Honoré Lechasseur Honoré Lechasseur was a time sensitive detective who could also travel physically along people ' s timelines when working with a time channeller such as his friend Emily Blandish . Biography . Honoré Lechasseur was an American from New Orleans , Louisiana , who came to Europe whilst serving in the US Army during World War II . His platoon were moving through France . They became lost and ended up in Belgium , where they found a farmhouse that had recently been abandoned by German soldiers . The group settled down to enjoy a stash of alcohol that had been left behind and Honoré ' s Lieutenant began to play a piano . It had been booby trapped with explosives and the lieutenant was killed . Honoré was injured in the explosion . Army medics told him he would never walk again . He also suffered psychological injuries , made worse by the knowledge that of his entire platoon , Honoré was the only other person who could play the piano . If his lieutenant had not been been killed , it might have been Honoré . He was moved to hospital in England in 1943 , where he began to recover the use of his legs . He also began to develop an ability to see people ' s pasts and futures . He learnt later this was called time sensitivity . Whilst in hospital , Honoré was treated by a small , bearded , Scottish doctor , who helped him recover partially . Honoré left the hospital and relocated to Shoreditch in London , where he began working as a black market " spiv " — although he preferred the term " fixer " . In 1949 , Honoré was hired by a woman posing as Emily Blandish to find her " husband " , the Doctor . During the course of his investigations , Honoré met a young amnesiac woman dubbed " the girl in the pink pyjamas " by the press . Together they helped save the Cabinet of Light from a Nazi cult desperate to possess it for their own ends . He also helped the girl to remember her real name : Emily Blandish . ( PROSE : " The Cabinet of Light " ) Following this adventure , Emily and Honoré kept in touch and built a strong relationship . It was not until they both happened to spot the same man at the same time and wonder where he had come from , however , that they realised that Emily was a time sensitive . They travelled in time to an alternative 1984 , where they worked out how to get back to their own time . Ultimately they did , whilst also ensuring that the future they had witnessed never came about . ( PROSE : " The Winning Side " ) Honoré and Emily eventually came to understand how they had travelled through time , and became so practised at it that they could travel at will to a chosen date and time . They had adventures together , in which they fought the Fendahl ( PROSE : " Deus Le Volt " ) and gained the enmity of a mysterious time - travelling cult . ( PROSE : " The Severed Man " ) Honoré foiled the plans of Burgess , also known as the Albino , and saved Emily from a pre - determined fate . ( PROSE : " The Albino ' s Dancer " ) Personality . Honoré was moral and prided himself on never having swindled any of his customers . He developed from struggling to understand and live with his abilities , to embracing them through his platonic relationship with Emily Blandish . Through his career with her , he progressed from using alcohol on a regular basis as a " painkiller " to becoming a teetotaler . ( PROSE : " The Cabinet of Light " et al )