Motif · from book 5
The Nebulars
A religious team of hunters — the Nebular Sin Patrol on the hunters' map, camped at Alucarda with a claim on Carl, bishop hats and a Ballad of Survival ('violence breeds chaos') — whose priests die in the street at Alucarda, caught between Carl's explosives and the mantises. Pacifists outside the dungeon, Drick says.
First appears: Book 5
Series arc
As of book 6. A Sin Patrol on a map and priests dead in the street at Alucarda in book 5; in book 6 machine-enhanced races like the Reavers, Sister Ines's sponsor and patron, worshippers of the centre system's stable AI whose pacifism is genocide, per Mordecai, and Pontifex Shine's Ysalte 'reading the fine print'.
Through book 5
Through book 6
Like the Reavers, several biological races enhanced with machines (B6 ch. 21); Sister Ines's sponsor and patron, her Book of Rhymes (B6 ch. 55); Mordecai's briefing — worshippers of the centre system's stable AI, pacifist genocide, a nun to convert or make an example of (B6 ch. 64); Pontifex Shine's Ysalte, 'reading the fine print' (B6 ch. 66, B6 ch. 72).
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 6/78 | Ch. 15, Ch. 33, Ch. 34, Ch. 35, Ch. 36, Ch. 37 · the book's own page |
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 7/74 | Ch. 9, Ch. 21, Ch. 51, Ch. 55, Ch. 60, Ch. 64, Ch. 66 · the book's own page |
By book
The Nebulars in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
The Nebular Sin Patrol on the hunters' map, hunting Prepotente and Miriam Dom (ch. 15); camped at Alucarda and claiming the right to hunt Carl in their territory (ch. 33); at war with the mantids long ago, and, per Uptown Hal, they got what they deserved for squatting in a hive system — bishop hats and a Ballad of Survival (ch. 34). Their priests' magic missiles and fireballs slam the tavern, and ten die in the burning pub (ch. 35); Carl gets Hunter Killer boxes for three nebs (ch. 36); Mordecai thinks Lucia's exploit was meant to capture them (ch. 37).
The Nebulars in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
In the audience of the first mock battle (ch. 9); like the Reavers, several biological races enhanced with machines (ch. 21); Quasar's jab after the Residual speech (ch. 51); Sister Ines's sponsor and patron, her Book of Rhymes (ch. 55); the cult explained — the centre system's stable AI, pacifist genocide, a nun as an example (ch. 64); Pontifex Shine's Ysalte (ch. 66); reading the fine print (ch. 72).