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Jane Marymead

****J******ane Agatha Marymead** is presumably a Cotgrave relation. Marymead House may be named for her.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Emilia led Marzana, Nialla, and Meddy to Miss Palkowick's office via dumbwaiter. The dumbwaiter appeared to have been behind the portrait of Jane Agatha Marymead, and sure enough, they got back in behind the painting, Emilia latched it, and they rode the dumbwaiter away again.
Garvett

****G******arvett** is the steward aboard the *Left-Handed Fate*. He often cooks for Lucy and Liao.

## Biography

### *Bluecrowne*

Captain Bluecrowne told Lucy that Kendrick, Garvett, and the other Fates had worked on the house the previous day. Garvett made breakfast in the morning, and washed up afterward along with Beller. Kendrick brought them back to the *Left-Handed Fate* after taking Lucy and Liao to the Quayside Harbors. Garvett sent a basket of lunch, and in the morning, he was there. Lucy wanted to try to help, and Garvett decided to allow her. Lucy, however, burned herself, and Garvett treated Lucy's burn and promised not to tell her father about the curse words she'd said. Garvett made the dinner cakes so that Lucy would not get hurt again. Garvett made dinner and food for Trigemine and Blister.

After Liao's workshop exploded with Liao in it, Kendrick and Garvett searched all around looking for Liao or a sign of him, and could not find it. Garvett restrained Lucy, then sent her inside while he and Kendrick searched the woods in case Liao had wandered off. After learning that Liao had been kidnapped, Lucy set off to try to fix it, while Kendrick and Garvett went to get the *Left-Handed Fate*. They succeeded, arriving in time to rescue Lucy and Liao at the end. Garvett brought Lucy breakfast aboard the *Left-Handed Fate* that morning. He presented her with a ditty bag that he and Kendrick had made for her, with the house embroidered on it. Garvett also gave her the key they'd had made for Xiaoming.

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Captain Frost told a story about Melusine and Lowe. One day, he said, Lowe broke Garvett's prized storm bottle, which he liked because it could predict the weather. Lowe was curious about it and always found it wherever Garvett tried to hide it, and Melusine knew that Garvett would be furious now that it had been broken. She and Lowe tried to make a new storm bottle, while Garvett was ashore, having gone there in the cutter to replenish the *Fate*'s stores. Lowe later spotted him returning, and Melusine told him she wouldn't help him admit to Garvett the loss of the storm bottle.
Arcane

Jack Hellcoal talks to Natalie Minks in Arcane, as pictured in Kate Milford's novel The Boneshaker.

## Book information

### Mentioned

*Bluecrowne*

**Foulk Trigemine**: And, if he knew we'd overheard that, our Jumper would be none too happy about it. The more powerful the crossroads, the more powerful the group, and the more likely they are to keep their roles a secret.

— *Bluecrowne*, pg. 80 |  | ”

****A******rcane** is a crossroads town in Louisiana Territory where Simon Coffrett lives.

## History

### *Bluecrowne*

Simon Coffrett invited Christopher Swifte to come to Arcane. It was, he said, a crossroads town in Louisiana Territory, and it needed a blacksmith. Blister and Trigemine talked about having overheard this, Trigemine wondering about the crossroads' power and the secrets the town's inhabitants might have. Christopher Swifte later told Simon Coffrett that he would come to Arcane.
City University

The ****C******ity University** is the university in Nagspeake, specifically the Printer's Quarter. Dr. Gowervine gave a lecture on Skellansen there.

## History

### *Greenglass House*

When asked what he would do with Skellansen's cartoon for his window about Doc Holystone, Dr. Gowervine explained how he planned to have a copy made by a glassmaker at the university. Dr. Gowervine thought that, if he asked, the university would display the copy.

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

Dr. Gowervine had presented the Skellansen cartoon at City University over the summer, along with a lecture. This had brought Emmett Syebuck, a student at the university, to the inn, eager to learn about Greenglass House's stained glass. Georgie and Clem were suspicious of Emmett, and supposing that Dr. Gowervine would know Emmett, left a message for the professor, since City University was also on spring break.

### *The Thief Knot*

Meddy noted that, according to stories she'd heard, while Alexander Cabot was at the university he'd uncovered a large ongoing conspiracy, and had to go into hiding because of how many important people were involved.
Inferus

Isaac Knickpointe pilots the Inferus.

The *****I******nferus*** is the boat belonging to the Ferryman Isaac Knickpointe.

## History

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Al Tesserian told about how Isaac Knickpointe, a retired man who loved his boat, ferried passengers across the Skidwrack at the Tailrace. He acquired a first mate, a boy called Caster, who after crossing crossed back, having simply crossed for riddles. He helped Knickpointe tell riddles to passengers to pay for their passage.
Hank

**Hank** was the former best friend of Peony Hyde. He started to hang out with his other male friends more, leaving Peony alone.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Emmett Syebuck told the Hakelbarends about the kidnapping of Peony Hyde. Peony had been kidnapped while walking home from camp, and she was walking alone because her friend Hank, who usually walked home with her, had stopped hanging out with her. Marzana felt sorry for Peony, reading a book about a team of friends, when she'd just lost hers. Marzana mentioned Peony having split up with her friend to the Thief Knot, then mentioned how lonely Peony must have been to her mother. They wondered if Mr. Otterwill had known about Peony and Hank no longer being friends, and it seemed that he did.
Del Olmo family

The ****D******el Olmo family** is a family known for being camoufleurs.

## History

### *The Thief Knot*

Ciro told Marzana, Nialla, and Emilia about Songhan del Olmo, then mentioned his other ancestors who had been camoufleurs, describing something many of his relatives had done related to camouflage. Marzana realized that Ciro's family was responsible for the cell phones circulating in the Liberty, later learning that it was specifically Ciro's mother, Katia. The Thief Knot looked over the notes of Padraig del Olmo, Ciro's grandfather, who had designed many Belowground Transit stations to blend in with their surroundings.

## Members

* Songhan del Olmo (deceased)
* Unnamed grandfather of Padraig (deceased)
* Padraig del Olmo (deceased)
* Unnamed son of Padraig (deceased)
* Katia del Olmo
* Ciro del Olmo
Camp Bewilder

Milo Pine calls from camp.

**Camp Bewilder** is a camp that Milo attended, and Meddy with him. It is known to serve meatloaf.

## History

### *The Thief Knot*

Marzana called Greenglass House, hoping to talk to Milo, but Milo's mother informed her that school was out in the rest of the city, and Milo was at camp. Milo later called Marzana from camp, where she could hear cafeteria noise in the background, and kids commenting on the food. Marzana suggested that he get back to dinner, but he said that it was meatloaf again, which was the worst. Milo later sent Meddy's reliquary in the mail, and Meddy showed up, saying that she had indeed gone to camp with Milo.

## Trivia

* Kate Milford wrote a chapter of "Super Puzzletastic Mysteries" in which Milo and Meddy are at Camp Bewilder.

## References

1. ↑ https://clockworkfoundry.com/books/super-puzzletastic-mysteries/
Trifle Pretty Cure

**Trifle Pretty Cure** (トリフルプリキュア, ***Trifle Pretty Cure***?) is a fan-reboot of *Fancy Sugar Pretty Cure*, created by Haruna Artist. The themes and main motifs of the fanseries are sweets (in addition to baking) and friendship. The sub-themes are teamwork, emotions and adventure/discovery.

## Characters

### Pretty Cure

* **Sakurajima Kohana** (桜島 小花, ***Sakurajima Kohana***?)
A hardworking and friendly 14-year-old, second-year student. Kohana hails from a large family of bakers and dreams to live up to her family name, and despite being not the best baker herself, always tries her best. Kohana is an avid reader and enjoys motivating others to pursue their dreams, no matter what - often going far out of her way to get things done, even if the ones around her are clearly against it. She is quick to apologize when realizing her faults.
Kohana's Pretty Cure alter ego is **Cure Dollop** (キュアドロープ, ***Cure Dollop***?), Baker of Emotions. Her color scheme is pink and white.
She is based off cream/cakes and edible flowers.
* **Coco Riviera** (ココ・リビエラ, ***Coco Riviera***?)
A half-Spanish Japanese girl, who recently joined Kohana's class. On the surface, Coco is quite charming, social and can make friends wherever she goes, when in reality, she is an extremely timid, "my pace"-type girl who uses coffee as a temporary crutch to get through conversation and daily experiences. Before befriending Kohana, Coco was highly unmotivated and never felt a need to socialize.
Coco's Pretty Cure alter ego is **Cure Chocola** (キュアチョコラ, ***Cure Chocola***?), Baker of Passion. Her color scheme is brown and black.
She is based off hot chocolate/fudge and coffee.

## Settings

* **Saint Fragaria Cooking Academy** (聖フラガリア料理学院, ***Saint Fragaria Cooking Academy***?)
Elite culinary school Kohana and her friends attend.
Adit-gate

An ****a******dit-gate** is a sort of portal that can bridge space and time. It was an essential component of Trigemine's second kairos mechanism, and the reason he sent Pantin into Fellwool House; to find one.

## History

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Phineas Amalgam told a story about a young boy called Pantin and a movable house. It started with the arrival of a peddler to Nagspeake. He'd lost something of his employer's and was tasked with getting it back, and one of the pieces that he needed was a keyhole to a key he had—but not just any keyhole, an adit-gate, which was a sort of portal that could manipulate space and time, which the peddler needed to do. He knew Nagspeake well, and guessed that something of the sort could be found in Fellwool House, and knew, additionally, that he needed to find a child, because children are very good at finding adit-gates. This led to him sending young Pantin into Fellwool House on a dare, in search of a cabinet that showed him something other than its inside when it was opened. Poor Pantin found that every single cabinet in the house fit that description, but none had a keyhole. Eventually he found himself in a room with maps, and realized that the word "key" could be applied to them, and one of them had a hole in its legend that said "aditum". Pantin grabbed the map, made his escape, and delivered it to the peddler. Antony Masseter later showed his kairos mechanism, nearly complete, containing Fellwool House's adit-gate, to the guests of the tavern.
Albatross (Ship)

The cartoon for Skellansen's Doc Holystone window.

The *****A********lbatross*** was the clipper ship belonging to Doc Holystone. It is not known what happened to the *Albatross* after Doc Holystone's death.

## History

### *Greenglass House*

Mr. Vinge noted that Doc Holystone's ship was called the *Albatross*. He said (to the protests of the other guests) that the customs department was investigating Doc Holystone because weapons would be arriving via the *Albatross*. He was certain that Doc Holystone's final cargo was at Greenglass House, as Milo had a watermarked map with an albatross on it.

Milo wondered if the albatross on the watermarked map was not just a compass rose, but pointing them to the ship, and perhaps the shape of it was meant to tell them what type of ship it was. Meddy added gloomily that she did not know what had happened to the *Albatross*, and so they could not find the cargo if it was hidden on the clipper ship. Milo then figured out that Doc Holystone's final cargo was hidden in the ship chandelier in the dining room of Greenglass House.

Milo later found something else in the chandelier: a cartoon for Skellansen's window featuring Doc Holystone. Doc Holystone was at the helm of a small clipper ship, with an albatross for a figurehead. The boat was weatherly and its sails were trim. Milo could almost see the water at the boat's bow and the sails billowing in the wind, the painting was so well done.

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

Georgie Moselle sculpted an albatross from a quarter and gave it to Meddy.
Amelias

**The Amelias** are two girls named Amelia that attend Marymead Intermediate School. One is very boy-crazy and the other is an athletic prodigy. Emilia Cabot is the other girl named Amelia, though her name is spelled differently.

## History

### *The Thief Knot*

Lucky invited Marzana to a game group that met at Surroyal Books, mentioning that there was a girl called Amelia who attended the group and who Marzana might know, since she went to Marzana's school. The girl's older brother attended the game group with his friend, and brought her along. Marzana reviewed the Amelias that attended Marymead in her head, ruling out both the Amelias and leaving only Emilia Cabot as the possible member, which she was.
Flotilla

Flotilla on a map of Nagspeake.

****F******lotilla** is an island district in Nagspeake below which lies the Coldway.

## History

### *Bluecrowne*

Lucy noted that Nell Levinflash was an officer on the Quartermaster's staff. The *Left-Handed Fate* was taken to Flotilla to have its hull re-coppered. Lucy was upset, because although Flotilla was just down the Skidwrack, it was much further away and she wouldn't be able to visit the ship.

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Sullivan told a story about the Coldway, which was a system of tunnels created above the frozen Skidwrack in the winter, beneath the district of Flotilla. Since Flotilla was built on pilings above the river, between the bottom of the district and the river, every winter the Coldway formed. The Coldway was always different, since Flotilla was constantly moving and changing. Sullivan mentioned the legends about the caldnicker, a serpent creature that is said to live under the River Skidwrack, whose dreams come to life in the Coldway every winter. This was the explanation for the odd sounds and lights in the Coldway. No one knew whether it was true, but the people of Flotilla call the Skidwrack's freezing "the nick", after the caldnicker. Every year, adventurous people would set out to map the Coldway, and the maps would be distributed, although the people of Flotilla kept them to themselves, the Coldway being their secret. Sullivan told about Mair, who'd mapped the Coldway, and Hale, the caldnicker's dream she'd met on the way and fallen in love with.
Hale

****H******ale** is one of the caldnicker's dreams. He met and fell in love with Mair, and the two were eventually married, finding a way around his being a dream.

## Biography

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Sullivan told a story about the Coldway, a mass of tunnels created under Flotilla when the river Skidwrack freezes. Each year, young people would go out and survey the Coldway, and one winter, a young girl called Mair started to fall in. Hale saved her, and helped her recover her possessions. Mair realized that she was speaking to a dream of the caldnicker. They finished surveying the Coldway together, and Mair met him again the following day. The two fell in love and wandered the tunnels together all winter. However, spring began to come, and the Coldway began to thaw. In the spring, the caldnicker's dreams would sublimate, and Mair would lose Hale. Mair wanted to try to swim in the Skidwrack and find the caldnicker, though Hale would not let her because it was too dangerous. Mair eventually agreed not to, and found a man who suggested that they sublimate Hale early, then attempt to condense him again. Hale agreed to try, and they did. Hale re-formed and stayed that way for many years. The two got married and shared their success with anyone they met in the Coldway for years after.

## Physical appearance

Hale has black eyes. He's solid to the touch, although the caldnicker's dreams have slack water instead of a heart. Hale's, as a result of falling in love, became a tide. Hale can knit the cracked ice back together by whistling.
Brian Otterwill

****B******rian Otterwill** is the grand-nephew of Victor Cormorant. He usually teaches at Watermill Elementary and runs the comic book club. He was moved into a substitute teaching job at Marymead after camp was canceled due to the kidnapping of Peony Hyde, as a red herring, by Tasha Cormorant.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

When Marzana and Nialla arrived to class, they found that Mrs. Agravin was not there, but there was a substitute instead. Marzana had just learned of the kidnapping of Peony Hyde, and she noticed Mr. Otterwill's bag with a watermill on it, which she supposed meant that he'd taught at Peony's school, Watermill Elementary. He explained to the students that he was the substitute for Mrs. Agravin, who was sick and in the hospital. Mr. Otterwill told them a little about himself, and answered questions. He lived on the Slope, he said, and had found himself with a week free and took the job, staying with his family who lived in the Liberty. He admitted that he was usually running late, so he cut through the hidden-passage houses in Ulie's Divide to get to school on time. He had, he said, taught at elementary school, and had had a job at summer camp, but it had been canceled. Mr. Otterwill then, with apologies, provided them with busywork until he could prepare an actual lesson.

Marzana and Nialla recruited Emilia Cabot, a Commorancy Kid, to help them learn more about Mr. Otterwill. Mr. Otterwill then taught a real lesson, having moved on from the busywork. Emilia broke into Mr. Otterwill's records, then again with Marzana, Nialla, and Meddy, and found that he was a member of the math competition club and the comics club, and had been recommended for the job by Victor Cormorant. They wondered if Peony Hyde had been in the comics club.

Marzana and Nialla arrived to math class early to ask Mr. Otterwill questions. Nialla showed him a volume of *The Sidledywry Knot* and asked about the Paradox of the Grand Hotel, and Mr. Otterwill acted oddly, seeming frozen and sad or wary when Nialla talked about the book and having lost a friend. He mentioned having been the advisor for the comics club. Marzana noticed that his hands were shaking, then asked him how he'd gotten the job, to which he responded that he was staying with his great-uncle who had heard about Mrs. Agravin's absence and recommended him. Marzana realized that Victor Cormorant was Mr. Otterwill's great uncle. Mr. Otterwill did tell about the Paradox of the Grant Hotel.

Marzana reported what they'd found, and Meddy in turn told how she'd overheard teachers commenting upon Mrs. Agravin's absence. Marzana later told her mother what they'd found out about Mr. Otterwill, and realized that he had been put into play as a pawn to make someone find Fake Peony. Tasha Cormorant had manipulated them, they found, even though Mr. Otterwill was her cousin, because all the suspicion would turn out to be nothing later.

## Physical appearance

Mr. Otterwill has brown hair and some gray above his ears, leaving Marzana unsure of his age.
Jacinthus Beadle

*This article is about the man on the plaque. For the girlfriend of Foulk Trigemine, see Jacinda.*

## Book information

### Mentioned

*The Thief Knot*

****J******acinthus Beadle** was someone who hosted an Easter ball in Whipping Hyde.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Marzana read an inscription on a plaque on a house in Whipping Hyde, next door to a house with a plaque declaring someone to have discovered miraculous gases there. In the same year, this house's plaque declared something otherworldy to have happened at Jacinthus Beadle's Easter ball.
Fellwool Street

Pantin and Trigemine in front of Fellwool House.

****F******ellwool Street** is the street that contains Fellwool House. It is old and surrounded with ancient pines.

## History

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

On request, Phineas Amalgam told a story about Fellwool House. It was on an old street surrounded by pines as old as it. A boy called Pantin entered Fellwool House via the house's driveway, which led onto the lane.
Hollow-way

A ****h******ollow-way** is a sunken pathway through the woods. A peddler called the hollow-ware man will often make use of it.

## History

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Gregory Sangwin recited a poem about a peddler in the hollow-way. The hollow-way was a sunken path through the trees, the poem said, where it was always dark. Most people shunned it because there were stories of uncanny creatures and bad places the pathway went, but every autumn the hollow-ware man would come via the hollow-way. He'd pass through town selling tin wares for odd prices, then return to the hollow-way.
Fire types

This article consists of ****t******ypes of fire**. They can be created by a conflagrationeer.

## Bone-fire

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Bone-fire requires a lot of fuel and a great cost.

## Brumire

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

John Ustion considered brumire for his device, but decided against it.

## Bruweriy

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

John Ustion considered bruweriy for his device, but decided against it.

## Flamedry

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Sorcha supposed that a border fire would be what surrounded Petra's headcutting, and demonstrated a border fire, flamedry. She strung it between her hands, and it burned downwards, like dangling flags, until she spread her hands apart and they flew apart.

## Fleugana

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Fleugana is persnickety but manageable, and can be used for flight.

## Heed-fire

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

John Ustion considered heed-fire for his device, but decided against it.

## Hellfire

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Sorcha supposed that the fire surrounding Petra's headcutting would not be hellfire.

## Hodijana

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

John Ustion considered hodijana for his device, but decided against it.

## Seel-fire

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Seel-fire is easy to kindle, but it is better for obscuring than for revealing.

## Wane-fire

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Wane-fire must be used along with wax-fire.

## Wax-fire

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Wax-fire must be used along with wane-fire.

## Welking-fire

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

John Ustion considered welking-fire for his device, but decided against it.
Jessamy Butcher

****J******essamy Butcher** is a woman who came to the Blue Vein Tavern to stay, and is in love with Reever Colophon. She was a talented musician and made a bet with the Devil, but lost, and does not know how much more time she has left to live before her soul is taken.

## Biography

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Jessamy offered sherry to Negret and Reever Colophon, then wondered whether or not they were identical. Jessamy talked to Reever, and when she heard the song that beats the Devil, her hands crushed her glass and she turned around in surprise and commented on the song in tones of wonder. Jessamy then left the room, perhaps conscious. Jessamy politely refused to dance when Maisie invited her to.

Jessamy enjoyed Reever's story, and Reever admitted that he wanted to hear her tell a tale as well, even though he knew what it would be like. Jessamy then left. After headcuttings and the song that beats the Devil were mentioned, Jessamy faked cheerfulness, and Maisie, recalling what she'd said when refusing to dance, realized Jessamy's secret. After Sangwin's story, Jessamy declared that people should not charge eyes.

Jessamy asked Sorcha for a lap blanket, and they went up to the attic together. Sorcha offered Jessamy some new gloves (hers were stained with blood from breaking the glass), which Jessamy gratefully accepted. Jessamy smoked with Masseter, Tesserian, Amalgam, and Sangwin. She began to cry, and answered Masseter that she could play all the instruments, but did not have whatever it took. She insisted that she was going to waste some time. Walking up the stairs, Jessamy met Petra, and they exchanged a gesture of encouragement.

Jessamy thanked Sorcha for the gloves, and Reever complimented them. Jessamy commented on the flooded river outside, and was impressed with Sorcha's knowledge of fire, but unsurprised. After Maisie's tale, Jessamy insisted that a family would not send away one of them for taking things, but Maisie staunchly insisted that they had. Jessamy put her arm around Maisie, not knowing what else to do. Jessamy continued to sit next to Maisie and be protective of her toward Masseter.

Petra left to stop the flooding, and Jessamy comforted the distressed Maisie. Jessamy told a story of what would happen next, how Petra would float up the river. She would confront the Devil, dance to the song that beat it, and win. Sorcha helped the tale by talking about different types of fire that might be incorporated. Negret helped as well, whistling the song on Jessamy's request. Jessamy watched Maisie dance with the card castle, then looked out at the river. She told Reever that she wished she could have gone as well, then danced with Reever as the flooding receded.

## Physical appearance

Jessamy is very thin. She always wears gloves to hide her hands, which are not her own; demon hands that don't always answer to Jessamy's wishes, as a result of her having lost a bet with the Devil.

## Trivia

* Jessamy's name "Butcher" may refer to her having "butchered" her headcutting.
Chancelor

**Mr. Chancelor** is Milo Pine's social studies teacher. He humiliated Milo numerous times, although Mr. Pine and Owen think Mr. Chancelor did not mean to do so.

## Biography

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

When Milo came home to Greenglass House at winter break, he was very upset. Milo revealed to his father that he had been humiliated in social studies again. They had been studying Nagspeake history. Previously, Milo had said that Greenglass House had been built by the Bluecrownes, who had a Chinese child in the family. Mr. Chancelor had said that no Chinese crews had come to Nagspeake until much later, and moved on, as if he'd proved Milo wrong, before Milo could explain that it had not been a Chinese crew but a half-Chinese family.

The time before break, Mr. Chancelor had found something from a Nagspeake historian telling about a Chinese crew that had come twenty years later, acting as if this proved that Milo was wrong about the Bluecrownes. (He wasn't.) Mr. Chancelor had showed the class the Chinese characters that made up the ship's name, and asked Milo to translate it since he was Chinese. Milo had not been able to, which was humiliating, and Milo had felt that Mr. Chancelor shouldn't have assumed he'd have known it. Mr. Pine thought that Mr. Chancelor had had good intentions; he'd wanted to share something interesting he'd found, and not realized how it would have made Milo uncomfortable.

Milo agreed to talk to Mr. Chancelor, and if he didn't, to have his parents do it. Mr. Pine promised to, if he talked to Mr. Chancelor, convince the teacher that Milo was right about the Bluecrowne family. When Milo was creating his Odd Trails character, he doubted his knowledge, and noted that the doubting voice sounded like Mr. Chancelor's.

Milo told Owen all about his difficulties in social studies class. Owen suggested ways Milo could talk to Mr. Chancelor, and Milo considered them. Milo felt, however, that Mr. Chancelor still would not believe him about the Bluecrownes. Owen provided him with a letter written by Liao, which proved that Liao had been in Nagspeake in 1813. Owen gifted Milo the letter to show Mr. Chancelor, and Milo promised to call Owen to tell him how things went after he talked to Mr. Chancelor.

Milo later, when talking to Marzana, doubted what she was saying and then realized he was acting like Mr. Chancelor, to his horror. He quickly apologized and asked to know more about what she knew.
Christopher (disambiguation)

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****C******hristopher** or **Kit** may refer to:

* **Christopher Fletchwood**, the son of Tumbler Fletchwood and brother of Moth Fletchwood, often called Kit.
* **Christopher Swifte**, also known as the Ironmonger, the maker of the Albatross, occasionally called Kit.
Alphonsus Lung

****A******lphonsus Lung** is one of the four Yankee Peddlers. He works with clocks and time.

## Biography

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Reever told a story about the creation of a trap. One day during market season, a peddler called Alphonsus Lung came into a town and set up a stall selling clocks. Three other peddlers, Cassiterides Bone (who worked with tin), Ignis Blister (who worked with fire), and Drogam Nerve. Lung, Bone, and Blister expressed contempt at the paper he sold, but Nerve explained that they were catalogs, and many things could be ordered from them. The people of the town received word that invaders would arrive soon, and each peddler tried to sell their wares to help the town defend themselves. Nerve won out, suggesting a design that would turn the city into a trap, and components were bought from each peddler to finish the device. At the end, however, they realized they had no mainspring, and took Lung's suggestion to make it out of whalebone instead of steel, and used his timepieces to count down to when the trap would spring, but it never did.

Sorcha told a story about a fire-reckoning. A man came to John Ustion, having been referred to him by Alphonsus Lung. The man and Lung had had a disagreement and Lung had refused to sell to him, something that surprised John Ustion; it was very odd that Lung would refuse a sale and still offer referrals. Lung had, the man said, not trusted him to make good use of what he wanted, and John Ustion realized that the man wanted a device to bend and change time. John Ustion refused to sell to him, since he couldn't trust the man to have it if Lung could not.
Cotgrave family

The ****C******otgrave family** is a family who were the original owners of Marymead, and later members became trustees at the school.

## History

### *The Thief Knot*

Marzana mentioned the odd conditions the Cotgraves had set for Marymead becoming a school, including inappropriate art staying in the Marymead Library. The cafeteria had once been the Cotgrave dining room, hence the large glass chandeliers. Marzana met Nialla and Emilia in the trustees' hall, which was lined with portraits of Cotgraves and other trustees of Marymead somehow related to them. The gym, Marzana noted, was also odd because of the Cotgraves' conditions, with a fancy chandelier which had to stay in place and French doors as well.

Meddy read off the names of different Cotgrave trustee portraits, commenting on the length of their names and how angry they seemed. Emilia told her that the Cotgraves were the previous owners of the house, and the portraits depicted the owners and the trustees. When Emilia recognized the name Victor Cormorant, they assumed it was because of the portraits; there were many Cormorants there, Emilia said, because they had married into the Cotgraves. Emilia went to find out about the Cotgraves so that hopefully she could learn about Victor Cormorant, noting that they had a school historian because the Cotgraves had said that they should. A lot of the books in the library were, according to Marzana, Cotgrave inheritances. Emilia studied a Cotgrave family tree, noting that Catriona and Oliver Cotgrave had donated Marymead to the department of education, and their daughter, Nadia, had married Ezra Cormorant. Emilia realized that she'd known Victor Cormorant's name because he was the Snakebird.

The members of the Thief Knot found out that there was a secret Belowground Transit System in Marymead, called Cotgrave Wall, with an entrance in the Marymead Library behind the portraits. Emilia realized that this was the reason these paintings were not to be removed. Ezra Cormorant, apparently, had designed this station. Victor Cormorant noted that Tasha was the current Cotgrave trustee at Marymead. The Thief Knot discovered that Tasha Cormorant had orchestrated the kidnapping of Peony Hyde. They later entered the station, and found that the ceiling was designed to look like flowers and the floor like the night sky, and it seemed to be just a private station for the Cotgraves.

## Members

* Catriona Cotgrave
* Oliver Cotgrave
* Ophelia Cotgrave
* Nadia Cotgrave-Cormorant
* Maurice Cotgrave
* Maeve-Alice Cotgrave
* Ezra Cormorant
* Victor Cormorant
* Tasha Cormorant
* Other unnamed members
Alexander Cabot

****A******lexander Cabot** was a noted carrier, known for being incredibly smart. He saved Violet Cross's life.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Upon the mention of Horneblende Park, Emilia began to cry. Meddy realized that she was the daughter of Alexander Cabot. Marzana did not know who that was, but Meddy informed her that Alexander Cabot had saved Marzana's mother's life. Marzana realized that when Emilia had asked why Marzana had chosen her, it had probably had to do with that. Emilia knew who Marzana's mother was because her father had told her. Emilia misses her father very much.

Meddy told Marzana that Alexander Cabot had been a carrier, specifically a researcher, and had uncovered a large ongoing conspiracy with so many people involved that he'd had to go into hiding. Doc Holystone had hired Alexander Cabot once, and brought him home, because there was no point in trying to be sneaky with Alexander Cabot, he said. He had given Meddy an example of how Alexander Cabot had, from tiny clues, figured out who Violet Cross was and what alibi she needed to evade the customs agents approaching her, then, without having talked to her or met her at all, provided an alibi.

Marzana told her mother that Emilia was a member of their group, and Mrs. Hakelbarend said that this made sense. After mentioning Tasha Cormorant, Emilia said that her father wouldn't have taken a kid, and Mrs. Hakelbarend assured her that this was definitely true, and her father had been a good person.

## Physical appearance

Alexander Cabot was known for his ability to keep his face completely blank, a trait Emilia inherited.
Gems of Ultimate Puissance

**Meddy**: Perfect! These gems probably hold fragments of the power of the house itself.

— *Greenglass House*, pg. 89-90 |  | ”

The **Gems of Ultimate Puissance** are fragments of glass leftover from one of Greenglass House's stained glass windows that Milo Pine and Addie Whitcher found in the Emporium.

## History

### *Greenglass House*

After finding the scrap of watermarked paper, Milo found a box of glass fragments, in reds, greens, yellows, golds, and browns. Meddy suggested that they call them the Gems of Ultimate Puissance, and told Milo that "puissance" meant power and might. Milo presumed that they were leftover from the large stained glass window on the second floor, and Meddy declared that the gems held fragments of the house's power. Milo put some of the shards into his rucksack.

When searching for the stolen items, Milo noted that the boxes holding the Gems of Ultimate Puissance were half hidden behind the dumbwaiter mechanism. Meddy hid Mr. Vinge's watch in one of the boxes, but Milo had her take it out to hide somewhere else.

After Dr. Gowervine told of Lowell Skellansen, Meddy correctly presumed that Milo was thinking of the Gems of Ultimate Puissance.

### Ghosts of Greenglass House

Milo mentioned the boxes of broken glass in the Emporium, which Meddy had dubbed the Gems of Ultimate Puissance.

## Physical characteristics

The Gems of Ultimate Puissance are pieces of glass. Created for stained glass windows, they vary in color, some blue, some green, and still others yellow or brown.
Hollow-ware man

The ****h******ollow-ware man** is a peddler that uses the hollow-way for transportation. He is very odd, but sells incredible products.

## Biography

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Gregory Sangwin recited a poem about the hollow-ware man. There was a sunken path in the woods called the hollow-way, which the townspeople shunned because of odd stories about it. But every autumn a peddler, called the hollow-ware man, would come through town from the hollow-way. Despite being odd, he had amazing tin products, and also sold rare and miraculous items before returning to the hollow-way. One day, the poem read, a man with cold blue eyes came to town, and he wanted a certain box. The townspeople sent him after the hollow-ware man, who'd just left, and the man disappeared into the hollow-way. When he returned, he had his box, but also one of his eyes had been replaced with a tin one. The hollow-ware man's things had strange prices, it was said, though the stranger left town immediately without speaking.
Fierekenia

**Petra**: And there's a way to do that sort of calculation using fire?

**Sorcha**: There is.

— *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*, pg. 241-242 |  | ”

*****F******ierekenia*** is a reckoning, a difficult calculation of the impossible, performed using fire. This type of reckoning is typically limited to conflagrationeers, such as John Ustion, who created a kairos mechanism centered around a *fierekenia*. *Fierekenia* is also called fire-reckoning, fire-kenning, and fire-cunning.

## History

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

**Sorcha**: Yes. Fire-kenning, my father called it, though I've heard fire-cunning as well. More properly it's *fierekenia:* fire-reckoning.

— *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*, pg. 240 |  | ”

Petra mentioned reckonings, and Sorcha confirmed that the calculations of the impossible could indeed be done using fire, then volunteered to tell a story about them. She then proceeded to tell about the fire-savvy inventor called John Ustion, who could do many kinds of reckonings, including fire-kenning, but wished to build a way to make it easier, though he knew that it wouldn't be a good idea to sell such a thing. One day, a customer came, requesting a specific mechanism that could do reckonings and take one to the moments it calculated. He knew it would work because he'd once had one, and John Ustion was captivated, but couldn't trust the customer to use it properly, so he sent the customer away. After the man had left, however, John Ustion was so curious that he went to build one himself, choosing to use wheat-fire for his mechanism. He built a small calculating device featuring wheat-fire, but overtime he realized that he was missing important components to make his device work. Eventually, his conscience won out, declaring that this was a bad idea, and Ustion gave up finishing it. However, he could never make himself destroy the device, and later, the customer stole it and worked to complete it.
Caton (disambiguation)

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****C******aton** may refer to:

* **Miss Caton**, the Marymead librarian.
* **Caton/Ingleside**, a Belowground Transit station.
Bayside Quarter

The ****B******ayside Quarter** is a district in Nagspeake that circles the Magothy Bay, hence its name, and is full of busy boats.It intersects with the Slope, which it is south of, and is known to be far from the Printer's Quarter.

## History

### *Bluecrowne*

Trigemine met Blister on a hill that overlooked the Magothy Bay, which had many ships coming and going around the harbor.

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Hugo Bankcliff considered letting the fog out in the Magothy Bay, but then he realized that Bayside was full of boats coming and going and people who would get even more lost in the fog than Nagspeakers, and decided against it.

### *The Thief Knot*

Mr. Otterwill said that the school where he taught was south of the Slope, and Marzana presumed that it was in the Printer's Quarter, since Bayside, which was also south of the Slope, would be very far from Mr. Otterwill's neighborhood. Meddy told a story about something Alexander Cabot had done while sitting at a café in Bayside. When riding a Belowground Transit train, the members of the Thief Knot passed under where the Slope met Bayside.

## Gallery

**Take a look at our **gallery for Bayside Quarter****.
Enza

****E******nza** is a member of the Commorancy. She is in eighth grade at Marymead.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

When Emilia brought the members of the Thief Knot to Marymead, Barnaby and Enza met them. Marzana noted that she knew Enza only by sight. Emilia and Enza slapped hands, and Enza congratulated Emilia on her find of the Belowground Transit station. Enza told Emilia that if she hadn't returned by lights-out, they would come after her. The sixth-grader on lookout duty was instructed to find Barnaby or Enza if something went wrong.

Emilia told the Thief Knot that while Enza and Barnaby had been promising to rescue them, they had also been reminding her that others get a turn soon. Enza hurried Emilia, and complained about the suspense. Enza and Barnaby joined the Thief Knot in looking at the pictures on Cotgrave Wall, exasperated at how long they were taking. When Ciro and Nialla needed to use a phone, Emilia instructed them to tell Barnaby and Enza, who should still be in the library, or whoever was there, that they needed phones and privacy, and they would get what they needed.
Annamaria Gallfreet

****A******nnamaria Gallfreet**, or **The Spinster**, is a legendary weaver who Katia and Ciro del Olmo are descended from.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Ciro del Olmo said, to Marzana and Nialla's shock, that he was descended from the Spinster on his mother's side, and Marzana recalled legends about the Spinster and her tapestries. Marzana later remembered him being honest about his heritage, and supposed that he could do that since although the Spinster was a legend in the Liberty, she was long dead.

## Trivia

* The Spinster appears in *The Left-Handed Fate*, when Lucy Bluecrowne goes to the Liberty to seek her help (she does not disappoint).
Amy Ileck

**Amy Ileck** is a member of Honora's bridge club. She is a matron at Marymead and cheats at cards.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Mrs. Ileck came to Hedgelock Court for a game of bridge with Honora Catharping, along with Lula Macready and Henny Unwin. Honora later reported that Mrs. Ileck had cheated very much, but stupidly, and Marzana note that Mrs. Ileck was a Marymead matron and a terror. Mrs. Ileck later showed up in the Parlor as was her job to remind the students to move to their next class, because the Parlor speakers were broken. Marzana smiled at her and asked about bridge club, but she scowled and told Marzana to go, and Marzana recalled the cheating. Mrs. Ileck later flung open the door and rang the bell again.
Hever Street Prison

****H******ever Street Prison** is the prison where Rob was locked up and where Morris Flynn worked. It is known for having Hellcat locks.

## History

### *The Thief Knot*

Rob Gandreider had been held in Hever Street Prison before he somehow escaped. After tracking him down, and interrogating him, Rob admitted to Nick Larven, Barbara, and Peter Hakelbarend that he had not picked the new impossible-to-pick lock called a Hellcat, but been let out by a guard called Flynn. Flynn was later questioned and admitted to having been bribed and blackmailed.
Chronos

****c******hronos** is the passage of time. A kairos mechanism can calculate where it intersects with kairos.

## History

### *Bluecrowne*

Trigemine explained to Blister how the kairos mechanism worked. It calculated where chronos and kairos intersected, he said. It wasn't that smiple, though, because, according to Trigemine, time was relative, and even though they called its progression chronos, it wasn't chronological.

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Masseter mentioned a device that calculated the passage of time and could work with it.
Ghost ship

The ****g******host ship** is a xebec that appeared out of mist to Melusine and Lowe, and they led it to Valletta Harbor.

## History

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

In a story told by Captain Frost, Lowe created a storm bottle with hard snow, and he and Melusine saw it climb up the walls of the bottle, neither knowing what was happening. The schooner they were standing on emptied itself of crew somehow, and was no longer in the harbor but on a misty red sea. Melusine spotted an approaching ship, identifying it as a xebec, and declared it even emptier than the *Fate* with the two of them. She knew it was a phantom ship. It continued to approach, but stopped just next to the *Fate*, the wind suddenly, mystically leaving its sails.

Lowe sent a rocket at the ship to communicate, and ghostly sailors appeared. Melusine saluted, and they saluted too. Lowe decided that they needed to find their way to a harbor, and Melusine steered the *Fate* in the direction they had come from, and the sea gradually turned back to normal as they continued, the xebec following. They eventually arrived back at Valletta Harbor, and the xebec's crew saluted them as they disappeared into the mist.

## Physical characteristics

The xebec has a red hull and is shrouded in shadows and mist, with no lights aboard. Its mast slopes forward unusually and its bowsprit is angled strangely. It makes a tinkling noise as if it is parting ice and not water, and Melusine later supposes that the strange sea smoke created the sound.
Boneash and Sodalime's Glass Museum and Radioactive Teashop

**Boneash and Sodalime's Glass Museum and Radioative Teashop** is a museum in the Liberty of Gammerbund that Emilia Cabot showed Marzana and Nialla, on the route from Marymead Intermediate to Surroyal Books. Every time they come by, there is tea set out for the same number of people that there are at the museum.

## History

### *The Thief Knot*

Emilia Cabot took Marzana and Nialla out of Marymead and to Surroyal Books a secret way, passing through a tunnel and finally to an apartment building on Westing Alley. Emilia led Marzana and Nialla into an apartment marked "Boneash and Sodalime's Glass Museum and Radioactive Teashop", and they entered through the unlooked door. She explained that it was a real museum, with tea set out in cups made with uranium, hence the 'radioactive' part. They examined the contents of the museum, many beautiful glass things, each with labels explaining their history, and the table of tea set in the room's center. There was always the right amount of food set out for the museum's visitors, Emilia said, though no one knew how. Emilia tried out the Franklin armonica, one of the things the museum had. They then passed through another room and exited via the fire escape onto Westing Alley.

Marzana, Nialla, and Emilia later returned to the teashop with the ghost Meddy, who did not think that the tea was set out by a ghost because another ghost probably would have known that she, unfortunately, could not eat. The following time they came, they had Ciro and J.J. along with them, and they expressed amazement about how the apartment was still empty and yet there was food.

## Physical characteristics

Boneash and Sodalime's is lit brightly. It is full of tidily arranged glass items, all labeled, on the shelves. In the center of the room stands a table with tea things on it and a lovely glass vase as the centerpiece. There are multiple rooms. The first time Marzana and Nialla came, there were scones, the second time rhubarb pie, and the third lemon-iced cake. One time Emilia had found cupcakes, for her birthday. The entire apartment is filled with glass, including what used to be the kitchen, bedrooms, and bathrooms.