Caerleon
First appears in Book 2: For We Are Many, chapter 65 (65. Grandpa)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: For We Are Many
Book 3: All These Worlds
- Ch 1Gangs from Caerleon have recently been ambushing hunting parties and stabbing people who refuse to hand over kills.
- Ch 10Bob suspects something deeper is driving the Caerleon hunters' aggression and plans to scout the village with drones.
- Ch 28Caerleon was colonized by juveniles just into puberty, the product of a birth-rate surge after everyone moved to Camelot.
- Ch 34Caerleon has poor tools, struggles with hunting and gorilloids, and blames Bob's village for its problems.
- Ch 40Bob's surveillance finds no further Caerleon activity, suggesting the kidnapping incident cooled their hostility.
- Ch 49With tensions eased, Caerleon and Camelot have begun trading tubers, crafts, shafts and labor.
Connections
- inDelta Eridani
- enemy ofCamelottense rivalry between villages
- related toFredfrom Caerleon
- has memberFred
- related toCamelottrading partners
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 65Tensions between Caerleon and Camelot
Bob watches the new village of Caerleon, worried by its hostility toward Camelot, and sets up surveillance to warn of an attack.
- Book 3 · Ch 28Bob confronts Fred alone
Bob sneaks into Caerleon, ambushes Fred at knifepoint, then lets him go after Fred's angry defiance, taking his spear.
- 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 40Archimedes prepares a peace offering
After a storm, Archimedes roughs out flint blanks for spear-heads and knives to offer Caerleon as a way into teaching them; Bob promises to talk to Donald.
- Book 3 · Ch 49Peace with Caerleon
Archimedes' spear-point gift wins over Caerleon; he trains three apprentices and trade grows between the villages.