Belanger Circle
The Belanger Circle is an extended group of Augurs that operate out of the Blue Heron Institute. They are exceptional information gatherers, who practice arts such as omens, clairvoyance, the usage of the Sight, seeing sendings, and future-sight. They also sell this information to others.<ref>“Yes. They need information first. The Belangers, as it happens, are exceptional when it comes to gathering information. Clairvoyance, future-sight, omens, seeing sendings, and all manners of using the Sight. They are information gatherers and they sell that information. You didn’t notice anything wrong last night, Alpeana?” - Excerpt from Stolen Away 2.6</ref>
The Belanger Circle has a not-insignificant stake in the magic school Miss recommended to the Kennet Trio.<ref>“It is. The Belangers are the same augurs that troubled Charles. They also have a not-insignificant stake in the magic class I gave you the notes on,” Miss said. “Nicolette Belanger is the student of Alex Belanger. I don’t know the exact relation but I suspect they are family. Nicolette was prowling around, but she was nowhere near Kennet. I distracted her, I thought we had longer before she found us. She must have found a metaphorical thread to pull.” - Excerpt from Stolen Away 2.6</ref> As well as this, their leader was personally involved in the forswearing of Charles Abrams.
They are the main 'business side' of the larger Belanger family.
Family Members[edit]
| Name | Description |
| Alexander Belanger | The head of the Belanger Circle, in his 40s. The practitioner who foreswore Charles Abrams, he runs the Blue Heron Institute. |
| Chase Whitt | The one who brought Nicolette into the Circle as her sponsor. Slightly overweight, and with a swoop of black hair. A member of a prominent non-Belanger family.<ref>He swayed a bit, and his eyes were visibly red even by candlelight. Alcohol and drugs lowered defenses, which was part of why she couldn’t indulge. Chase hinted at his motives in how he looked at her, and in the faint frustration he evidenced. His hair was a bit messy, and his shirt was unbuttoned. He’d been a guy who had been good looking, and could be again, but for the time being, was about thirty pounds overweight, wearing pants that didn’t fit. He thought he was being subtle, unbuttoning his pants to alleviate the pressure on his waistline, and using his belt to keep his pants up, but the ‘v’ of the zipper pulling open at the top betrayed his ploy. His hair remained styled, an older-fashioned swoop of black hair at the brow, his chin shaven, his clothes business casual, even in ‘leisure’.
“Sir,” she said, acknowledging him, as though he’d spoken. He continued to study her, as if he could decipher something about her that would answer his frustrations. He was her sponsor. The one who had brought her into the circle. Alexander, in turn, was the one who had brought Chase in; Chase had been brought in because he was very, very good at dealing with certain kinds of Other, owing to his family ties, and because of the politics of it. Making Chase an apprentice and teaching him all sorts of things about Seeing made for strong ties with Chase’s family. -Stolen Away 2.z </ref> Seventeen.<ref>He had expected something very different when he had found her. Leverage against Alexander, maybe. More power. A grateful girl a year younger than him. Instead, Chase had had to go to school, he’d left her here to act as eyes, ears, and hands on things here, and Alexander had started to barter with her, making her more Alexander’s apprentice than Chase’s.-Stolen Away 2.z</ref> |
| Nicolette | Encountered the Kennet Trio investigating Kennet after the disappearance of the Carmine Beast. Like Alexander, wields offensive Incarnate practices in addition to Augury. Took the name "Belanger" on joining the group. |
| Seth Belanger | An 18-year-old member of the Belanger Circle, attractive. Banned from smoking joints in Alexander's office due to harassing Nicolette. <ref>“This,” Alexander said, reaching down, plucking the joint from Seth’s fingers, “is making you stupid. No more, when you come to my study. I’ll have to reconsider what errands I send you on. Tanner? You’ll take over until I’ve worked out where Seth may go.”
Tanner nodded once. “It’s best you retire to your room, Seth.” Even dressed nicely, Seth looked like the distillation of a sullen eighteen year old as he worked his way to his feet, the chair not moving for him and the desk right in front of him. He uttered a single, “Sir,” and then left the room. -Stolen Away 2.z </ref> Alexander's distant nephew.<ref>“He’s using you,” Seth hissed into her ear. [...] “I know. Now please let go of me. Your uncle Alexander is already upset with you for disrespecting him, attacking one of his apprentices. I don’t think it’s a good idea to repeat the process.” - excerpt from Stolen Away 2.z</ref><ref>He was related to Alexander. Alexander had the institute in part because he’d bartered with family, getting the power as a kind of loan to get it started, then bartering again to get the good words, references, and contacts to bring people in. If Alexander’s distant nephew got in any real trouble here, it disrupted that whole engine. - excerpt from Stolen Away 2.z </ref> |
| Tanner Gilpin | One of the boys of the Belanger Circle. He came into power through finding an auspice as an innocent, a sign of things to come. From there, he eventually found practitioner families, and was snatched up by Alexander. He's intelligent and a quick learner. <ref>Tanner had come into the circle through talent. He’d found an auspice, an almost literal sign of things to come, writing on a wall that told of coming hardships, and through that entry point, had lost his innocence and found his way to contact with Others, then to the practitioner community. Alexander had taken him under his wing to avoid letting other Augurs have him. He picked things up fast and was good at politics. Alexander sent him on a lot of ‘errands’, networking and doing business with other families. Tanner had meant something very similar to what Seth had said, but he had the common sense that let him get away with it.
-Stolen Away 2.z </ref> |
| Wye Belanger | The oldest of the boys in the group at the age of 25. Wye's dangerous and smart, and tends to command a similar respect to Alexander Belanger. A nephew once removed of Alexander's.<ref>She handed the first cup to Wye. The oldest of the boys, at twenty-five. Wye was calm, collected, calculating and very, very dangerous. He wasn’t around much, but when he was, he commanded similar respect to Alexander. A Belanger by blood, a nephew once removed of Alexander. - Stolen Away 2.z
</ref> He runs the family business while Alexander teaches.<ref>Wye Belanger |
Extended Family[edit]
- Jen Ross - Alexander's cousin. Highly protective of her daughter, Gillian.
- Gillian Ross - Alexander's niece.
- Maxwell - Senior family member that takes many of the short term decisions and manages family meetings.<ref>But there was Maxwell, senior of the family and the one who made all the short-term decisions that were too minor for a meeting, and who directed the meetings, and Owen.- Excerpt from Let Slip 20.d</ref>
- Owen - Senior family member.
- Marlowe - Guards the store room<ref>Marlowe here in this box of a storage room, guarding the storeroom lockup - Excerpt from Let Slip 20.d</ref>
- West<ref>West, Owen’s friend from the storeroom, was delivering some things out to one of the more remote Belanger families- Excerpt from Let Slip 20.d</ref>
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