[1.2 Spoilers] Notes on Others

Lucy’s Notes

Charles Abrams
Type: Ex-practitioner, forsworn
Appearance: Sketchy looking dude.  Kind of guy who grows his hair long to make up for what he’s losing on top.  Greasy.  Dirty.  Skinny.  Brown/Gray hair & scraggy beard.
Appearance with Sight: Same?
Awakening:  Didn’t participate.

• Can lie.
• Seems pissed off at the world.
• Broke an oath, lost ability to practice.  Now he’s vulnerable.
• Owes the Kennet others a lot?  Maybe?
• Avery: Her #1 vote for most scary.  No observations.

Notes: Priority to interview.  Need to work out questions to ask.  Means motive opportunity?  Alibi?  Verona wants to know why/how he got forsworn.

 

Matthew Moss
Type according to Matthew: Host
Appearance: Human I guess?  Brown hair + beard.  20-35?
Appearance with Sight: His eyes are in shadow.
Awakening:  Hourglass → Gave holly, took wine → skull

• Knows about magic circles and stuff.
• Married to Edith James.
• People can see him.  He works in town (sales).
• Was awakened a long while ago.
• Actively encouraged us to investigate but not to feel pressured to solve.  Why?
  Verona: reminds me of when I’d meet a friend or coworker of my dad and think they seemed suprisingly nice.  Then they’d say something that made me dislike them.
• Avery: During the ritual when I was saying personal stuff, I looked around for a friendly face and looked to him.  He looked more serious than caring?  Suprised me.

Notes: Interview Later – Verona wants to wait until he’s taught us before we spook him any.  More chance of catching him in lies?

 

Edith James / Girl by Candlelight
Type according to Matthew: Complex Spirit
Appearance: Human?  Bleached blond hair.
Appearance with Sight:  Eyes glow like fire
Awakening: Skull → Gave red gem, took ash → coin

• Quiet so far
• Married to Matthew (didn’t take his name?)
• Knows fundamentals.  Sorta human?
• Verona: No idea what to say.  Name’s cool.  Wait until we hear more about spirits?
• Avery: Makes me nervous when a woman’s this quiet with her husband around.  It reminds me of distant family.

Notes:  Have to interview around the time we interview Matthew.  Couples talk.

 

Alpeana
Type according to Matthew: Mare
Appearance: Filthy hair, totally black eyes, ragged clothes.
Appearance with Sight:  Same?
Awakening: Thread →  Gave oil, took molasses → Thread

• Friends with Faerie Girl
• Climbs a lot.  Sticks to shadows
• Shy?
• Avery: gets the feeling ‘Alpy’ might not give up much information because she seems secretive.
• Verona: Says Alpeana smiled at her & Avery after the molasses.  (relevance?)

 

 

Maricica
Type according to Matthew: Faerie, Dark Autumn
Appearance: Pretty.  Smiles a lot.  Long brown hair.
Avery thinks she has moth wings.  Verona thinks she has bat wings.
With Sight: Nothing after (she left too soon) but Verona says she saw something scary out of the corner of her eye mid-ritual.
Awakening: Thread →  Gave crystal, took honey → Coin

• She didn’t say/do much prior to the ritual.  Suspicious?  If I was guilty I’d want to keep quiet.
• I am glad I wrote things down because I’m noticing a lot of the mysterious others started out from the thread.
• Seems young?
• Giant guy was paying close attention to her
• Avery: Seems nice?
• Verona: Nobody smiles that much without something messed up going on there.  (Said bit in ‘With Sight’ above, added: I was glad I wasn’t feeding her).

 

 

Guilherme
Type according to Matthew: Faerie, Summer Above
Appearance: Handsome.  Long, pale hair, tan skin.  Chiseled good looks.  Muscles.  I’ve seen people as tall as him and people as muscular as him but never both together like that.
With Sight: Left too soon after the ritual.  Nothing special during.
Awakening: Timepiece →  Gave myrrh (according to Avery), took honey → Thread

• Fussy eater.
• Again, not a lot of info.  He was quiet (suspiciously quiet!)
• Avery: Friends with John?  They were hanging
• Verona: Not my vibe at allll.  Can’t say why for sure.  He hasn’t said or done anything and he feels like the kind of person I’d like least.

 

 

John Stiles
Type According to Matthew: Dog of War
Appearance: Blond buzz cut.  Scary look in eyes.  Deep lines in face.  Age indeterminate.
With Sight: Same?
Awakening: Blade →  Gave oil, took bread → blade

• My (Lucy’s) vote for least favorite Other by gut feeling
• Friends with goblins/manages goblins?
• Strong?
• Verona: Does he turn into a dog?  Should I not have picked a cat mask?
• Verona when asked to give more serious input: I feel like I’ve seen him at the edges of crowds or when things have been busy, but not the same way I’ve seen Matthew or Edith.  What does a dog of war do all day?
• Avery: He didn’t really catch my eye, but if I’m cribbing from Verona… does Kennet even have any war?

 

Toadswallow, Cherrypop, Bluntmunch, Gashwad
Type According to Matthew: Goblin
Appearance: Toadswallow is fat, bellybutton-high, monocle, spiky belly, dresses nice.
Cherrypop is red, ugly, big nose, squinty, messy hair.  Rat-sized
Bluntmunch is human sized but slouches, muscular.  Underbite, warty like a toad
Gashwad has a huge nose, glaring, beady little eyes, yellow-brown skin instead of pink like others
With Sight: No change?
Awakening: Blade → Gave spices (?), took meat → Skull for all except Toadswallow, who used hourglass.

• Distillations of filth and nastiness?  Vulgar words?
• Most don’t seem that bright.  If one had any part in this, seems like it would be Toadswallow.  He is training two others to work with kids?  How would that tie in?
• Feels like they wouldn’t be very good at lying.  Lots of infighting, they don’t seem to think much before saying stuff.  Might be useful?
• Verona: They smell.  If we’re writing up questions for the witness, we can ask if the crime scene stinks?  Stunk?
• Avery: My grandfather once told me if someone’s easily angered, you can use that against them.  Maybe if we have to we can do something like that with them.

 

The Hungry Choir
Type According to Matthew: Ritual Incarnate
Appearance: 50+ people, mostly young, varying clothes, varying appearance.  Some have bloody mouths or broken/missing teeth.  Lots of singing when they’re around.
With Sight: No change?  During awakening ritual, they were silent.
Awakening: Skull → Gave ? /  Took Meat → Coin

• Can’t remember what they brought.  There were so many it was hard to see & ritual was over soon after.  Makes me suspicious.
• Avery: Is it possible one did it?  Do we have to interview them separately?
  (Discussion followed this.  Won’t/can’t summarize.  By end we agreed they’re probably considered one thing)
• Verona: I haven’t heard them say one word.  How do we interview them if they don’t speak?

Note:  Interview soon, once we figure out how.  They might have shortchanged us in the ritual, taking but not giving.

 

Miss
Type According to Matthew: Unknown
Appearance: Woman, age indeterminate, face and hands always hidden
With Sight: Same?
Awakening: Thread → Gave Myrrh, took ash → thread

• Only thing more suspicious than someone trying to stay quiet and out of the way is someone trying to control the investigation and she’s controlling a lot.
• Friend of Matthew and Edith?  Who are also acting suspicious?
• Smart?
• The ones who missed or might have messed with the awakening ritual make me most suspicious right off the bat.  She pretends to want to set everything up, but how do we know if the woman with the hidden face ate anything?  What if she threw away our offering?  Is that like not signing a contract?  Top 3 suspect for me.
• (Avery)  …
• (Verona) …

Note:  We may have to be careful with this one.  Too smart.  Too connected.  I can probably think of 2 things that are alarming or suspicious for every thing that’s legit.