The Shrike

Character from Hyperion by Dan Simmons

A three-meter killing machine made of chrome steel and temporal paradox — it travels through time, impales victims on a tree of thorns, and may be humanity's destroyer, its protector, or both simultaneously.

Also known as: The Shrike, Lord of Pain, Avatar, The Angel of Final Atonement

What They Know

• Three-meter chrome-steel construct with four arms, razor thorns, and red multifaceted eyes
• Created in the far future — possibly from Kassad's DNA by the TechnoCore's Reaper faction
• The Tree of Pain: victims impaled alive on chrome thorns, consciousness broadcast into the Void
• Travels through time via the Void Which Binds — exists across multiple timestreams simultaneously
• Worshipped by the Church of the Final Atonement — pilgrims hope it grants one wish and kills the rest
• Destroyed by Brawne Lamia in crystalline form; reappeared 300 years later
• Serves multiple masters: Lions and Tigers and Bears, TechnoCore UI, and possibly Human UI
• Takes infant Rachel from Sol, sends her backward through time to become Moneta

Connections

• inhabits — time_tombs
• impales_on — tree_of_pain
• worshipped_by — shrike_church_entity
• fought_by — kassad
• destroyed_by — lamia
• takes — rachel

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