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|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
|setting = [[Telway]] | |setting = [[Telway Alpha]], [[December]] [[2590s]] | ||
|enemy = [[Magion (individual)|Magion]] | |||
|release date = [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | |release date = [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | ||
|writer = [[Matthew Griffiths]] | |writer = [[Matthew Griffiths]] | ||
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|next = Signifiers of the Verphidiae (audio story) | |next = Signifiers of the Verphidiae (audio story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story of the audio anthology ''[[The Christmas Collection (audio anthology)|The Christmas Collection]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story of the audio anthology ''[[The Christmas Collection (audio anthology)|The Christmas Collection]]''. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | On [[Telway Alpha|an orbital platform]] above the uninhabited [[planet]] [[Telway]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] coordinates an [[archaeology|archaeological]] mission funded by [[Magion (company)|Magion]]. They have been promised a bonus if they get a breakthrough at all of the locations at the same time, so Benny's [[research assistant]], [[Gavin (Glory to the Reborn King)|Gavin]], has [[Gwen (Glory to the Reborn King)|Gwen]] move [[Perce (Glory to the Reborn King)|Perce]] and [[Argie (Glory to the Reborn King)|Argie]] to another team on the planet's surface. As it is [[Christmas]], Gavin gets Benny some [[spiced synthahol]]. | ||
Gwen and [[Baldwin (Glory to the Reborn King)|Dr Baldwin]]'s teams find devices transmitting into [[space]] and Gavin's tests reveal that the [[snow]] is actually [[bone]], solving the mystery of where the missing [[Telwayn]]s are. The readings show that the devices are identical and Gavin sends them to the other sites so that they know what they are looking for, assuming that the same devices will be found there, and Benny becomes suspicious of the company's motives. When another team finds a third device, Benny tells Perce to cover it up, but it protects itself with a [[force field]]. | |||
The three signals split into distinct arcs, forming a crown above the planet. Benny and Gavin believe that the Telwayns sacrificed themselves to power the devices and that the platform has been configured to send out [[cancellation wave]]s to disable them. When Gavin says that the signals are creating a way in from the [[dark space]], Benny wonders if the company planted him and they receive a message from somebody calling themselves "[[Magion (Glory to the Reborn King)|Magion]]" and "the Last Light". Gavin remembers the story of [[the Spiriting]]: that the light was born when the women drove the [[Agnome]]s into darkness with the [[star|sun]]. | |||
Gavin extracts the environmental data from the original Telway [[probe]] to recreate it as a signal to suppress the transmission and cancel the cancellation wave. Magion's [[reality]] is locked away once more. Benny tells Gwen to have the devices covered once more before she sends a [[shuttle]] to pick the teams up. As she scans the surface, she hears Gavin contact his mother and father with a Magion [[microphone]] to tell them what has happened. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Gavin (Glory to the Reborn King)|Gavin]] | * [[Gavin (Glory to the Reborn King)|Gavin]] | ||
* [[Gwen (Glory to the Reborn King)|Gwen]] | * [[Gwen (Glory to the Reborn King)|Gwen]] | ||
* [[Perce (Glory to the Reborn King)|Perce]] | |||
* [[Baldwin (Glory to the Reborn King)|Dr Baldwin]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * Gavin's people celebrate [[the Spiriting]]. | ||
* Gavin gets Benny some [[spiced synthahol]]. | |||
* Gavin used to study [[exophysics]] before attending one of Benny's [[lecture]]s. | |||
* The [[Telwayns]] were the inhabitants of [[Telway]]. They had a [[Level 5 planet|Level 5 civilisation]]. | |||
* Benny mentions [[Boxing Day]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Bernice Summerfield | [[Category:Bernice Summerfield sources]] | ||
[[Category:The Christmas Collection audio stories]] | [[Category:The Christmas Collection audio stories]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:02, 9 November 2023
Glory to the Reborn King was the third story of the audio anthology The Christmas Collection.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Bernice has dragged her assistant Gavin away from his home planet's winter celebrations to help with an archaeological expedition to the mysterious planet Telway. But as the team dig in the dust, it seems that something sinister is stirring in the dark reaches of space...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
On an orbital platform above the uninhabited planet Telway, Benny coordinates an archaeological mission funded by Magion. They have been promised a bonus if they get a breakthrough at all of the locations at the same time, so Benny's research assistant, Gavin, has Gwen move Perce and Argie to another team on the planet's surface. As it is Christmas, Gavin gets Benny some spiced synthahol.
Gwen and Dr Baldwin's teams find devices transmitting into space and Gavin's tests reveal that the snow is actually bone, solving the mystery of where the missing Telwayns are. The readings show that the devices are identical and Gavin sends them to the other sites so that they know what they are looking for, assuming that the same devices will be found there, and Benny becomes suspicious of the company's motives. When another team finds a third device, Benny tells Perce to cover it up, but it protects itself with a force field.
The three signals split into distinct arcs, forming a crown above the planet. Benny and Gavin believe that the Telwayns sacrificed themselves to power the devices and that the platform has been configured to send out cancellation waves to disable them. When Gavin says that the signals are creating a way in from the dark space, Benny wonders if the company planted him and they receive a message from somebody calling themselves "Magion" and "the Last Light". Gavin remembers the story of the Spiriting: that the light was born when the women drove the Agnomes into darkness with the sun.
Gavin extracts the environmental data from the original Telway probe to recreate it as a signal to suppress the transmission and cancel the cancellation wave. Magion's reality is locked away once more. Benny tells Gwen to have the devices covered once more before she sends a shuttle to pick the teams up. As she scans the surface, she hears Gavin contact his mother and father with a Magion microphone to tell them what has happened.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Gavin's people celebrate the Spiriting.
- Gavin gets Benny some spiced synthahol.
- Gavin used to study exophysics before attending one of Benny's lectures.
- The Telwayns were the inhabitants of Telway. They had a Level 5 civilisation.
- Benny mentions Boxing Day.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Glory to the Reborn King page at bigfinish.com
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