Vilkas
Names: Vilkasthe Lithuanian
First appears in Book 3: The Nonborn King, chapter 10 (9)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: The Nonborn King
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 2Bitter Lithuanian human with a slave-tore who resents the King for breaking the promise of gold tores; forced to obey Yosh.
- Ch 8A Lithuanian gray-tore retainer of Yosh, who explains the Tanu lords hid contraband Milieu gadgets from King Thagdal.
- Ch 18Vilkas, a Lithuanian, was embittered at not being given a gold tore and had betrayed Aiken's mental disability to the North Americans.
- Ch 18Aiken read Vilkas's mind and killed him by making his gray tore burn white-hot.
Connections
- friend ofSunny Jim Quigley
- related toYoshassistant
- member ofYoshretainer
- ally ofHagenbetrayed Aiken to the North Americans
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 10Night at Malachee's Toot
Yosh stands up to Nuckalarn, pays Malachee, watches the Vafna dance, and meets Sunny Jim Quigley and Vilkas, whom he recruits as followers for his arrival in Goriah.
- 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 4 · Ch 2Bear-dog frenzy and the Firvulag army sighted
The relief column is disrupted by maddened bear-dogs; Yosh stuns them, though a wheel is shattered. Ochal reveals an army of 8000 Firvulag under Mimee marching toward Bardelask, and the column, forbidden by the King to help, retreats to Sayzorask.
- Book 4 · Ch 8King Aiken's secret plan
King Aiken arrives at Calamosk's tower as a falcon and enlists Yosh, Vilkas and Jim to help stop the pursuing ATV column with the Spear, hiding his weakened powers.
- Book 4 · Ch 18Aiken subdues the coup and executes Vilkas
Aiken coerced Hagen into acknowledging his authority, forced all present to affirm his kingship, then read Vilkas's mind and killed him through his tore.