Sad King Billy

Character from Hyperion by Dan Simmons

King William XXIII — a patron of the arts who founded the City of Poets near the Time Tombs, hoping beauty could survive proximity to a god of pain. The Shrike proved him wrong.

Also known as: Sad King Billy, King William XXIII

What They Know

• Founded the City of Poets near the Time Tombs — patron of the arts
• Brought Martin Silenus and other artists to Hyperion to create beauty near cosmic mystery
• The Shrike destroyed the City of Poets — Billy was taken by the Shrike
• Face carved into a mountain on Hyperion alongside Meina Gladstone

Connections

• ally_of — silenus
• taken_by — shrike

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