Lions and Tigers and Bears

Character from Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Cosmic empathic entities dwelling in the Void Which Binds — they orchestrated Aenea's creation, moved Old Earth across galaxies, and represent the universe's capacity for love as a fundamental force.

Also known as: Lions and Tigers and Bears, LTBs, The Cosmic Entities

What They Know

• Powerful empathic entities in the Void Which Binds — the universe's evolved consciousness
• Orchestrated Aenea's creation as a vector for human evolutionary change
• Freecast Old Earth to the Lesser Magellanic Cloud to protect it from TechnoCore destruction
• Allied with the Ousters — who preserved Void sensitivity by rejecting farcaster technology
• Represent love and empathy as fundamental forces of reality — as real as gravity
• Their deliberately whimsical name captures both cosmic power and the absurdity of naming the unnameable

Connections

• created — aenea
• protected — old_earth
• ally_of — shrike

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