Buster
First appears in Book 2: For We Are Many, chapter 22 (22. Fallout)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 22Buster is Archimedes' cub, who is starting to want to help make tools and is teased by other cubs.
- Ch 33Buster has taken a mate and helps Archimedes build tent frames.
- Ch 71Buster has stayed close to his father Archimedes and now has grandchildren.
Book 3: All These Worlds
- Ch 10Buster, Archimedes' son, helps with flint working but prefers hunting and is the best bow-and-arrow shot in the village.
- Ch 34Buster kills Fred with an arrow to the chest before Fred can finish speaking.
- Ch 68Buster offers Bob Archimedes' belongings and asks whether Robert is the Bawbe, which Bob confirms.
Connections
- family ofArchimedesson
- friend ofArchimedes
- family ofDianason
- partner ofBelindamate
- family ofRosasiblings
- family ofPetesiblings
- enemy ofFred
- friend ofBob
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 41Riot in the village
Deltans fight Deltans in a riot sparked by a dispute over food; seventeen die while Archimedes' family stands armed at the edge.
- Book 2 · Ch 56Archery contest
Buster outshoots Donald in an archery contest as Bob reflects on the growing Deltan population and his lasting banishment.
- Book 2 · Ch 65Archimedes becomes a grandfather
Belinda gives birth to a pup as Archimedes, Buster and Diana look on, while Bob watches unseen and wishes he could share the moment.
- Book 2 · Ch 71Bob visits Camelot in disguise
In Charlie, Bob walks into Camelot with Archimedes and sits at his family fire, unrecognised even by Diana.
- Book 2 · Ch 76Diana's funeral
Diana dies and is buried by Archimedes, their children and many descendants; Bob attends in the android Charlie and watches Archimedes grieve.
- Book 3 · Ch 10Donald proposes a counter-hunt
Back at Archimedes' flint-working site, Donald suggests going on a hunt of their own to question Caerleon, while Bob suspects more than Fred is behind the trouble.
- Book 3 · Ch 34Rescue of Archimedes
After Caerleon raiders kidnap Archimedes, Bob, Buster, Donald and hunters intercept them; Buster kills Fred and the raiders are routed, with eight Caerleons down and three dead.
- Book 3 · Ch 34Plan to teach Caerleon
Learning Caerleon's poor tools and hunger drive their hostility, the group agrees to offer Archimedes' training to some Caerleon people.
- Book 3 · Ch 60Archimedes is dying
As Archimedes' cough worsens, he tells Bob he is ready to die, and Bob is overwhelmed by grief at losing his friend.
- Book 3 · Ch 68Death of Archimedes
Bob finds Archimedes dead; after the funeral he secretly leaves a guardian drone in the grave, admits to Buster he is the Bawbe, and departs the village.