Lylmik
Names: LylmikLylmik Supervisory BodySupervisory Bodythe SupervisorsQuincunxLylmik SupervisorsGhostle Fantôme FamilierUnifexLylmik Twenty-One Worldsthe Four
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 1 (Prologue)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 1Lylmik can be fully perceived only by minds functioning on the third level of consciousness, and are said to be so alien that seeing one truly would destroy a viewer's sanity.
- Ch 3It vetoed the Concilium's majority vote to disengage from Earth, the first such veto in over 342,000 standard years.
- Ch 3The Lylmik order the observers to begin a thirty-year phase of intensified overt manifestation to Earth's people.
- Ch 7Orchestrators of the Milieu's scheme for Earth; Ma'elfoo privately suggests they should hear Vorpi's warnings about meddling.
- Ch 19Called the oldest and wisest race and architects of the Milieu; they say humans have the greatest metapsychic potential in the galaxy.
- Ch 21Rogi, writing 140 years later, is unsure whether the Lylmik deliberately engineered his separation from Elaine or merely exploited it to advance the great scheme.
- Ch 22The Galaxy's most ancient coadunate race, kind but capricious, with mentality far above other races; their origin, nature and age remain unknown.
- Ch 22Legends variously say they rejuvenated their star Nodyt, survived the Big Bang, or are angels; the Authority treats these as unproven.
- Ch 22Five Lylmik who manifest as rosy heads; they promise special assistance to the Authority and forbid it from reinforcing the Franco-American operants.
- Ch 25It violates Lylmik dignity and custom to take on the material form of a client race, though Krondaku do so routinely.
- Ch 32The Body has five entities, who act together in Quincunx to contemplate major events.
- Ch 32The Lylmik regard humans as larvae and ethical primitives, and like being grandfatherly to them.
- Ch 46The Quincunx of Unifex and four subsidiary Lylmik entities has existed for two million years.
- Ch 51The Lylmik are apparently intent on bringing humans into the Milieu.
- Ch 57The Lylmik had stated, at the inception of the Intervention scheme, that humanity's mental potential was the greatest in the galaxy.
- Ch 66Supervisors who ordered a deliberately conspicuous commemoration so a journalist would record the fleet's presence and remind humans they are not alone.
Book 2: Jack the Bodiless
- Ch 4The enigmatic Lylmik refused to discuss Jack's case and flatly prohibited his euthanasia.
- Ch 7A Lylmik, addressed by Rogi as Ghost, telepathically told him that Marc and Teresa are telling the truth and that he must help them.
- Ch 7The Lylmik mentors told humans they would someday possess the most powerful mentalities of any race in the universe.
- Ch 15The Lylmik are the Simbiari's mentors and surpass them in deep-probe ability; they selected the Remillard magnates.
- Ch 16Lylmik normally inhabit nearly imperceptible diaphanous matter and use illusory astral bodies for visibility; their incarnate human bodies show inhumanly brilliant aquamarine eyes.
- Ch 16Lylmik reproduction ceased in Ti-Time over eight Galactic revolutions ago; the Lylmik hold 21 Concilium votes with veto power.
- Ch 18The Lylmik vetoed the attempt to rescind the Remillard family's Concilium nominations.
- Ch 18The Lylmik want the Proctorship ended and humans seated in the Concilium, so they are pushing ahead with the inauguration despite the scandals.
- Ch 27Of the Milieu races, only the Lylmik do not seem to believe God became incarnate.
- Ch 28Five Lylmik Supervisors appeared in human form at the Concilium inauguration and then crashed the Human Polity ball, dancing with humans.
- Ch 28The Lylmik say they will not appear in human form again until humanity attains Unity, if it does.
- Ch 28The Lylmik describe themselves as ancient, static and sterile; they guide the Milieu but cannot grow and will not survive to see its consummation.
- Ch 28Lylmik use prolepsis, a partial and sometimes unclear ability to see the future.
- Ch 36They ruled that MacGregor had no grounds for further investigation of the Remillards and reminded him he was not the one to find his wife's murderer.
- Ch 39The Lylmik have no sex and are the most metapsychically advanced Milieu race in Marc's ranking.
- Ch 41The Lylmik vetoed Paul's resignation and forbade the hospital to end Jack's treatment or life support unless Jack himself asks.
- Ch 47Its five members vetoed the Concilium vote to incarcerate the Remillards and extend probation indefinitely.
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 5Awesome beings who tutored Dorothea and ultimately canonized her.
- Ch 7The Lylmik repeatedly protected humanity's place in the Milieu and ordered no action against any Remillard without ironclad proof.
- Ch 7Acted to protect the Remillard family's reputation by keeping the Hydra suspects from being publicly identified as Remillards.
- Ch 11The Lylmik appoint magnates and Dirigents, hold veto power in the Concilium, and insisted humanity be admitted to the Milieu and kept there.
- Ch 11The Lylmik failed to anticipate the crush of accommodation needs and promised to triple human enclave housing by next session.
- Ch 12The Lylmik Supervisors are on the Remillards' side and keep urging Denis to be a statesman.
- Ch 12Four Lylmik Supervisors attend the party disguised in Poltroyan bodies, enjoying dancing, drink and Poltroyan tastes while watching for Hydras and Fury.
- Ch 21The Supervisors decided against outlawing or restricting the Rebel faction, but want Paul to keep working to bring Rebels into conformity.
- Ch 21The Supervisors warn that Fury and the three remaining Hydra-units are more dangerous than ever; one Hydra-unit was recently destroyed.
- Ch 21The Supervisors agreed to drop the proposed inquisition and loyalty oaths for magnates; Paul suspects they secretly approve of the Rebels.
- Ch 21The Lylmik warned the family to keep Fury from infiltrating the Rebel movement but refused to help find Fury; Paul suspects they know the Hydras' new identities.
- Ch 21Anne thinks the Lylmik are lazy and not omnipotent, except for busybody Unifex, and are held together by the idea that humanity is vital to the Milieu.
- Ch 25The Lylmik performed Diamond's last metapsychic assay, which left some of her creativity uncalibrated.
Book 4: Magnificat
- Ch 1The Lylmik are the Overlords of the Galactic Milieu; Hagen calls them decadent and heading for extinction.
- Ch 11The Lylmik are insubstantial beings, less evolved than Jack is said to be compared to them in the passage's ranking: Jack is more advanced than humans but less than the Lylmik.
- Ch 12The four Lylmik Supervisors wore human bodies with backlit-aquamarine eyes and opaque mindscreens, each accompanied by a dog.
- Ch 12The Lylmik can make aetheric disturbances in mental lattices that cause dogs to howl; Concordance damps them.
- Ch 13The Lylmik sealed the Fury files, accessible only to the highest level of the Magistratum.
- Ch 16The Lylmik keep nominating Denis to the Concilium.
- Ch 18Lylmik insisted on inducting humanity into the Milieu before it was sociopolitically mature, and some other exotic races now challenge their wisdom.
- Ch 23The Lylmik Supervisors temporarily halted establishment of new human colonies until the Unity question was resolved.
- Ch 25The Lylmik Supervisors have done little to defend the Milieu, which puzzles Paul.
- Ch 31The four Supervisors recommended arresting Marc Remillard and the Rebel magnates, but their leader Unifex vetoed it.
- Ch 31The Lylmik are moribund Galactic Overlords who hope humanity will eventually take their place as guiding force of the Milieu.
- Ch 34The Quincunx voted a reprieve: the Rebel fleet would go to Earth, where the injured would be treated and most could choose again.
- Ch 35Lylmik colleagues of the Ghost can take corporeal human form; there are four of them, at least for now.
Connections
- has memberThe Family Ghost
- has memberAtoning Unifex
- has memberNoetic Concordance
- has memberEupathic Impulse
- has memberHomologous Trend
- has memberAsymptotic Essence
- related toSupervisory Cruiser NoumenonLylmik-built vessel
- includesSupervisory Cruiser Noumenon
- led byAtoning UnifexOverlord of the Lylmik
- related toRogi RemillardLylmik telepathically pressures Rogi to help
- related toRemillard Dynastyselected them as magnates of the Concilium
- createdConcilium
- related toDavidtrained by
- related toDiamond Masktutors
- related toPaulreports to the Lylmik Supervisors
- has memberMarcbecame Lylmik Unifex
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 1 · Ch 22Authority meets the Supervisory Body
The four Overseers dock in the Noumenon. Five Lylmik Supervisors appear as heads, praise their work, explain Earth's risky potential, promise special assistance, and join them in Unity.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Lylmik compels Rogi
After Rogi considers refusing, a Lylmik speaks mentally to him, insisting he help. The door nudges him inside and he goes upstairs.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Referral to the Lylmik
Despite lingering doubts, the Chief orders the case reported to the Lylmik Supervisors, suggesting possible probation for the Human Polity.
- 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 36Supervisors halt investigation
MacGregor asks the Lylmik Supervisors whether he may continue investigating the family; they say no for now, and he seals the results.
- Book 2 · Ch 41Jack's case leaked
A nurse sold details and videos of Jack's condition to the Tri-D, causing a scandal; the Lylmik blocked Paul's resignation and any end to Jack's treatment.
- 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 21Paul reports on the Supervisory Body meeting
Paul tells Anne the Supervisors dropped the loyalty-oath inquisition of the Rebels, and that the Lylmik warn the family to stop Fury infiltrating the Rebels.
- Book 3 · Ch 23Dorothée becomes Deputy Dirigent
At sixteen she becomes a Magnate and is appointed First Deputy Dirigent of Caledonia under Graeme Hamilton, thwarting the Rebels' plan.
- Book 4 · Ch 34Unifex offers Marc a conditional freedom
In the stopped conveyor, Unifex tells Marc of the Quincunx reprieve and sends him with a hundred Rebels to France to take supplies and leave.