Mx. Morrell

**Mx. Morrell** is both the propagator for and part of the Museum of Broken Promises. They are potentially the only adult character in the show with their shit together.

## Personality

Mx. Morrell is very wise, but prone to cryptic diatribes. They can be described as an optimistic nihilist, believing that life has no real purpose, save for what you make of it. They are also seen to be quite sentimental and paternal, caring deeply for Baby and the knowledge carried in the Museum.

## Description

Mx. Morrell is described as a thin figure whose head is formed of shelf fungus, with clusters of small white mushrooms making their eyes, mushroom stalk hair, and other shapes making a rough approximation of a human body and face with thin lips. They wear black spectacles, a long tweed brown coat, and a corduroy vest. Mx. Morrell's age and height are unknown.

## History

Mx. Morrell used to be an archaeologist (at this point identifying as male) who "*always had a knack of taking things that did not belong to [them]*", though one ladled an armature. At one point, Mx. Morrell visited Cairo - originally for their heath - and began commencing digs in the Valley of Kings. Through these digs they discovered a tomb, opening it to find it empty except for black spores of Rothogroth. When they inhaled these particals they transformed them into their current physical state and planted Rothogroth's voice in their head. It is unknown how long ago this happened. As of current Mx. Morrell is both part of and an employee at The Museum of Broken Promises; it is unknown what Mx. Morrell did to become part of the Museum. At some point they adopted Baby and took on Benson The Dissembling Man as a coworker (the latter of which might have been before their covenant).

### Season 1

Mx. Morrell - already thoroughly inebriated - plays a game of poker in the Resting Place Hotel, as delt by the Diamond Rider, with Barb, Ricou Chapman, Grug, The Quilt, The Countess, and the unknown 7th player of Nolan Thair as he aided Ricou in cheating. Morrell leaves early and returns to the Museum. Sometime later Morrell picks up Diggory Graves from the Scoutpost after they became a part of the Museum. They comfort them and give them advice on how to cope with the death of Walter Pensive (see Episode 36 - Swords) and on their personal dilemma of feeling as if they were made for a reason.

They make an appearance at Walt's funeral where they speak with Riot Maidstone, although they admit that they never knew him, they tell her they admired his work and trusted that she would be taking his place. Unlike many of the attendees of Walt's funeral, Mx. Morrell does not make an appearance at the storming of Solomon Reed's house.

### Season 2

Mx. Morrell does not make any appearances in Season two of Hello From the Hallowoods

### Season 3

Mx Morrell returns to the surrounding area of Scoutpost Two to retrieve Diggory, after being instructed by Rothogroth to kill them. As well as Diggory they also collect Percy Reed, and when they tell the two of their directive, although they had no plan on carrying it out as they felt favouritism towards Diggory. They tell them that they were there because they wanted to know why Rothogroth wanted Diggory dead, but when they attempt to move the conversation inside the museum Percy lashes out at them, with enough force to kill. Morrell is fine, regenerating their damaged parts, telling Percy that death was mercy they would never be granted. The three entre the museum where Morrell explains to Diggory and Percy their backstory, and Diggory and Percy explain to them their pan to stop the Heart of Marolmar, Diggory remembering that Rizwana Mirza had one of Rothogroth's spores in her head asks Morrell for an audience with him.

Morrell complies and takes Diggory to Rothogroth, who explains to them that he'd wanted Morrell to kill them because he'd become effected by the black water, and now did not want the Heart to be destroyed (see Diggory Graves). Rothograoth goes quiet and Morrell asks if Diggory and Percy would like to go for a drink. They take them to the Grand Crossroads Hotel, to their confusion as they expected to find the Resting Place in its place. Upon entering the Crossroads Morrell is informed of Barb's death and meets Polly and Mort. Later that night Morrell plays poker at the Crossroads with The Quilt, The Countess, Percy, Ricou, Mr. Raven and Mr. Writingdesk, the latter two cheating through the use of Penny Rescher. The poker game devolves into a brawl which is eventually broken up by Polly. Morrell leaves the Crossroads sometime after this in the Museum of Broken Promises with Diggory, Percy, and Mort who became a last-minute tag along.

## Known Abilities

* Mx. Morrell can generate fungus spores from their head, they are shown doing this while intoxicated.
* They are functionally immortal, able to regenerate from physical damage that should have well and truly been fatal.
* Mx. Morrell has a Psychic connection to Rothogroth through spores in their head (Rizwana Mirza also had a similar connection)

## Relationships

### Diggory Graves

Diggory graves is a part of the Museum of broken Promises. Through this they met Mx. Morrell, and obtained their advice and support on the matter of Walter Pensive's death, Diggory's broken promise to Riot Maidstone, what they do should do in regard to Solomon Reed and Percy Reed, and their situation with the Heart of Marolmar. After this Morrell doesn't see them again till Episode 98 - Harvests after being sent by Rothogroth to kill them. They reassure them that they had no plans on doing this, and instead help them to talk to Rothogroth.

### Baby

Baby is part of The Museum of Broken Promises (likely after the death of their mother). Mx. Morrell has taken on Baby as their surrogate child, co-parenting with Benson The Dissembling Man. Mx. Morrell is a good parent to Baby.

### Barb

Barb ran the Resting Place Hotel, the establishment that Mx. Morrell frequented in their free time, and occasionally played poker with them. Mx. Morrell was saddened to hear of Barb's death and tells Polly that they considered him a friend.

### The Quilt

The Quilt occasionally played Poker with Mx. Morrell at the Resting Place Hotel.

### The Countess

The Countess occasionally played Poker with Mx. Morrell at the Resting Place Hotel.

### Dimes

Dimes worked as a waiter and bartender at The Resting Place Hotel and was likely a contributor to Mx. Morrell's heavy drinking.

### Rothogroth

Rothogroth is the Indescribable that Mx. Morrell is aligned with. They describe Rothogroth as their "employer" and routinely communicate with him. In Episode 100 - Centuries Mx. Morrell is seen directly communicating with Rothogroth, where he asks about how Mx. Morrell had been doing. This is a rather strange question, as at this point most big name Indescribables have only displayed apathy to their Covenants. Rothogroth also does not become upset or enraged with Mx. Morrell when they intentionally do not complete the tasks that Rothogroth has set for them.

### Benson The Dissembling Man

Benson and Morrell are coparents of Baby, with Morrell seemingly talking on the more prominent paternal role of the two. They both work for the Museum of Broken Promises, with Mx Morell also seemingly filling the role of Benson's boss as they are seen giving him orders and Benson exclusively refers to Morrell as "Sir". Benson referring to Morrell as a traditionally masculine honorific leads to the implication that Benson and Morrell may have known each other before Morrell made their covenant.

## Trivia

* Mx. is a honorific that does not confirm gender, unlike Miss/Ms/Mrs or Mr. It is pronounced "Mix" or "Mixter," although the first pronunciation is the only one used in the podcast.
* Mx. Morrell is one of the named frequent customers at The Resting place Hotel
* Mx. Morrell's name is spelt inconsistently throughout the transcripts, swapping from "Morel" in early episodes, to "Morrell" in later ones.

## Episode Appearances

### Main Episodes

* Episode 36 - Swords
* Episode 39 - Promises
* Episode 40 - Graves
* Episode 45 - Tombs
Mx Morrell does not make
any appearances in Season
two of Hello from the Hallowoods
* Episode 99 - Sentries
* Episode 100 - Centuries
* Episode 102 - Decadences
* Episode 103 - Crossroads
* Episode 126 - Recoveries
* Episode 130 - Cradles
* Episode 140 - Sacrifices

### Bonus Stories

Mx. Morrell does not appeared in any season 3 bonus stories

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 16 - Crowns
2. ↑ Episode 94 - Milestones
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Episode 83 - Hopes
4. ↑ Episode 36 - Swords