Anadyne Frummagem

**Anadyne Frummagem** is the best friend of Knock-Me-Down Frummagem and an employee of Stockyard. He has been paying for her education as a wright, but she's not very skilled yet; Quigley insults her abilities during their duel, and she admits that she's still learning.

## Appearance

Her eyes are naturally brown, but are usually glamoured magenta or blue by a pymaric hairclip. Of a medium bust and an above average height, Anadyne's ability to exude confidence means she can use her willowy form to strike an imposing figure. Her hair is brown and skin moderately tanned. She wears a long magenta scarf over her hair, clipped with the pymaric hair clip that gives her eyes the same color, with a green split skirt dress, simple flat shoes and a magenta underdress and bandanna tied round her collar. She keeps a belt round her hips with a long thin knife sheathed on it.

## Background

Anadyne grew up in Sharteshane where she was inseparable from her cousin Knock growing up. The two liked to play pranks on their Uncle Nary, the patriach of the Frummagems and the boss of the gang they grew up in. As she matured into a young woman she was forced to become a prostitute working for her uncle, and when she tried avoiding that fate and get some agency of her own by asking him to let her study to become a Wright instead he cruelly dismissed her, saying she had no talent and it would be a waste of an investment that her only worth was in her looks and ability to attract men. When Stockyard heard Ana and Knock had told Nary they quit and were through with the brothel he invited them to the Deadly Nevergreen in Ethelmik.

## Personality

Despite growing up rough and tumble in a gang in the streets in New Tawhoque Anadyne has morals her compatriots lack, being uncomfortable with hurting children or letting them see violence. She's ambitious, but in a different way than the cut-throats around her, wanting a simple life where she has agency of her own rather than being taken advantage of and jerked around by those around her.

## Relationships

### Knock-Me-Down Frummagem

Ana and Knock have been inseparable best friends since they were children growing up together. Knock has a much easier time finding contentment in life and helps even out Ana, who wishes she could just live a simple life without being controlled and taken advantage of by so many others.

### Stockyard Frummagem

Stockyard is Anadyne's cousin. He spent most of his time in Doughtlee rather than New Tawhoque but the two still knew each other growing up and saw each other a few times a year. Stockyard started to take interest in her as she grew into an attractive young woman in her teen years. When he heard Ana and Knock had told Nary to eat dirt and quit the brothel he sympathized with their wanting to escape from under Nary's thumb and immediately invited them to the Deadly Nevergreen. He paid for her schooling to become a wright, which their uncle refused to do, and feels entitled to her as a result.

### Nary-A’Care Frummagem

Anadyne's uncle. They've never gotten along and due to his dislike of her she would never have been able to be more than a prostitute if she hadn't left his sphere of influence.

### Sette Frummagem

Anadyne isn't close to her younger cousin but is protective of her even though Ana and Sette's father dislike each other so.

### Toby

Anadyne and Toby are in a romantic relationship, behind their boss Stockyard's back.

### Segil

Segil is a plod operator who helps with the smuggling operation beneath the Nevergreen, he and Ana seem comfortable working together as neither are great wrights.

### L. Nero

A constable in the Ethelmik watch who talks ideals with Anadyne, her co-workers dismiss him as a ponce and laugh that he's giving her silly ideas.

## Recent Events (spoilers)

### Book I

#### Chapter 6: A Good Night for Crazy

She's first seen working for Starfish. It's apparent that although she works with thieves and slavers, she does have a moral code, and chastises Starfish for acting cruelly towards Matty, who is only a small child.

#### Chapter 10: The Deadly Nevergreen, Pt. 2

Anadyne's outlook on life has been altered drastically by the conclusion of the chapter, as a result of seeing both her boyfriend as well as her close cousin slain before her by a monster of Delicieu's making.

Leaving the Deadly Nevergreen in Chapter 6Ana as recalled by Elka in Chapter 8
## Trivia

* Anadyne was originally designed with visible armpit hair, which Ashley was talked out of including for fear of alienating male readers.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/123700238700/does-stockyard-have-any-siblings-with-similarly
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/122690876450/sorry-if-i-accidentally-sent-this-twice-how-long