Concord, New Hampshire
Names: Concord, New HampshireConcordHuman Polity capital
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 53 (7)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 8Concord is the capital of the Human Polity, with most offices in an underground complex called the Ants' Nest; Earth's population nears nine billion.
Connections
- related toOld Concordnew capital established near the old state capital, which renamed itself
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 53Denis confides in Ellsworth about his criminal brother
Under the seal of confession, Denis reveals his brother is a metapsychic criminal who has killed and suppressed siblings; lacking proof, he accepts Ellsworth's advice to wait and absolution.
- Book 1 · Ch 53Denis decides to marry Lucille
After debating whether he owes humanity offspring, Denis decides on a eugenic marriage to Lucille and asks Ellsworth to officiate.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Remillard siblings enter politics
Paul draws his siblings into Human Polity politics; all seven become Grand Master Intendant Associates, and Paul secures Concord as capital in 2040.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Paul confronts Marc before the interrogation
Walking to the Proctorship, Paul begs Marc to open his mind about whether Teresa and Rogi are alive, then coerces him; Marc resists and Paul declares his love.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Marc interrogated by the Magistratum
Marc is taken by Simbiari enforcers for coercive-redactive interrogation by Malatarsiss and Throma'eloo Lek, who afterward conclude he unconsciously caused the drownings but not McAllister's murder.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Family council at Paul's home
Paul gathers his six siblings at his Concord cottage to await Denis; amid arguments over Unity between Rebels Severin and Adrien and Anne, he uses coercion to hold the debate until they are in a sigma-shielded summerhouse.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Luna moths summoned
At the summerhouse Paul mentally summons male luna moths, which circle Catherine before he releases them.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Family conference under sigma shield
Paul tells the Remillard magnates and Denis that Hydra killed three researchers on Islay, that the Lylmik want it kept secret, and that Fury altered vital-statistic databases to hide the fugitives.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Paul's decision on Marc and the Fury hunt
After family debate, Paul rules that Marc's research continues, condemns Fury and the Hydra-units subject to Lylmik approval, and assigns every family member a role in the hunt, coordinating with him.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Severin discovers the mind probing
In October 2072 Severin redacts Rogi to cure his impotence and finds evidence of long-term coercive-redactive probing, leading Rogi to suspect Dorothée.