Jeannemary Chatur

Jeannemary Chatur illustrated by lionettscourage

The Cohort

Magnus Quinn (Unofficial Guardian)

> *"Ninth... how* *big* are *your biceps?"*
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**Jeannemary Chatur** *(JOHN-mair-ee Cha-TOUR)* is the cavalier primary to the Heir to the House of the Fourth, Isaac Tettares. Boisterous, proud, and easily embarrassed, she is one of the first characters to befriend Gideon Nav, despite Gideon's apparent vow of silence.

## **Biography**

### **Early Life**

Jeannemary Chatur is the first non-necromancer of her family line, earning her the name Chatur and the presumptive position of cavalier primary to Isaac Tettares.

She attended school with Isaac at the Koniortos Court and took the title formally at age nine. She has managed class dueling rankings despite her age.

Both Isaac and Jeannemary sought placement in the Cohort twice—beginning two years prior to their trip to First House—but were refused on the grounds of age and then health (at the recommendation of Abigail Pent).

Isaac's cavalier secondary was killed in a bombing one year prior to their trip to First House, leaving Jeannemary the sole protector to Isaac.

### **Gideon the Ninth**

#### Act I

Following the Emperor summons, Jeannemary and her necromancer Isaac Tettares arrive at Canaan House and disembark without issue. Inside, Jeannemary receives her iron key ring, and listens to Teacher explain the task before being led to the rooms provided for them.

#### Act II

Jeannemary takes breakfast in the dining hall with her scion, Isaac Tettares, and Magnus the Fifth. When Gideon walks in, she and Isaac openly stare at her and gossip about her. Magnus chastises them for being rude and, to the teens grave dismay, embarrasses them by attempting to introduce them. Gideon's vow of silence and the teens reluctance to make conversation makes for a short and awkward conversation, and they quickly clear out of the dining hall.

Jeannemary is next seen in the pool room where she has been sparring with Magnus. When Gideon enters, he attempts to arrange a duel between the two girls, as they are similar in age. To her absolute horror, Magnus continues to talk up her skills in reaction to Naberius's petty taunts. She flees to the other side of the room to nurse her embarrassment, but watches the ensuing fight between Gideon and Magnus closely. To her displeasure, Magnus fares atrociously, losing in three turns. The next fight is more interesting, as Naberius and Gideon give an impressive display of precise dueling versus true fighting. Jeannemary is quite taken with Gideon's swordmanship, and declares intent to be like Gideon.

> "That's how I want to fight. I don't want to spend all my time in show bouts. I want to fight like a real cavalier, as though my life's on the line."
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Later in the week, Magnus puts Jeannemary and Isaac to work delivering invitations to his anniversary dinner. At the dinner, Isaac and Jeannemary work up the nerve to talk to Gideon and ask her to see her biceps, though they quickly dissolve into embarrassed arguing. Later that night, Magnus and Abigail ask the Fourth teens to wait for Abigail before asking Teacher for a hatch key and pursuing their own work in the Facility.

#### Act III

Isaac, assisted by Jeannemary, joins the other necromancers in attempting to raise Magnus and Abigail's spirits from the dead, beginning first with an attempt to tempt their souls with fresh blood. Distraught by their loss and frustrated with the lack of the results, they begin screaming and stabbing at each others arms until Camilla takes their knives and bandages them up. The two melt into each other and their own grief. Later, sobbing, they return to their work, but remain unsuccessful.

When the postulants gather upstairs for a meeting with Teacher, Isaac quickly latches on to the explanation of "monsters" in the Facility. As the other necromancers argue over the best way to proceed with both the investigation and the competition, Isaac interrupts to demand that they fight and kill the monster that killed the Fifth House and Jeannemary agrees. Palamedes shuts them down firmly, and explains that they will be proceeding scientifically and gathering more information about the incident.

Jeannemary seeks out Gideon after the meeting. She desperately pleads with Gideon for any information she might have, but Gideon can only apologize-- which she does, breaking her vow of silence. Jeannemary responds by babbling on about how unlike Abigail and Magnus this is and something about Abigail's spirit magic before they are startled by the return of Colum. Jeannemary walks off as Harrow comes to collect Gideon. In the wake of their surrogate parent's death, Isaac and Jeannemary continue to shadow the other teams around Canaan House. Their following brings them outside of the freezer where Gideon, Palamedes, and Camilla are attempting to track the Fifth's key ring with psychometry. Gideon's group hears the door opening and the teens running away, but does not know how much of the conversation they heard.

After a sleepless night, Isaac and Jeannemary stumble upon a pile of ashes outside of the incinerator that appear to be human remains. Leaving Jeannemary to guard the remains, Isaac goes off to find Gideon and Coronabeth, and gets Naberius, Marta, and Colum as a bonus. Frightened to near-ferality, Jeanne attempts to get their audience to take the body seriously, but most of the cavaliers react non-chalantly and assume it is some normal First House function, such as a broken down skeleton servant. As Naberius, Marta, and Colum wander off, the teens explain to Gideon and Coronabeth that they have been seeing things-- shadows and shapes out of the corners of their eyes. They explain they wanted to show them the body as a warning, before disappearing into the depth of Canaan House again.

The next day, Isaac joins the other necromancers in attempting to discern as much as possible from the human remains found in the incinerator. Jeannemary has a number of sharp words, none of which are particularly helpful. During the duel between Camilla and Marta, Isaac physically restrains his cavalier from joining the fight. When Naberius challenges Camilla immediately after her victory, Jeannemary is quick to join Gideon in challenging him in return. As the party breaks up, she stays with Sixth and Ninth. Isaac and Jeannemary surprise them when they reveals that Fourth know about the study doors and the theorems, and alerts them to Ianthe Tridentarius who has been tailing everyone. Palamedes organizes the remaining postulants into teams, and sends Gideon, Jeannemary, and Isaac into the Facility to look for Protesilaus, and takes Harrow and Camilla with him to watch Dulcinea.

Isaac and Jeannemary follow Gideon down to the Facility hatch in jumpy silence. At the door to the hatch, Jeannemary worries that without their key they do not have "permission" and that this endangers them. Isaac disagrees on the on account of Magnus and Abigail being killed regardless of their permission. Gideon attempts to sooth them by recounting her own key-less voyage into the Facility. They are not soothed, but continue on anyway. She attempts to herd them down the tunnel, but Isaac and Jeannemary press themselves to the wall wide-eyed and terrified. Jeannemary mentions a noise, and Isaac asks why there were bone fragments found in Abigail and Magnus. Gideon hurries them along, not eager to linger in the Facility any longer than necessary. As they go, Isaac closes and wards each door with his blood and Jeannemary's spit.

They walk the cubicles of the Sanitiser, calling out for Protesilaus until Isaac stops them. He claims it is not a sound, but rather something he is feeling. Finding nothing, they leave. Just as they are connecting with the main passage, the lights turn off and then back on revealing the message: "**Death to the Fourth House**."  Isaac bursts into a blaze of necrolight and charges the massive construct that has appeared in front of them. Jeannemary slashes at the bone construct wildly, attempting to battle it, but there is no hope. Isaac burns brightly, and then dozens of bone teeth spear through him, killing him. Gideon runs through the field of bones and drags Jeannemary away and back up the hatch.

Badly cut and with an armful of sobbing teen necromancer, Gideon makes the executive decision to rest in room X-203. Jeannemary is frantic and distraught the whole way, demanding they go back for Isaac and terrified that the bone construct could be following them. Gideon calms Jeannemary as best she can, and sets her on one of the beds in the room. They talk briefly, but Jeannemary quickly cries herself to sleep. In her sleep, huge spears of bone pin her to the bed, killing her. On the wall was another message: "**Sweet Dreams**."

### **Harrow the Ninth**

#### Nine Months Before the Emperor's Murder

Although Jeannemary and her necromancer, Isaac Tettares, are present for Teacher's introduction to Canaan House and the grounds, as soon as their unofficial guardian Abigail Pent realizes what the Bubble Canaan House is and that they are all revenants in the River, she arranges for Isaac and Jeannemary to pass on through the River and into whatever comes after death.

## **Appearance and Personality**

Gideon first describes the Fourth House teens as thus:

> *"Ghastly teens, younger than Gideon, still in the midst of losing their fight with puberty. [...] the girl had a jewelled scabbard on her back."*
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Jeannemary is a vivacious young girl. Bright and courageous, she is attempting to navigate the transition from embarrassed preteen to powerful cavalier primary to the heir.

## **Relationships**

### Gideon Nav

> *"Her eyes were alight, and her voice was piercing when she said: 'That's how I want to fight. I don't want to spend all my time in show bouts. I want to fight like a real cavalier, as though my life's on the line."*
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Jeannemary is absolutely enamored with Gideon. Only a few years young, Gideon's strength, aptitude with a sword, and brash personality is a far cry from the polished court courtesies and show duels that Lady Pent and her school would allow her. She looks up to Gideon, and when Magnus and Abigail are killed, she tops the list of trusted allies.

## **Trivia**

* Jeannemary is named to be reminiscent of Jean d'Arc.

## **References**

1. ↑  tazmuir, Tumblr.com.
2. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act II, Ch. 15
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Gideon the Ninth," Cohort Intelligence Files
4. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act II, Ch. 11
5. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act III, Ch. 25
6. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act III, Ch. 25
7. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act II, Ch. 9
8. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act II, Ch. 11
9. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," A Little Explanation of Naming Systems