Quill Kipps

## Personal information

### Occupation

* Agent of Fittes Agency (formerly)
* Team supervisor of Fittes Agency (formerly)

### Affiliation

* Fittes Agency (formerly)
* Lockwood & Co.

### Portrayer

Jack Bandeira

"I'*ve read about you. Haven't you got the highest mortality rate of any team leader?*"
"*I'm top supervisor at the country's top agency. I get the most dangerous jobs precisely because of, well, how good I am.*"
— Lucy Carlyle and Quill Kipps, "Let Go Of Me"
**Quill Kipps** is a team supervisor of the Fittes Agency. Fostering a rivalry with Anthony Lockwood for many years, he pushes this aside in emergencies and often teams up him and his team with Lockwood & Co, though not without some snide remarks from both sides. His team includes Kat Godwin, Bobby Vernon, and formerly Ned Shaw.

He is said to be 22 years old.

On the *Lockwood & Co.* TV series, Kipps is portrayed by Jack Bandeira.

## Biography

Quill Kipps was once in a rapier competition with Anthony Lockwood and lost when Lockwood stabbed him in the bum. Kipps has shown hostility towards him ever since.*[citation needed]*

Kipps used to work for Fittes as an agent; after going into adulthood, he led a team and became a supervisor for some of the Fittes agents. His Talent was weakening by this time and he began experiencing fear from the ghosts that he could not anymore see.

During the events of Lockwood & Co.'s Annabel Ward case, Lockwood, Lucy Carlyle and George Cubbins encounter Kipps and his team at a library where they're doing research. When Kipps harasses them, Lockwood embarrasses him by disarming him of his rapier, causing it to whirl and embed in the ceiling.

The rivalry between Quill Kipps and Anthony Lockwood came to a head following the incident of the Wimbledon Wraiths in which Kipps's team rescued Lockwood & Co. during an investigation, but claimed the source and insisted on taking all credit. When George Cubbins stated that Lockwood & Co. would thrash them if given a fair playing field, Kipps proposed a contest between their two agencies. Lockwood agreed, stating that if ever their two teams were to get a joint case again, the winner would be the first team to solve it. The loser would have to place an ad in the *Times* publicly admitting their defeat and stating that the other's team was infinitely superior to their own. The two agreed to the terms and soon had the opportunity to go head-to-head with the case of the Bone Glass.

Throughout the case, Kipps's team had trouble finding leads. Kipps took either trying to tail Lockwood & Co. or setting members of his company to do it. This ultimately backfired for him when he encountered George Cubbins having a fight with Albert Joplin, the true architect of the Bone Glass conspiracy. He tried to intervene. For his trouble, he was taken captive by Joplin and brought down to the depths of the Kensal Green Cemetery with George. There, he was rescued by Lucy and ultimately aided her in subduing Joplin.

At his early twenties, he decided to quit being a supervisor, at Fittes Agency, due to his faded Talent. And that an agent's life weighed down on him.

Kipps helped Lockwood & Co. in their endeavors with Marissa Fittes, and nearly died after being stabbed by Sir Rupert Gale.

## Characteristics

### Personality

Although Kipps may be unpleasant towards Lockwood at times, he has also been shown to be able to put aside this hatred and offer assistance to Lockwood. It was also stated that he has a very short fuse. Kipps eventually grows tired of becoming a supervisor, uncomfortable in directing others in work he wishes he was doing himself. He shows valor in assisting Lockwood & Co., donning a special pair of spectacles that allows him to once again view ghosts.*[citation needed]*

### Physical attributes

Kipps is described as having a very slight build. Lucy Carlyle described him as 'bird like.' He is also shown to have extremely short auburn hair and green eyes. When he worked for Fittes Agency, he used to dress in the typical silver Fittes uniform, with an ornate rapier at his belt. However, after he left the agency, he dressed in a more somber clothes, for example black turtleneck, black jeans, and dark jacket.

## Behind the scenes

* Jonathan Stroud originally planned to kill off Quill Kipps in *The Empty Grave* and had already written that scene. However, it didn't feel right anymore when he looked at how the series progressed; so he rewrote it and was really glad he made that decision.

## References

1. ↑ *The Empty Grave*, chapter needed specified
2. ↑ *The Whispering Skull*, chapter needed specified
3. ↑ *The Whispering Skull*, **I: The Wimbledon Wraiths**, Ch. 2
4. ↑ *The Whispering Skull*, **III: The Missing Mirror**, Ch. 9
5. ↑ *The Creeping Shadow*, chapter needed specified
6. ↑ *The Empty Grave*, chapter needed specified
7. ↑ Jonathan Stroud Interview (Part 1) - Author of the Bestselling Lockwood & Co. Series on YouTube (6:15-9:20)