Abraham Musser

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Mr. Musser is one of the founders of the Blue Heron Institute.

Personality

Relationships

Reid Musser is his son.<ref name=":0">Reid Musser
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: Student Guide</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 disfavoured.<ref>“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

[...]

“Was it your dad that was a school founder?” Avery asked.

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.”

“That’s pretty heavy,” Lucy said.

“You aren’t lying.  And, I’ll say this, there’s way more to things than gender, like me beng a niece, and not his actual kid,” Raquel said. - excerpt from Cutting Class 6.1 </ref>

He was a founder at the BHI and Bristow's right-hand man, but after Bristow was replaced by Alexander he got in an argument with Alexander and almost never visited the school, even to drop off his kids. When Bristow returned to the school, he travelled a long way to be at his side again.<ref name=":1">“Musser was one of the school founders, wasn’t he?  But he sorta isn’t a

part of things anymore.  Which makes it sound like he was pushed out by
Alexander.”

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“If you want to learn about implements, then you should talk to Mr. Sunshine,” Melody said.  “There’s Mr. Musser, but he’s rarely around and

Mr. Sunshine is way more approachable-” - excerpt form Cutting Class 6.4

</ref><ref name=":2">“You finish your ritual?” Jarvis asked.

“I did,” Lucy said.  She adjusted the angle of her head.

“Congratulations.”

“Thank you.”

“You know, if you want to make the most of it, you should ask Mr. Musser.  He came a long way to be here for our new headmaster.  I know you were hanging out with Raquel Musser last week.”

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“He invited Musser back.  And Musser hasn’t been back in person since he and Alexander got in an argument years ago.  Doesn’t even drop off his kids, normally.”- Excerpt from Cutting Class 6.9</ref> However he was considered a guest teacher who had agreed to be there with Alexander in advance.<ref>“Raymond has been serving as a guest teacher for a year while pursuing other projects, but is returning this summer and fall, at the very least. We’re glad to have him. On the topic of guest teachers, I would like to extent my gratitude to Mr. Bristow, Electra Miraz, the Ports, the Crowes, Mr. Musser, and Ms. Lair, for agreeing to come this summer, and to anyone and everyone else who decides they can find the time. To others too numerous to name, I would extend thanks for the loaning of books for the student library.” - Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.5</ref>

Appearance

Tall, with the wavy brown Musser hair. Wears glasses with no arms. He dresses expensively but casually, and carries a lot of stuff in his pockets. His body language gives off a vibe that he's dangerous, and he moves as if he's carrying a lot of weight but accustomed to it.<ref name=":3">They stopped at the door, talking to a tall man. Because the man was in the doorway, the lights from either side of him made his features clearer. He wore a white t-shirt under an open black blazer, matching slacks, and a necklace, and he had brown hair with a dense wave to it, like the locks of hair had been stretched under one finger, over the next, under the next, and so on.  He wore glasses that had no arms stretching from the edges to the ears.

The look didn’t really make her think ‘teacher’. It made her think, like, an agent for actors or musicians, striking that look that was both casual and expensive, and very deliberate. The look in his eyes, the cast of his mouth, and his posture made her think that if he were one of those agents, he’d deal with a stalker fan of one of his clients by contracting some guys with baseball bats and ties to organized crime.

The hair made her think of Raquel and Reid.

Mr. Musser?

Now that she had a guess as to who he was, she could notice other things: he had a way of standing and moving like he was carrying a lot of weight, but he’d done it for so long that he’d gotten used to it. One hand gesture in the air, to punctuate a statement, and it felt like it had enough weight to knock on the air.
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Musser followed behind the group, and pulled off his jacket, casting it aside. It fluttered briefly in the wind, then disappeared. White t-shirt that probably cost more than a hundred bucks, necklace, watch, rings, and the glimmer of things at his pockets that suggested he couldn’t even put his hands in them. They weren’t overstuffed, either. - Excerpt from Gone Ahead 7.2</ref>

Abilities and Art

Knowledgeable about Implements.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> His son has multiple Implements and Familiars thanks to "family secrets" which Musser presumably shares.<ref name=":0" />

His movements have a palpable weight to them.<ref name=":3" />

He was immune to Kevin Noone's Evil Eye.<ref>To Lucy’s Sight, Kevin’s gaze was a stain, subtle but vast, spreading over everything around him.  She could tell when he stopped looking around and started focusing on Musser.  The droplets of darkness beaded on Musser’s face and front, then slid off to the side like droplets on a windshield, over the top and sides of his head, and the sides of his neck and body. - Excerpt from Gone Ahead 7.2</ref>

He was able to See or sense which items goblins had messed with.<ref>“Watch out!” Musser called out.  “He left things behind!” [...]

Mr. Musser walked forward, toward the destruction and mess. He bent down to pick up a plank, throwing it back atop the pile. He kept only half an eye on what Hadley Hennigar was doing. He looked up as something fell over, glass breaking. [...] Mr. Musser answered, “He laid traps. The bigger one did some obvious things, like the slime box. The small one did something to this stack of wood. Something to this box of nails.” - Excerpt from Gone Ahead 7.2</ref>

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