Parnell
Names: ParnellParniParnell RemillardArthur QuentinBigLugParnHydrathe Parnell Hydra
First appears in Book 2: Jack the Bodiless, chapter 23 (20 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-566 [6 DECEMBER 2051])
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Jack the Bodiless
- Ch 46Parni wonders who Fury really is, and recognises Celtic genes make this region a prime irruptive metapsychic focus.
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 6Parni proposed pushing Dee off the geodh cliff, but the others rejected the idea.
- Ch 7Brutish, burly Hydra, son of Adrien; co-murderer of his sister Adrienne. Provides mental muscle and is an insatiable gobbler of lifeforce.
- Ch 20Parni bungled the stone attack on Dee and is increasingly resentful of Fury, wanting the group to act independently.
- Ch 20Parni suggests Fury is merely a syndrome or sick persona and that the group could act alone.
Book 4: Magnificat
- Ch 6Parnell is Hydra's partner, strong but overconfident and fond of bizarre stunts; he is on Earth trying to eliminate a different target, the old man.
- Ch 8Parnell is Adrien and Cheri's wayward son and one of the two surviving Hydra-units.
- Ch 8Taking the form of a giant brook trout, Parnell tangled Rogatien in flyline and drowned him in the lake, apparently killing him.
- Ch 10Parnell, the Hydra, disguised as a waitron and bartender, ambushes Rogi in the Cave Lounge, planning to torture and kill him.
- Ch 10Parnell is the lost son of Adrien and Cheri and has given himself wholly to Fury, his god and controller.
- Ch 10Parnell coercively blocks Rogi's voice and telepathy, but is reduced to white sand by Rogi's metacreative bolt.
- Ch 11Parnell was killed, apparently through Rogi's doing; Fury does not know exactly how he died.
- Ch 13Parnell, Adrien's son, was a Hydra who twice tried to kill Rogi, first nearly drowning him at White Moose Lodge, then in the hotel bar.
Connections
- member ofHydraHydra-unit
- partner ofMadeleine
- enemy ofDiamond Mask
- family ofJackcousins
- part ofHydra
- ally ofHydra
- enemy ofRogi Remillard
- family ofAdrienson
- family ofCheri Losier-Drakeson
- member ofDenisserves Fury as controller and god
- ally ofDenis
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 23Krondak enclave tour
Marc takes seven young cousins to Lurakal, where Loga'etoo Tilk'ai hosts them and shows them the connubial vat's viewing chamber.
- Book 2 · Ch 44Hydra children's ambush of Rogi
Madeleine and others lure Rogi to Paul's house with a false emergency and try to coerce him. He recognizes them, shields his mind and uses the Great Carbuncle; a flash of light returns him to his garage.
- Book 2 · Ch 46Hydras take refuge on Islay
Following Fury's instructions, the four Hydra heads land the red egg at Sanaigmore Farm, hide it in the barn, and settle into the farmhouse to wait for the uproar to cool.
- Book 2 · Ch 46Maddy discovers prey on Islay
Maddy senses numerous bright auras of natural suboperants on Islay's south coast and the group resolves to proceed cautiously so as not to give themselves away.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Hydra plots the ambush
Telepathically, Hydra members revise their plan: leave Dee and Ken alive, lure the three researchers to Geodh Ghille Mhóire and subdue them silently to feed.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Hydra children flee to Islay
After Hydra's attacks on Rogatien, Marc and Jack failed in 2054, the four Hydra children vanished and hid at Sanaigmore Farm on Islay under false identities.
- Book 3 · Ch 20The conspirators regroup under Fury
Fury consoles the failed attackers, promises Celine's arrival in thirty-three days and urges a stronger assault before Dee goes to Orb; Parni and Maddy voice doubts about Fury.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Fight in the caves
Chased by the Hydra units, Dee is burned but kills Celine's monster form with stones and escapes via a hurricane blast of cave-wind, landing in a bog.
- Book 4 · Ch 6Hydra reports failure to Fury
Hydra tells Fury that Anne will be incommunicado for months, plans to use her cover to join the investigation, and worries about Parnell's plan.
- Book 4 · Ch 8Parnell attacks Rogatien
Rogatien hooks a huge brook trout that is actually Parnell; it strikes him, tangles him in flyline, and drags him under, leaving him drowning.
- Book 4 · Ch 8Rogi's rescue from the springhole
After nearly drowning and a near-death experience, Rogi is revived on shore by Denis and Marc using redaction, and accuses Parnell of the attempt on his life.
- Book 4 · Ch 10Rogi kills Parnell
Parnell, disguised as a bartender, traps Rogi in the Cave Lounge. Rogi uses a pranic outspiral to loose a metacreative bolt that reduces Parnell to white ash, then disposes of the remains.
- Book 4 · Ch 13Interrogation over the Hydra's death
Marc and Laroche press hungover Rogi until he admits killing Parnell Remillard, a Hydra, in self-defense; Paul accepts the story and Parnell is listed as probably deceased.