Short Fiction · Character

Wilmer Lafon

Wilmer Lafon is a disgraced architect in Honor Block A, his brilliant drawings pinned to prison walls that will never become buildings.

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Also known as Lafon, Wilmer, that Lafon

First appearance: asteroid of the damned

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Mentioned by O'Leary as an inmate from Block A who was seen playing ball with laundry orderlies, an unusual mixing of social classes.

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Lafon once designed more than a dozen skyscrapers, none of which fell down, and now the guards parade inspection delegations past his cell to admire the sketches of the career he lost. His conviction cost him his Architectural Society membership and his Professional standing, and the Jug's rehabilitation courses are a shaman's hatchet, not a cure. He matters because his fury and his need to escape make him a man willing to reach toward the Greensleeves, and toward whatever dangerous bargain that implies.

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Familial and Inmate

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III
Mentioned by O'Leary as an inmate from Block A who was seen playing ball with laundry orderlies, an unusual mixing of social classes.
IV
An honor prisoner and former architect, Lafon is furious about his lost career and sees the Greensleeves riot as his only hope for escape. He manipulates guard Sodaro for information.
VI
Leads the breakout from Block A, captures O'Leary and the governor, and reveals himself as the planner of the riot.
VII
A black honor prisoner and ex-Professional who planned the breakout. He confronts the governor, accusing him of sabotaging the plan, and is subdued by O'Leary.
VIII
Mentioned as the man Sue-Ann killed; he was willing to kill many to escape.

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