Editing Abraham Musser (section)

===Children===
[[List of BHI Students#Reid Musser|Reid Musser]] is his son,<ref name=":0">Reid Musser<br>Reid takes after his father, a school founder, but does not necessarily follow in his footsteps.  He has been traveling the world since he was fifteen, studying in its various forms.  Reid keeps a collection of nine Implements and two Familiars, Blackhorne and Drowne, a trick that owes to close-held family secrets.  He attends Advanced classes and helms one special project in the workshops. - Bonus Material: [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/4-7-spoilers-student-guide/ Student Guide]</ref> but was mainly used as a tool. Abe banished his other son Donovan.<ref name="fam">“Money rings hollow.  Your wife keeps track of the various relationships, doesn’t she?  Meets with Adelade, Ursanne, Richard…?”<br><br>
“Yes.  You’re thinking of marriages?”<br><br>“They’re putting a lot at stake to help bring this to pass.  Let’s let them feel a part of the success.  What better way than to bring them into the family?”<br><br>“If only it was that easy.  There are only so many bachelors and bachelorettes.  I was talking to Duchamps the other week, and we talked about arranging for a ten year old to marry a ten year old, six years from now.  That’s thin, even with oaths, but we’ve still exhausted most of our youth in that manner.  How much further am I to go?  I insinuated to Wye Belanger that if he got a girlfriend pregnant, there’s a Musser child on the way.  Children not even born yet.  What chips do I have?”<br><br>“Your father banished members from the family.  You have as well.  Donovan?  Billie?  Bring them back in?”<br><br>“There would be angry mutterings when I wasn’t in the room, in the various Musser properties.  And I would have to mind the mutterings of those who were banished and brought back.  They wouldn’t necessarily repay me with gratitude.”<br><br>“A knife in the back, instead?  I could see it.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/01/22 Excerpt] from [[Left in the Dust 16.z]]</ref>

[[Raquel Musser]] is his niece, but he raised her after her mother was cast out of the family. As a result of their weaker connection, as well as gender issues within the Musser family tradition, she's been disfavored.<ref name="ew">“It’s my job to keep these two from puffing themselves up too much,” Kass said, indicating the other two on her bench with a swish of her thumb.  “They talk fancy and dress nice but they lean too much on the family name.  You aren’t defined by the family you come from.”<br><br>“You’re a ''little bit'' defined by the family you come from,” Raquel said.  “If you try, you can be the best bits of it.”<br><br>“You’re going to have to try awfully hard, Raquel,” Kass said, sitting back against the bench.  “You’re not a boy, and only boys get the best of what the Mussers have to offer.”<br>[...]<br>“Was it your dad that was a school founder?” Avery asked.<br><br>Raquel looked over, still clearly ''very'' pissed, and pissed in a way that made her look hostile even as she turned to Avery.  “Uncle. But he raised me, more or less, after my mother was removed from the family.”<br><br>“That’s pretty heavy,” Lucy said.<br><br>“You aren’t lying.  And, I’ll say this, there’s ''way'' more to things than gender, like me being a niece, and not his actual kid,” Raquel said.  - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/27 Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.1]]</ref>

Commenting on [[Elise Norwood]]'s age, Musser stated that she looked "young enough to be my illegitimate child." This unusual choice of phrasing may indicate that he has one or more natural children born out of wedlock.<ref>“You look young enough to be my illegitimate child,” Abraham said.  “Oh, this is going to be a shitshow, isn’t it?”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/07/17/false-moves-12-a/ Excerpt] from [[False Moves 12.a]]</ref>

He sees his extended family as commodities for political maneuvering,<ref name="fam"/> his nephew [[Sullivan Fletcher]] was put in situations where he could have died to prove Abraham's resolve.<ref>Sullivan Fletcher, of House Musser.  Nephew to Abraham Musser.<br>[...]<br>“Guaranteeing loyalty,” America added.  “Sullivan here goes somewhere as a show of trust to someone else.  If Musser screws up or betrays them, they get to at least off his nephew.”<br><br>“I’m prepared to contribute to the family,” the little boy announced.
 - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/01/18 Excerpt] from [[Left in the Dust 16.y]]</ref>