Berlin
Names: BerlinBerlin HighBerlin Public LibraryBerlin, New HampshireBerlin, N.H.
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 4 (3)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 8Berlin is a New Hampshire pulp-mill town on the Androscoggin River, where the Remillard cousins grew up.
Connections
- containsBlue Ox
- containsVictor Remillard estate
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 4Birth of the twins
Rogatien and Donatien were born in Berlin, NH on 12 August 1945; their mother Adèle died in childbirth, and they were taken in by Uncle Louis.
- Book 1 · Ch 4Rogi meets the Family Ghost
Lost in the forest at age five, Rogi fled a bear, heard Don's mind-voice, and was snatched back from a ravine edge by the invisible Family Ghost, who led him out and told him to keep silent.
- Book 1 · Ch 8Rogatien reads Odd John
Unable to find ESP books, Rogatien is given Stapledon's Odd John. Frightened, he pressures Don to read it; Don dismisses it and warns him to keep their powers secret.
- Book 1 · Ch 8Remillard Christmas reunion and mumps
In 1961 the extended family gathers for Christmas. Seventeen days later the five young cousins get mumps; Rogatien develops severe bilateral orchitis.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Rogi's farewell to Sunny
By the river, Marie-Madeleine begs Rogi to accept her marriage to Don; Rogi, resolved to kill Don, pretends to agree and says goodbye.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Denis's baptism and first mindspeech
At baptism, cold water makes the infant Denis cry; Rogi soothes him telepathically and Denis responds with a logical mental synthesis, bonding with Rogi.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Rogi reveals the truth to Sunny
Rogi tells Sunny about telepathy and Denis's gifts; she denies it, so he uses PK and coercion, calms her, and persuades her to have Don teach Denis.
- Book 1 · Ch 15The LSD cocoa incident
In February 1970 Don offered Rogi cocoa laced with LSD. Denis had read the plan from Don's mind and warned Sunny, who slapped the cup away. Her telepathy training by Denis was revealed.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Don bars Rogi from the house
After Denis coerced Don never to harm him, Don ended Rogi's evening visits and announced Sunny's pregnancy. Denis privately told Rogi they would find a way to continue.
- Book 1 · Ch 18Northfield Hall scholarship collapses
Don refuses Denis's place at Northfield Hall and angers the school, splitting the Remillard family; Rogatien is left frustrated.
- Book 1 · Ch 21Disastrous Fourth of July barbecue
Roger introduced Elaine to his Remillard relatives at Cousin Gerard's barbecue in Berlin; she clashed with them, and Don used coercion to seduce her once.
- Book 1 · Ch 58George and Pauline die
Told of her fate by Pauline, George bought a shotgun and killed her and himself by the Androscoggin River. Victor destroyed their note; Sunny later declined and died in March.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Rogi drives Teresa and Marc to Berlin
Rogi drives Teresa and Marc to Berlin for the Good Friday ritual; Marc probes Rogi's mind and Teresa explains death and heaven to him.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Victor's death and Fury's birth
On Good Friday 2040 Victor died during the family prayer vigil. Fury appeared and tried to take Rogatien, who escaped with the Family Ghost's help.
- Book 4 · Ch 17Denis's faked death
After Denis vanishes, Lucille confronts the narrator. Jack fabricates a body, Severin signs the death certificate, and the First Magnate arranges formalities. Fake ashes are interred in Berlin, New Hampshire, and memorials follow.