Cordelia Warszawska
Names: Cordelia WarszawskaCordeliaCordelia WarshawCordie
First appears in Book 2: Jack the Bodiless, chapter 13 (10 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD, A DIGRESSION)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Jack the Bodiless
- Ch 13European Intendancy Associate, xenologist at Cracow and politician, platonic friend of Davy MacGregor; suspected rebel.
- Ch 14Cordelia is a tiny European Intendancy figure who believes people sometimes must be led or compelled for their own good.
- Ch 25Cordelia Warszawska is a prominent Intendant Associate in the conspiracy and is dubious about Adrien's suggestion of Marc.
- Ch 26Cordelia is Jewish, a platonic friend of Davy, and an operant who can coerce and mentally silence others.
- Ch 26Cordelia reports that Hiroshi expects Davy to win a majority of Asian Intendancy M-D votes, with swing votes coming from colonial and at-large M-Ds.
- Ch 26Cordelia notes that human operants can now screen out and resist exotic mental probing, which exotics are reluctant to admit publicly.
Book 4: Magnificat
- Ch 12Cordelia is a former Intendant General of Earth, cost her office in 2076 by avowing the Rebel cause; still an Intendant Associate, Magnate and Oxford fellow.
- Ch 12Cordelia has been Davy's platonic friend for over fifty years and tried to persuade him to take the Directorate post as an objective insider.
- Ch 30Cordelia and her analysts are running new simulations of Rebel options before the Concilium session.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 14Rebels gather at Nusfjord
The conspirators meet at Inga Johansen's summerhouse, share a Norwegian dinner, and discuss Davy MacGregor's decision to run against Paul Remillard and the Remillard murder suspicions.
- Book 2 · Ch 25Adrien joins the conspiracy
After agreeing to rebel against the Milieu and undergoing the device's treatment, Adrien meets the other conspirators, who plan to travel to Orb and campaign for Davy MacGregor as First Magnate.
- Book 2 · Ch 25Adrien nominates Marc
Adrien suggests Paul's young son Marc as the future leader of the human rebellion.
- 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 4 · Ch 12Cordelia tries to recruit Davy
At breakfast in Cynophile Tower, Cordelia urges Davy to reconsider heading the Unity Directorate as an objective insider. He refuses, pledges to keep an open mind, and vows to destroy the Fury and Hydra.
- Book 4 · Ch 14Rebel delegation arrives at CEREM
The Rebel Executive Council members fly to CEREM, are challenged by security, and gain entry with Marc's key-fleck. They discuss whether to offer Marc the Rebellion's leadership.
- Book 4 · Ch 14Clamshell test exceeds its schedule
Marc Remillard, in the clamshell for a refrigeration-armor test, energizes his brain to level six hundred against orders, levitates the rig through the sigma shield, and tells the Rebel visitors they may proceed only his way.