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Reginald Astor

**Reginald Astor**, aka "Reggie", is one of two brothers of House Astor.

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## About

Reggie is a young veteran with the Spirearch's Guard. He and other veterans take long runs around the Habbles along with the trainees like Gwen, Bridget.

### Description

* Blocky blond

### Character / Personally

Reggie is a bully who believes himself and his House Astor to be superior to everyone else.

"He thought himself handsome, and was, in an irritatingly self-assured way."
### Family & Friends

* Barnabus Astor -- brother
* House Astor

### Other Details

* Reggie took six friends to the duel—Benedict was intent on keeping them out of it.

## Connections

* Bridget Tagwynn
* Spirearch's Guard
* Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster
* Gwen Lancaster
* Habble Morning

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

He bullied and insulted Bridget Tagwynn and then challenged her to a duel for insulting his House when she stood up to him.

## Quotes

* "Relax. Let him make he first mistake. Believe me: You can always count on Reggie for that." — *Benedict to Bridget*

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 4, p. 43 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "CS1ch4" defined multiple times with different content
2. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 10
Kettle

*Mister Kettle*, Ship's pilot on the airship Predator.

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## About

It's Kettle's job to steer the ship. He alwayss seem to have multiple other tasks including being a conduit between the XO and next rank down for seeing that the Captain's orders get followed—and fussing over the Captain.

### Personality

* Grizzled
* protective of Captain Grimm

### Tasks Given

* Grimm had him clean his sword for him due to his arm was in a sling.
* Armoror: to arm the men with guantlets, sidearms, and tunics to make ready to repel boarders—Auroran Marines—on the Spire.
* Creedy orders him to sticklike glue to the Captain on the mission to waylay unorganized Marines.
* Collected the men from shore leave after the Auroran attack.

## Connections

* Grimm
* AMS Predator
* Creedy
* Journeyman
* Stern
* Verminocitors
* Battle Gear
* Auroran Marines
* ASA Ciervo
* Lancaster Vattery
* Gwen Lancaster

## Events

### *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Made a suggestion to Francis Grimm to make the dive steeper for speed. He fought ferociously trying to get through a gap in the wall at Lancaster Vattery where Auroran Marines were dug-in, kicked one man in the teeth.

## Quotes

* "Bloody hell," Kettle said, clearly angry. "Doesn't Habble Morning employ Verminocitors anymore?"
* "I didn't know him when he was in the Fleet miss, but..." Kettle took a slow breath his lips moving slightly, as if composing his answer before he spoke. Then he nodded and turned his eyes to her, his expression intent. "Miss Lancaster, Spirestone is heavy. Fire is hot. And the captain does his duty. No matter what it costs him. Understood?" — Kettle o Gwen Lancaster

## Book Refernces

1. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 15, p. 149
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 11
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 14
4. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 1
5. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 15
6. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 22, p. 220
Etheric webbing

**Etheric Webbing** — webbing made of Ethersilk.

## About

**Etheric Webbing** is a webbing that encircles an airship and is made of Ethersilk—translucent silk threads. The webbing harnesses the etheric currents that are used to drive an Airship.

### Technology

The web changes as the power runs carry electricity to it causing the ship to rise and seem weightless. The threads of the webbing catch the invisible currents of etheric energy that runs through the aero-sphere and then the silk strands spread like cobwebs encircle the vessel the uses the Etheric energy to pull it forward.

### Function and Use

The more webbing that was let out of the reel the more Etheric energy it would catch and the faster it would propel the ship.

### Stored

The webbing was stored on large reels at the bases of the masts all around the ship.

### Released

When released, it's charged with electricity from the Power Core Crystal and it rises and spreads to surround the ship.

### Raking the Web

**"Raking the web"** is when an airship shoots at the etheric webbing of an enemy ship to slow it down in order to kill it with direct hits to the ship.

### Details

* Some ships are capable of carrying more webbing than others.

## Connections

* Etheric energy (Etheric currents)
* Shroud
* Ethersilk
* Airships Parts, Gear and Technology
* Airships
* Albion Ships
* Grimm
* ASA Itasca
* Silkweavers
* Surface
* Etheric Engineers
* Etheric cannon
* Etherealist
* Etheric Tunics (Body Armor)

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

The Webbing is released as the Predator makes ready to waylay an Auroran merchant ship. The entire rear mast of webbing was destroyed by the ASA Itasca. Bridget observes the webbing in the ship.  Grimm explains to Gwen that what the ASA Itasca is doing by shooting the webbing on the Predator is called "raking the web" and the purpose is to slow down his ship to kill it. Predator shoots back at her web, makes a good hit. But Itasca keeps a lot more webbing than Predator.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 21
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 21, p. 208
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 67, p. 587
5. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 67, p. 589
6. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 2
Albion Ships

**Albion Ships** — List of Airships of Spire Albion. For the Albion Fleet, see Fleet.

## About Albion Ships

The Fleet of Airships of Spire Albion consist of "a Corps of twenty *Roc*-class battleships a hundred times the mass of or *Predator*—and correspondingly sluggish and slow to respond. They were accompanied by a screen of lighter verses, around fifty cruiser an destroyers of varying tonnages."

## List of all known Ships of Albion

### Heavy Cruisers

* AFS Chivalrous
* AFS Thunderous
* AFS Valiant
* AFS Victorious

### Merchantma​n

Merchant ships

* Merchantman Surplus
* Merchantman Tinker
* AMS Predator

### Unknown Classification

* AFS Furious
* AFS Perilous
* AFS Speck

### Models in Lord Albion's Office

* AFS Energetic — tiny model the size of a thumbnail.
* AFS Drednought — large model the size of a cat.

## Fleet Acronyms

* AAV - The first mention of a Auroran fleet designator is “ASA”; at the end of the book the designator “AAV” is used for the Itasca.
* AMS - Albion Merchant Ship
* AFS - (Assumption) - AFS stands for Aetherium Fleet Ship
* AR - After Reformation (inside Hardback book cover - AR is spelled out on Priscilla Spencer's copper plate map)
* ASA - The first mention of a Auroran fleet designator is “ASA”; the designator “AAV” is used for the Itasca at the end of the book.

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

The entire home Fleet and the Spire's batteries took to flight immediately after the attack by the Auroran destroyer, ASA Ciervo. The attack was a diversion, a ploy, to get theAlbion ships to do just that—all leave the Spire, so that they can quietly land marines for a raid of the spire and what we're seeing havoc they had in mind.

## See Also

* Spire Albion
* Fleet
* Spirearch's Guard
* Auroran Fleet
* Airships
* Battlecruiser
* Battle Gear
* Airships Parts, Gear and Technology

## Book References

1. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 11, p. 125
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 20
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 11
High Manual

**High Manual"**

## About

Manual written by the Builders. It seems to be a manual that outlines how people should live their lives in the highest spiritual ways possible. (inferred guess from limited text—more to be revealed, possibly)

## Connections

* Builders
* Black Horse Inn
* Habble Landing
* Bridget Tagwynn

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Bridget considers the numerous people smoking in the Black Horse Inn and thinks of how the Builders thought smoking was a great sin and wrote it in the High Manual.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 27
Great Library of Spire Albion

**Great Library of Spire Albion**, aka **Temple Library**, aka **Great Library**, aka the **Collection** — Library located inside the Temple of the Way.

## About

The **Great Library of Albion** is an enormous chamber filled with countless books located in the Temple of the Way. It is guarded and cared for diligently by the saffron-robed monks. The library by itself takes up about three-quarters of the space of the temple—every inch filled with books.

### Description

The ground floor contains shelving and workable, every Inh filled with books of every size, shape and color. There were three tiers of shelves around the outer wall above the ground floor, accessed by many staircases and balconies.

### Activities / Upkeep

Monks continually dust and tidy the shelves. Monks sat at the workable copying volumes by hand. Younger initiates carried paper and sprinkled sand over the pages to dry the ink and multiple other tasks.

### Soul of the Library

Master Efferus Effrenus Ferus says that the Library has a soul—

"Those that write them (the books) do (have souls). They leave bits and pieces behind them when they lay down the words some scraps and smears of their essential nature. Most unity, really—but assemble enough scraps and one might have something approaching a whole."
### Details

* The library at the Academy held there thousand volumes and was barely a tenth of the size of the Great Library.

## Connections

* Temple of the Way
* The Way
* Brother Vincent
* Team
* Gwen Lancaster
* Academy
* Spire Albion
* Habble Landing
* Surface (for the costly wood)

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Master Ferus requested that they be allowed to see the "Collection"—the Great Library. Brother Vincent gladly led the Team to the Library. Gwen was awed. Ferus also asked that Folly be allowed to stay in there a while. After some thought, the brother agreed. Ferus tasked her with thinking on what it was she felt there. Later she answered that she had felt "frozen souls" in the Library. He explained that she hadn't felt that before because there needed to be a higher density of books to feel the souls.

## Quotes

* "Ladies and gentlemen," he said in a quiet, vibrant tone. "The Great Library of Spire Albion." — Brother Vincent to the Team.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 26
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 27
Vatterists' Guild

**Vatterists' Guild**

### About

The **Vatterists' Guild** is a legitimate organization for the owners of Vatterys in Habble Landing.

## Connections

* Vattery
* Lancaster Vattery
* Tagwynn Vattery
* Camden Vattery
* Meat vattery
* House Lancaster
* House Tagwynn
* Guilds
* Habble Morning

## Events

### 1. *Guilds'*

Gwen mentioned it when Benedict was explaining to her what the Guilds in Habble Landing were like—more like organized gangs of illegal activities than legitimate organizations.
Mirl

Mirl (House of the Silent Paws)

## About

Mirl is a Cat who lives in Habble Morning. She works as one of Maul’s Whiskers (spies and hunters)

### Description

Mirl is small, but swift and intelligent, with black fur and green.

### Other Details

* She seems interested in Rowl who thinks about composing a song for her

## Back Story

Maul and Longthinker had once sent her on a trail that led her to Habble Landing where she saw monks fight training in the Temple of the Way in a form similar to what she and Rowl observed Benedict teaching Bridget.

## Connections

* Rowl
* Chief Maul
* Spirearch, Longthinker
* House of the Silent Paws
* Habble Morning
* Habble Landing
* Temple of the Way

## Events

### **Aeronaut's Windlass**

She found Rowl where he was watching Bridget Tagwynn train for her upcoming duel. She reported to him news from his father--that cats are still going missing by mysterious unknown creatures laying in wait in the Cat tunnels. Cats from othe tribes in other Habbles have also gone missing. Longthinker doesn't know what is causing the disappearances.

## Quotes

* Rowl watched her go the insufferable female. He stared after her for a moment, his tail lashing thoughtfully. Insubordinate—but quick. And beautiful. And never, ever boring. Perhaps he would compose a song for her. — Rowl, thinking.

## Book Refernces

1. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 6
2. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 6, p. 65
Bernard Fezzig

**Bernard Fezzig** — Etherealist

## About

**Bernard Fezzig** Is the nearest Etherealist to Efferus Effrenus Ferus. He resides in Habble Solace. Ferus thinks that Fezzig is "utterly mad."

## Connections

* Etherealist
* Efferus Effrenus Ferus
* Folly

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Efferus Effrenus Ferus tells Folly about him.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 17
Spire Olympia

**Spire Olympia** is one of the 9 known Spires.

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* **Clothing**: Olympians wear traditional green and gold clothing. Many wear the device of their home Spire's laurel wreath upon their breast or pendants or rings.

### Exports

* Olympian Tea
* Art from the New Dawn

### Inhabitants

* Commodore Horatio Pine
* McDagget (sculptor)
* Santos
* Habble Landing

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

While defending his ship from Commodore Hamilton Rook—who wants to take it for the Core Crystal—Grimm told him that he'd change his flag to Spire Olympia first.  While walking the streets of Habble Landing, Bridget notices the different visiting cultures from other Spires. Captain Ransom asks Grimm to take a run to Olympia for her—he refuses.

## Connections

* Spires
* Commodore Hamilton Rook
* McDagget (sculptor)
* Sycorax Cavendish
* Renaldo Espira
* Spirearch Manor
* Grimm

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 25, p. 240
2. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 19
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 18
4. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 7
5. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, 31
Master of Arms

**Master of Arms**

* **Over-see duels**: make sure everyone lives, try to resolve the cause of the duel before it starts, and to ensure that protocol is followed.

### Position Rotation

The office is filled by several of the old soldiers, one of them covers each day of the week. (Bk1, ch 10)

## Events

### *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Esterbrook was present to oversee the duel between Bridget Tagwynn and Reginald Astor in his duties as Master of Arms. (Ch 10)
Diego Ciriaco

**Sergeant Diego Ciriaco**; Master Sergeant, First Auroran Marines; Warriorborn.

## About

*Ciriaco* is a Warriorborn and an Auroran Marine who was among those that invaded Habble Landing in Spire Albion. He and his men were disguised as Guardsmen or the Spirearch's Guard on some kind of covert mission—they were carrying a stretcher filled with military grade explosives.

### Back Story

Diego was the first sergeant that Renaldo Espira once worked with. He taught him to "keep nervous men focused on their mission with familiar routine" and fear of his wrath should they deviate from it.

### Description

* Feline eyes, heavy accent, taller than Bridget (who he held captive).
* He has a deep-chested voice and he is larger than Espira.

### Details

* He had been shot by Gwen—a lucky shot in the dark.
* He calls Major Renaldo Espira: "**Ren**".

## Connections

* Warriorborn
* Renaldo Espira
* Madame Cavendish
* Auroran Armada
* Gwen Lancaster
* Bridget Tagwynn
* Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster
* Habble Morning
* Habble Landing
* Spire Aurora
* Blackhorse Inn
* Francis Grimm
* Sark

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

He and his men carried explosives into a tunnel disguised as Spirearch's Guardmen where Gwen, Benedict, and Bridget, were seeking shelter from the falling debris with the wounded Barnabus Astor during the Auroran Fleet invasion. They remained at a stand-off for a long time—he holding Bridget hostage, Gwen holding the explosives hostage: her Gauntlet aimed right at it. When Rowl came with Grimm and his men, Ciriaco and his men fled. Diego reports to Renaldo Espira what happened to Lt. Lazaro. And Espira explains why they need Madame Cavendish—to get info from the captured Verminocitor. Ren orders him to break his neck and dispose of the body.

He was with Major Renaldo Espira when the two of them captured Bridget and Folly outside the Blackhorse Inn in Habble Landing.

## Quotes

* "I a a loyal son of Aurora. And I have a duty. I'll fulfill it or die trying."
* "A Verminocitor stumbled onto the base. We caught him, but not his art er. He says he was alone. She is here to verify his story." ... "Knives?" the Warriorborn guessed. ... Espira shook his head and suppressed a shudder. "She took nothing with her." ... "She's a mad beast." Ciriaco said. "She is *our* mad beast." Espira corrected him. "Be glad she is on our side." ... The warriorborn narrowed his eyes, staring intently at Sark, and rolled one of his shoulder stiffly, as if it pained him "No, sir, I don't think I will." — Espira and Ciriaco, Ventilation Tunnels of Habble Landing

## Book Refernces

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 32
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 12
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 12–13
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 16
5. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 42
Launch

**Launch** — small vessel

## About

A ****Launch**** is a small air-worthy vessel that carries a small number of passengers between Airships or from a vessel to a dock in one of the the Shipyards.

### Details

* A boarding plank is used to cross between the launch to a ship.

## Connections

* Airships
* Fleet
* Fleet Shipyards
* Habble Landing Shipyards
* Predator
* Alexander Bayard
* AFS Valiant
* Calliope Ransom
* Mistshark
* Captain Castillo
* ASA Itasca
* Flagship

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Alexander Bayard came aboard the Predator to offer Grimm a job on his Flagship. Captain Castillo of the ASA Itasca helped to rescue the men from the AFS Victorious—they had more functioning launches than Predator, Valiant and Victorious put together. No Aeronaut or marine want to see anyone fall to the Surface—they have nightmares about it. Grimm recommended special commendation to Captain Castillo and his men for their effort.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 23, p. 222
2. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 23
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 69
Team

**Spirearch's Team** — group on a mission for the Spirearch.

## About

The team is a select group of members of the Guard who are assigned to accompany Efferus Effrenus Ferus down to Habble Landing aboard the AMS Predator on a secret mission for the Spirearch.

### Misson

The mission is very broadly to find and stop the enemy—Auroran Marines—and specifically, it is top secret. Each member is given a task that matches their abilities, talents and character. The Spirearch likes to study people and test them.

### Team Members and Tasks

* Efferus Effrenus Ferus — generally to find the enemy, seek information; I the rest is secret.
* Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster — to stay by Ferus's side, to protect him, make sure he returns safely
* Gwen Lancaster — "Smoother"—to smooth away obstacles to Ferus's mission
* Bridget Tagwynn — to act as liaison to the Cats or Habble Landing—House Nine-Claws; to find out what they know about the enemy or threats to the Spire.
* Rowl — same mission as Bridget's
* Folly — to assist Ferus
* Captain Grimm — Transortaton and backup assistance
* Predator's Crew — Transortaton and backup assistance.

### Why this Team

* The reason that such new members of the Guard were selected is beacause there is a traitor or traitors. They could be in the guard, corrupted by the enemy.
* Every member of the Guard on the team was tested by circumstances on the day of the attack and subsequent invasion by the Auroran airship, ASA Ciervo and the Auroran Marines. The were all proven worthy of the Spirearch's trust.
* Efferus Effrenus Ferus and Folly went to the Spirearch and asked for what he needed—the "Grimm Captain" for a mission to stop the enemy.

## Connections

* Auroran Marines
* ASA Ciervo
* Diego Ciriaco
* Sycorax Cavendish
* House Nine-Claws
* Grady
* Temple of the Way
* Brother Vincent
* Black Horse Inn
* Habble Landing
* Ventilation Tunnels
* Silkweavers
* Surface
* Lumin crystals

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

The Team almost gets overtaken by thugs when Grady led them down a shady street. They go to the Temple of the Way to seek guidance they can trust.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 20
2. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 18, 20
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 17, p. 174, and ch. 20
4. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 24
5. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 25–26
Mark IV-D Lift Crystal

**Mark IV-D Lift Crystal**

## About

The **Mark IV-D** is a very efficient Lift Crystal meant for Capital ships—Battlecruisers and the like. One was sent by the Spirearch from the Lancaster Vattery to the AMS Predator as part of the agreement he made with Grimm for escorting and supporting his chosen Team to Habble Morning.

### Description

Battlecruiser crystals tended to be denser and therefore more energy efficient.

### Altitude

* Seven to eight miles. Higher than can breath without tanks—sh won't have an operational ceiling for practical purposes.

### Settings

* The bars on the Haslett Cage need to be set in an asymmetric configuration to maximize sensitivity.

### Characteristics

* "The bottom hemisphere of the Mark IV-Ds is rigged with variable sensitivity. The closer to the positive end you get, the more powerful the crystal's pathways are.

### Details

* It's possible that Predator to climb faster than she could dive with this Crystal.

## Connections

* AMS Predator
* Battlecruisers
* Lift Crystal
* Crystals
* Haslett Cage
* Suspension Rig
* Journeyman
* Francis Grimm
* Lancaster Vattery
* Gwen Lancaster
* Team
* Etheric Engineers
* Habble Landing Shipyards
* Trim crystals
* Core Crystals
* Habble Landing

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

The new Trim crystals and the new Lift Crystal arrive in Lancaster Vattery crates sent by the Spirearch. The Lift Crystal was a new Mark IV-D—"Efficient as hell" according to Journeyman. Gwen helps Journeyman configure the Mark IV-D and the Haslett Cage.

## Quotes

* Gwen went down to the rig to regard the Crystal and whistled. "This is the one from the vat in section three, row two. It's one of the best of the batch. God in Heven, if you aren't cautious, with that power core behind it this Rastas could tear the ship apart" ... "Tell me something I don't know," Journeyman said. ... "Which configuration are you planning for its cage?" ... "Standard dispersal, maximum spacing," Journeyman replied. ... "What?" Gwen asked. "Why would you do that?" ... "How else should I do it?" Journeyman snapped. ... "Didn't you read the owners manual?" ... "*Manuel?* See here, missy. I've been an Etheric Engineer since before you were born. I think I know how to handle a Lift Crystal." — Gwen and Journeyman

* "We'll take it from me, she isn't going to like that dispersal pattern." Gwen said. "The bottom hemisphere of the Mark IV-Ds is rigged with variable sensitivity. The closer to the positive end you get, the more powerful the crystal's pathways are. You need to set your bars in an asymmetric configuration to maximize sensitivity. If you go with a standard hemisphere it will be too easy to dump too much current in. Before you kno what happened, you'll be watching that crystal fly to the moon while your ship falls. Which you would know if you *read the manuel*." ... Journeyman ground his teeth. "Always improving things th tdon't need improving," he muted. "Fine. Asymmetric. Show me." — Gwen and Journeyman

## Book References

1. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 28 and 49
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 28
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 49
Merchantman Tinker

**Tinker" — an Albion Merchant Airship**

## About

The **Tinker** was a Merchant airship destroyed by Aurora destroyer Ciervo in an attack on Spire Albion.

### Other Ships Destroyed in Attack

* AFS Chivalrous — Heavy Destroyer in Albion Fleet
* Tinker — merchant ship; destroyed
* Surplus — Merchant ship; destroyed

## Connections

* ASA Ciervo
* Admiral Watson
* Albion Ships
* Fleet
* Auroran Armada

## Book Refernces

1. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 11, p. 122
Gauntlet

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## About

An offensive weapon commonly used in the Spires, especially by the Spirearch's Guard.

### Structure

Leather through copper casework around the forearm.
The gauntlets are made up of a copper cage around the hand and lower arm, and contain a crystal that can be used to fire blasts of energy.

### Power

* The strength of the blast seems to depend on the intention of the wearer.
* Gauntlets are less powerful than Long Guns. Long guns can blow whole stones out a wall instead of just chips of stones. (Ref?)

### How used

Gauntlets are primed for use by the wearer mentally.

### Side Hazards

* They are not design for steady discharge—overheat. "The copper wires that served as a cage for the weapons Crystal, encasing the user'er forearm, smoldered, heated, and began to glow."
* If used too often, the copper becomes hot and can set the wearer's clothing on fire.

## Connections

* Weapon crystals
* Weapons
* Long Guns
* Etheric cannon
* Crystals
* Airships Parts, Gear and Technology
* Spirearch's Guard
* Gwen
* Efferus Effrenus Ferus
* Captain Esterbrook
* Auroran Marines

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Gwen fires her gauntlet near Captain Esterbrook to prove to her mother how serious she is.If used too often, the copper becomes hot and can set the wearer's clothing on fire. Bridget is not so good with gauntlet training. Gauntlet fire is spotted by Creedy at the Lancaster Vattery and Grimm and crew go there to stop the Auroran Marines. Efferus Effrenus Ferus took on enemy intruders who entered his home blasting their gauntlets. Using his Crystal Cane, he raised it in fron of him and the Crystal soaked in the deadly etheric energy of the guntlets. They overheated from the steady discharge and burned their arms while they struggled to remove their gauntlets.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. *Prologue*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 17
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 34, p. 318
4. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. , p.
5. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 4
6. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 14–15
Dark Meta Knight

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Kirby Star Allies

Kirby's Dream Buffet(cameo)

 é um personagem da série *Kirby*, estreando como o antagonista secundário de *Kirby & The Amazing Mirror*. Ele é o reflexo do Meta Knight no Mirror World.

Meta Knight sombrio também aparece como um Dream Friend em *Kirby Star Allies*, onde ele se junta a Kirby apesar de ser malvado e manter sua cara assustadora.

## Aparência

Ele usa uma mascara com um arranhão em um dos olhos, usa uma capa toda rasgada e preta que também se transforma em asas, tem duas ombreiras iguais as do meta knight, só que na cor preta, usa sapatos vermelhos e uma espada prateada com uma joia azul
Admiral Watson

**Admiral Waton** — Admiral of the Albion Fleet.

Admiral Watson is the top commander of the Albion Fleet.

### History / Back Story

It was the Admiralty that ejected Captain Grimm from the Fleet making him an exile.

## Connections

* Fleet
* Albion Ships
* Commodore Hamilton Rook
* Admiral Tagwynn
* Alexander Bayard, Commadore
* Auroran Fleet
* Airships
* ASA Ciervo
* Grimm

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

After the attack by Auroran ships led by ASA Ciervo, Grim knew that Admiral Watson would not listen to him, an exile when he figured out that the Aurorans intended to raid the spire by dropping marines down from their ships. So he took a landing party to ashore to slow the attack what ever way they could.

## Quotes

* "I heard the Admiralty broke your sword. For cowardice." ... Kettle made a growling noise. ... Esterbrook glanced up, arching an eyebrow at Kettle. But then he turned back to Grimm, clearly waiting for an answer. ... "They did, sir," Grimm said. ... Esterbrook showed his teeth. "But you'll charge a dug-in position of Marines. With one arm in a sling." ... "It was necessary to do it," Grimm said "We all serve, sir. Some with me glory than others." ... Esterbrook seemed to consider the multiple meanings in Grimm's answer and said "Right. **The admiralty has its head up its nethers again**." — Captain Esterbrook and Francis Grimm

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 11, p. 125
2. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 11, p. 118
House Tagwynn

A family descended from the legendary Admiral Tagwynn.

## Information

Little is known of this House, but much of their past prestige comes from their famed ancestor. One assumes that it was his accomplishments that raised them to the standing of a High House.

Currently the house has fallen out of distinction, owning a meat vattery in Habble Morning. There are only two surviving members of this house at present.

## Members of House Tagwynn

* Bridget Tagwynn
* Franklin Tagwynn
* Admiral Tagwynn (deceased)
* Rowl - by association
Academy

**Academy**

## About

Habble Morning has an an Adademy that the Fleet attends (perhaps only its officers) and for higher education.

NOTE: It is not clear whether these are separate academys or one academy with separate branches of study.

### Details

* It has a library with about three thousand volumes in it. It' completely dwarfed in comparison by the Great Library of Spire Albionlocated in the Temple of the Way in Habble Landing.

## Connections

* Creedy
* Grimm
* Great Library of Spire Albion
* Gwen Lancaster

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Creedy tells Grimm that they were taught that it was never proven that an airship was ever more than just vehicle. Grimm argues that ships are more than wood and crystals and ethersilk and the men who treat them that way get more out of them. And, that the Academy is only where knowledge begins, not ends.

## Quotes

* "The Academy is where knowledge begins, not where it ends." — Grimm to Creedy

## Book References

1. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 26
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 11, p. 121
AFS Energetic

**AFS Energetic** — model of an Albion Airship.

## About

The **AFS Energtic** is a Destroyer represented by a small model the size of a thumbnail in the Spirearch’s office. No other information known about it at this time.

## Connections

* Spirearch Manor
* Albion Ships
* Lord Albion, Spirearch
* Fleet

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Gwen saw the model in a case behind Lord Albion's desk where there were models replicas for each and every ship in the Aertherium Albion Fleet.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. , p.
Shadelight

**Shadelight**

## About

A **shadelight** is a Lumin crystal traditionally lit to guide a dead person's shade back home or to his bunk. Often done in professions where people work closely together at dangerous jobs. Such as: Verminocitors Guild or the AMS Predator other ships.

## Connections

* Lumin crystals
* Verminocitors
* Verminocitors Guild
* AMS Predator
* Harris Moberly
* Felix
* Francis Grimm
* Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

At the Verminocitors Guild, they have a Lumin crystal lit for Harris Moberly. Benedict is perplexed by the light. Francis Grimm explains that it's being used as a "shadelight" to guide his shad home. The crew on the Predator does it every time they lose man.
Timeline

## Key

BAW
Before "Aeronaut's Windlass."
AAW
After "Aeronaut's Windlass."
The method of chronology in the series is "AR" for "After Restoration," and 0 BAW corresponds with 352 AR.

## History

c. 2000-4000 BAW -- *Predator*'s first generation power core begins growing. ("a few thousand years old")

c. 500 BAW -- Battlecruiser ASA *Itasca* arrives on the scene

c. 200 BAW / c. 150s AR -- New Dawn.  A period of time marked by "giddy days," after Gregor the Strong unites the Spire Albion habbles and forms a council to rule them.

19 BAW / 333 AR -- Folly born

17-18 BAW -- Benedict born (less than two years older than Gwen)

17 BAW / 335 AR -- Bridget born

16 BAW / 336 AR -- Gwen born

10 BAW / 342 AR -- "The Perilous Incident."  *Perilous'* captain is killed and his XO is beaten into a coma.  After bringing the warship home safely through pirate-infested waters, Lieutenants Bayard and Rook advance to Lieutenant-Commander, and Lieutenant Grimm is drummed out of the service for cowardice. Shortly after, Grimm becomes merchant captain of the newly-named *Predator*.

1 1/2 BAW / 350 AR -- 18 months BAW, Grimm becomes a privateer.  Stern follows him from Fleet service.

## The *Cinder Spires*

0 BAW / 352 AR -- Events of "Aeronaut's Windlass"
New Dawn

**New Dawn** — a time period in history.

## About

A period in the history of the Cinder Spires world that ended about two centuries ago in which art and literature was at its souring highest.

The hallway off the entrance of the Spirearch Manor exhibited impressive paintings and sculptures, many from the New Dawn era based on their engraved brass plaques.

### Art and Artists

* Olympian master Sculptor McDagget has a number of pieces in Addison's palace—the Spirearch Manor.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 18, p. 175
Verminocitors

**Verminocitors** — Creature catchers

## About

**Verminocitors** are men and women who hunt predators that enter the Ventilation Tunnels—the creatures that are too big for the Cats to handle.

### Duties

* hunt and kill predatory creatures in the Tunnels.
* maintain and repair defensive grates.
* tack and kill "nightmarish interlopers" before they could hunt people inside the Spire.

### Known Verminocitors

* Harris Moberly — missing man found dead
* Felix — Guildmaster

### Details

* By tradition, they hung a Lumin crystal up when one of their brethen died.

## Connections

* Ventilation Tunnels
* Kettle
* Francis Grimm
* Alexander Bayard
* Harris Moberly
* Silkweavers
* Cats
* House Nine-Claws
* Habble Landing
* Habble Morning
* Renaldo Espira
* Sycorax Cavendish
* Diego Ciriaco
* Auroran Marines
* Lumin crystals

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Kettle asks, nobody in particular, if Habble Morning doesn't still employ Verminocitors in the Ventilation Tunnels after Grimm returns to the ship wounded by a mystery creature. Renaldo Espira requests that Sycorax Cavendish use her special abilities to check the veracity of a captured Verminocitor's claim that he was working the job alone so as not to have to split the fee.  Cavendish questions Harris Moberly using her powers left him like a vegetable. He was telling the truth, he was working alone.

## Book Refernces

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 11
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 29
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 43, p. 398
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 43
5. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 19
6. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 32
ASA Ciervo

**ASA Ciervo** — an Auroran Fleet Destroyer

## About

The **Ciervo** is an Auroran Destroyer that led the attack Spire Albion’s Habble Morning Shipyards and the Habble Morning Marketplace by Auroran Fleet. This occurred right at the start of the duel between Bridget Tagwynn and Reginald Astor. There were half a dozen more airships behind her—all or them in that raid slipped past the Albion patrol.

### Purpose of the Attack

The attack was intended a diversion to allow them to drop Auroran Marines into the Spire to conduct a raid and whatever havoc they intend.

### Warcry

The Warcry of the Ciervo is a high-itched humming that sounds like "an ether wasp gliding effortlessly on an etheric wind, but louder, wider, deeper." Captain Grimm recognized instantly and got his ship into the air just in time.

### Airships Destroyed

* heavy cruiser AFS Chivalrous;
* Merchantman Surplus
* Merchantman Tinker

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Because the Albion Fleet had mobilized in response to the attack, leaving the spire unprotected against landing marines, Grimm and the aeronauts of the Predator formed a landing party to help repel boarders. Armed with minimal training in direct combat, the best they could do is slow them down until the Fleet—particularly Commodore Alexander Bayard—got wise and sent down Albion marines to defend the Spire.

## See Also

* Auroran Fleet
* Diego Ciriaco
* Captain Castillo
* Habble Morning Marketplace
* Habble Landing
* Albion Ships
McDagget (sculptor)

**McDagget** was a Master Sculptor.

## About

**Master Sculptor McDagget** was an artist from Spire Olympia during the New Dawn era occurring more than two hundred years ago. Some of his sculptures are exhibited at Spirearch Manor in the grand hallway made of polished wood, a rarity in the Spires.

## Book Refernces

1. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 18, p. 175
Lieutenant Ibarra

A young lieutenant of Major Espira’s battalion; he barges in on a meeting between Major Espira and Madame Cavendish. The Madame was *not* pleased and used him as an object lesson (drove him mad) to get the Major’s cooperation to trap Folly and Bridget

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Lord Lancaster

**Lord Lancaster** — Patriarch of House Lancaster

## About

The current head of House Lancaster, the husband of Lady Lancaster, and the father of Gwen Lancaster. He owns Lancaster Vattery, the source of priceless crystals, and so is one of the most important people in all of Spire Albion.

### Positon / Duties

* Prime Minister
* He either leads the Council or is on it, as is hinted by Lord Albion.
* Owns Lancaster Vattery

### Character / Personality

He seems to have a certain amount of honor and a sincere desire to do all he can for people you do right by him and the for Spire Albion.

## Connections

* Lady Lancaster
* Gwen Lancaster
* Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster
* Captain Esterbrook
* Lancaster Vattery
* House Lancaster
* High Houses
* Lancaster Manor
* Council
* Lord Albion, the Spirearch
* Crystals
* Spirearch's Guard
* Francis Grimm
* Auroran Marines
* Crew of the Predtor
* Alexander Bayard
* AFS Valiant
* Etheric Engineers
* Etheric Engineering Academy
* Spire Albion
* Habble Morning

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

When talking to Gwen Lancaster and Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster at Beech's Dumpling Stand the morning of the Duel, Lord Albion, the Spirearch, says to her: "Your father and the Council manage the affairs of the Spire by consensus..." After Captain Francis Grimm stopped the Auroran Marines from taking the Lancaster Vattery, **Lord Lancaster** and Lady Lancaster offer their residence as a hospital for his wounded along with their doctors. They witnessed the entire battle from inside Lancaster Manor. They sent Captain Esterbrook to deliver the message. Alexander Bayard tells Francis Grimm that he won respect from the prime minister who watched Grimm defend his home, his people, his livelihood from his study window.

## Quotes

* "And you've won more than a little respect for your actions at the Lancaster Vattery. The prime minister himself watched you defend his home, his people, his livelihood through his study window. If you come back to the Fleet and offer your services, I think the winds are right to make it happe—and there happens to be a capain'sslot ineed to fill in my squadron."  Alexander Bayard to Grimm

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 23, p225
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 9
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 15, p. 152
4. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. , p.
Surface

The **Surface** — of the world.

## About

The **Surface** is the natural floor of the world where the Spires exist. Most people live in fear of the Surface. It is full of innumerable dangers.

### Description

Most of the **Surface** is filled with forests and mist. There are many very dangerous creatures on the Surface. It is described as being a "hell" from the perspective of the humans. It is unclear on what proportion of this is because of the dangerous creatures there, or because humans have become so unused to the exposed sky and a ground not made of Spirestone.

"...she had spent her entire lifetime in curiosity and utter dread about the true nature of the surface world outside the Spires, the land of nightmares made flesh. In all of written history, the surface world had been a hell braved only by the mad, the desperate, and the madly, desperately greedy."
### Inhabitants

As far as the people of the Spires know, almost no humans have voluntarily dwelled on the surface since the creation of the Spires. Some do occasionally visit the surface, however, to harvest ethersilk and wood. Dwelling on the surface is dangerous, and at least Spire Albion uses exile to the surface as forced labor in lieu of imprisonment for criminals, including for relatively minor crimes like theft or prostitution (possibly due to the constant need for involuntary surface workers), with an encampment roughly 40,000-60,000 strong located at the base of the Spire. Casualties are high, but evidently a term of surface exile is preferable to a certain death sentence.At least one etherealist lives on the surface for research purposes, and references to scavengers outside the Spires suggest some human population may exist on the surface separate from the slave labor encampments.

#### Creatures

There are many dangerous animals on the surface, including the silkweavers. They are considered untameable by the people of Spire Albion , though mostly through propaganda instead of actual experience. Besides the new and more dangerous creatures, bears, fish, and birds still exist in the wild, and cats view the surface as survivable if dangerous.

#### The Voice

It may also be the dwelling-place of the Voice, although it is unknown whether it simply used the landscape of the surface for its mental communications.

### Details

* Wood and other products collected from the surface

## Connections

* Silkweavers
* Ethersilk
* Spires
* Commodore Horatio Pine
* Verminocitors
* Ventilation Tunnels

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

The residents of Habble Landing use a lot of wood to construct buildings and every door is made of wood. Bridget considers the creatures that enter to Ventilation Tunnels from the Surfaceand what an important role that cats play in hunting downt the smaller creatures.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 34, p. 320
2. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 29, p. 278
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 54, p. 478
4. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 54
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. , p.
6. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 29
Creedy

**Creedy** -- Aka Commander Creedy, full name is **Commander Byron Creedy**

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## About

**Creedy** has been habbled from the Albion Fleet for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman (AFS Glorious); Captain Grimm took Creedy on as the Predator’s XO to pay back a favor to Creedy’s sister. Folly thinks of him as “the young captain".

### Position

**Creedy** is the Commanding Officer, or XO, the 2nd in command of the airship AMS Predator.

### Character / Personality

* Grows in respect and loyalty to Captain Grimm, becomes protective of him like the other men on the Predator.

### Other Details

* Folly thinks of him as the "young captain."

## Connections

* Grimm
* Kettle
* Journeyman
* Folly
* Spirearch
* AFS Glorious
* AMS Predator
* Habble Morning, Spire Albion
* Lift Crystals
* Windlass

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Byron Creedy suggests ways to Grimm of earning funds to replace the Lift Crystals and get the Predator back in fighting and sailing shape. Leads two squads to the other side of the Auroran marines attacking the Lancaster Vattery and successfully, quickly overtakes them. Grimm compliments him for his great work in the action. He can't give him a ribbon, but he'll buy him a drink later.  Bayard warns Grimm that Fleet will be calling him back within a week—all Habbled sailors—due to the declaration of war.

## Quotes

* "Miss, if I were you, I would have a care what you had to say about the captain in front of his officers or crew—myself included. None of us will care who your parents are if you insult the captain. Do I make myself understood?" ... "Gwen arched an eyebrow at him. "Have I said anything that is untrue, Commander?" ... You have said nothing untrue" he replied. "You have also said nothing that is complete. There is more to the world than what a review board publishes about an officer or aeronaut, Miss Lancaster. Guard. Your. Tongue." — **Creedy** and Gwen Lancaster

## Book References

1. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 11, p. 115
2. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. , p.
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 11
4. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 14–15
5. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 23
6. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 22, p. 216
Etheric Engineers

**Etheric Engineers** — Engineer of Etheric energy.

## About

**Etheric Engineers** design weapons and tools that utilize Etheric energy. Many Etheric Enginers are the engineers on Airships.

### Types of Products

* Airships
* Gauntlets
* Etheric cannon
* Etheric Weaponry: Gauntlets, Long Guns, Cannon
* Etheric webbing
* Etheric Sails (on parasails)
* Etheric Weapons
* Shroud
* Haslett Cage
* see: Airships Parts, Gear and Technology

### Resorces

* Crystals
* Weapon crystals

### Known Etheric Engineers

* Journeyman
* Gwen Lancaster — no degree or license, but studied systems in the Lancaster Vattery since she was a child.

## Connections

* Etheric Engineering Academy
* Etheric energy
* Airships
* Airships Parts, Gear and Technology
* Journeyman
* Gwen Lancaster
* AMS Predator
* Lift Crystals
* Core Crystals
* Trim crystals
* Weapon crystals

## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

As an Etheric engineer, Journeyman was too valuable to replace, despite his insubordination.  Grimm compares Etherealists to etheric engineers to help Bridget understand what an Etherealist is and does. Gwen informs Journeyman of her knowledge wth Crystal systems. Journeyman has been an Etheric Engineer since before Gwen was born. They work on installing and calibrating the new crystals in Predator together.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 21, p. 207
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 49, p.
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 1
AFS Perilous

The ***Perilous*** —

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The *Perilous* is an airship in the Albion Fleet.

## History

During mid-cruise, the Captain died and the XO was in a coma from beating; three lieutenants (Grimm, Rook and Bayard) brought her back to Spire Albion with heavy losses; Grimm, the acting captain, was drummed out of the service for cowardice in the face of the enemy, the other two were promoted to Lieutenant Commanders.

“A Fleet captain dead in midcruise, his executive officer beaten into a coma. Three young lieutenants left to bring a warship and her crew safely home through pirate skies. Lieutenants Grimm, Bayard, and Rook, to be precise.”
## Events

### 1. *Aeronaut's Windlass*

Stern, member of Grimm's crew on the Predator, followed him from the Perilous when he was a young Midshipman.

Captain Esterbrook asks Grimm if he was the the captain of the Perilous, and that he heard that the Admiralty broke his sword for cowardice. He thinks it's amazing that such a captain would have come into Albion in a battle and charge a group of Marines in a dug-in position with his arm in a sling. He further thinks that "the Admiralty has its head up it nethers again."

## Book Refernces

1. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 15, p. 155
2. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. , p.
3. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 14, p. 145
4. ↑ *Aeronaut's Windlass*, ch. 15, p. 153