A Culture scholar of simian-adapted human form who has spent thirteen years studying the dirigible behemothaur Yoleus inside the Oskendari airsphere. He discovers the dying behemothaur Sansemin, encounters a mortally wounded Culture agent with a warning about the plot against Masaq' Orbital, and attempts to carry the message out. He is killed by Eweirl but restored a galactic cycle later from a backup hidden in his aunt's necklace.