The Gauthys

The Gauthys are an affluent trader family that meet Felix and Mildmay during the events of The Virtu. They, their house, and the labyrinth beneath are significant during the first half of The Virtu. Mehitabel works for them as a governess.
== The Gauthys ==
==== Leontes Gauthy ====
==== Theokrita Gauthy ====
==== Florian Gauthy ====
==== Kechever Gauthy ====
==== Delila Gauthy ====
== Staff ==
==== Ingvard Vilker ====
==== Mehitabel Parr ====
==== Jeremias Tantony ====
== Settings ==
==== The Gauthy's House ====
A three storey, rectangular home around a small courtyard with a shallow fountain (that serves as the entrance to the Labyrinth of Phaidris). It is built in eastern Kekropian fashion. The public rooms face the street, kitchen and servant's quarters are at the rear, and family rooms overlook the courtyard. It has a massive, formal front door and kitchen door both bolted at night. 
The fountain has an old statue of a figure described as 'He Who Guards the Threshold' that attracts the attention of the local Antiquarian society. Jeremias Tantony believes the statue is an archaic Troian deity no longer worshipped. 
==== The Labyrinth of Phaidris ====
The main entrance is in the courtyard, with a switch in the shallow fountain. This leads to many booby trapped stairs that go down to the river Phaidris. The odour reminds Felix and Mildmay of the Sim. Felix, Mildmay and Mehitabel enter the labyrinth in order to locate Florian and Jeremias.
At the base, there are mosaics in the patterns of twining knots. There is also magic in the walls that make Mildmay hear Ginevra's voice. The labyrinth has a room within that is larger, made of black, shining stone. The ceiling resembles an abyss. This is where Mildmay says that the centre of the labyrinth is not its heart. The heart of the labyrinth is heavily booby trapped, and this is where Jeremias Tantony is killed. 
In order to exit the other end, there is a narrow, slippery bridge of rotted rope with no handrails over the river Phaidris. This leads to an abandoned sewer tunnel and opens out onto Knot Garden Street, which is two blocks from the Gauthys House.
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