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Ostling

Mr. **Ostling** is a ferryman.

## Biography

### *Greenglass House*

When Georgie Moselle asked to leave, she mentioned that the ferryman had instructed her to call if she needed him again, so Mrs. Pine put up a flag for the ferryman to see. After Mr. Vinge had been driven out, the railcar bell was rung again. The ferryman drank a cup of coffee and warmed up until he decided he was ready to go, and the guests and Mr. Ostling made their way down Whilforber Hill in the *Whilforber Whirlwind* and presumably crossed the Skidwrack from there.
Nick Jones

**Nick Jones** was a former member of Violet Cross's crew.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

A letter arrived from Hannah Jones, whom Mrs. Hakelbarend identified as a relative of Nick Jones. Honora told Marzana a story about a time when Violet Cross's crew had smuggled truffle-hunting pigs. She and the captain, along with Tumbler and "the Nicks" (**Nick Jones**, Nick Larven, and Nick Nackatory) had gone up and seen the cargo. The crew had received two of the pigs as a bonus, and they were named Anthony and Francis by Tumbler and had retired with Nick Jones to a farm somewhere in the United States.
Portolan

The Portolan and the Windrose.

**Marzana Hakelbarend**: The Windrose and the Portolan. Kites. Very special kites. Kites with a story.

— *The Thief Knot*, pg. 447 |  | ”

The ****P******ortolan**, along with the Windrose, is one of the kite maps that Violet Cross created to sell maps made by Nagspeakers when Deacon and Morvengarde declared any maps but theirs contraband.

## History

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

Milo Pine told a story about how Violet Cross secretly distributed maps, through a kite kit called the Orienteer. Marzana insisted that Milo was wrong, telling him that the Orienteer was a paper airplane set, and there were instead two kite maps called the Windrose and the Portolan.

### *The Thief Knot*

Meddy mentioned the time when Milo had told a story about the kites and Marzana had been angry because he'd gotten some things wrong. Marzana recalled that this was one of the only stories that her mother had told her about. Later, Marzana, Emilia, J.J., and Meddy followed Tumbler Fletchwood's treasure hunt for his sons Moth and Kit, and discovered two packages in faded, maplike paper wrapping, and recognized them as the Windrose and the Portolan. Her parents arrived and marveled at the kites, and Marzana said that they were kites with a story. Mrs. Hakelbarend declared that they could take the kites, because Tumbler had meant for them to be flown. Mrs. Hakelbarend agreed for Marzana to tell Nialla and Ciro the story of the kites.
Ocher Pages of Invisible Wards

The Ever-Sharp Inscriber of Rose-Colored Destinies atop the Ocher Pages of Invisible Wards.

## Book information

### Appears

*Bluecrowne**Ghosts of Greenglass House*

The ****O******cher Pages of Invisible Wards** are a few slips of yellow paper that Milo Pine found in the Emporium inside Slywhisker's Crimson Casket of Relics. They originally belonged to Xiaoming, and were talismans that could be used to make elixirs.

## History

### *Bluecrowne*

After hearing that Liao had been kidnapped, Xiaoming made preparations. She got a lacquer box and from it took a sheet of yellow paper and a red pencil. She drew symbols on the paper with the pencil, then burned the paper. Xiaoming put the ashes in a cup and stirred it, then gave it to Lucy, explaining that it was an elixir with which Lucy could walk through fire, and the paper was like a talisman. Lucy later told Liao about it, and he did not know precisely what it was, but Lucy found that she could not only walk through the fire, but speak to it and control it.

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

Milo found a few slips of yellow paper inside a lacquer box in the Emporium. He dubbed them the Ocher Pages of Invisible Wards. Milo later used them to help him get into character as Tēngféi.
Julian Roamer

*This article is about the boy. For the story, see Only a Fool Scoffs at Destiny.*

## Biographical information

### Possessions

Magic shoes
Magic knife
Magic lantern

## Association information

### Friends

Baetylus
Wielle
Sloe

## Book information

### Mentioned

*Greenglass House*
*Ghosts of Greenglass House*
*Bluecrowne*

****J******ulian Roamer** was supposedly the first of the roamers. He acquired, through wishing, several magic items.

## Biography

### *Bluecrowne*

Blister gave Julian's lantern to Lucy Bluecrowne. He explained the lamp's provenance in a tale that seemed like a fairy tale.

### *Greenglass House*

Mrs. Hereward told a story in which Julian acquired several magic items through wishes.

Mrs. Hereward later revealed that she thought some relics of Julian Roamer might be in Greenglass House, as she had heard that one of her ancestors who had owned the house, had bought one off a peddler. She assumed it was a knife, as the ancestor had been a sailor. Milo found something that was presumably Julian's lantern, however, and gifted it to the old lady, much to her delight.

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

When Lucky mentioned roamers, Milo and Meddy remembered Mrs. Hereward's tale about Julian Roamer, the first roamer, which had helped them figure out what was going at at Greenglass House that year.
Monty/Murray

****M******onty/Murray** is a member of the Commorancy whose name Marzana is not quite sure of.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

When the Thief Knot came to Marymead, he was one of the lookouts positioned to keep them from getting caught. He had been pretending to read, and gave them the all-clear as they passed. He saluted, and Marzana identified him as a sixth-grader called Monty or Murray. Emilia spoke to him, gave him a high-five, then continued moving.
Tanglefire

****T******anglefire**, also spelled **tangle-fire**, is a type of fire, which Blister used to spy on Lucy Bluecrowne.

## History

### *Bluecrowne*

Ignis Blister used tanglefire to spy on Lucy Bluecrowne, by way of wicks that were made together under special conditions. He explained to Trigemine that if he lit his own lamp, Lucy's lamp would light too, but tanglefire's light was invisible to the naked eye, so she wouldn't know it was there. He gave Trigemine glasses to put on, and he put on his own as well. The flame was straw-colored, and he could see a bleached world: the platform at Lucy's house. They watched Lucy, Liao, and their mother. Trigemine was able to use his loupe to see a halo around the mother through the fire. Blister then extinguished it, commenting that the fire had shown him something odd about her as well.

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

John Ustion considered tangle-fire for his time mechanism, since it had very interesting physics, but decided to use wheat-fire instead.
Simeon Fray

*This article is about the man on the plaque. For the Jumper, see Simon Coffrett.*

## Biographical information

### Abilities

Doctor
Artist

## Book information

### Mentioned

*The Thief Knot*

****S******imeon Fray** was a doctor and artist.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

On a plaque on a cheese shop in Whipping Hyde, Marzana read an inscription declaring it to have been the office and studio of Simeon Fray in 1734.
Ring of Wildest Abandon

**Meddy**: Yeah, but this isn't for me, so it isn't my toe it's going on. It's yours. An ecstatic can use things like rings to boost his magic, the way a solitaire uses a locus.

**Milo**: And I'm supposed to wear this on my toe?

**Meddy**: It doesn't matter where you wear it. No one here is going to cut your finger off with an edged weapon, and since it looks like a washer or whatever, probably nobody's going to try to steal it.

— *Ghosts of Greenglass House*, pg. 148-149 |  | ”

The ****R******ing of Wildest Abandon** is a piece of hardware that Addie Whitcher found in the Emporium, named thus, and gave to Milo, who then used it as a locus to become Tēngféi.

## History

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

**Meddy**: The lore is unclear. There are conflicting tales from varying sources.

**Milo**: Great. I guess I'll figure it out.

— *Ghosts of Greenglass House*, pg. 149 |  | ”

Meddy found the Ring of Wildest Abandon in the Emporium and gave it to Milo to use to help him become Tēngféi, and he noted that it was not jewelry but hardware. He put it on, finding that it fit on his index finger, to go outside to help Meddy look for the ghost of Doc Holystone. When they heard someone sneaking around inside, he took it out of his pcoket and put it onto his finger again. Milo later examined the ring, thinking about what the book had said about ecstatics using rings to increase their powers. When going to talk to Owen, Milo took the ring off. Milo put it back on to tell a story to the guests, rotating it on his finger and reminding himself that he was Tēngféi.

## Physical characteristics

The Ring of Wildest Abandon appears to be hardware, perhaps a washer.
Nell Levinflash

****N******ell Levinflash** is an official of the Flotilla district and a good friend of Lucy Bluecrowne. At one point, she served as a navigator on the *Left-Handed Fate* and did very well.

## Biography

### *Bluecrowne*

Liao told Lucy that Nell had arrived, to Lucy's delight. She noted that Nell was an official on the Quartermaster's staff, and had been a mate on the *Left-Handed Fate* previously. Lucy went inside, and overheard Nell arguing with Lucy's father. Nell thought that Lucy should be aboard the *Left-Handed Fate* and not made to live in a house, because she would not thrive away from the sea. Captain Bluecrowne thought that Lucy was strong enough, and worried about her safety aboard the letter-of-marque.

After the discussion, Nell greeted Lucy with a hug, and Lucy tried to convey her gratitude to Nell for knowing what Lucy wanted, and supposed that Nell understood. Captain Bluecrowne explained that Nell had made it so that the *Fate* could have its hull re-coppered, but it would have to go to Flotilla. Nell was sorry for Lucy, because Flotilla was far enough away that Lucy would not be able to visit the ship. Captain Bluecrowne, Xiaoming, and Nell left for Flotilla.
The Jewel Thieves

*Now Appering Every Friday*
*at the Hadley Park Bandshell*
*Gammerbund's Premier Cover Band*
***The Jewel Thieves***
*Playing All Your Favorite Gems*

*from 6 P.M. to 11 P.M.*

****T******he Jewel Thieves** are a band in the Liberty of Gammerbund.

## History

### *The Thief Knot*

Marzana, who wanted an adventure, exclaimed that she wanted jewel thieves after a disappointment. Someone dropped a paper on the table with "if you're really looking for jewel thieves" inscribed on it, and Marzana opened the paper to reveal a flyer inviting Liberty citizens to The Jewel Thieves's band concert at Hadley Park. Nialla commented upon how the music was unoriginal.
Raines

**Mr.** ****R******aines**, also called **Chips**, is the *Left-Handed Fate*'s carpenter.

## Biography

### *Bluecrowne*

After acquiring a cutter that needed work, Kendrick sent Lucy to find Mr. Raines (he was inspecting a place where the *Left-Handed Fate* had been hit with a shot) and ask him to check it over, not yet sure if it was to be bought. Mr. Raines was glad to see her, and also glad that he didn't have to work on the *Left-Handed Fate*'s cutter. He and Mr. Prim inspected the boat, shouting up to Mr. Santat, and declared that it needed some work, but not too much. Mr. Raines chased Lucy off when she tried to help with the cutter, insisting that he was only inspecting it. Liao later noted that Mr. Raines was called Chips.
Marcus Haypotten

****M******arcus Haypotten** is the innkeeper of the Blue Vein Tavern. He is Mrs. Haypotten's husband.

## Biography

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Mr. Haypotten announced that it would soon be suppertime, and the guests were glad that the Blue Vein Tavern had plenty of warmth and food. Mr. Haypotten claimed that the flood would stop before it hit the inn's blue stair, which Captain Frost did not believe. Mr. Haypotten and his wife were amused when Phineas Amalgam, a folklorist, suggested that the guests tell stories. He later commented on the number of stories that contained bets against the Devil. When Captain Frost tried to throw Sullivan into the river to stop the floods, believing he was the reason, Mr. Haypotten tried to stop him, but Sullivan did not need help. After the moment, the Haypottens tried to resume cheeriness, getting coffee and biscuits. He later made toasted cheese over the fire. He repeated that the water would stop before it reached the blue stair.

Mr. Haypotten told a story of how the boy Hugo had gotten a bottle of fog, and had to get it fixed after it was broken. Mr. Haypotten, embarrassed, then informed the twins Negret and Reever that Blaise Forel, a missing person who was a High Walker like them, had left a reliquary at the inn, but it had been lost. He was relieved when Maisie revealed that she'd found something. When Masseter and Petra confronted each other, Mr. Haypotten tried to derail things by suggesting they have some toasted cheese, but they didn't listen. He tried to stop the violence, but Madame Grisaille was first. Later, he and his wife held hands as the guests danced.
Giả kim thuật

## Mức độ

Giả kim thuật khá phổ biến nhưng người thành thạo thì khá hiếm.

## Sức mạnh

Giả kim thuật chủ yếu là chế tạo. Tùy vào thứ được tạo ra mà nó sẽ có đặc tính sức mạnh khác nhau.

## Đặc điểm khác

Ưu điểm: có thể chế tạo nhiều thứ.

Ngược điểm: ??

## Sử dụng

Giả kim thuật có thể:

* Luyện kim loại, khoáng thạch
* Điều khiển kim loại, khoán thạch
* ..???

Gải kim thuật còn có liên hệ với thổ ma thuật

*Đang cập nhật*
Palkowick

**Miss** ****P******alkowick** is the Marymead secretary.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Emilia took Marzana, Nialla, and Meddy to Miss Palkowick's office via dumbwaiter. She broke into the school files and read Mr. Otterwill's, knowing exactly how much time they had before Miss Palkowick would enter her office. They got back into the dumbwaiter and left just before she arrived. Meddy the ghost walked around the school and heard that Miss Palkowick had tried to send get-well flowers to Mrs. Agravin but had not been able to find where Mrs. Agravin was staying, so just sent flowers to her house. Emilia got Mrs. Agravin's address even though it was not known where Miss Palkowick was. Miss Palkowick had arranged a substitute for Mrs. Agravin, and Marzana said that Miss Palkowick would probably show up to Mrs. Agravin's house to find her soon.
Storm bottle

The ****S******torm bottle** was a bottle belonging to Garvett, which he treasured because it could predict the weather. Lowe broke it, and tried to replace it with another bottle, which started acting oddly right before an encounter with a ghost ship.

## History

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

**Lowe**: I don't know. I don't know what the bottle means to say.

— *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*, pg. 210 |  | ”

Captain Frost told a story about Melusine and Lowe. One day, he said, Lowe broke the steward's prized storm bottle, which predicted the weather. He'd been trying to figure out how it worked for a long time, finding it wherever Garvett tried to hide it, and that day it broke. Melusine went to get a bottle from the surgeon's medicines, and Lowe went to get camphor, but found that he had none. Lowe used hard snow instead, which eventually began to climb up the walls of the bottle. Melusine and Lowe found that the harbor was gone, and they were the only ones aboard the *Fate* on a red sea. A ghost ship appeared, and the bottle began to glow violet between the branches of the liquid that had climbed up the bottle's walls. Lowe sent it to the xebec's crew using a rocket, so they could use its light. After the two led the ghost ship to the harbor, the world turned back to normal and the bottle stabilized. Melusine told Lowe he had to tell Garvett about the broken bottle on his own.

## Physical characteristics

It was narrow and full of camphor. When there was weather to predict, the liquid would become cloudy, snowy, or crystalize.
Joy

****J******oy** is a dog that lives in Pantin's red stone house. She belongs to an old man who plays guitar.

## Biography

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Madame Grisaille told a story about a peddler coming to Pantin's house. He'd been looking for a valuable object to buy. She noted that on the first floor of the house lived an old man with a dog called Joy, and he asked what sorts of things the peddler wanted.
Simon Coffrett

*This article is about the Jumper. For the man on the plaque, see Simeon Fray.*

****S******imon Coffrett** is a Jumper to whom the Ironmonger gave the Albatross. He lives in Arcane.

## Biography

### *Bluecrowne*

Trigemine entered the Quenching Press and found the Ironmonger there, talking to another man. The other man was asking the Ironmonger to come to a crossroads town in Louisiana Territory that needed a blacksmith, and had an offer for the knife Albatross that Trigemine was supposed to get. The Ironmonger said that he would consider it, and Simon left. Trigemine then talked to the Ironmonger, who confirmed that the man he'd been talking to had been a Jumper, and that he was considering the other man's offer. Trigemine wondered why the Jumper wanted the Albatross. Blister learned that the Jumper's surname was Coffrett, and supposed that he'd done calculations of kairos as well.

When the Ironmonger decided that he was no longer going to make weapons, Trigemine realized that Coffrett had interfered. The Ironmonger decided to keep the Albatross and not give it to Coffrett. He later went to find the Jumper again, but Simon Coffrett showed up. The Ironmonger told him that he could have the Albatross if he got Lucy's brother back from Trigemine, but Simon Coffrett insisted that it wasn't his place. Coffrett decided that Lucy had what she needed, and explained how powerful the girl really was. The Ironmonger accepted, gave Simon the Albatross, and decided that he would soon arrive in Arcane. Trigemine later told Seleucia Deacon that the Ironmonger had given it to Simon.

## Physical appearance

Simon wears spectacles and has light hair.
Tuần phòng hạm Đông Sơn

Đông Sơn hạm, là một tuần phòng hạm của QĐNBN, nó được đặt tên theo một huyện thuộc tỉnh Thanh Hóa, Việt Nam. Cô là chiếc dẫn đầu trong lớp tàu hộ tống mang tên cô.

## Hoạt động

Cô là tàu một dự bị của QĐNBN.

Cô từng tham gia vào trận chiến tại Trường trung tâm dưới sự chỉ huy của thuyền trưởng Gado (Code-064) .

## Thiết kế và chế tạo

Thực chất cô là một tàu ngụy trang dùng để hành quân ít gây chú ý ,các vũ khí chính của cô được giấu trong các khoang tàu nên bề ngoài nhìn cô như một tàu bình thường.

*đang cập nhật*

## Vũ khí trang bị

Cô chỉ được trang bị một ụ pháo chính đặt gần mũi tàu, 2 dàn phóng lôi, 2 bệ phóng tên lửa, dàn vũ khí phụ gồm 16 khẩu súng máy tự động được bố trí trên cả cột buồm và tháp chỉ huy.

## Chiến đấu

Cô đã tham chiến cùng đội 666 chống lại Thiện nhân hội trong lần tấn công vào Trường trung tâm (chương 14), nhiệm vụ của cô là hỗ trợ hỏa lực cho các binh sĩ đã đổ bộ xuống trường.
Ship chandelier

The ****s******hip chandelier** is a chandelier made by Lowell Skellansen. It was hung in the dining room of Greenglass House and contained the cartoon for the Doc Holystone window and Doc Holystone's final cargo, the Sirin figurine.

## History

### *Greenglass House*

During a storm at Greenglass House, Milo noted that the white-glass chandelier over the dining room table went out for a second. The power later came back on, and Milo noticed that the chandelier was lit up. Among Meddy's recollections from her early time as a ghost was someone hanging the ship chandelier in the dining room.

While trying to find Doc Holystone's final cargo in order to get Mr. Vinge to leave, Milo wondered if the ship on the nautical chart could be the ship chandelier, recalling that Lowell Skellansen made not only stained-glass windows but other glass things too, among them chandeliers. Meddy, agreeing that he was on to something, showed him a picture from Dr. Gowervine's satchel which he had not understood before. He saw it now as a path through sails, perhaps through a deck, and Meddy theorized that it told how to get to something hidden in the ship chandelier.

Milo went downstairs to check in the chandelier, although he was caught by one of Mr. Vinge's thugs. Inside the chandelier, Mr. Vinge found Doc Holystone's final cargo, the Sirin figurine. When Meddy screamed at Mr. Vinge, the chandelier rattled.

After Mr. Vinge was driven out, Dr. Gowervine agreed with Milo that the chandelier was probably done by Skellansen. Milo reached into the chandelier again, and in the brass hull, which he recalled had moved, he found a cartoon for Skellansen's story window about Doc Holystone.

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

When Emmett Syebuck came to Greenglass House, he was delighted with the chandelier and that it had been made by Skellansen. Milo showed Marzana the chandelier, and after looking for a moment she saw how it was a ship.

## Physical characteristics

It is curvy and made of creamy white glass. Milo did not see it as a ship at first, as it was a sort of minimalist imagination of one, but once he realized what it was, Milo was convinced and could not unsee it. The ship's sails are made of curling triangular pieces of frosted glass. Inside the quarterdeck was the Sirin figurine, and inside the ship's hull was the cartoon.
Lily

*This article is about the member of the game group. For the girl on the lock, see Lila.*

## Association information

### Friends

Maria
Jeffrey
Emilia Cabot
Alex Cabot

## Book information

### Appears

*The Thief Knot*

****L******ily** is a member of the game group at Surroyal Books, along with Maria, Jeffrey, Emilia, and Alex.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Lucky introduced Marzana to the game group as a classmate of Emilia's. Lily welcomed her and introduced herself, Maria, and Jeffrey, saying that Emilia and Alex would arrive soon. Lily invited Marzana to play with them, and they began to figure out how to play The Sneaksby Gambit. Lily went to get drinks, then returned with Emilia and Alex. They all played the game, then everyone took a short break.

## Physical appearance

Lily is white and wears a blue sequined headband.
Pete

**Pete**: Can't be done. Deacon and Morvengarde have everything. That's the whole point of them.

— *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*, pg. 261 |  | ”

****P******ete** is a boy from Nagspeake who feels superior to those who aren't. He made a bet with Hugo's friend and Hugo about how Deacon and Morvengarde sold everything.

## Biography

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Mr. Haypotten told a story about a boy called Hugo. When preparing to collect sea-coal, Hugo found his best friend and a boy called Pete looking at a Deacon and Morvengarde catalog. Hugo's friend explained to him that he and Pete had made a bet: if he could think of something that Deacon and Morvengarde didn't sell, Pete would buy lunch for all of them. Hugo suggested fog, which Pete protested was unfair, but then Hugo's friend found that fog was indeed in the catalog. Pete pretended that he knew that Deacon and Morvengarde sold weather, and didn't buy lunch for them.
Wheat-fire

****w******heat-fire** is a type of fire that is very powerful and honest. John Ustion chose to use it for a *fierekenia* mechanism.

## History

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Sorcha told a story about a man called John Ustion, who wanted to make a *fierekenia* mechanism. He chose wheat-fire for it, because of how good it was for reckoning, and how it had consequences. John Ustion began to build this device, making all sorts of pieces and placing the wheat-fire in it. After a long time, John Ustion realized what he needed for the completion of his device. That night, he had nightmares, where every type of fire warned him against it, except for wheat-fire, which showed him honestly both the potential for bad and the potential for good. John Ustion gave up making the device, but did not have the heart to destroy it for a long time, in the space of which Foulk Trigemine stole it to use for himself, and began to work to complete it.
Mrs. Kerwallow

**Nialla Giddis**: Ask Mrs. Kerwallow, I guess.

— *The Thief Knot*, pg. 215 |  | ”

*****"M******rs. Kerwallow"*** is a rhyme recited by the members of the Commorancy to help them navigate the Marymead dumbwaiters.

## Lyrics

from *The Thief Knot*, pgs. 212-213

*Mrs. Kerwallow sometimes may follow her cows trotting over the hill.*

*But only on days when the old cow sashays, for she's certain they dance a quadrille.*

*Mrs. Kerwallow takes walks in the hollow, in search of a creature that sings.*

*But only on nights with stars glowing bright, for the critter likes glittering things.*

## History

### *The Thief Knot*

Emilia recited "Mrs. Kerwallow" when riding the Marymead dumbwaiter between Miss Palkowick's office and Mr. Topham's room, rooms that are not vertically in line with each other (she does not say the rhyme when traveling between rooms that are). At certain intervals during the rhyme, Emilia presses the button in the dumbwaiter. She explained that the rhyme was the only way to know where you were from the inside, then explained the Commorancy Kids' theory that the old iron moved around the Marymead rooms to make way for the dumbwaiters.
Julian's lantern

****J******ulian's lantern** is the lantern of Julian Roamer. Its flame burns blue.

## History

### *Bluecrowne*

Blister gave Lucy Bluecrowne a lamp, hoping that she could use it on her new boat, the *Driven Star*. He explained the lamp's provenance in a fairy tale-like story. After Lucy and Liao left, Blister explained that he would be able to spy on them using the lamp. Lucy hung the lamp from a lamp hook on the side of the gate, since you couldn't have an open flame on a boat. Blister used a lamp that had a wick that had been made together under special conditions with the wick he'd put in Lucy's lamp. He lit it with tanglefire, and the other lamp lit too, but tanglefire was clear, so Lucy wouldn't notice, Blister said, and could light the lamp herself, though it would burn blue as it was odd fire.

### *Greenglass House*

While in the Emporium, Milo found an old-fashioned lantern.

Mrs. Hereward told the story of Julian Roamer. Julian carried a lamp with him on his walks. When granting his wish, Sloe scratched a symbol onto the bottom of the lantern, saying that Julian would always be able to light his way if he had a flint. Julian always kept the lantern.

Milo asked Mr. Pine if he could start the lantern he'd found in the attic, taking it out of his rucksack. Mr. Pine commented that it was an odd lantern, and went to get lamp oil. While waiting for the oil, Milo found scratches on the bottom of the lantern that seemed intentional, and looked like a lick of flame. Milo wondered if this was the relic of Julian Roamer Mrs. Hereward's ancestor had bought, and not Julian's knife. Mr. Pine lit the lantern, and the flame burned a cobalt blue. Milo kept it by his bed that night. He wondered if it was the same lantern stitched on the gate on Mrs. Hereward's bag.

In the morning, Milo wrapped up the lantern. He then gave it to Mrs. Hereward, who accepted the gift with wonder, noting that unearthly fire burned blue in roamer tales. When Milo found part of the gate in storage, he noted that there was a hook for a lantern in the same place as the lantern stitched onto the bag.

## Physical characteristics

The lantern has a charred wick. On its underbelly is scratched a flame symbol. When lighted, the lamp's fire burns blue.
John Ustion

**John Ustion** was the great-grandfather of Sorcha. He was a very fire-savvy conflagrationeer, and the only one who came close to creating a kairos mechanism.

## Biography

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

After reckonings were mentioned, Sorcha told a story about a man called John Ustion, who could do fire-reckonings. He was an inventor and engineer, and he owned a shop selling navigational tools and calculating machines. One day a customer came, having been referred to Ustion by Alphonus Lung; Lung wouldn't to sell him what he wanted because Lung could not trust him with it. John Ustion was captivated as the customer told all about a mechanism he'd once had that could do reckonings and take one to the precise kairos moment. Ustion reluctantly declared that he could not trust the man if Lung couldn't, and sent him on his way.

However, Ustion himself was captivated, and began to build it on his own time, choosing to make a *fierekenia* mechanism with wheat-fire. He began to make a calculating device full of all sorts of components, but it didn't work. As time went on, he became more and more reluctant to finish the device, worrying that it shouldn't be completed, but part of him still needed to see it through. He realized what he was missing and made a list, and that night he had bad dreams about what could go wrong. Ustion decided not to finish the device, but couldn't bear to destroy it himself, delegating this task to his granddaughter, who, after his death, eventually went to destroy it and found it gone. Antony Masseter, revealed to have been the customer, admitted to taking it and finishing it.

## Trivia

* The word "Ustion" means "the act of burning".

## References

1. ↑ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ustion
Stanton's Aviary

A snakebird, as pictured in the snakebird entry of Stanton's Aviary.

**S*tanton's Aviary*** is a book on birds. It is in the Marymead library, and Marzana read it to learn about The Snakebird.

## History

Marzana heard mentions of the Snakebird, and wanting to know who they were, looked for a book on birds in the hopes of finding a clue. She found a pretty one and checked it out, then read the entry on snakebirds. Emilia, seeing the book, realized who the Snakebird was. When Emilia revealed to the rest of the Thief Knot that he was Victor Cormorant, Marzana passed her the book and she showed everyone the bird picture.

## Physical appearance

The book's pages are decorated with birds' eggs. It is very old, the paper is thick and textured, and the words seem pressed in. The book has black-and-white woodcut illustrations, and some in color done on another paper and pasted in, covered with clear parchment to protect them. The entries are arranged alphabetically.
Turin

**Mrs.** ****T******urin** is a teacher at the school of J.J. and Ciro. It is possible that she is a physics teacher.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

J.J. told the members of the Thief Knot about a time in physics class (he was probably joking about taking physics, but it is unclear) when he'd had a pencil with a bad eraser and had to borrow one from Mrs. Turin, whose pencils were, he said, always very short and had bad erasers too.
Loxi Chell

****L******oxi Chell** is a girl who attends Marymead. She is a friend of Naz and Lucy.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Loxi, along with Ed Tivrutsky, asked Mr. Otterwill about the passage houses in Ulie's Divide. Loxi came out of Mr. Otterwill's class giggling along with Lucy and Naz. Marzana later recalled a time when she'd had to sit with Naz, Lucy, and Loxi, which she thought of as the Ketchup Pizza Incident. Naz teased Loxi about being in love with "That Guy", apparently an actor in the movie, and Loxi acknowledged that she loved him. Loxi declined ketchup when Marzana went to get it.
Oronti

**Mr.** ****O******ronti** is the cartographer who makes the map of the Coldway every year, using the surveyors' accounts. He apprentices a young man.

## Biography

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

In a story told by Sullivan, Mair went to survey the Coldway, hoping that she would be one of the first surveyors to get her survey to the cartographer who made each year's map, because those first ones were paid well. Mair then went to him for advice about a caldnicker's dream by the name of Hale who she'd fallen in love with. When she arrived, he wasn't there, so his apprentice answered, and mentioned some of the stories he and Mr. Oronti heard each year about surveyors meeting caldnicker's dreams.
King of Opening Things

The ****K******ing of Opening Things** is what Maisie called her brother in her tale, due to his proficiency at opening things.

## Biography

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Maisie told a story about three kings, called the King of Finding Things, the King of Opening Things, and the King of Tying Things. They would go voyaging every year, and one year they found an island. The King of Finding Things led the others through a maze on the island, until they reached a tower. In the tower, to their surprise, they found their little sister, the family villain. The Knave of Taking Things had been sent away because she kept stealing, but now she promised she'd learned her lesson. The three kings went to rescue her, passing through a series of trials to reach her. They took her home with them, and after that she behaved, and was called the Knave of Building Castles of Cards, because that was what she did while she waited for her siblings to come home.
Shantytown

****S******hantytown** is a district in Nagspeake. It has fight houses.

### *Greenglass House*

Fenster pretended to be a gardener from Shantytown, which he noted was far away. Clem noted that the antique shops in Shantytown were dodgy.

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

Emmett Syebuck told Georgie that a church in Shantytown marked bodies in catacombs with cut-off bottles of drinking cups that had been decorated, just like the Romans. According to Emmett, there were crazy theories about unidentified remains in the catacombs of that church.

When Violet Cross created the kite fad in Nagspeake, it was such that the fight houses in Shantytown had kite-fighting competitions where the competitors attempted to mess up the kites of their opponents.

### *The Thief Knot*

Mrs. Hakelbarend noted that Tasha Cormorant ran a coffee shop in Shantytown. Honora told of a time when the crew of the *Lancet* was hired to bring white truffle-hunting pigs to a warehouse in Shantytown. Ciro noted that his father had camouflaged warehouses in Shantytown. Milo told Marzana that Brandon Levi fought at the fight houses in Shantytown. Meddy identified the Belowground Transit station Coup de Grâce to be in Shantytown.

## Locations

### Fight houses

Shantytown has many fight houses. Brandon Levi competes in some. When Violet Cross created the kite fad in the city, Shantytown's fight houses had kite-fighting competitions where the goal was to mess up your opponent's kite.

### Morbid Street

Brandon Levi fights in the fight houses on Morbid Street. When Marzana needed to contact him, Milo suggested that he call the fight houses in Shantytown and see if she could get ahold of him that way.
Leroy Jenkins

****L******eroy Jenkins** was a member of Violet Cross's crew, known for running in no matter the situation.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Mrs. Hakelbarend compared Marzana's entry to Mrs. Agravin's apartment, to Leroy Jenkins. She said that he had gone running in whatever the situation, because of what he thought pirates would be like. Honora agreed, saying that you could not convince him that they weren't pirates.

## Trivia

* The name "Leroy Jenkins" is likely a reference to the viral skit where a player of the video game *World of Warcraft* with the username Leroy Jenkins separates from his carefully planning team and runs straight at the dragons, getting himself and his team killed.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.dictionary.com/e/memes/leeroy-jenkins/
Loupe

Foulk Trigemine uses Morvengarde's loupe.

The ****l******oupe** was a loupe that Morvengarde gave to Foulk Trigemine. It could reveal worden and ferly, the weyward light that signified someone being a reliquary. Overtime, Trigemine became partial to not using it, viewing it as a symbol of his despised connection to Morvengarde.

## History

### *Bluecrowne*

When, spying on the Bluecrownes through tanglefire, Blister saw Xiaoming, he made an odd noise. Trigemine took out his loupe from the pocket with the kairos mechanism, and saw a halo around Xiaoming before removing the loupe.

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

In a story told by Madame Grisaille, a thief called Trigemine took a loupe out of his pocket and looked around, presumably searching for worden or ferly in Pantin's house. Masseter then told about a boy called Foulk, who met Morvengarde, who gave him a loupe that helped him see weyward lumination around Morvengarde. Morvengarde assured him that he could keep it, and overtime Foulk used the loupe and learned more about its workings. He later used the loupe to see ferly around Jacinda, and after he contacted Morvengarde, Seleucia Deacon showed up, using a glass of her own to view the world. Foulk later used his loupe a lot, being employed by Morvengarde. After telling this tale, Masseter commented on how there was so much weyward lumination was in the inn that he didn't need the loupe to see it. He commented specifically on the weird light surrounding Maisie, but didn't get out his loupe.
Lyke-fire

****L******yke-fire** is a powerful type of fire that is painful to the touch. Blister used it to imprison Liao.

## History

### *Bluecrowne*

When Lucy and Xiaoming came to rescue Liao, they found him imprisoned in a ten-foot-high pillar of blue fire. He was angry but unhurt, and his words couldn't come through the prison. Lucy, having been given an elixir, walked through the fire despite Blister telling her that it would be extremely painful before it killed her. It felt like dying, but then she was on the other side and felt better. Blister tried to put out the fire with the candle that controlled it, but the fire would not go out. Lucy wondered what the talisman Xiaoming had given her did, and found out that she could speak to the fire. Lucy had the fire walk with her, and she picked up the candle that controlled it. She then reached through despite the pain and freed Xiaoming. Lucy and Liao walked away with the pillar, and Lucy then pinched the wick, telling the fire to go out. The fire flickered and went out.

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

John Ustion considered using lyke-fire for the *fierekenia* mechanism, but decided against it.

## Physical characteristics

Lyke-fire can form a pillar around someone. It is deep blue, and words cannot come through the fire. Looking through it is like looking through water.
Liao's letters

****L******iao's letters** are letters from Liao Bluecrowne to Mr. Fulgor asking about fireworks supplies.

## History

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

*Greetings from Java! I hope this finds you well and doing splendid business. I have just learned that we shall be passing through Nagspeake waters again in October or thereabouts, and I should very much like to pick up some of the items you introduced me to on my visit to the city last year. I have included a list below. If you will not be in Nagspeake in October, will you please suggest another seller who might provide them, or can do business on your behalf? (Anyone but Ignis Blister, please, as we have discussed.) I will check the post exchange at the Bazaar if you would leave a reply there.*
*Yours sincerely,*

Owen brought one of Liao's letters to show Milo. He explained how he'd sought information about the Bluecrowne family and found his way to a fireworks shop, which had files including correspondence from some of the shop's previous owners. Owen allowed Milo to keep the letter to show Mr. Chancelor, as he had about a dozen letters from the shop, since Liao was a lifelong customer of Mr. Fulgor. Owen explained how he had grabbed a letter on his way out to show Milo, wanting to show how he'd put to good use the information Milo and Mrs. Hereward had given him.
Official Commorancy Key Collection

The ****O******fficial Commorancy Key Collection** is a collection of keys that the Commorancy Kids have found over time.

## History

### *The Thief Knot*

After picking the lock on Mr. Sopwith's shed door, Emilia told Marzana and Nialla that it would have been faster if she'd had the Official Commorancy Key Collection, a ring of keys found by Commorancy Kids over the years which contained the key to this lock, but someone else was using it. Among the tools she brought to confront the kidnappers of Peony Hyde, Emilia packed the Official Commorancy Key Collection, saying that it was a just-because, and she didn't really expect it to be useful.
Song that beats the Devil

The ****s******ong that beats the Devil** is the only song that can be used to win a bet against the Devil in a headcutting. It sounds like joy and sadness all at once. Mrs. Haypotten once possessed a music box that could play it, but a special piece was taken from it for use in a kairos mechanism by Trigemine, and now the box only plays "Riverward".

## History

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Madame Grisaille got out a music box from Mrs. Haypotten's collection that played a song she liked, and wound it. The music box had a picture of two people standing at a crossroads under a fingerpost on it. Maisie, Petra, and eventually Madame danced to the song, which was miraculous, she thought, and embodied so many things at once, such as joy and pain and winter and summer, all together. Elsewhere in the Blue Vein Tavern, Negret heard the song, and tried to hide his startlement. Jessamy heard the song too, and turned around, startled, while her hands crushed the glass she was holding. She commented on how remarkable the song was to Reever, though Reever couldn't hear any music. Jessamy went to where the dancing was happening and watched, though she refused to dance. Jessamy noted that she knew the song well, and had tried to play it once.

Phineas Amalgam talked about how sometimes people would challenge the Devil musically, which was called a headcutting, but there was only one song that beat the Devil and not many could play it (He then glanced at Jessamy, who faked cheerfulness). Maisie remembered what Jessamy had said when the song "that was everything" had been playing, and realized that Jessamy had been a headcutter, but had lost the bet. Jessamy later told a story about how Petra would challenge the Devil to a dancing contest and win, dancing to the song that beat the Devil. Negret obediently whistled the song for Jessamy, since he knew it.

## Trivia

* Foulk Trigemine noted that ferly can even follow songs. Thus, it is likely that the song that beats the Devil generates ferly.
Orphan magic

****O******rphan magic** is a type of magic triggered in the one left behind. It is also often called **the magic of that-which-remains**. Petra, Maisie, a cat bone, and possibly also Milo are said to have it.

## History

### *Greenglass House*

Milo read Petra's story in *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*, and, himself adopted, found the concept of orphan magic interesting. He wondered if he himself had orphan magic, especially after helping Owen.

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Petra and Masseter both referenced "the magic of that-which-remains", Petra about Ustion's reckoning device, and Masseter about Maisie, commenting that she might have such a magic. Petra then told a story about a girl called Nell, who'd lost her whole family to the flooding of the Skidwrack, and, thinking of folklore that she knew, killed a cat and put its bones in the river. Only one remained, and that one somehow called a man in black (later revealed to have been the Devil). He told Nell that the bone had called him because it had the magic of that-which-remains. He helped Petra understand how she could stop the water rising—the bone would help her, but she'd also need to use her own smarts. She found that she could float upriver while clutching the bone. Young Nell was later pulled out of the water by a man, who offered to go upriver instead of her. She agreed and gave him the bone, and he floated upriver, but later climbed out of the water when he was out of Nell's sight, leaving the river to flood more towns, just so that he could keep the magic bone. Masseter, later revealed to have been the man who'd tricked Petra, showed that he'd coiled it into the spring for his kairos mechanism, which he could do since it was magic. Petra planned to take the bone back and use it to go upriver, and stop the the water rising again. The bone did work, and Petra presumably succeeded.
Riverward

****"R******iverward"** is a traditional Nagspeake music piece. Mrs. Haypotten owns a music box that plays it. Given Sullivan's reaction to the tune, it likely is related to the Skidwrack River or the seiche.

## History

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

Maisie chose a music box from Mrs. Haypotten's collection, wound it, and danced to the tune that came from it, which was called "Riverward". Upon hearing this, Sullivan stumbled out of the room. Madame Grisaille in her chair hummed along to the tune. It was said that, later, the box that had previously played the song that beat the Devil would play "Riverward" after its magical winder was removed.

## Trivia

* The word "Riverward" means "towards the river", and is used to describe river-facing windows in *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book.*
Morris Flynn

**Captain** ****M******orris Flynn** is a police officer in Nagspeake. He has, apparently, done many illegal things, and admitted to have received blackmail and bribes from someone (Tasha Cormorant) to release Rob Gandreider from jail.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Rob Gandreider escaped city jail somehow. He admitted to Mr. and Mrs. Hakelbarend that he had been let out by a guard whose patch said Flynn. The guard had instructed him that he would be able to escape at a certain time, then after that lie low and return to the Liberty on a certain day. Rob wondered if he was being set up, but nothing happened afterward. The Hakelbarends informed him that he had been set up as a red herring, and had been the first suspect for the kidnapping of Peony Hyde.

The Hakelbarends reported this to Emmett Syebuck, and Emmett and Thad talked to Captain Morris Flynn in person. He admitted to having taken bribes from many people, and been blackmailed by someone who knew about many of his illegal acts. Many different people had bribed him, who did not mix with each other, something that seemed suspicious. Marzana realized that Tasha Cormorant had probably been the one to blackmail Captain Flynn.
Nadia Cotgrave-Cormorant

****N******adia Almiretta Cotgrave-Cormorant** is the daughter of Catriona and Oliver Cotgrave and the wife of Ezra Cormorant. She is a former Cotgrave trustee whose portrait hangs in the trustees' hall at Marymead.

## Biography

### *The Thief Knot*

Meddy read Nadia's name among the trustee portraits, commenting on how crabby they looked and how long their names were. Emilia told Marzana that Nadia was the daughter of Catriona and Oliver Cotgrave, and the wife of Ezra Cormorant. She mentioned Nadia and Ezra as being the Cormorants with portraits in the trustees' hall.
Works, Being the Fifth Catalog

*****W******orks, Being the Fifth Catalog*** is a catalog of Lowell Skellansen's work that Dr. Gowervine brought to Greenglass House in his satchel. When trying to figure out the location of Doc Holystone's final cargo, Milo looked in the catalog before deeming it was in the ship chandelier.

## History

### *Greenglass House*

When trying to figure out where Doc Holystone's cargo was hidden, Meddy gave Milo a small book titled "Works, Being the Fifth Catalog" that she had found in Dr. Gowervine's satchel. Milo looked through it, seeing samples of Skellansen's work: stained glass windows, but also stained glass tables, fireplace screens, chandeliers, lamps... Milo cast it aside, not knowing what he was looking for, but he later picked it up again. He showed Meddy a page that displayed the chandeliers Skellansen made, and realized that the cargo was inside the ship chandelier in the dining room, which Skellansen had made.

## Physical appearance

It is a small paperback book with "Skellansen" written along the bottom edge. The catalog is full of pictures of Skellansen's work.