonstration on the dunes
At the Strait of Redon, Yosh and Vilkas demonstrate man-carrying combat kites with naginata for Aiken and Mercy; Yosh shreds Vilkas's kite.
- Book 3 · Ch 40Aiken saves Vilkas
When Sullivan's coaching fails and Vilkas's kite falls, Aiken strains his damaged mind to lift Vilkas to safety and steady the blue kite.
- Book 3 · Ch 43Vault sabotage
Mercy enlists Sullivan-Tonn to open the locked vault beneath the Castle of Glass, then destroys the computer and floods the Milieu weapons stores with caustic polymer foam to disable them against Nodonn.
- Book 3 · Ch 43Aiken's vengeance
Aiken Drum confronts them, tortures and burns Sullivan-Tonn to death, then takes Mercy upstairs where the Spear consumes her, leaving only ashes.