Sofia

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## Social Information

### Friends

* Morrigan Crow
* Conall O'Leary

### Affiliation(s)

* The Wundrous Society
	+ Unit 897
	+ Sub-Nine Academic Group

### Knack

Necromancy

**Sofia** is a foxwun (major) member of the Sub-Nine Academic Group. Rook has asked Sodia and Conall O'Leary to help her plan and implement Morrigan Crow's Wundrous Arts education. Sofia joined the Hollowpox task force.

## Biography

Sofia entered the Wundrous Society with her knack of Necromancy, and joined the Sub-Nine Academic Group afterwards. She wants to understand and preserve Wundersmith history but is not attempting to learn a Wunderous Art.

## Physical Appearance

Sofia is a foxwun major — she is small and has a bushy red tail. She wears a burgundy jacket.

## Personality and Traits

Sofia is kind, considerate and pragmatic. She is seen as a good friend by Morrigan, and she is very loyal to the Wundrous Society. In an argument with Conell, she takes a nuanced position on how Senator Silverback should react to the erosion of Wunimal rights — as a 10 kg (20 lb) fox with an underwhelming knack, she is aware of the limits of what can be done.

She is among the first of the Wunimals to join the Hollowpox Task Force.

## Abilities and Skills

### Knack

Sofia brings dead things back to life ... but, only insects, small plants, and some rodents if they haven't been dead for too long.

## Relationships

#### **Morrigan Crow**

Sofia and Morrigan started out in a mentor/student dynamic, but quickly became friends while Morrigan was learning Weaving. Sofia travelled to Morrigan's bedroom door, in the middle of winter break, to invite Morrigan to Gracious Goldberry's once-a-year midnight Inferno show. When Morrigan was hospital with a leg injury, Sofia chatted for hours about things she saw in Ghostly Hours, merging her roles as instructor and friend to the young Wundersmith.

While Conall addresses Morrigan as *Wundersmith;* Sofia addresses her as *Morrigan*.

#### **Gracious Goldberry**

"*I decided that this extraordinary talent could not be wasted on this wretch of a woman.*"
―Sofia, about Goldberry's gift of Inferno[src]Although Goldberry is long dead by the time of the story and has never met Sofia, Sofia has complicated feelings towards her. On the one hand, Goldberry was prejudiced against Wunimals and actively worked to try to take their rights; on the other hand, she is a spectacular expert at the Wunderous Art of Inferno. Sofia reconciles this by watching her lessons closely, vowing to learn all she can about Inferno, and help Morrigan master it, so her talents could be passed down to better people. Sofia gets a kick out of how much Goldberry would hate it if she knew a foxwun was learning from her, and is motivated in equal parts by admiration for her talents, and spite.

#### Conall O'Leary

"*I almost don’t want to know what it was. Conall doesn’t scare easily.*"
―Sofia about Connal not using his knack[src]
Sofia and Conall are members of the Sub-Nine Academic group and together with Rook Rosenfeld they plan Morrigan's classes. They are friendly and have a good working relationship. Conall is more interventionist, while Sofia is more nuianced and practical.

## Etymology

**Sofia** comes from the name Sophía, which in turn comes from the greek *Σοφία*, meaning *Wisdom**.*

## Appearances

* *Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow* (First appearance)

## Notes and References

1. ↑ She states her Unit as 897, placing her 22 years above Morrigan. She had to at least be 11 to be accepted into the society, placing her at least 35 years old
2. ↑ Hollowpox (novel) 'We discussed it before you came, the three of us,’ Sofia admitted. ‘Conall had the measure of you much better than I did – he said you could handle it. But I thought it might be too frightening or distracting, if you realised there was so much of Squall still down here.'
3. ↑ Hollowpox (novel) 'Senator Silverback won’t stand for this. He’ll put a stop to it. He must,’ said Conall

‘I’m not sure he’ll be able to,’ Sofia replied, calm as ever. ‘
4. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/sophia