White Silver Plain
Names: White Silver PlainSilver Plainthe Plainbattlegroundsalt plainfighting-groundWhite Sliver Plain
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 38 (18)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 40The wave engulfed the White Silver Plain, drowning the gathered Tanu, Firvulag and humans, including King Thagdal.
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 19Elizabeth leaves to see the King
Elizabeth, angered by Brede's attempt to resume probing the pattern, resolves to tell the King her new judgment and retrieve her balloon. Brede promises the balloon and to deal with the Host of Nontusvel.
- Book 2 · Ch 26Katlinel tours the Firvulag camp
Katlinel rides through the Firvulag encampment on the White Silver Plain, observing their numbers and buying perfume from a young vendor.
- Book 2 · Ch 26Katlinel meets Sugoll
Sugoll rescues Katlinel from a drunken ogre, then converses with her about humans, science and Tanu-Firvulag cooperation. They agree to meet again secretly the next night.
- Book 2 · Ch 32Opening of the Grand Combat
Tanu and Firvulag armies assemble on the Plain; Eadone declares the First Day, and Nodonn pierces the clouds with the photon Sword so the sky opens and the Combat begins.
- Book 2 · Ch 36The Grand Combat begins
At sunrise the Firvulag charge and Nodonn leads the Tanu cry; the two armies clash on the White Silver Plain in the first day of the three-day battle.
- Book 2 · Ch 36Firvulag new tactics succeed
Firvulag foot soldiers scatter and hamstring chalikos, destroying a gray-torc cavalry charge; Pallol manifests to gild the captured heads.
- 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 37Brothers' council before dawn
Nodonn and his brothers survey the battlefield, assess losses including Velteyn, and plan to move wounded golds to Redact House and admit fighting grays to the Skin.
- Book 2 · Ch 37Aiken's ambush of Nukalavee
Aiken Drum lures Nukalavee's Firvulag legion into a corridor of illusory corpses where Tanu knights lie hidden; Bunone, Alberonn and Bleyn give the command to strike.
- Book 2 · Ch 37Nodonn presents Bryan's survey
At the banquet, Nodonn brings the torc-compelled Bryan before the Tanu to expose the consequences of human assimilation, while Celadeyr defiantly backs Aiken Drum.
- Book 2 · Ch 39Banners are planted for the Heroic Encounters
Firvulag and Tanu champions rally behind Pallol, Nodonn and Aiken Drum, revealing a split among the Tanu. A cloaked woman with the chain of silence calms the crowd and the Marshal opens the Encounters.
- Book 2 · Ch 39Thagdal names the pairings
Thagdal assigns Tanu opponents to each Firvulag hero. The results leave Nodonn's side with a lead lost, as Imidol's defeat gives the Firvulag the point lead.
- Book 2 · Ch 39Aiken gains permission to fight Pallol his own way
After Imidol's loss, Aiken offers to kill Pallol the human way, showing the champions his plan. Nodonn confers with the High Table and permits it.
- Book 2 · Ch 40Aiken Drum kills Pallol
Aiken shields himself from Pallol's Eye, then slings a cigar cutter into Pallol's right eye, felling and beheading him.
- Book 2 · Ch 40Aiken named Lugonn and defies Thagdal
Mayvar names Aiken the Shining One, Young Lugonn. He plants the Sword of Sharn before Thagdal instead of giving fealty; Brede ordains a final Combat of Sword and Spear.
- Book 2 · Ch 40The great flood
The Spain-Africa dike collapses and a 230-meter wave sweeps over the White Silver Plain as the champions clash, drowning Thagdal and the gathered multitude.