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Pat Rin yos'Phelium Clan Korval
(pronunciation: Pat Rin yos'Phelium = PAT'rin yos' FELL-ee-um)

in Books[]

See The Books (and other stories)

  • Pat Rin is a key character in the novel I Dare, and a secondary or tertiary character in Carpe Diem, Plan B, Ghost Ship, Necessity's Child, Dragon in Exile, Neogenesis, Accepting the Lance

In short stories, chronologically:

Birth & Closest Kin[]

Physical Descriptions[]

Pat Rin & Natesa I Dare cover art

At age 42 he has glossy brown hair and brown eyes, elegant in form and manner, almost dainty, courteous. He often wears a blue jacket and a few pieces of jewelry he values - a blue earring.

"The reports had Boss Conrad peaking at the lower end of average tall, with brown hair and brown eyes, a blue earring, a glittery hand-ring, and a liking for pretty clothes. All that was true, but Penn was still unprepared for the slim and elegant person who followed Marj into the office"[5]

Nasingtale Alley[]

After graduating University, Pat Rin lived with his mother Kareen yos'Phelium for a while at Grand Lakes Townhouse, Solcintra because he thought he needed her social contacts to set up his unique business (see Heirloom). Soon enough, he moved to Nasingtale Alley with his excellent houseman Mr. pel'Tolian (see Certain Symmetry). His foster-father, Luken bel'Tarda, suggested the Alley:

“It occurs to me that bin’Flora has a townhouse for lease in a location near the High Port.” Most of Solcintra’s gambling houses were located at the High-Port. There were several residential streets just beyond the gate...[6]

In due time, young Quin yos'Phelium joined the household. And Mistress Miranda, the cat.

They left the Nasingtale Alley establishment when Plan B went into effect in SY 1392 (see Moon on the Hills and Hidden Resources)

DoI & Boss Conrad[]

Pat Rin collector card

Wanted: Pat Rin yos’Phelium (excerpt I Dare)

The Department of the Interior attempts to make use of Pat Rin. They believe him weak, an easy tool.

"Pat Rin yos’Phelium, heir to Kareen, elder cousin to Val Con, who should by all right of blood and kinship, now stand as Korval Himself—excepting only that he was not a pilot. Crippled, in Korval’s eye, he had been cast aside, dismissed to a wastrel life of spoilt self-indulgence. The Department of the Interior, however, knew just how to value Pat Rin yos’Phelium, and his place within the Plan. Commander of Agents smiled slightly. . ." [7]

Thus they addressed him as Korval, but he refused their kind offer of puppet-hood. Blood was shed. [8] The Commander ordered his agents to hunt him down.

“Pat Rin yos’Phelium— a creature of self-indulgence, a slave to play and pleasure— was certain to err, soon or late. And when he did, the Department would move.” [9]

Pat Rin becomes known as Boss Conrad during the clan’s evacuation of Liad — see Plan B (Korval’s strategy) — while cleaning up crime on Surebleak[4][10]

The Luck[]

The Luck excerpted from Fortune’s Favors

See the Luck for background info. As a child, Pat Rin can throw the dice numerous times, each time accurately predicting the outcome[11]

As an adult, he jumps his ship exactly where it needs to be to attack The Department of the Interior

"Then he played the ace of spades, the gambler's best friend."[12]

He also jumps his ship directly in the hole:

"into the center of the hollow square formed by the first four ships, a maneuver so chancy that Shan half-averted his face from the expected collision"[13]

Skills[]

I Dare

Pat Rin with pistol, Val Con with blade

Pilot Licence[]

Failed piloting exam 5 times

Five times, since his eleventh name-day. Five times, he had tested for pilot and failed. Always, the tests found him too slow. [15] (See Heirloom)
Sigil, Flaren Cha’menthi, “I Dare”

Flaran Cha’menthi, "I Dare"

Boss Conrad protects his ship, himself, and his allies by firing on a Department ship, while flying Fortune’s Reward solo in Sherzer System.

Cheever McFarland, the master pilot who persuaded Pat Rin to sit second board while hiding from DoI, signs off on a piloting license:

“Yes, ma’am, I vouch for him. He knows his math and he knows his board. Bit thin on flight time, but there ain’t no doubt he’s a Jump pilot.” His smile grew to a grin. “I’ll be pleased to sign his card.” [16]

Portmaster Liu countersigns the license: “First Class, grade S -- that’s small ship. The S’ll drop off as soon as you complete the required flight time across all classes of Jump ship.” [16]

License is made under the name Jonni Conrad [16]

Skyblaze Attack Solcintra[]

Pat Rin /Boss and his allies fired on Department ships in Surebleak Space and again above Liad. His asteroid miners fire on Solcintra, destroying Old Tech ASPS — planet killing murder machines[4]

He had recorded the names of the pilots who were sworn to fly in this mad venture: Master Pilot Cheever McFarland, First Class Pilot Bhupendra Darteshek, First Class Pilot Andrew Mack, First Class Pilot Dostie Welsin, First Class Pilot Jonni Conrad. He also listed the names of their ships: Diamond Duty, Timonium Core, Crystalia, Survey Nine, Fortune’s Reward.[17]

Blair Road House & Staff[]

Boss Conrad lives on Blair Road. [10]

For details about his house, housemates, and staff, go to Korval's Employees and Korval's Employees#Boss Conrad’s House

Kin[]

See Korval Kin for complete list and ancestry charts

Associates[]

Cats[]

  • Silk - A brown cat, with black stripes and golden eyes, who was part of the household Pat Rin inherited from Boss Moran on Surebleak[23][24]
  • Mistress Miranda - Pat Rin and/or Quin's cat, from Nasingtale Alley, on Liad

His Ship[]

Fortune's Reward - Pat Rin's ship. A Liaden pleasure-yacht, [12] pre-1350 model.[25] [3] It carries a pin-beam, an auto-pilot option, and can be fitted with weapons, including missiles. One can “place defense on automatic, and bring up your shields.” [12]

He studied the dozen pre-logged destinations in the ship’s computer, laughing at the ironies of Liad and Lytaxin; puzzling over the one marked with a symbol from a Terran card deck, until he suddenly understood what the venerable ace of spades had to do with a Liaden pleasure-yacht. The pre-logged Jumps were all what Cousin Er Thom would have called “dirty Jumps,”[12]

see Ships and Clan Ships

References[]

  1. The Updated But Partial Liaden Universe(r) Time Line
  2. Local Custom ch 7
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hidden Resources
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 I Dare
  5. I Dare, Day 345, Standard Year 1392, Hamilton Street, Surebleak
  6. Heirloom
  7. I Dare; DAY 283 Standard Year 1392 Liad Department of Interior Command Headquarters
  8. I Dare, TERISTE Casino District The Practical Statistician
  9. I Dare, Day 38 SY1393, Liad
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 I Dare: Day 307, Standard 1392, Blair Road, Surebleak
  11. Mouse and Dragon
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 I Dare, Day 47, SY 1393, Surebleak Space
  13. I Dare, Solcintra: Liad
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Ghost Ship, ch 25
  15. Heirloom
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 I Dare, Day 47, SY1393, Surebleak Port
  17. I Dare, DAY 53 Standard Year 1393 Surebleak
  18. Day 56, SY1393, Solcintra, Liad
  19. Certain Symmetry
  20. Ghost Ship
  21. Moon on the Hills
  22. Day 56, SY1393, Solcintra, Liad
  23. I Dare, ch 20
  24. I Dare, ch 23
  25. I Dare, ch 2
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