Tasha Cormorant

****N******atasha Felice Cormorant**, or **Tasha**, is the granddaughter of the Snakebird. She ran a coffee shop in Shantytown. In attempting to make a name for herself as a carrier, she orchestrated the kidnapping of Peony Hyde.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

After hearing about the kidnapping of Peony Hyde, Mrs. Hakelbarend wanted to call up the Snakebird, but did not think he would take her call. She decided to try to call his granddaughter Tasha, who ran a coffee shop in Shantytown and she'd heard was trying to make a name for herself. After learning that a cop had been bribed by many different organizations and blackmailed by a female voice trying to sound like a male, she said again that she would try Tasha, though she knew that if Tasha's grandfather was involved she would not help. Marzana saw a very cranky-looking trustee portrait, and commented that she seemed to be trying to look older by looking disdainful.

Marzana, J.J., and Meddy found Tasha in Mrs. Agravin's apartment, their missing teacher. She pretended to have been Peony, tied to a chair and gagged, and seemed very upset, though she missed something in the reference to her favorite book. The fake Peony would not answer any of Marzana's questions, seeming upset, and they did magic tricks to cheer her up. The police then, still convinced she was Peony, took her to the Hydes. Mrs. Agravin mentioned having been told to leave town by a female, just as the person pretending to be Mrs. Agravin's sister who had called her in sick.

When she met the Snakebird, Mrs. Hakelbarend mentioned having tried to contact Tasha (it is also noted that she is the Cotgrave trustee at Marymead), who might have insights because downhill was her territory, but had not been able to reach her. The Snakebird said that she was doing well, and would suggest to her to take Mrs. Hakelbarend's call the next time. The Hydes pretended that Tasha was their daughter. Marzana later realized that the girl they had rescued had not been Peony Hyde but an accomplice, who had tied herself to the chair.

Marzana saw the portrait of Tasha Cormorant. She recalled all the mentions of the girl, how she was trying to build her own reputation as a carrier and had not returned Mrs. Hakelbarend's calls. She supposed that Tasha would've had most of her grandfather's information, and would be able to manipulate him. Meddy then came by and asked why there was a painting of Peony Hyde in their school. Marzana took out the photo of Peony and compared the two pictures, and with Ciro's help concluded that it was the same girl, trying to look older in the portrait and younger in the photo. Emilia revealed that Tasha Cormorant had been hired to empty out the Hydes' house, which was built above an old Belowground station.

Brandon Levi was told about Tasha's involvement, and after being surprised he decided that it made sense for someone not taken seriously to do something big to change their reputation. He was not sure that Tasha would know that the Belowground still ran. They decided that Tasha was the only one they knew of responsible for getting the Hydes out of the house. When confronting the other kidnappers, Moth and Kit Fletchwood, Marzana revealed that they knew about Fake Peony and Tasha's involvement. When the two kidnappers were apprehended, they tried to claim that they had not known about the kidnapping and it had been all Tasha's doing. Tasha had, according to Emmett Syebuck, somehow learned that the game was up and slipped away from the Hydes, though even if she had been caught she wouldn't tell anything. Mrs. Hakelbarend predicted that Tasha would eventually surface again.

## Physical appearance

Tasha has dark hair. She tried to look older in her trustee portrait, coiling her hair in fancy whorls and wearing a blazer and tortoiseshell glasses. She tried to look younger in the fake picture of Peony Hyde, parting her hair into two long ponytails and wearing a bunny T-shirt and braces.

## Personality and traits

Tasha tried to make her reputation as a carrier, but was not taken seriously. She then put together a kidnapping, hoping to change her reputation.

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