Fred
Names: FredFritiso-Prontinalinthe PoltroyanUniate Magnate of the Concilium
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 57 (11)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 57Fred is a young Poltroyan psychogeomorphologist on his first xenosurveyor assignment, studying operancy and proximity to granitic lithoforms.
- Ch 57Fred and Willy pose as Lapps from Norway to explain their short stature and strange behavior.
- Ch 57Fred and Willy decide to notify the Oversight Authority about the spread of Sons of Earth buttons.
Book 2: Jack the Bodiless
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 12Fred is a Poltroyan who says there was considerable opposition to admitting humans to the Milieu because of possible incompatibility.
Connections
- friend ofWillycolleagues
- member ofPoltroyans
- friend ofMarcie Nyberg
- friend ofDenis
- friend ofPaul
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 57Confrontation with Number 22
Fred hints at a musher's telepathic rapport with his Malamute and is threatened. They pose as Lapps, learn that he belongs to the Sons of Earth, and flee.
- Book 1 · Ch 57Marcie wins with alien wax
Willy gives Marcie the defrictionizer, and she wins her sprint. Fred and Willy then discover she wears a Sons of Earth button, decline her invitation, and leave sadly.
- Book 2 · Ch 30Denis rescues the fugitives
Before dawn, Denis and Fred arrive in a Poltroyan orbiter above the cabin, terrifying Jack, and announce they will take Teresa, Rogi and Jack to Kauai to hide until pardons are arranged.
- Book 3 · Ch 12Debate over Unity
Paul, Davy, Tamara, Alan, Patricia, Fred and Minnie discuss whether Unity threatens human identity and whether the Milieu would let humanity secede.
- Book 4 · Ch 25Fury attacks Paul and kills Fred
In Hellfire Lane, Fury, disguised as Terekev, coerces Paul and brainburns him. Fred claws Fury and is killed. Denis briefly surfaces and Fury abandons the feeding, escaping by d-jump to Wester Killiecrankie Starport.