List of BHI Students

A list of students who attended the Blue Heron Institute Summer of 2020 alongside the Kennet Trio.

America Tedd

16, a "Goblin Witch Princess". Rooms with her sister Liberty.<ref name=":10">Students in the Eastern Wing

Dom Driscoll, 10, Beginner Historian Sol Ferguson, 12, Elementalist of the Great Blast

Eugene Legendre, 16, Sealer and Exterminator Howie Legendre, 15, Exterminator and Sealer

Salvador P. Martin, 14, Shaman; Spider Breather Zachariah Nichol, 14, Totemist; Hot Girl Totemist

Beau Austin, 14, Necromancer; Echo Drummer Easton Songetay, 14, War Mage and Summoner Myles Sutton, 14, Alchemist; Restoratives Specialist

Davion Reese, 15, Oni Knife Throwing Damaryon Steyn, 14, Summoner, Eastern Approach Mike Storey, 15, Spirit Sword / Oni Sword Fighting

Jarvis Staples, 16, Contract Practices, Summoning Silas Vanderwerf, 16, Fae Magic, Winter’s Bidding Maddox Willan, 16, Spellbinding, Soulbinding

Lane Gudbrand, 16, Spirit & Wraith Gardening Maximilian Palaisy, 15, Valkalla, Ghost Weapons

Talos Leos, 13, Caller of the Glass Prison Spirit Tymon Leos, 14, Caller of the Black Gutter Spirit

Talia Graubard, 11, Beginner Dollmaker, Enchanter Jorja Leos, 11, Caller of the Drugstore Cowgirl Spirit

Xerxes Wilkins, 17, Duality Host with Bloody Money Erasmus Wilkins, 15, Duality Host with Aslaug

Corbin Kierstaad, 14, Dabbler, Subversive Practices Melody Kierstaad, 13, Dabbler, Longevity Practices

Kellen Hennigar, 15, Gore-streaked Undying Archer Sawyer Hennigar, 14, Gore-streaked Gunslinger Mccauleigh Hennigar, 13, Gore-streaked Dancer

Yadira Kennedy, 14, Western Kitsune/Oni Practices Kassidy Knox, 14, Trinket-specialized Collector

Fiona Mace, 13, Astral Projector, Body Jumper Raquel Musser, 13, ‘Soft’ Implement Collector

Daniella Rowsome, 15, Abyss Drinker, Elementalist Natasha Scobie, 15, Snowfall Elementalist

America Tedd, 16, Goblin Witch Princess Liberty Tedd, 15, Goblin Raider Princess

Laila Throop, 14, Large-scale Curse specialist Fernanda Whitt, 13, Generalist, Emotion Manip.

Lucy Ellingson, 13, Wild Pract. Faerie Swordfighting Verona Hayward, 13, Wild Practitioner, Dabbler Avery Kelly, 13, Wild Practitioner, Finder

- Bonus Material: Student Guide </ref>

Amine Roscio

Main article: Amine

Apprentice of Durocher. Part of Zed's social circle. Godslayer. A senior frequently found in the study nook of the school.<ref>Amine Roscio
A rare case of our esteemed Mrs. Durocher inviting someone on as an apprentice. Amine took the name of a true god and forced it to unmake its two divine sons before unmaking itself. A perpetual resident of the

study nook.  He attends Advanced classes. - Bonus Material: Student Guide</ref>

Braxton Hart

Goblin King. Although technically a senior student, and he's rented a workshop for projects, he's in jail as of the start of the 2020 summer term.<ref name=":11">Special Students
(Graduate, Workshop, Itinerant, etc.) Elizabeth Driscoll, Historian Currently leading a special project, ritual city design Braxton Hart, Goblin King Paid for workshop for 2 years time, currently serving a 9 month jail sentence. Workshop is not to be disturbed. Judah Greer, Technomancer Apprentice of Raymond Sunshine, using one workshop as a relay point for quick world travel, doing preliminary work for special project that is to begin next year. Milly Legendre, Dabbler, Sealer, Exterminator Residing in the rear of Workshop C while taking Advanced classes, for privacy and to be closer to certain projects; is doing contract work for

other students to safeguard sensitive special projects.

Omarion Chant, Calendar Ritualist Graduated student, rented one workshop for a year. - Bonus Material: Student Guide </ref>

Beau Austin

14. Necromancer (Echo Drummer).<ref name=":10" />

Brie Callie

Main Article: Brie Callie

Associate of Zed's empowered by the Hungry Choir.

Chase Whitt

Member of the Belanger Circle, 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>

Corbin Kierstaad

14, a Dabbler specializing in Subversive Practices<ref name=":10" />

Damaryon Steyn

14. Summoner (Eastern Approach)<ref name=":10" />

Daniella Rowsome

15. An "Abyss Drinker" and Elementalist.<ref name=":10" />

Davion Reese

15, specializes in "Oni Knife Throwing".<ref name=":10" />

Dom Driscoll

2020 freshman. Ten,<ref name=":3">Are the other newbies as young as her?” “Yeah, kinda? Dom and Talia are ten and eleven, I think.” - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.4 </ref> a beginner City Mage and Historian.<ref>“You’ve been coming here a while?” Avery asked.
“Three years. Dom is from a family of historians. They study patterns in history, to see if any accidental rituals emerge.”
“Accidental rituals?” Verona asked.
“I don’t know how much to explain, because I don’t know how much you know, and I’m not the best teacher. Uh, when non-practitioners do stuff, they can still create rituals. We call them accidental or emergent rituals. If you find a big enough or ancient enough one, you can tweak it or harness it. City layouts forming diagrams that influence economy? Big money, potentially. Patterns in, I dunno, wars followed by baby booms? That could potentially be a whole generation that’s special. They came here to deal with Ray, the guy I’m apprenticing under, so I’ve got the scoop there.” - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.4 </ref><ref name=":1" />

Easton Songetay

14. War Mage and Summoner.<ref name=":10" />

Elizabeth Driscoll

A Historian doing a project on city planning. Senior student.<ref name=":11" />

Eloise Miraz

Main article: Eloise

Ulysse's fiance. Part of Zed's social circle through Ulysse.

Erasmus Wilkins

15. Duality Host bonded with a being named Aslaug.<ref name=":10" />

Estrella Vanderwerf

17. Leads her family after the adults were killed by Witch Hunters. A skilled Faerie Magic practitioner focusing on the Winter Court.<ref>Estrella Vanderwerf
Estrella leads her family practice at 17, after all family practitioners

over the age of eighteen were executed by the Montreal Witch Hunters.

The Vanderwerfs have long dealt with the regimented Winter Court of Faerie, and Estrella puts practitioners with three times her experience to shame as she keeps track of hundreds of plots, many of which have run

for centuries.  She heads a special Senior project - Bonus Material: Student Guide</ref>

Eugene Legendre

16. Sealer and Goblin Exterminator<ref name=":10" />

Fernanda Whitt

13. Generalist, Emotion Manipulator<ref name=":10" />

Fiona Mace

13. Astral Projector, Body Jumper<ref name=":10" />

Hadley Hennigar

A "Gore-Strewn" who "Death refuses to claim", she studies War Magic and Elementalism among other fields. Hunts Witch Hunters.<ref>Hadley Hennigar
Eldest of this generation of the Hennigar clan, Hadley does not shy away

from the family practice of the Gore-Strewn.  Death refuses to claim

her, but War certainly seems to have his hold on her. She gets her sport targeting Witch Hunters. That she’s still with us as the loudest student in the Western Wing is a testament to her talents. She attends Advanced classes, emphasizing war, elemental and price-based fields - Bonus Material: Student Guide</ref> Eldest sister of Kellen, Sawyer and Mccauleigh.<ref name=":10" />

Howie Legendre

15. Exterminator and Sealer<ref name=":10" />

Jarvis Staples

16. Focuses on Contract Practices and Summoning<ref name=":10" />

Jessica Casabien

Main Article: Jessica

Partly self-taught, not tied to any of the teachers. A generalist with some focus on the Ruins. Part of Zed's social circle.

Jorja Leos

2020 freshman, ten. Straight black hair, pale, wears mismatched clothes.<ref name=":2" />

An already-powerful Caller who channels a powerful urban drug-spirit<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> named the Drugstore Cowgirl.<ref name=":4">“My brother calls Glass Prison, and rescued Helei, a naiad. A more bubbly and pleasant companion to help keep his spirits up. Jorja taps Drugstore Cowgirl, and she took a bogeyman. Uhh… doing the opposite of Talos, kind of.” - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6</ref> She has a bogeyman familiar to help mellow out it's influence<ref name=":4" /> which looks like a large, blank-eyed man in a trenchcoat who seems to glide over the ground,<ref name=":2" /><ref>A ten year old girl ran over to hug a boy of about the same age. Behind

her was a guy that was six feet tall, hunched over, with an expression

like stone. He wore a black trenchcoat that was very weirdly fit around

his body, buttoned up from ground to neck, the bottom of the coat

grazing the ground and hiding his feet. He also had baseball cap that seemed to small for him, set askew. His eyes were entirely white, except for the narrow pupils, which didn’t rove or move to look around at anything. He followed behind her, the movements of his legs not visible, his head not bobbing with any steps. Like he was floating. - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.4</ref> or a dog in animal form.<ref>Avery watched as Jorja’s familiar, which had been the floaty guy with

the backwards baseball cap, now a terrier, followed the movement of

birds through the air. - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.7</ref> Looking to learn primarily from Durocher.<ref name=":0" />

To Avery's Sight she is covered in black handprints, with one holding her eyelid down, with black veins radiating from them.<ref name=":2" /> In the Spirit World she appeared to have bright pastel pellets dusting her.<ref>The room’s appearance shifted, to become something very much like the

spirit world Lucy had visited together with Verona and Avery.  The

floor was covered in an inch of water, littered with flower petals. She

could see the nose of the ‘mask’ she wore in spirit, and her hair was

far longer, pale pink tendrils blowing across her shoulder.

Other students changed as well. Avery had the deer mask. [...] Jorja had little pastel pellets littering her hair and shoulders, in stark contrast to how dark her clothes and hair were, and how grim her expression was. - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6 </ref>

Judah Greer

Senior, Technomancer.<ref name=":11" />

Kassidy Knox

14. Trinket-specialized Collector<ref name=":10" />

Kellen Hennigar

15. Gore-streaked Undying Archer<ref name=":10" />

Laila Throop

14. Large-scale Curse specialist<ref name=":10" />

Lane Gudbrand

16. Spirit & Wraith Gardening.<ref name=":10" /> Possible relative of Gudbrand from Pact.

Liberty Tedd

15. Goblin Raider Princess.<ref name=":10" />

Maddox Willan

16. Spellbinding, Soulbinding<ref name=":10" />

Maximilian Palaisy

15. Valkalla (Ghost Weapons)<ref name=":10" />

Mccauleigh Hennigar

13. Gore-streaked Dancer<ref name=":10" />

Melody Kierstaad

13. Dabbler, Longevity Practices<ref name=":10" />

Mike Storey

15. Spirit Sword / Oni Sword Fighting<ref name=":10" />

Milly Legendre

A knight of seals. She and her family go around sealing powerful evils, maintaining the existing seals and fighting Warrens incursions; unglamarous work she compares to "magic janitors".<ref>“Milly Legendre.” “Avery Kelly.” Avery shook her hand. “Lucy. I’d shake your hand but mine’s covered in conditioner.” “Cool last name,” Avery said. “Meh. If you asked around you’d probably hear something like how my family’s a bunch of magic janitors.” “Janitors? What do you do?” “I’m a knight of seals. If something too big to kill gets defeated around here, they’ll call my family and we’ll put up a barrier around it. Or on it, depending. Which is a once every few years type thing. The rest of the time, we travel around, checking the old barriers aren’t

growing legs or wearing out, and corking up any warren holes.” - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6

</ref> She hopes to find a more pleasant focus at the Institute, but worries she'll flunk and end up a lowly goblin exterminator. She's been helping her family seal the Warrens since she was 12, and has no highschool education.<ref>“I don’t want to take up the family practice,” Milly said. “It’s so dull, and when it’s not dull it’s traumatizing. I’m hoping to find something else I’m good at.”
“Sounds hard,” Avery said.
“If I’m not really good at it, then I’ll get either dragged back or kicked out, and I’m not sure which is worse. If I got kicked out, no high school education or anything, then I’d probably end up a goblin exterminator.”
[...]
“Sounds like you know a lot about it,” Avery said, diplomatically.
“Have to. My dad’s had me doing it for the last three years. Ever since I was twelve.”
“What if the goblins don’t deserve it?” Lucy asked. - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6 </ref>

Nicolette

Main article: Nicolette

A young member of the Belanger Circle. Friends with Zed.

Reid Musser

Employed unique family secrets to have two Familiars (Blackhorne and Drown) and nine Implements.

Son of Mr Musser, a school founder. Travelled the world since age 15. A senior, he rooms in the Western Wing.<ref>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>

Seth Belanger

An 18-year-old member of the Belanger Circle, attractive.<ref name=":8">“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> Wavy hair.<ref>“We’ll take the library as a study space? Beginner class, Ray will teach here. Seniors, if you have any questions or requests, Mrs. Durocher will make herself available for the morning, and Seth will be making himself available to get anything you need.”

Seth was apparently one of Belanger’s apprentices, a surly looking teen with wild hair. - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6 </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>

A senior at the school<ref name=":5">“Where are the seniors going?” Avery asked. Some of Alexander’s group, Lucy noted.“They come here to collaborate on private projects and take the occasional advanced project, and ask visiting teachers for input. That’s three groups of five or six students, I think, then Seth, a few others.”

Zed included, it seemed.

Lucy wondered what those projects included. - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6 </ref> although he's graduated.<ref name=":9">Seth Belanger
Seth, once one of the biggest troublemakers at the BHI and the nearby towns, is now a graduate. He serves the Belanger circle and assists with special projects on request while deciding on a course in life. - Bonus Material: Student Guide</ref>

Described as a former troublemaker who's deciding on a course in life.<ref name=":9" />Banned from smoking joints in Alexander's office due to harassing Nicolette.<ref name=":8">“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>

Talos

One of Jorja's older brothers, Caller.<ref name=":1">"Tymon and Talos’s younger sister Jorja joins us, already an adept caller

of a greater Urban spirit.  She should be recognizable or even familiar
to those of you who attended guest lectures with their mother.  Dom, as
anyone familiar with the Driscoll family knows, is a beginner city mage
and historian, and we’re excited to see if he takes after his big

sister and parents. I’m also very pleased that a long-time colleague of

mine finally has a child old enough to send to classes here.  Talia

Graubard is a beginner Dollmaker." - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.5 </ref><ref name=":2">“Jorja’s the third sibling to come. Her older brothers are already here.”
Zed pointed them out. The girl was ten, with hair about as straight and black as hair got, to the point it looked like it was wet, with the way it lay against her scalp. She was pale, and her clothes slightly mismatched for age, size, and type. She was the one who had run over to

greet the boy, with the large, gliding Other following behind, always

moving slowly and not catching up to her until she stood still for a little while, which was rare.
To Avery’s sight, there were black handprints all over her, with the finger of one handprint hooked into her eye and pulling her eyelid down. Black veins webbed out from the handprints.
“Callers. That’s caller with an a, not an o. Slang for them is Druid or Draoidhe, but I’m not sure how PC that is,” Zed confided. “Most druids tap into the big, old nature spirits. her family taps into

more urban things.  The black gutter, the glass prison, the chemical

lightning. Each kid picks one of these big, unrestrained lord spirits in the same general category, and then sort of taps into it for big, unrestrained, nasty practice.”
“Spirits of drugs?” Avery asked.
“Yeah,” Zed said. “My gentle verdict? Avoid.”
- excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.4 </ref> He channels a drug lord named the Glass Prison, and has a bubbly naiad familiar named Helei that he rescued to balance out it's bad vibes.<ref name=":4" />

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><ref>Tanner Gilpin
Tanner became Aware after discovering words written on a wall, telling of things to come. He was taken in as apprentice and few if any would disagree that his talents reward the decision. Another graduate, oft sent away on tasks for the Belanger circle. - Bonus Material: Student Guide</ref>

Tymon

Oldest brother to Jorja's and Tymon (who he shares a room with.)<ref name=":6">The guy wasn’t bad looking. Fourteen or so. He was rumpled from sleep, with a crease at the side of his face, had a sleepy look that, if

she remembered last night right, was perpetual, and tended to the

skinny side. Nice face, and hair that probably looked nice while it was

tidy but was a black halo of bedhead right now.  He wore a long sleeved
shirt and plaid pyjama pants, with flip-flops.

Something about the fact that he was the first boy she’d seen who wasn’t like, ready for school, Booker aside, and that she wasn’t fully awake with her defenses up, and everything? Her brain did a mental that’s a boy he’s a boy somersault.

She extended a hand, on impulse, and then kicked herself for doing it.

But he stepped forward, across the hall, and shook it, smiling, like it was normal. “Tymon. Sharing a room with my little bro.” - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6 </ref> Caller,<ref name=":1">Tymon and Talos’s younger sister Jorja joins us, already an adept caller

of a greater Urban spirit.  She should be recognizable or even familiar
to those of you who attended guest lectures with their mother.  Dom, as
anyone familiar with the Driscoll family knows, is a beginner city mage
and historian, and we’re excited to see if he takes after his big

sister and parents. I’m also very pleased that a long-time colleague of

mine finally has a child old enough to send to classes here.  Talia

Graubard is a beginner Dollmaker. - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.5</ref><ref name=":2" /> he channels the power of a drug lord named the Black Gutter. He has a familiar named Dreg, an Alchemist Vestige which takes the form of a rat or swarm of rats.<ref>“Someone’s paying attention. Yeah. With another one of the newbies, and their familiars. Talos and I have ours.”

He put a hand over to the side, and what looked like six rodents all scampered up his arm, one or two ducking under the cuff of his long sleeve, seeming to disappear into his arm with the lump under the sleeve going away, before crawling out again at the collar and shoulder. They merged together into a single, black mouse with patchy fur and pale yellow eyes, with one tattered ear.

“This is Dreg.”

Right. They were the callers of these great spirits of drugs or whatever.

Maybe not boyfriend material. They’d been told to be careful and steer clear.

“Is he the spirit you call?” Lucy asked.

Tymon laughed, suddenly enough it startled her.

“No,” Dreg rasped, speaking with an adult’s voice. “A good familiar is a partner, something you can control, or something you’re willing to be controlled by. Things as large and wild as Black Gutter do nothing except drown you out.”

“Dreg is a vestige. Was Aware enough to dip into some Jekyll and Hyde type alchemy, eroded away a good chunk of his Self. Only a fragment of the person was left, other stuff took up residence.” - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6 </ref>

14, with black hair. Lucy finds him cute.<ref name=":6" />

Talia Graubard

2020 freshman, eleven,<ref name=":3" /> brown hair with blonde highlights.<ref name=":7">Verona could use that to identify Talia, who had brown hair with blonde highlights framing her face, standing beside a doll that was the same height and proportions as her. She had her hands on the shoulders of an even younger girl, who hugged a stuffed elephant. - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.5</ref> A beginner Dollmaker.<ref name=":1" />

Accompanied everywhere by her familiar, a Canopic Doll named Effy that her mother threatened to replace her with. They were raised together, but - both fearing they would be the one her mother found wanting - Talia secretly awakened and they performed the familiar ritual together.<ref>“My mom made Effy on the day I was born,” Talia said. She didn’t look so bothered to be in front of the class. Avery only liked to be in

front of people when playing sports.  “She said if I wasn’t

satisfactory as a daughter, Effy would drag out my guts, put them inside

herself, take my blood and skin to seal up the doll joints, and replace
me.”

Avery looked around the room, to try to judge why people weren’t freaking out, but the most she saw was serious concern here and there. “Hmm,” Ray made a sound. “The way a canopic doll works, especially if it’s raised alongside someone, given a birthday every time I had a birthday, with parts replaced to match my height and shape and stuff as I grew up, ummm, when

it harvests, it can become human, after.  She could become me. 
I awoke on my own, secretly, then I talked to Effy, and neither of us

were sure if my mom would keep me or Effy. So we agreed she’d be my familiar. That way my mom would have to keep us both or destroy us both.” “Very clever,” Mr. Sunshine said. Talia smiled. “My mom thought so. Things have been so nice ever since. I think she was proud I thought of it.” - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.7 </ref> It's roughly the same height and proportions as her,<ref name=":1" /> but can't become an animal.<ref>“The power finds its balance. Talia would naturally give Effy some of her power over time, until they were even. Then they would recover together. Eating well, sleeping well, and taking care of needs as human

or Other help that recovery.  Can Effy become an animal?”

Talia shook her head.

“The partnership of master and familiar is often a reprieve for the Other. Temporary freedom from needs, demands, work, or anything else. If Effy required a regular supply of blood and oil, as some dolls do-”

“I don’t.”

“But if you did, Effy, then you wouldn’t require it while you’re a familiar. You get your sustenance from your master or partner. If you had a lifespan, it would be put on pause. Of course, needier others have a heavier drain on their master.” - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.7 </ref>

She has a little sister with an animated stuffed elephant, too young to attend.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":7" /><ref>A man with longer, wavy hair he’d partially straightened, with red sunglasses, was sitting on the stairs, talking to a younger girl with a stuffed elephant that was moving its head around. - excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.4</ref>

Ulysse Miraz

Main article: Ulysse

Apprentice of Durocher. Chosen. Part of Zed's social circle.

Wye Belanger

A graduate, but still participates in the school as a senior. Alexander's first apprentice, he runs the Belangers' private investigation service. Sleeps in the Western Wing.<ref>Wye Belanger
First apprentice to Alexander, Wye has graduated but returns for classes, to teach beginner Augurs, and to touch base with Alexander as Wye handles the hands-on portion of the Belanger private investigating. - Bonus Material: Student Guide</ref>

Zed

Main article: Zed

Apprentice of Ray Sunshine. Friendly with the Kennet Trio.

A senior at the school.<ref name=":5" />

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