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Last updated as of Perfect Accord, February 2024.
Housekeeper for
Giles Lefton (and later
Kate Davies. Appears in
Wards of the Roses and
Country Manners briefly.
Business mentor to
Galen Amberly. Mentioned in
In The Cards and
Point By Point.
Fox House.
Banker, head of the Scali Banking family in
Sailor's Jewel. Has handed over the bulk of the active work to Cosmo Scali by
Fool's Gold. Went to
Dunwich.
Mother of
Thesan Wain and her six siblings, including
Seth Wain. Works in one of the educational arms of the
Ministry and thus is aware of quite a lot of that gossip.
Golshan Soltani is simultaneously very fond of her, and does not ever want to make her unhappy. Went to
Alethorpe.
Companion to Parnell Amberly (
Galen Amberly's mother) in
In The Cards. In
Point By Point, comfortably settled in a new situation with Julius Amberly.
Head of the Scali Banking Family by
Fool's Gold. Uncle of
Beatrice Stafford. Trained as a solicitor. Went to
Dunwich.
Died in 1915.
Thesan Wain's apprentice mistress. Grand old dame of the First Families, an expert in
Astronomy and Locational magics. She had a tremendous influence on Thesan's ability to navigate complex social situations.
Fox House, what else?
Nephew to
Cadmus Michaels, and originally seeks help from
Vivian Porter in
Seven Sisters. Apprentices to Ormulu, one of the best auction houses, and assists with the auction at the beginning of
Goblin Fruit as well as research in
Magician's Hoard.
Owl House.
Daughter of
Cyrus Smythe-Clive and his late wife Tanith, she appears in
The Hare and the Oak (as well as a brief mention in
Eclipse).
Fox House.
Lady in her own right of the area of Suffolk near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. She appears as one of the other first class passengers in
Sailor's Jewel, and reappears as a guest in
The Hare and the Oak.
Cyrus Smythe-Clive is not a fan.
Fox House.
Galen Amberly's elder brother (7 years older). Involved in Intelligence work in the War, badly injured with a permanent facial injury in 1917. Appears in
In The Cards and Point By Point. Skilled Alchemist, interested in applications that help people.
Fox House.
Cousin (of
Vivian Porter and
Robin Aelfdane) Her eyes are pale yellow, and obviously not quite human unless she glamours them. Appears in
Seven Sisters and is mentioned briefly in
Fool's Gold. Privately educated.
Maid at the country house in
Goblin Fruit. Becomes lady's maid to
Lizzie Penhallow, and appears briefly in
On The Bias. Has something of a crush on
Thomas Benton. Apprenticed.
Youngest son of Lord and Lady Delwyn (
Pastiche). At the end of that book,
Richard and
Alysoun Edgarton take him under their wing. He has a traumatic brain injury in the Great War, and comes home still kind, but unable to hold complex information in his head.
Gabriel Edgarton thinks about him in
The Fossil Door and
Three Tales of Gabe and Rathna.
Owl House.
A member of the
Dwellers At The Forge, appears at the end of
In The Cards and in Point By Point.
Seal House.
Cook at
Ytene. (Where she had previously been cook for
Geoffrey Carillon's parents until they died.) Appears in the forthcoming
Ancient Trust, as well as
Outcrossing,
On The Bias, and
Unexplored Territory.
Late husband of
Pross Gates and father of Cammie Gates. Mentioned in
Outcrossing,
Magician's Hoard, and appears in a memory in Chasing Legends. He was mixed race, and that shows in Cammie's skin and hair.
Fox House.
Chief Scholar of
The Research Society during
Magician's Hoard. Became Chief Scholar around 1922. Uncle of Matthias Sisley (
Council Member) and great-uncle of
Orion Sisley (he appears briefly in
Eclipse at a bohort match).
Fox House.
An artist, a pseduonym, but the artist was purportedly killed during the War. (see
Fool's Gold for the explanation).
Beatrice Stafford notes in that book that Sterling-Wise had "a tendency to the Fauvists, but working in a variety of styles, playing with colour. People compared him with Matisse, Rousseau, and Derain, and then after about 1910, there were more figurative works, more detail? But a very different subject matter, I gather. Dancers, there were comments about light, the use of it as a character, or light and greenery both."
Housekeeper and cook for
Avigail Levy and
Rathna Stone during
The Fossil Door and also appears in
Three Tales of Gabe and Rathna.
Late wife of
Cyrus Smythe-Clive and mother of Gemma Smythe-Clive. Died in childbirth with Gemma in 1888. She was an innovative alchemist and specialist in materia. She is referenced in
Sailor's Jewel and Cyrus reflects on her and her wishes a great deal in
The Hare and the Oak.
Fox House
Alchemist, member of the
Dwellers At The Forge. Good friend of
Galen Amberly and
Martin Taylor when she isn't locked in her lab. Appears in
In The Cards and
Point By Point (where she has a substantial role.)
Salmon House.
