Arnold
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 35 (Bob – July 2165 – Delta Eridani)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 35Arnold is an especially large, intimidating Deltan who backs Archimedes in tribal disputes.
- Ch 37Arnold kills several gorilloids with Archimedes' large hand axe, inventing a new battle tactic.
- Ch 39Arnold keeps the hand axe and happily does chopping for anyone who asks.
- Ch 44Arnold supports moving, saying the current camp is too open to defend.
- Ch 50Arnold, now on the elders' circle, organises rescue parties and shrewdly deduces the gorilloids are numerous.
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 3Arnold is a huge natural warrior, the first Deltan to kill a gorilloid with a hand axe; Bob's translator gives him an Austrian accent.
- Ch 19Arnold kills a landed hippogriff with a point-blank spear throw through the neck and becomes a hero, joining the council.
- Ch 47Arnold, a council member, privately suspects bawbe was behind the plan but says he does not need to know.
Connections
- ally ofArchimedes
- member ofDelta Eridani 4 natives
- leadsDelta Eridani 4 nativesmember of the elders' circle
- ally ofBob
- member ofDeltan council
- family ofDonaldson
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 35Invention of the flint-tipped spear
Archimedes ties a flint flake to a spear, making it throwable; after a tense tribal meeting backed by Arnold, he trades spear points for a share of every kill.
- Book 1 · Ch 37Great gorilloid assault
Thirty-one gorilloids attack; Arnold turns Archimedes' axe on them and Bob's buster drone kills one about to reach Archimedes, routing the rest.
- Book 1 · Ch 44The bawbe appears to the elders
When the elders mock Archimedes, Bob's drone hovers over him, silencing them; a long debate on moving follows, with Moses and Arnold in support.
- Book 1 · Ch 48Crossing the mountain pass
Swelled by other groups to over five hundred, the migration crosses the pass ahead of schedule, but disaster looms two days later.
- Book 1 · Ch 50Dawn gorilloid raid on the migration
Dozens of gorilloids attack; busters and Deltan spears repel them, but almost twenty Deltans die and many abductees are lost.
- Book 1 · Ch 50Migration pauses to rearm
Bob persuades the elders to camp for five days while more busters arrive, and ramps up manufacturing.
- Book 1 · Ch 55Arrival at the flint site
The Deltans reach and settle the old flint site, which is surrounded by gorilloids; busters guard the perimeter and Archimedes and Moses start making tools.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Deltans settle into Camelot
The Deltans practice flint-knapping and spear-throwing in their defensible new village, though gorilloids still claim lives.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Hippogriff attack on Camelot
Fourteen hippogriffs attack Camelot; Bob and Marvin's busters kill most, Arnold and the hunters kill one, but three Deltans die.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Council confronts Bob
Hoffa challenges Bob in council over the Deltans' worsening troubles and suggests offering Archimedes to the hippogriffs.
- Book 2 · Ch 47Troublemakers leave Camelot
Bob's reverse-psychology plan works: Camelot's worst troublemakers march off to resettle an old village, and Archimedes gets the credit.
- Book 2 · Ch 56Archery contest
Buster outshoots Donald in an archery contest as Bob reflects on the growing Deltan population and his lasting banishment.