Ruslan Vakhavich Terekev
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First appears in Book 4: Magnificat, chapter 19 (18)
Appearances
What you know
Book 4: Magnificat
- Ch 19Chief elected official of Astrakhan, Terekev's body is now inhabited by the merged personae of Fury and Denis Remillard, with Fury in control.
- Ch 19Fears his integration is failing ('disjunction') and plans to feed on the lifeforce of a young family to restore it before meeting Marc.
- Ch 19Tells Lyudmila that if the Denis persona regains control she must kill him, since it would betray them; he says she is conditioned against doing so.
- Ch 19Ruslan, called Fury when feeding, kills three operant Hibernians; the feeding completes his metafaculties, leaving him 'finally whole'.
- Ch 19He disguises the murders as a sea accident, leaving a tentacle with torn slicksuit fabric for searchers to find.
- Ch 20Astrakhan's Intendant General, once a fatuous crony-ridden buffoon, abruptly transformed into a political dynamo; a Rebel adherent with formidable metapsychic powers.
- Ch 20Ruslan Terekev, an Astrakhanian Intendant General, proposed the starship plan and was unanimously elected to the Rebel Party Executive Council despite its rejection.
- Ch 20Ruslan Terekev had his change of heart less than two years earlier.
- Ch 25A Rebel debater who used audience-pleasing sarcasm against Paul; he taunts Paul to prove the Rebels have weapons.
- Ch 25Intendant General of Astrakhan; Fury used his appearance as a disguise, though Terekev may only be a suspect.
- Ch 26Hurt in the earthquake, Terekev acted oddly, with his mindscreen impaired. Lyudmila screened for him and urged him to feed.
- Ch 26Terekev told Marc that Lyudmila Arsanova is really Madeleine, and that Mental Man was subverted into Hydras who will betray Marc.
- Ch 26After Marc refused to probe the Mental children and moved to ream him, Terekev vanished.
- Ch 26Ruslan Terekev murdered the Mental Man children by electrocution and escaped Okanagon, apparently on a starship.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 19Arrival on Hibernia and the drive
Terekev and Arsanova arrive at Gaillimh, decline a chauffeur, and drive along the Loch Mór coast toward Dumha Sí, secretly hunting for victims to feed Terekev.
- Book 4 · Ch 19Possible victims sensed in a cove
After several false alarms, Terekev senses three weakly operant people in a cove near Inisfáil; Lyudmila speeds there but a cruifall alert triggers autodeceleration.
- Book 4 · Ch 19Cruifall at the cove
A red worm-fall blinds the car; the computer explains cruifall and the pair drive down to a cove where scavengers are butchering a stranded ollphéistmhara.
- Book 4 · Ch 19Feeding on the Hibernians
Lyudmila and Ruslan coerce the three operant scavengers, kill them and feed on their psychic energy; Ruslan achieves full empowerment of all metafaculties.
- Book 4 · Ch 19Covering the crime
Ruslan disperses the remains, plants a tentacle with torn slicksuit as evidence of a sea accident, and leaves the scene staged as a tragedy.
- Book 4 · Ch 20Rogers' hint about Astrakhan
In 2078 Lynelle Rogers obliquely told Rory that Astrakhan could supply warships and urged him to inform Marc. She died soon after; Astrakhan later won the shipbuilding contract and Terekev proposed a meeting.
- Book 4 · Ch 20Terekev and Arsanova arrive on Hibernia
Rory collects the Russians from Granuaile House, has the Garda stop questioning them about a sea-beast attack, and takes them to Inisfáil to meet Rebel leaders.
- Book 4 · Ch 20Council rejects armed starships
Rory's plan for armed starships is rejected; Marc insists on hidden hardware only, no weapons plug-in yet, fearing discovery by the Fourteenth and Russian seizure.
- Book 4 · Ch 20Marc meets Cyndia in the armlann
Rory leads the Council on a tour; when Marc takes Cyndia's hand a flare of his aura erupts. They recognise each other and leave together, shocking Rory.
- Book 4 · Ch 25Tri-D debate and tense green room
After the televised debate, loyalists and Rebels spar over the loyalty oath, arms buildup and sequestration; Paul vows to prove the Rebels are stockpiling weapons.
- Book 4 · Ch 25Jack and Dorothea analyze the attack
They conclude that Fury attacked Paul, identify three suspects, and deduce that Denis's resurgence saved Paul. Dorothea plans a pro-Unity campaign.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Earthquake at Castellane's reception
A moderate quake hits Chelan Metro during the Rebel reception. Terekev is injured and acts strangely; fleet officers settle plans for his dreadnoughts.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Terekev's warning and disappearance
Terekev tells Marc that Lyudmila is Madeleine and that Mental Man has been turned into Hydras. Marc refuses to probe the children and vanishes after Terekev escapes.