Thesan Wain Fortier
Thesan Wain has been the astronomy professor at Schola since 1917. During her time there as a student, she was in Horse House.
She is the middle of seven children, closest to her next older brother Seth Wain. She and her siblings all attended Schola, but she is quite aware of what it took to get there.
Tea and Meetings (main)
With All Due Speed (main)
Chasing Legends (main)
Best Foot Forward
Upon A Summer's Day
Insterstitial Moments (point of view)
Illusion of a Boar
Three Graces (point of view)
As The Ground Shifts (point of view)
Appears In
Eclipse (main)Tea and Meetings (main)
With All Due Speed (main)
Chasing Legends (main)
Best Foot Forward
Upon A Summer's Day
Insterstitial Moments (point of view)
Illusion of a Boar
Three Graces (point of view)
As The Ground Shifts (point of view)
Eclipse
When Eclipse begins, she has been settled into teaching for a number of years. Last year, she and a new teacher, Isembard Fortier began marking at the pub together on Friday nights. When his former mentor Alexander Landry takes up a teaching post, the dynamics begin to change. Thesan and Isembard find themselves juggling all the usual chaos of the school year as well as mysterious activities of the students.
Reading from Thesan's point of view makes it clear that the world is sometimes too fast, too bright, and too loud for her (unlike stars, which are rather far away and don't change fast.) Thesan is somewhere on the autism spectrum, though it is not very obvious to people around her.
Tea and Meetings
A mailing list extra, Tea and Meetings is a series of scenes from Thesan and Isembard's lives before and after the events of Eclipse
Chasing Legends
In Chasing Legends, Isembard, Thesan, Ibis Ward and Pross Gates are drawn into one of the deep mysteries of Schola.
With All Due Speed
With All Due Speed is a mailing list extra following Thesan and Isembard from the point at which he asks if he may propose through the immediate aftermath of their wedding (summer through December 1925).
Best Foot Forward
During Best Foot Forward, Alexander Landry stays with Isembard and Thesan over the holidays, when he is feeling particularly out of sorts, as well as confusing them both a bit in the way he changes during the events of the book.
Interstitial Moments
Thesan is one of the point of view characters in Insterstitial Moments (the section called "Precession"), as she and Isembard sort out the changes to Alexander in 1935 and what it means for their friendships.
Illusion of a Boar
In Illusion of a Boar, Thesan (and Isembard) have a brief but key role helping Orion Sisley sort out what's going on.
Three Graces
In Three Graces, Thesan brings her ability to spot patterns as she works with her friends (Lizzie Carillon and Alysoun Edgarton) to solve an old mystery and bring some justice.
As The Ground Shifts
In As The Ground Shifts, Thesan first consults with Isembard about some letters, and then is part of a conversation with Claudio Warren and Orion Sisley.
(Click on the title above to learn more about Thesan's role in that book.)
Married name
ProfessionallyMagistra Wain or Professor Wain
Socially
Magistra Fortier
Education
Schola, Horse HouseFamily
details
Middle child of seven
Younger sister of Seth Wain
Marries Isembard Fortier in 1925
Ursula Fortier (daughter)
Leo Fortier (son) Sister-in-law to Garin and Livia Fortier
Younger sister of Seth Wain
Marries Isembard Fortier in 1925
Ursula Fortier (daughter)
Leo Fortier (son) Sister-in-law to Garin and Livia Fortier
Children
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Covers by Augusta Scarlett : Maps by Michael MB : Character images via PortraitWorks
Last updated as of Perfect Accord, February 2024.