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
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