Doc Holystone

****M******ichael Whitcher**, who went by the moniker **Doc Holystone**, was a famous smuggler and a previous owner of Greenglass House. Both he and his daughter, Addie, have died and are now ghosts.

## Biography

### *Greenglass House*

Milo mentioned that Greenglass House had belonged to Doc Holystone. Milo's grandfather had bought it from Doc Holystone's brother after Doc Holystone was captured and died, and this was how it became an inn mostly for smugglers. Mrs. Pine told a story, of Fenster Plum seeing the ghosts of Doc Holystone and his son waving to each other. Fenster had, Milo noted, sailed with Doc Holystone.

Dr. Gowervine mentioned that someone from Doc Holystone's crew had come to Skellansen after Doc Holystone's death in the hopes of finding someone to tell the story of what had truly happened. Skellansen had decided to do it himself, and planned to make a "story window" that would tell what had happened to Doc Holystone. However, Skellansen was killed, and the window, or the plans for it, had not been found. Dr. Gowervine claimed not to have known that Greenglass House had previously belonged to Doc Holystone.

Mr. Vinge told a story in which he painted Doc Holystone as a "weapons-monger" and a criminal. Mr. Vinge explained how the people at customs had found Doc Holystone: following the watermark on an encoded chart to Greenglass House. Mr. Vinge mentioned again a mysterious deadly weapon, and Fenster loudly disagreed with him, insisting that though Doc Holystone had been offered the opportunity to smuggle weapons and could have made a lot of money from it, Doc Holystone was a good man and had never accepted those offers. Fenster noted that Doc Holystone had had a daughter, Addie.

Mr. Vinge was of the opinion that Doc Holystone's final cargo was at Greenglass House. Meddy revealed that Mr. Vinge had been the agent in the story, the one who captured Doc Holystone and was responsible for his death. Meddy then revealed that she was the ghost of Addie Whitcher. She had seen Doc Holystone be captured, and had fallen to her death while listening to news of whether or not her father was alive. Doc Holystone had come up the hidden toeholds up Whilforber Hill, then seen Mr. Vinge lying in wait, had durned back around and disappeared, but then Mr. Vinge had returned without Doc Holystone, and Meddy presumed that in running away her father had fallen off the cliff.

Milo, having realized its location, offered to give Mr. Vinge Doc Holystone's final cargo, if Mr. Vinge let his family go. Inside the ship chandelier made by Skellansen, Milo found an Odd Trails figurine. Mr. Vinge questioned what it was, and Milo answered that it had been a figurine for his daughter. Mr. Vinge decided to take it for himself, because people had spent their lives looking for it. However, Milo and Meddy stopped him, Meddy driving him out. Milo then looked in the ship chandelier again, where he found the cartoon for Skellansen's window about Doc Holystone. Milo saw immediately how Doc Holystone looked like a hero, confident and determined, and a force for good. The cartoon was given to Dr. Gowervine, to share with the public.

### *Ghosts of Greenglass House*

**Doc Holystone** (grinning): I'm that guy.

**De Cary Vinge**: Impossible! You're dead!

**Doc Holystone**: That is both completely true and completely irrelevant. After all that trouble to put me out of the way all those years ago, I thought you had the sense to stay gone, Vinge. And drop that gun. I think you know it won't help you against me this time.

— *Ghosts of Greenglass House*, pg. 406 |  | ”

Toby Gilawfer pretended to be Doc Holystone in order to fool Milo Pine. Milo saw the fake ghost and talked to him on multiple occasions. When Meddy returned, Milo informed her of the ghost's precense. She was delighted, and attempted to wave to him, but could not leave Greenglass House. Milo was later informed that the ghost was fake, to his dismay.

Doc Holystone—the real Doc Holystone—showed up upon the arrival of the hobby horse coming to Milo's aid. He expressed appreciation for the spectacle and put his arm around Mr. Vinge, who flinched but did not move. He smiled at Milo and confirmed that he was the real Doc Holystone, and instructed Mr. Vinge and Gilawfer to drop their guns, which would not help them against him. The hobby horse then herded Mr. Vinge and Gilawfer away, and Doc Holystone commented on that spectacle, and Milo introduced himself to him. Doc Holystone seemed to know Mrs. Kirkegrim, and though she insisted that she was only a fan he hadn't met and he played along, Milo was sure they did know each other, and deemed that she was indeed Cantlebone. Milo asked how he could find Doc Holystone again, because he should see Meddy, and Doc Holystone said that if Milo found a way, he would always be grateful. Doc Holystone then alerted Milo to the presence of people searching for him, then disappeared.

Milo told Meddy what had happened, then the other guests. Milo then figured out that Mrs. Kirkegrim was Violet Cross. Meddy found Doc Holystone's card among the deck of smuggler cards and sat back looking at it. Milo suggested something that might work to get Meddy out of Greenglass House, and they tried. Meddy called her father, and he appeared and waved to her. Milo and Meddy crossed the lawn while Doc Holystone watched, until Meddy fell into his arms. Doc Holystone laughed joyfully, beamed at Milo, and thanked Milo as Milo left to leave Meddy alone with her father.

### *The Thief Knot*

When Meddy arrived, Marzana noted that Meddy was the daughter of one of Violet Cross's smuggler colleagues, and had lived in Greenglass House before he and his daughter had both died. Meddy told the members of the Thief Knot that she was the daughter of Doc Holystone.

## Personality and traits

Doc Holystone is confident, strong, and unafraid. He loves his daughter very much, and missed her until Milo found a way to reunite her with him. Upon seeing Mr. Vinge, Doc Holystone is calm, knowing that he is past harm and telling Mr. Vinge so, going so far as to put an arm around Mr. Vinge, terrifying him.

## Physical appearance

Doc Holystone had red-blond hair and red-blond sideburns. He was described as looking like a hero, stern, determined, and a force to be reckoned with.

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## Trivia

* His name, "Holystone", comes from a rock used to sand the sides of a ship.