Het Masteen

Character from Hyperion by Dan Simmons

The Templar — the True Voice of the Tree who captained the treeship Yggdrasill and disappeared before telling his tale, carrying a secret about time and ergs that he took to his death.

Also known as: Masteen, True Voice of the Tree, The Templar

What They Know

• True Voice of the Tree — captain of the treeship Yggdrasill
• Brought a Mobius Cube containing an erg — connected to his mission at the Time Tombs
• Disappeared before telling his tale — the one gap in the Canterbury Tales structure
• The Templars had a secret alliance with the Ousters against the Hegemony
• Died near the Time Tombs from exposure — Father Duré gave him funeral rites
• His untold tale is the silence at the center of Hyperion — deliberately withheld

Connections

• pilgrim_with — consul

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