Moth Fletchwood

****T******imothy Fletchwood**, called **Moth** or **Timmy**, is the son of Tumbler Fletchwood and brother of Christopher Fletchwood. He helped orchestrate the kidnapping of Peony Hyde in order to enter the Belowground Transit station below the Hydes' house.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Marzana mentioned Moth Fletchwood, a relation of Tumbler, having written three times the previous year. Moth later showed up to Hedgelock Court himself, along with his brother Christopher, asking Mrs. Hakelbarend about his recently deceased father, Tumbler. Moth mentioned the letters he'd written, which had been sent back because it had not been an emergency. Christopher told Mrs. Hakelbarend about Tumbler having passed two years prior, and they reminisced about Tumbler's love for poems and his visit to Nagspeake one last time. When Christopher asked about him leaving something behind, Moth was upset with him. Mrs. Hakelbarend refused to tell him any stories, insisting that there were people in Nagspeake who did not care about statues of limitations, and Moth, enraged, left in a huff.

Marzana and the rest of the Thief Knot, having figured out that the purpose of the kidnapping of Peony Hyde was to make Mergenthaler Street Station enterable, showed up and hid in the station. Marzana watched as two men, one taller and the other stockier, entered the station and wondered at the iron. They then set to work on Locker 152, trying to open the lock with lockpicks that they were not adept at using. The two referred to each other as Timmy and Kit, and Timmy was increasingly frustrated with the other kidnapper. The lockpicks had disappeared and the backpack was dancing with a balloon, something that was rapidly captivating Kit's attention, to Timmy's annoyance. He cursed and made Kit come with him in an attempt to get the lockpicks from the backpack.

During this time, Marzana ad Emilia were in the aisle, and Emilia picked the lock. However, the kidnappers then returned, and Timmy managed to catch Marzana. He held a knife to her throat. Marzana tried to negotiate about Peony Hyde, mentioning having solved the whole case and knowing all about Tasha Cormorant as well. They were surprised but refused to listen to Marzana's demands, making Emilia pick the lock again, which she did quite slowly. Marzana realized that they were Moth and Christopher Fletchwood. The thing in the locker was something from their father, she knew, and she spoke to Moth about this and insisted that her mother did indeed care. The thing in the locker, Marzana said, would not be worth much money like Moth thought, though it would probably be something he wanted.

Moth opened the locker and found nothing in it. Moth blamed the Thief Knot for having taken it, and refused to speak to the (fake) ghost made of the punching balloon. Kit did, though, and Moth eventually did so as well, though he seemed reluctant. He then read a message that was supposedly from the ghost, insisting that Peony Hyde be returned. Moth and Kit slumped, and Moth let go of Marzana. Brandon took control, stopping Moth and Kit from leaving, and reinforcements arrived in the form of Marzana's parents, the customs agent Emmett, and the Criminal Investigation officer Thad. Marzana informed her mother who the kidnappers were.

Moth held the knife in one hand and his brother in the other. He seemed still defiant, and eventually worked up the courage to threaten to tell everyone who Mrs. Hakelbarend really was. She convinced him, however, that he was not like that. Moth insisted that Tasha Cormorant wouldn't go down quietly either, but was informed that Tasha had known when she'd been figured out and escaped. Peony Hyde, as well, had escaped. Moth tried to argue more, but Kit stopped him, and after being compared to his father Moth moaned. Moth and Kit were marched away by Emmett and Thad, to be sent back to the United States where they were from. Marzana and her group later discovered what Tumbler had actually left them: a treasure hunt to put together a poem (which, she realized, Tumbler had already given them) and ending in kites (the Windrose and the Portolan) for them to fly together.

## Physical appearance

Moth is skinny and tall. He has green eyes and light brown hair that he wears swept up behind his forehead and makes him look taller.

## Personality and traits

Moth wanted very much to learn about his father, Tumbler, who had been part of Violet Cross's crew, and where he came from. Moth eventually convinced himself that his father had left him something valuable in Mergenthaler Street Station, orchestrating a kidnapping along with his brother Kit and Tasha Cormorant to be able to break into the station. Moth was willing to hurt others, holding a knife to Marzana and threatening to tell everyone who Mrs. Hakelbarend was in exchange for his release. Moth was continuously defiant even after capture, though eventually relented after being reminded of his father.