Concilium
Names: ConciliumConcilium magnatesConcilium OrbOrbConcilium of the Galactic MilieuGalactic ConciliumConcilium of the Human PolityCoadunate Galactic MilieuHuman Directorate of the ConciliumConcilium of Magnates
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 3 (2)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 3The Concilium magnates of the Krondak, Gi and Simbiari voted to disengage from Earth, while the Poltroyan Amalgam voted to continue.
- Ch 3A hollow planetoid over four thousand light-years away in the Orion Arm, seat of the Concilium's central sanctum.
- Ch 19Governing body whose scheme forbids answering human calls before Intervention.
- Ch 22Assigned Earth's proctorship to the Simbiari; the Lylmik earlier vetoed a Concilium vote to pull out of the Earth project.
Book 2: Jack the Bodiless
- Ch 11The Concilium's exotic legislators chose only one hundred human operants as the first human Magnates, including all seven Remillard Dynasty members.
- Ch 18Humanity will be on probation in the Concilium for a thousand days, judged by the five exotic races.
- Ch 18Paul will send his new staff to Orb in two weeks for preinauguration work; Lucille proposes Marc join as a junior staffer.
- Ch 19A hollow planetoid built by the Lylmik, containing enclaves simulating districts of Earth for humans, with an artificial sky on the 25-hour Galactic day.
- Ch 19Human service personnel in Orb are nonoperants on roughly 300-day contracts, paid triple Human Polity salaries; Orb is off-limits to tourists.
- Ch 47Simbiari, Poltroyan, Gi and Krondak magnates voted to accept Paul's two harsh proposals before the Lylmik vetoed them.
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 11Magnates are appointed by the Lylmik from the best human operants, serve terms of indefinite length, and may decline the honor.
- Ch 11At first enfranchisement, the Concilium had 7255 members, only 100 of them human; nearly 400 humans served by the 2083 Rebellion.
- Ch 11Human news organizations are barred from covering Concilium proceedings systematically; most news from Orb is canned material from the Human Information Directorate.
- Ch 11Orb is an artificial planetoid with hundreds of residential enclaves, including thirty-two human ones; access is restricted to magnates, families and staff.
- Ch 11In 2063 a Lylmik enclave on Orb was to be open to visitors for the first time.
- Ch 11Orb is a dark sphere about 500 kilometers in diameter, sparsely dotted with lights, and is the seat of the Galactic Milieu's Concilium.
Book 4: Magnificat
- Ch 5Four Supervisors in Concilium Orb refused to help Anne or to take the matter to Atoning Unifex, leaving the Remillards to exorcise Fury themselves.
- Ch 11Jack and Diamond expect to be together only when the Concilium is in session or when duties allow, since they are separated for much of the time.
- Ch 32It ratified a loyalty-oath requirement; exotic polities were unanimous, humans split by party, and the Lylmik did not veto.
Connections
- has memberDoka'eloomagnate
- part ofGalactic Milieu
- created byLylmik
- includesLurakal
- has memberGrannyMagnate
- inTelonis
- containsSyrel
- has memberPaulMagnate
- has memberAnneMagnate
- includesRive Gauche
- includesPonte di Rialto
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 3Concilium vote and Lylmik veto
The Concilium majority votes to disengage from Earth, but the Lylmik Supervisory Body vetoes it and orders a thirty-year phase of intensified overt manifestation toward possible Intervention.
- Book 2 · Ch 16Supervisors try on human bodies
The four Lylmik Supervisors, reluctantly, become incarnate in human bodies for the first time, then Unifex joins them in human form and gives them physiological data.
- Book 2 · Ch 16Unifex's judgment on the Remillards and the Proctorship
Unifex rules that Teresa and Rogi are alive but that the Magistratum won't be told, dismisses suspicion of Marc, and decides the Proctorship ends, with a one-year probation and colonization moratorium to be announced tactfully to Earth.
- Book 2 · Ch 16Fellowship drinks and strolls
After Unifex leaves, the Supervisors drink beer, discuss human metapsychic strength and the odds of coadunation; Impulse is hurried out and the two women stroll to see stars.
- Book 2 · Ch 18Family agrees to wait and plan a probe
The family agrees to leave the investigation to the Magistratum; Denis will design a human metaconcert probe, seeking Krondak help at Concilium Orb, and no one will act beforehand.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Marc expelled from the terminal
Unifex coerces Marc to the tube platform, threatens him with illness if he returns, and forces him into a capsule bound for Carioca Enclave, then lingers for a Pepsi.
- Book 2 · Ch 23Anne assigns Marc as tour guide
Anne orders Marc to guide cousins around Orb; in a tube bar he tries to mind-ream her about Teresa, Rogi and Strayhorn, and she repels him and warns him off.
- Book 2 · Ch 26Lylmik Supervisors discuss Strayhorn murder
At the Christmas fête, four Supervisors tell Unifex of Margaret Strayhorn's murder and the danger to Davy MacGregor; he refuses Lylmik intervention despite their suspicion that he knows the killer.
- Book 2 · Ch 26Marc reveals secret to siblings
Marc tells Marie, Maddy and Luc that their mother is alive and pregnant, then blocks their minds to prevent leaks.
- Book 2 · Ch 26Davy reveals the 'five' clue
At the Christmas crèche, Davy tells Will and Cordelia that Margaret's dying word 'five' indicates a five-mind metaconcert killer, probably also behind Brett's death, and the question is which five Remillards.
- Book 2 · Ch 26Christmas carols and church
Exotics and humans sing the 'Cantique de Noël' as Davy, Cordelia and Will head into the Protestant Rite church.
- Book 2 · Ch 28Lylmik crash the Inaugural Ball
The five Lylmik Supervisors arrive in human form at the ball and shock everyone by dancing with humans, including Paul, Lucille, Davy, and Laura.
- Book 2 · Ch 28Davy named Planetary Dirigent
While dancing, Asymptotic Essence tells Davy MacGregor he is to be Earth's Planetary Dirigent and should study Teilhard de Chardin; Davy reluctantly accepts.
- Book 2 · Ch 28Lylmik hint at Denis's secret return
Homologous Trend suggests to Lucille that Denis could go home to Earth with the Poltroyans Fred and Minnie, who can evade security undetected.
- Book 2 · Ch 47Special Session and Lylmik veto
Paul presents proposals to incarcerate Remillards and extend probation indefinitely; some exotic magnates agree but the Lylmik Supervisory Body vetoes them, leaving the case open.
- Book 3 · Ch 11Arrival at Orb and meeting Lynelle
Rogi and Marc's four friends arrive at Orb; Marc introduces Lynelle Rogers, whose beauty and unreadable mind unsettle Rogi, and explains the lodging mix-up.
- Book 3 · Ch 12Saint Patrick's Day party at Orb
The Remillards attend the Poltroyans' Irish-themed party; Denis and Lucille avoid Rory Muldowney and discuss Marc, Unity and the Hydra.
- Book 3 · Ch 12Jack learns of Marc's plan
Jack, after winning at the races, reveals he overheard Marc planning to leave Dartmouth and open a private lab near Seattle; Luc warns him to keep quiet.
- Book 3 · Ch 12Lylmik attend in Poltroyan bodies
Four Lylmik Supervisors take Poltroyan bodies at Atoning Unifex's urging, told to watch for impostors, and wonder whether Hydra have infiltrated Orb.
- Book 3 · Ch 12Rory Muldowney denounces Paul
Drunk Rory publicly accuses Paul Remillard of destroying his wife Laura Tremblay, projecting an image of her frozen body to the horrified crowd.
- Book 4 · Ch 14Concilium vote on the moratorium
Months earlier, Marc's mesmerizing address led the Concilium to vote down the moratorium on metacreative CE research and return it to committee.
- Book 4 · Ch 21Milieu injunction against Mental Man
After a month of silence, Davy MacGregor and the Planetary Dirigents referred Mental Man to the Concilium and forbade CEREM and Marc to publicize it or nurture embryos beyond seven weeks; many humans defied the dictum, starting the Rebellion's final act.
- Book 4 · Ch 32Rebel expulsion from the Concilium
After the loyalty oath was ratified, the 128 Rebel magnates refused it, were expelled, and sailed to Okanagon on the Tyndareus.