The cast of the Nevermoor series. No spoilers for the first book will be marked. Also note that some of the trope names themselves are spoilers. Tread carefully!

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Main Characters

Morrigan Crow

Morrigan Odelle Crow

The central protagonist. Born on Eventide, Morrigan grew up cursed, doomed to bring misfortune everywhere and die at the end of the Age. When she catches the attention of both Ezra Squall and Jupiter North, her luck changes. Whisked away to Nevermoor, she begins a journey to join the Wundrous Society, and come into her own abilities.

Absentee Club Member: Both Exaggerated and Played for Laughs in the second book, which mentions Wunsoc has several social and academic clubs, including Introverts Utterly Anonymous. It promises its members no meetings, of any kind, ever. Morrigan immediately thinks this is a club she could actually join.
Affectionate Nickname: Jupiter calls her "Mog," and sometimes "Moggers."
Arbitrary Skepticism: Despite all the Wundrous things she's seen, she finds the idea of St. Nicholas delivering all the presents in the realm in a single night, aided by flying reindeer, to be absurd.
Morrigan: It's just... perverse.
Birthday Hater: Morrigan really isn't fond of her birthday. Being cursed to drop dead the second you turn eleven years old will do that to you. Even after she finds out the curse isn't real, she still isn't too keen on birthday celebrations — though she can't help but enjoy herself when everyone at the hotel throws a surprise party for her when she turns twelve.
Blessed with Suck: Being a Wundersmith was once seen as the best thing that could happen to a child, because of the spectacular power that comes with it. By the time Morrigan comes along, while the power is still a benefit, it also comes with a ton of baggage, suspicion, and most of the population either being terrified of or just plain hating you. And in Morrigan's case, being a Wundersmith is why the Big Bad won't leave her alone. Whee!
Born Unlucky:
- The first eleven years of Morrigan's life were plagued by distrust and suspicion, with her being blamed for every little thing that went wrong in her hometown. Her home life was also wretched. Things do improve for her after coming to Nevermoor, but they also get a lot more dangerous, thanks to Squall.
- Cursed children in general are said to be this, acting as magnets for misfortune and doom. Morrigan suspects from the start, though, that a lot of people use her and other cursed children as convenient scapegoats whether the misfortune is actually their fault or not. Towards the end of the first book, Ezra Squall gleefully reveals that she's right; the curse isn't real, and none of the misfortunes are the cursed children's fault — people just like having convenient scapegoats.
Creepy Child: Perceived as such in her hometown, because of her status as a cursed child who (allegedly) brings misfortune everywhere she goes. In actuality, she's a sweet young lady who didn't hurt anyone.
Did You Think I Can't Feel?: When she was known as a cursed child in her hometown, she was surrounded by people who barely seemed to consider her a human being, with absolutely no one sparing a thought for her feelings. Even after being taken out of that environment, she still has the emotional scars.
Friendless Background: She had no friends at all before coming to Nevermoor, because no one was willing to even look a cursed child in the eye.
Happily Adopted: For all intents and purposes, she was adopted by Jupiter, becoming his ward and living with him in the Deucalion. She is much happier, more loved, and better cared for there than she ever was in Jackalfax with her birth family.
Hero with Bad Publicity: Morrigan gets a lot of shit, despite the fact that she's a consistently good-hearted and heroic character who repeatedly puts her neck on the line to help others. First it's due to being cursed and thus allegedly Born Unlucky, then it's due to the (true) rumors that she's an illegal immigrant, and then it's because she's a Wundersmith. To be fair, many characters change their opinion when they actually get to know her. In the third book, the Elders actually weaponize this, outing her as a Wundersmith to the public in order to distract the public from the Hollowpox crisis.
Immune to Mind Control: Probably thanks to being a Wundersmith, she's the only person who's almost completely immune to Cadence's mesmerism. She does have a tendency to forget her name early on, but unlike pretty much anyone else she never forgets that Cadence exists, and is not affected by her Jedi Mind Trick.
Innocently Insensitive: Due to not growing up in Nevermoor, Morrigan sometimes misunderstands or says something ignorant about the politics there, especially where Wunimals are concerned, but it's never out of malice and she always tries to do better after being corrected.
In the second book, it's mentioned that she accidentally seriously offended a bearwun by calling him a bear.
In the third book, she's always the first to correct someone who does the same.
By the end of the third book, the pendulum has swung back the other way just a little bit - Morrigan won't allow Anah to say her workplace "smells like a zoo". Anah's workplace does smell like a zoo, and she is doing a fantastic job under difficult circumstances.
The Jinx: Everyone in the Wintersea Republic is convinced that this is the case with cursed children like Morrigan, who tend to get the blame for everything that goes wrong. Even early in the book, Morrigan suspects that some of the things she's blamed for isn't actually her fault, it's just that people like having a convenient scapegoat. Turns out none of it is her fault and cursed children aren't unlucky at all; it's all propaganda and fearmongering.
Little Miss Snarker: Being a young girl does nothing to slow down her snark, especially when confronted with figures like her father.
Lonely Rich Kid: The Crows are fairly wealthy, and Morrigan grew up in a mansion. She also had no friends and a terrible relationship with her family.
Meaningful Name: Morrigan shares her name with an Irish goddess of war and death, who took the form of a crow.
New Ability Addiction: After beginning to learn how to use Wunder, Morrigan takes very well to it, and finds that, while the potential damage it can cause frightens her, she's eager to learn more and utilize it as much as possible. This drives her to accept Squall as a mentor at the end of the third book. She wants to learn as much as she can, and he has a world of knowledge to offer.
Never Accepted in His Hometown: The people of Jackalfax treated her with fear and derision, seeing her and her curse as the source of all the town's woes.
Nice Gal: Even through all her snark, Morrigan is a kindhearted and heroic individual.
Nice to the Waiter: In stark contrast to her father and stepmother, Morrigan is always polite to employees she meets. The staff at the Hotel Deucalion are essentially family to her, and she's often seen casually hanging out with them when they're off (or on) the clock.
Power Incontinence: With no knowledge of how Wunder works or how to harness it, it has a tendency to manifest and flare up when she's particuarly angry or scared.
The Scapegoat: The story of Morrigan's life.
- Cursed children are said to bring misfortune everywhere, and are universally pitied and hated for it.
- Wundersmiths have a terrible reputation, and the fact that Morrigan can't control her powers doesn't help. She's treated like a weapon of mass destruction waiting to happen as a result.
- Unit 919, save for Cadence and Hawthorne, resent and blame her for the blackmail notes they receive during their first year. They know Morrigan isn't the one doing the blackmailing, but it's her secret they're protecting, so they take it out on her anyway. It turns out it was actually Lambeth they were protecting.
Stepford Snarker: Probably as a result of her upbringing. If she's nervous, troubled or upset, she tends to get sarcastic.
Tragic Keepsake: The only thing Morrigan misses from her old life at Crow Manor is her toy bunny, Emmett, who she's had since she's a baby. It turns out that it used to belong to her mother, too. Jupiter gets it back for her.

Jupiter North

Captain Jupiter Amantius North

A member of the Wundrous Society and the League of Explorers, and the owner of the Hotel Deucalion. Jupiter is a respected resident of Nevermoor, and Morrigan's patron, being the one to rescue her and bring her over the border into the Free State. His knack is that he's a Witness, able to see auras.

The Ace: Handsome, ridicuously accomplished, a successful businessman, and liked by nearly everyone. Jupiter's got it made.
Affectionate Nickname: He's sometimes called "Jove" by friends.
Anger Born of Worry: The few times he actually gets visibly irritated with Morrigan, it's usually because she's done something dangerous and scared the crap out of him.
Benevolent Boss: He's a wonderful employer, treating his staff as friends and being genuinely good to all of them. As a result, anyone at the Deucalion would follow him to Hell and back.
Beware the Nice Ones: He's jovial, cheerful, a Reasonable Authority Figure to the staff at the Hotel Deucalion, and a caring patron to Morrigan... and he will not stand for anyone threatening those under his care.
Cool Uncle: He's close with his nephew Jack, who obviously looks up to him.
Eccentric Mentor: Jupiter North probably isn't the most conventional of mentors, and especially early on Morrigan often wonders about his sanity.
Hero of Another Story: He's a world-renowned explorer, and has personally discovered countless landmarks and realms.
Nice Guy: He's a caring and protective mentor who gives Morrigan some much-needed support.
Parental Substitute: Though Jupiter's role as a captain in the Wundrous Society keeps him busy, and he sometimes keeps a few too many secrets, he soon becomes like a father figure to Morrigan. Particularly in Wundersmith their interactions take on a father-daughter tone.
Reasonable Authority Figure: He uses his position of privilege to protect those under his care, and fighting tooth and nail to make Nevermoor a better place for everyone.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: He gives exactly zero shits about the Free State's draconian immigration policies, and lies to get Morrigan over the border, saving her life and giving her a fresh start in the process.
Tranquil Fury: Jupiter doesn't lose his temper and fly off the handle, but if he gives you a Death Glare and begins talking very calmly and quietly, run.
The Wonka: Jupiter North, who has been described as "part Willy Wonka and part Arthur Weasley," is an Eccentric Mentor to the extreme, and he says and does so many nonsensical things that he comes across as a total lunatic... but he's one of Nevermoor's greatest heroes, he's a brilliant employer and authority figure to the staff of the Hotel Deucalion, and 95% of the time he's in total (or at least almost total) control of the situation. (The 5% of the time when he's not in control of the situation tends to be Wundersmith-related, because even Jupiter can't stand up to a Wundersmith... and unlike Morrigan he isn't Immune to Mind Control.)

Hawthorne Swift

A cheerful boy Morrigan meets during the Trials to join the Wundrous Society, who quickly becomes her best friend. His knack is dragon-riding.

Big Eater: Hawthorne is always hungry, especially if sweets are involved.
Deadpan Snarker: His brand of sarcasm is more cheerful than Cadence or Morrigan's, but no less potent. It seems to be a Swift family trait.
Dragon Rider: His knack.
Dragon Tamer: Hawthorne's knack is dragonriding, but when he gets into the Wundrous Society, his classes and sponsor aim to expand his skillset to encompass far more; he also has to take lessons in dragons' culture and their language. As his mentor Nan points out, being able to train a dragon to let you ride it is all well and good, but being able to actually talk with one can be infinitely more useful in some situations.
Establishing Character Moment: Dumping a jelly sculpture on a bully's head, before enlisting Morrigan to swarm the garden party with toads, just for the hell of it.
Keet: Hawthorne has boundless enthusiasm and is easily excited. When the rest of Unit 919 reacts to a situation with skepticism, annoyance or fear, Hawthorne is the one who will be going on about how cool it is.
Motor Mouth: Not all the time, but when he gets excited (which really isn't that rare an occurance) he'll talk up a storm.
Naughty Is Good: Hawthorne is an irrepressible mischief-maker, prankster and rulebreaker who doesn't take schoolwork very seriously and often gets into trouble, but he is without question the friendliest and most steadfastly loyal person in the series.
Nice Guy: He's a sweet, loyal, and friendly kid.
Secret-Keeper: He's the first person Morrigan tells about being an illegal immigrant, and swears to keep it to himself. He does.

Jack Korrapati

John "Jack" Arjuna Korrapati

Jupiter's nephew, a student of the Graysmark School for Bright Young Men. After a rocky start, he and Morrigan eventually develop a friendship. His knack is that he's a Witness.

Blessed with Suck: His Witness powers tend to overwhelm him and cause sensory overload, so he has to wear an eyepatch in order to block them out.
Eyepatch of Power: Jack sports one, though it's actually an Eyepatch of Power Dampening, as wearing it cancels out Jack's Seer talent and keeps him from sensory overload.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's grouchy and can be a bit of a jerk at first, but he means well and is a good friend once you get to know him.
Secret Secret-Keeper: Jack found out Morrigan was a Wundersmith before even she knew it, because he saw her without his eyepatch on and could see the Wunder gathered around her. Jupiter made him promise to keep his mouth shut.

Cadence Blackburn

Cadence Lenore Blackburn

Another prospective member of Wunsoc that Morrigan meets during the Trials, whom no one except Morrigan seems to remember exists. Her knack is that she's a mesmerist, meaning she get people to do almost anything she says.

Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Largely because her nature as a mesmerist means people have a tendency to ignore or forget her. Over the course of the two books, she proves to have more of a Sugar and Ice personality, with the "sugar" part becoming more prominent as she becomes friends with Morrigan and Hawthorne.
Ascended Extra: Cadence is a pivotal but relatively minor player in the first book, but goes on to become a main character after she and Morrigan both get into Wunsoc.
Because You Were Nice to Me:
- Cadence warms up to Morrigan because Morrigan, unlike nearly everybody else, isn't affected by her powers and thus remembers who she is.
- While she does steal Morrigan's golden target, she still sees to it that she passes the Chase Trial, since Morrigan rescued her from being trampled.
Chekhov's Gunman: Cadence is a minor character in the first book who appears briefly before the first Trial, and then helps Morrigan at two crucial moments, which ultimately allow her to pass her Trials and stay in Nevermoor. She then goes on to be one of her best friends in the next books.
Defrosting Ice Queen: Morrigan and Hawthorne soften her up.
Did You Think I Can't Feel?: Because her powers lead to people forgetting about her existence the second she leaves their line of sight, she often has to put up with people who don't pay much attention to her or her feelings.
Freudian Excuse: Her icy personality is thanks to a lifetime of people ignoring or forgetting about her. Being a mesmerist means making friends is an uphill battle.
The Gadfly: She often uses her hypnotic abilities to screw people over or have them make fools of themselves purely because she thinks it's funny.
Jedi Mind Trick: Cadence, as a mesmerist, can do this almost effortlessly. People of strong will might be able to resist slightly, but very few people are immune to it.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's haughty, aloof and self-centered, and is prone to using her hypnotic abilities to Troll people or even get away with petty criminal acts... but she has a conscience, she cares about doing the right thing, and she is the first of Unit 919 apart from Hawthorne to befriend Morrigan.
Little Miss Snarker: Her biting wit surpasses even Morrigan's.
Pet the Dog: Gets a lot of moments like this towards Morrigan. It's thanks to her interference that Flintlock is unable to deport Morrigan at the end of the first book, and in the third book, she "borrows" a puppy and brings it with her when she visits Morrigan in the hospital, since she thought she would like it.
Stepford Snarker: Cadence seems to use snark mainly as a defense mechanism and a reaction to the fact that people tend to ignore her or forget she's there.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: She can be curt and downright ruthless to people she doesn't know or like, but eventually thaws out to reveal a nicer side.
What the Hell, Hero?: In the third book, Cadence calls Morrigan out on neglecting her friends in favor of her studies, and asking her to use her mesmerism to help her steal a book. However, she's quick to forgive when Morrigan apologizes, and admits she understands why Morrigan's so fixated on her work at Sub-Nine.

Ezra Squall

In the Wintersea Republic, Ezra Squall is known as the owner of Squall Industries, which distributes Wunder the whole country. In the Free State, however, he's known as the terrifying Wundersmith, having been banished a century ago for his murder of several innocent people during the Great War. He now spends most of his time trying to find a way back into Nevermoor, and has his sights set on Morrigan to become his heir.

Big Bad: All the major strife in Morrigan's life is thanks to this guy.
…But He Sounds Handsome: During his talks with Morrigan as "Mr. Jones," he's sure to sing Ezra Squall praises.
Card-Carrying Villain: Squall makes no bones about the fact that he is a murderer, liar, and all-around bad guy.
Chekhov's Gunman: Surely Mr. Jones from Squall Industries who keeps popping up and seems concerned for Morrigan is just a Mr. Exposition with NO bearing on the plot whatsoever... Surprise! He's the Big Bad incognito!
Corrupt Corporate Executive: With everything else he does, it's easy to forget that Squall is also the owner and propetier of Squall Industries, the most powerful company in the entire Wintersea Republic.
Dragon with an Agenda: Squall works for President Wintersea, but he's not happy with the situation, and seems to ally with her because he knows it's the best way to ensure his safety in the Republic. His own personal goal is to return to Nevermoor and take over; anything he does for her is incidental, and he'll try and run interference if her goals directly oppose his own.
The Dog Was the Mastermind: The fact that the polite and soft-spoken "Mr. Jones" is a cover identity for Ezra Squall is one of the big surprises of the first book, especially since he's been on friendly terms with Morrigan for most of the book.
The Dreaded: Everyone who knows who The Wundersmith is and his history is terrified of him.
Even Evil Has Standards: Crossed with Pragmatic Villainy, but Squall helps Morrigan prevent President Wintersea from entering the Free State not because he morally objects to her bigotry and power-hunger, but because he genuinely fears her actions will lead to Nevermoor's destruction. He wants to take over, and does genuinely see the city as his home, so he has personal reasons for wanting her to be thwarted.
Evil Mentor: He wants to be this to Morrigan, but she's not on board. Hollowpox complicates this dynamic a bit; Squall doesn't want Morrigan to resign herself to working with him, he wants her to want to. And some part of her does want to. Evil or not, Ezra is by far the most useful and qualified of the mentors she's got to teach her anything about Wunder.
Fake Nationality: An In-Universe example unique to the audiobooks. As "Mr. Jones," he affects an Irish accent, but once he reveals himself, he has an English accent.
Faux Affably Evil: He's polite and even amiable to a degree, but get in his way, or annoy him, or just be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and you'll soon be reminded that he's a complete sociopath and a mass murderer.
A God Am I: While in the guise of Mr. Jones, he compares Ezra Squall's power in the Republic to that of a god.
King Incognito: Squall is well-known in the Wintersea Republic, but never seen, being the faceless mastermind behind Squall Industries. This allows him to go out in public as his own assistant, "Mr. Jones," with no trouble.
Lack of Empathy: Squall is out purely for himself and his own self-interest, and repeatedly emphasizes that he has no real emotional connection to anyone. His Villain Respect for Morrigan is born mostly of seeing his own traits in her, and he wishes to shape her in his image with little to no regard for her feelings on the matter. He also says that while he did create the Hollowpox to exterminate Wunimals, he also didn't do it because he hates them—he did it because President Wintersea asked him to, and when the most powerful person in the world gives you an order, you do what you're told, and you don't half-ass it. He has no moral objection to the Wunimal population being wiped out, but he also doesn't actively hate them enough to want to see it happen. He just simply does not care one way or another.
Manipulative Bastard: His main mode of operation. Since he can't physically interact with anyone or anything in the Free State, he's had to get good at manipulating people to do what he wants.
Meaningful Name:
- "Squall" is a word for a sudden, violent gust of wind and rain, hinting at his true nature.
- "Ezra" means help/helper in Hebrew. Ezra Squall wants to help Morrigan (and himself) by making her his apprentice. This doesn't entirely go away when it's revealed he's the Big Bad, though there is definitely a dash of Ironic Name in there.
Older Than They Look: He's over a century old, but looks like he's in his thirties. Wunder keeps you young.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
- Normally, Squall is perfectly calm, polite, and regards Morrigan's questions with annoyance or amusement, but he does usually answer them. In Hollowpox, we see him lose his cool for the first time when Morrigan asks him why he killed his friends, people who trusted him. He doesn't actually answer, but visibly loses his temper, snarling, "Wundersmiths don't have friends." We don't know why yet, but it's obvious that this particular question really got to him for some reason.
- In the same book, he asks Morrigan to help him stop Wintersea from crossing into the Free State, even though he could cross over with her. Since they both know he would do anything to be able to return to his beloved Nevermoor, Morrigan realizes he must really mean it, and Wintersea must be bad.
  There were things about Squall that frightened her, but nothing so much as this. Nothing he'd ever said or done was as terrifying to Morrigan... as seeing him so frightened.
Patriot in Exile: Ezra Squall loves the city more than anything, considering it to be the greatest place in the world, and the only place that's worthy of him. He's also exiled for life because of the Courage Square Massacre, and most of his Evil Plans are related to him trying to find a way around the ban so he can take over.
Persona Non Grata: The Courage Square Massacre got Squall banned from the Free State, being physically unable to cross the border. He now resides in the Wintersea Republic, trying to find a way to cross back over.
Pet the Dog:
- As Mr. Jones, he goes out of his way to show Morrigan that she didn't cause the Deucalion's chandelier to break, when she was blaming herself because of the Eventide curse. Granted, it's his fault she thinks she's cursed in the first place, but still, in hindsight, it was surprisingly decent of him to reassure her.
- Squall might have attempted this when he kidnaps Onstald and Alfie to have their knacks sold at the Ghastly Market, since they've both treated Morrigan terribly. He thought she'd be pleased to see them suffer, not understanding that, no matter how much she dislikes someone, she wouldn't wish that on them. It's a little murky whether he would've kidnapped them anyway.
- The real example from Squall is when he chooses not to hold her to her promise to become his apprentice at the end of the third book. Morrigan agreed to let him mentor her in exchange for his help with the Hollowpox, and he held up his end of the deal. Despite this, he doesn't force Morrigan to hold up hers, since he wants her to work with him of her own free will, not because she feels obligated.
Pragmatic Villainy:
- Squall created the Hollowpox, but he also knows how to cure it. Not out of some sort of change of heart, but because he has enough common sense to not create a weapon he can't adequately combat, thus putting him in a tight spot he can't get out of. The cure for Hollowpox is also a very handy bargaining chip.
- He works for Wintersea not out of loyalty to her or her party—he doesn't like her and is even afraid of her—but because she's the president, and if you're trying to establish yourself and flourish in a new country, pissing off the president isn't really the way to go about it.
- On the flipside, he works with Morrigan to prevent Wintersea from entering Nevermoor, because he knows she wishes to take over the Free State. And if she takes over, how can he take over? (On a more serious note, he genuinely doesn't want to see Nevermoor destroyed, and he fully believes that's what will happen if Wintersea is allowed to enter the city.)
Red Baron: He's known as The Wundersmith, as well as other charming little nicknames like The Butcher of Nevermoor and The Curse of the Capital.
Serial Killer: He's been murdering Wundersmith children for years.
Spell My Name with a "The": He's known as The Wundersmith. He's so infamous and so powerful, he eclipses every other Wundersmith that ever lived — unfortunately.
Terms of Endangerment: He occasionally addresses Morrigan as "little crowling" as a condescending and creepily familar nickname.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Morrigan's stunned when she visits various Ghostly Hours to learn the Wundrous Arts, and sees Squall as a student, just like her. She's even more stunned when his past self doesn't seem evil or angry at all; he just seems like a normal, happy kid. It gets very hard for her to think of Ezra, the boy and Squall, the monster, as the same person, even though she knows they are.
Villain Has a Point: As Squall puts it, he is a liar... but not all the time.
- While he admits the belief that kids born on Eventide are cursed is his doing, he reveals that the stories about the cursed children bringing bad luck everywhere sprung up entirely without his help. People began scapegoating and punishing innocent children all on their own, entirely of their own volition. He may have made Morrigan's father believe she was cursed, but he didn't make him hate her; that was all Corvus. This wounds Morrigan so much partially because she knows he's right.
- What Squall says to Morrigan about people not understanding Wundersmiths' gifts to the world is actually true—most of the "evil" acts Onstald told Morrigan about were actually benevolent (or neutral) upon further inspection. Not that Squall helps his own case much...
- He also turns out to be dead-on when he says Wunsoc will throw Morrigan under the bus one moment and then expect her to be a hero the next, all depending on what's most useful at the time. As he puts it, "Wundersmiths get all of the blame and none of the credit."
Villains Never Lie: A variant. He lies like crazy, and he admits as much to Morrigan... but he insists he has never lied to her.
Villainous Rescue: In the second book, Morrigan is cornered by the Bonesmen and wishes she knew how to use her powers. Sensing this, Squall sends the Hunt of Smoke and Shadow to pick her up, dispatching the Bonesmen in the process.
Villain Respect: He seems genuinely pleased whenever Morrigan displays control over Wunder or does something impressive, mostly because he sees a reflection of himself in her.
Villain Takes an Interest: Squall's entire plan seems to hinge on getting Morrigan to agree to be his apprentice and heir. Why he chose her, out of the dozens of Wundersmith children who have been born since his exile, is a mystery.
Villain with Good Publicity: In the Wintersea Republic, Ezra Squall is the founder of Squall Industries, which powers the world with Wunder, and one of the richest and most influential men in the country. They have no idea of his bloody past (and present).
We Can Rule Together: He is very fond of telling Morrigan this... in fact, he makes no secret that as far as he's concerned it's inevitable that she'll join his side.
Would Hurt a Child: Squall has been killing the children born on Eventide for years, so they don't take too much Wunder. Even Morrigan, whom he decided to spare, he has no issue terrifying and bullying.
You Can't Go Home Again: Ezra Squall is banished from the Free State, which angers him because he considers it, specifically Nevermoor, to be his home. He'd give anything to return, and has been visiting on the Gossamer for years.

The Wundrous Society

Unit 919

Anah Kahlo

A shy girl who was raised by nuns. Her knack is that she's a gifted healer.

Beware the Nice Ones: She's very sweet, and the nuns' lessons have clearly stuck with her, to the point that swiping a box of rubber gloves from the infirmary almost makes her sick with guilt. Then she threatens to surgically remove a bully's organs, and makes it clear that she could.
Early-Bird Cameo: She makes her first appearance early on, being picked on by Noelle.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has blonde, curly hair and is one of the nicest people in Unit 919.
The Medic: Anah's knack is great medical knowledge, to the point that she can safely remove someone's appendix and sew them up, blindfolded, at the age of eleven. Much of her time at Wunsoc is spent helping out around the infirmary.
Nice Gal: A gentlehearted girl with a strong moral compass.
Shrinking Violet: She's very shy.

Arch Tate

Archan "Arch" Tate

A polite boy whose knack is being an expert thief and pickpocket.

Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: Morrigan notes that he's so sweet and innocent-looking, no one would ever suspect him of being a thief. Downplayed on the "mind of a demon," as he's a genuinely nice kid who just happens to be really good at stealing.
Impossible Thief: Arch can steal anything off anyone — even while playing the violin.
Nice Guy: He's a genuinely sweet kid. He even leaves an anonymous note of apology for Ms. Dearborn when he has to steal a lock of her hair because he feels so bad about it.
Only Known by Their Nickname: He insists on being called "Arch," saying only his grandmother uses his full name.

Francis Fitzwilliam

Francis John Fitzwilliam

A somewhat snobbish boy whose knack is being an expert chef. His family has a long history with Wunsoc.

Alliterative Name: Francis Fitzwilliam.
Early-Bird Cameo: Morrigan first spots him during the Book Trial, just before the oral exam.
Supreme Chef: Francis is a spectacular cook, enough to get him into Wunsoc. Morrigan and the others love sampling whatever he's cooking.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: He's far from the first of his family to be in Wunsoc, and feels a lot of pressure to measure up to his relatives.

Lambeth Amara

A quiet girl whose knack is being able to see a few seconds into the future, although she can't control when she has her visions.

Bad Liar: By her own admission, she's a dreadful liar. This is why she barely talked to her Unit for most of their first year together—she knew she'd slip up and reveal her true identity if she spoke to them too often.
Combat Clairvoyance: Lambeth can sometimes use her knack this way, using her knowledge of what will happen in five seconds to tell people when they need to move, or what they can do to better their chances. (For example, in the second book, she sees a vision of fire and a flood, clueing Morrigan in to what's about to go down in the Ghastly Market, and what they need to do to escape.)
Given Name Reveal: The end of the second book reveals her full name is actually Princess Lamya Bethari Amati Ra. Her alias was created by combining her names.
The Quiet One: In their first year at Wunsoc, she rarely says more than two sentences to her Unit at a time. It turns out she was afraid of accidentally spilling her secret. Once the secret's out, she's much more social.
Really Royalty Reveal: It's revealed in the second book that Lambeth is actually a Princess from the Royal House of Ra, and comes from Far East Sang in the Wintersea Republic. She keeps her royal status hidden because as a citizen of the Republic she's not even supposed to know about Nevermoor, much less go to school there.
Seers: Lambeth's knack is that she can predict the future... but only a few seconds ahead, and she can't control when it happens. Still, it does worlds of good in action sequences, when knowing you need to get the heck out of the way three seconds in advance can be the difference between life and death. It also comes in handy when warning your friends that a door's about to open and they'll hit their head if they don't move.

Mahir Ibrahim

A boy whose knack is being an expert linguist.

Out of Focus: So far, he has the least focus and characterization of Unit 919.
Polyglot: He speaks over thirty languages by the time he's eleven.

Thaddea Macleod

Thaddea Millicent Macleod

A fiercely proud and hotheaded girl whose knack is being a gifted fighter. She comes from a long line of warriors, and won't let you forget it.

Action Girl: Thaddea, or "Thaddea No-Retreat of Clan Macleod, daughter of Mary the Heart-Eater and Malcolm the Mellow, granddaughter of Deirdre the Deathbringer, great-granddaughter of Eileen Never-Surrender, great-great-granddaughter of Ailsa the Tetchy, great-great-great granddaughter of Betty One-Kick," is a Brave Scot version of this. If there's a fight going on and Thaddea isn't in the middle of it, you can bet she's doing everything she can to get in the middle of it.
Blood Knight: Thaddea lives for fighting.
Competition Freak: She wants to "win" at everything, even if winning isn't really the goal or even possible.
Morrigan: Thaddea, I don't think this is supposed to be a competition.
Thaddea: EVERYTHING IS A COMPETITION.
Green-Eyed Monster: She's quick to grow resentful if someone seems more special than her. For instance, she's practically steaming with jealousy when she learns scholars in the School of Arcane get access to two extra floors of Wunsoc.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Thaddea has a nasty temper and is quick to Jerkassery, especially towards Morrigan, but she has a strong sense of honor and is very loyal.

Faculty

The High Council of Elders

Elders Alioth Saga, Gregoria Quinn, and Helix Wong

The three elected officials who govern the Wundrous Society. The Council is reelected every Age.

Manipulative Bastard: The Elders have a tendency to make people do what they want them to do, without actually coming out and explaining anything.
Pet the Dog: Elder Quinn signs Morrigan's safeguard so she can join Wunsoc, despite her reservations about having a Wundersmith around.
Reasonable Authority Figure: The Elders zig-zag like crazy. The way Wunsoc has been run for centuries values the preservation of Wunsoc above all else, meaning they're ready and willing to throw Morrigan to the wolves if it'll benefit them. However, they individually don't seem like they're necessarily bad people.

Ms. Dearborn and Mrs. Murgatroyd

Ms. Dulcinia Dearborn and Mrs. Maris Murgatroyd

The Scholar Headmistresses of Wunsoc's School of Mundane Arts and School of Arcane Arts, respectively. The two equally-terrifying women share a body and are prone to switch who's in control with no notice. The third book reveals Rook Rosenfeld, a third personality who is the Scholar Headmistress of the School of Wundrous Arts.

Alliterative Name: Both of them have two names starting with the same letter. So does Rook.
The Dreaded: Everyone is terrified of Murgatroyd.
Everyone Has Standards: Dearborn hates having a Wundersmith at Wunsoc and makes no secret of the fact that she wants Morrigan gone. Even so, she never suggests they activate the safeguard, and is shocked when Baz floats the idea.
Flip Personality: It's not always clear when Dearborn/Murgatroyd will change into the other, but it's always obvious once it happens.
Jerkass: Neither of them are particuarly nice. Rook is alright, though.
Mind Hive: Dearborn and Murgatroyd, the Scholar Headmistresses of the Schools of the Mundane and Arcane, respectively, are, essentially, two people sharing a body. In the third book, we meet Rook, who is the Scholar Headmistress of the School of the Wundrous. She admits even they don't really know how it works—she's never even "met" Dearborn, who doesn't seem to know she exists yet—but implies there are potentially others lurking inside them.
Pet the Dog: Murgatroyd's name is synonymous with "Sadist Teacher" around Wunsoc, but after Morrigan accidentally uses Wunder to breathe fire at Heloise, she actually stands up for the "little beast," and lays the blame at the feet of the Wunsoc faculty for refusing to teach Mog anything useful about her powers.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Mrs. Murgatroyd plays with this, in that she's a spiteful Sadist Teacher, but she also realizes Morrigan needs to be educated on her abilities, and that treating her like a threat will only make it more likely she'll actually become one.
Sadist Teacher: Murgatroyd has a reputation as this, and while all students are rightfully terrified of her, she's actually one of the more reasonable people at Wunsoc where Morrigan's education is concerned.
Walking Spoiler: The fact that Rook exists gives away the School of Wundrous Arts, which in turn gives away some pretty huge revelations about Wunsoc's history.

Miss Cheery

Marina Cheery

Unit 919's good-natured and easygoing conductor. Her knack is tightrope walking.

Meaningful Name: Guess what her general disposition is.
Nice Gal: She's a sweet woman who desires to be both a friend and a mentor to her Unit. Morrigan likes her immediately.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Miss Cheery is a kind and open-minded young woman who does all she can to protect Unit 919, Morrigan included. She also gets over the shock of Morrigan being a Wundersmith rather quickly.
Secret Relationship: The fact that Roshni is her girlfriend isn't common knowledge.

Professor Onstald

Professor Hemingway Onstald

A professor of history with a dislike of Wundersmiths, Morrigan in particular.

Became Their Own Antithesis: Onstald didn't always loathe Wundersmiths. He used to love them, and be desperate to learn about and preserve the Wundrous Arts. Even his former friends on Sub-Nine don't know what happened to make him do a complete 180, but Sofia figures it must have been something terrible.
Death Equals Redemption: For all his bigotry and horrible actions, Onstald does ultimately die saving Morrigan's life. However, the trope is downplayed and even subverted when Jupiter acknowledges that, while his sacrifice was undeniably selfless and heroic, it still doesn't erase everything he did before that, and Morrigan is still allowed to be angry at him.
Jerkass Has a Point: While many of his claims about the evils of Wundersmiths are fabricated or taken out of context, it's revealed in the third book that Gracious Goldberry really was a terrible person, and did campaign against Wunimal rights like he said.
Sadist Teacher: Professor Onstald firmly believes all Wundersmiths are inherently evil, and makes sure Morrigan knows that she'll become evil, too. Then you find out he was deliberately lying about many of the Wundersmiths' so-called evil acts, meaning he can't even claim ignorance for his horrible bigotry.
Written by the Winners: His book of Wundersmith history is seriously biased and in some places, wildly inaccurate. Unfortunately, the only Wundersmiths currently living are Ezra Squall, who's much worse than anyone else in the book, and Morrigan, who doesn't know anything about Wundersmith or Nevermoorian history and thus can't contradict him. Jupiter suspects Onstald isn't painting the most accurate picture of events, reasoning that every single Wundersmith who ever lived all being evil is an illogical impossibility, but he has to dig a lot to prove it.
Wrote the Book: On every horrible thing every Wundersmith ever did. And some they didn't.

Mildmay

Henry Mildmay

A first-year teacher at Wunsoc. His knack is cartography.

Affably Evil: He's a genial, friendly and Endearingly Dorky man who genuinely gets along with Unit 919. He's also secretly working for the bad guys.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He seems like a nice and reliable teacher, but he's actually a greedy traitor.
Boring, but Practical: Mildmay will be the first to admit his mapmaking knack isn't very showy, but it's easily one of the more practical knacks we've seen in the series thus-far.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Awkward and silly he may be, he's in Wunsoc for a reason, and is a truly gifted cartographer. He's actually a rather good teacher, too.
Cool Teacher: All of Unit 919 likes him for his casual, friendly approach to teaching, and he makes a point to be nice to Morrigan when he senses she's having problems fitting in. Subverted in that he's a traitor, and willingly endangers several students, Morrigan included.
The Dog Was the Mastermind: This goofy, scatter-brained man is the mole inside Wunsoc.
Evil Is Not a Toy: Sure, Mildmay. Betray Wunsoc to work with someone who is referred to as "the evilest man to ever live," and then go against his orders to pocket more money for yourself. That won't backfire on you at all.
Freudian Excuse: Set up and instantly demolished in one page. He claims he worked for Squall as a means of proving himself after a lifetime of being overlooked and mocked... but Squall immediately shuts that down and says he's just plain greedy and was in it for a paycheck. Mildmay doesn't deny this.
Lack of Empathy: Mildmay must be severely lacking in the empathy department to be able to work closely with a group of children for a whole year, caring for them and teaching them and having them look up to him, only to be able to sell some of them to the Ghastly Market without blinking.
Last-Name Basis: He finds "Mr. Mildmay" to be too formal, and requests his students call him just "Mildmay."
Reasonable Authority Figure: He's a subversion, at first seeming like a Cool Teacher before revealing himself to be anything but.
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Mildmay pays very dearly for betraying Wunsoc, as Squall doesn't hesitate to turn on him the second he proves himself more trouble than he's worth.
Uncertain Doom: Mildmay is last seen fleeing the Ghastly Market, with Squall promising he'll "take care of him." The next day, all the Elders know is that Mildmay is on the run, but given who's after him, it seems unlikely he survived for much longer.
Upper-Class Twit: Henry Mildmay is introduced as a sympathetic version of this; he speaks in a "posh" voice and seems not very together, but he's earnest and enthusiastic. He also turns out to be in league with the bad guys.
Walking Spoiler: Good luck talking about him in any depth without revealing he's a traitor.
What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: Mildmay's super-impressive ability that got him into the Wundrous Society is... he makes really awesome maps! It's actually a very useful skill, but it lacks a certain "wow" factor, and he's noticeably annoyed by this.

Holliday Wu

A member of Wunsoc's Public Distractions Department.

Manipulative Bastard: Her whole job hinges on her ability to successfully divert the public's attention away from whatever crisis has popped up and towards whatever it is she wants them to look at.

Mr. O'Leary

Conall O'Leary

An elderly teacher whose knack allows him to speak with the dead.

Noodle Incident: Something happened that made him swear off ever using his knack again.

Other Members

Baz Charlton

A member of Wunsoc who is disliked by virtually everyone. He has a habit of entering several candidates into the Trials each year in the hopes that at least one will make it through. It works "maddeningly often," according to Jupiter.

Establishing Character Moment: He pesters Jupiter at the Wundrous Welcome, getting up in his personal space and asking rude questions, before insulting Morrigan as if she's not even there.
The Friend Nobody Likes: He's tolerated at best and treated with contempt at worst by everyone, save for a few of his candidates, for being an obnoxious, bigoted, loudmouthed boor. He's the only person Jupiter is openly rude to, and even his latest candidate, Cadence, utterly despises him.
Jerkass: Jupiter describes him as "odious," and Morrigan comes to agree that it's the best word for him.

Chanda Kali

Dame Chanda Kali

A beloved opera singer and permanent resident of the Hotel Deucalion. Her knack is that her singing voice attracts animals to her.

Beautiful Singing Voice: She's a professional opera singer, and is noted to have a literally enchanting soprano voice.
Ethical Slut: A G-rated version. She has six suitors, and spends one day a week with each of them. She's also a kind and well-respected woman, and it's implied all her love interests are aware of the arrangement and on board with it.
The Fashionista: She has impeccable taste in clothes, and wears lots of flashy and elaborate gowns.
Mr. Exposition: In the first book, she explains who the Wundersmith is to Morrigan.

Sofia

An academic whose knack is that she's a necromancer, though only for things like insects and plants that haven't been dead for too long.

Necromancer: She can't bring people or anything bigger than a rat back from the dead, but still, her ability to resurrect a recently-deceased fly is a hell of a lot more than most people can say.

Roshni Singh

A librarian at the Gobleian Library.

Secret Relationship: She's secretly dating Miss Cheery.

The Hotel Deucalion

Fenestra

A Magnificat and the head of housekeeping for the Hotel Deucalion.

Cats Are Snarkers: Fenestra can't string two sentences together without adding some kind of sarcastic remark. This seems to be a fairly common trait for Magnificats.
Hero of Another Story: The third book reveals she's been helping to smuggle Wunimals over the border from the Wintersea Republic for years, meaning she's quite literally saved lives.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She does a good Cats Are Mean impression, but she's very loyal to Jupiter and comes to genuinely care for Morrigan. She's also got a soft spot for people, Wunimals and others in need, and is quite clear on how much she detests bigots and bigotry.
Mega Neko: Magnificats are huge, and Fenestra is big enough that both Morrigan and Cadence can ride on her back without it slowing her down any.
Sour Supporter: To Jupiter. Fenestra is generally grouchy, and is the first one to tell Jupiter what an idiot he is (not to mention leaving fish and dread rodents in his bed if she's annoyed with him), but when chips are down she unfailingly backs him up.

Kedegeree Burns

Kedgeree Burns

The hotel's concierge.

Affectionate Nickname: Chanda calls him "Ree-Ree."
Mr. Exposition: Along with Chanda, he provides some backstory for the Wundersmith and why everyone is so scared of him.
Nice Guy: A cheerful and friendly old man.

Frank

Jupiter's party planner, a vampire dwarf with an artistic temperament.

Eccentric Artist: If he wasn't a vampire, you might say he lived and breathed party planning — but since a vampire isn't technically alive and doesn't breathe, he's just incredibly obsessed with his job. His parties are generally highly unconventional, incredibly expensive... and usually spectacular successes.
Goth: He wears all black and spends most of his time contemplating death, and is so moody, even other vampires find him insufferable.
Our Vampires Are Different: He's a vampire dwarf (not, as he'll insist, a "dwarf vampire"). He's more a Friendly Neighborhood Vampire than anything; rather moody but his parties are spectacular.

Charlie McAlister

The hotel's chauffer.

Secret Relationship: He and Martha are together but are keeping it hush-hush. Or so they think. Actually, everyone has known for ages. They all just go with it.

Martha

A sweet and well-mannered maid.

Nice Gal: Her main personality trait is her unrelentingly kind nature.
Secret Relationship: She thinks the fact that she's dating Charlie is a big secret, but it very much is not.
Supreme Chef: Downplayed compared to Francis, but Martha is noted to be a great cook.

Other Nevermoor Residents

Noelle Devereaux

A snotty prospective member of Wunsoc, with a beautiful singing voice.

Alpha Bitch: She's a classic example during the trials. She's one of the favorites to win, she's haughty and snobbish and always surrounded by admiring girls who laugh at all her snide remarks.
Beautiful Singing Voice: Her singing moves Hawthorne to tears, and even Morrigan concedes that she is deeply gifted. In the second book it is shown how someone with no scruples and lots of money could steal the voice from an angel.
Politically Incorrect Villain: She's prejudiced against illegal immigrants.
Silver Spoon Troublemaker: She was born in the Silver district. Silverborn, you might say.

Inspector Flintlock

Inspector Harold Flintlock

A police officer with a prejudice against immigrants, and thus has a grudge against Morrigan.

The Bad Guys Are Cops: Inspector Flintlock is a Starter Villain for the first book, and represents a problem in Nevermoorian law enforcement and society as a whole: institutional, legally-backed bigotry.
Bigot with a Badge: He's a law enforcement officer who loathes immigrants and spends most of the first book harassing the protagonist Morrigan and trying to find even the slightest excuse to deport her. He says he just hates illegal immigrants, but his attitude and actions give the impression he's just a xenophobe who hides behind the law and his badge to justify it. (This is enforced by the fact that he has no empathy for illegal immigrants who came to Nevermoor because their lives were endangered, even when they're children. Furthermore, the laws have made it damn near impossible to immigrate legally, and he sees no problem with this.) He's obviously meant to be a critique of anti-immigration policies and xenophobic law enforcement in the real world.
Hate Sink: The author has admitted that he's the one character she's written without any kind of redeeming traits.
Lack of Empathy: At least when it comes to immigrants—he seems to view them as less than people, for the crime of... being born in another location and coming to Nevermoor to seek a better life.
Police Are Useless: Averted — he's quite competent and dedicated, but in this case that's not a good thing. Technically, he's only doing his job, but his job is to deport innocent people, and he's positively gleeful about it. He's such a hindrance to Morrigan that it'd actually be better if he was completely useless.
Politically Incorrect Villain: He detests immigrants, regardless of their circumstances or the content of their character.
Would Hurt a Child: In a roundabout way, Flintlock has no moral issue deporting a child, even though everyone is telling him she'll be killed if she can't claim asylum in Nevermoor.

The Wintersea Republic

Government

President Wintersea

Maud Lowry, President Wintersea

The current president of the Wintersea Republic. Every person who holds the position has the title "President Wintersea."

Fantastic Racism: She has a truly vile and potent hatred of Wunimals, to the point of trying to commit genocide against them.
The Man Behind the Man: Squall created the Hollowpox, just as Morrigan expected, but it wasn't his idea; he was hired to do so by President Wintersea as an attempted genocide against Wunimals.
Manipulative Bastard: She successfully manipulates Morrigan, using the promise of a cure for Hollowpox to persuade her to help her get into Nevermoor. It's only when she realizes Wintersea is aligned with Squall Industries that she realizes her mistake—and Squall himself has to help her out of it.
Our Presidents Are Different: When Morrigan meets President Wintersea, she insists on being called by her first name, Maud, and encourages Morrigan to speak openly and not apologize so much. She even seems willing to help Nevermoor with its Hollowpox problem, making her a President Personable... except no, she's President Evil.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Subverted. She's very polite, seems to like Morrigan, and is willing to negotiate a peace in order to share a cure for the Hollowpox with the Free State... except she's behind the creation of the Hollowpox in the first place, and only wishes to exploit the situation to be allowed to cross into the Free State and take over.
Villain with Good Publicity: She's thought of as a fair-minded and sensible politician, when in reality she's a power-hungry bigot.
Walking Spoiler: Anything beyond "she exists" is a spoiler.

Crow Family

Corvus Crow

Chancellor Corvus Crow

Morrigan's father, the chancellor of Great Wolfacre.

Abusive Parents: Downplayed. He's not physically abusive, and not really verbally abusive either, but is a terrible parent to Morrigan, neglectful and unloving and with a tendency to ignore her. Corvus isn't shy about saying that he views her as a burden more than anything.
- It's hinted that this attitude is mostly a reaction to everyone thinking Morrigan would die young thanks to the curse and not wanting to get attached to someone they knew they were going to lose before long. Particularly Corvus seems to have taken this view, as his first wife died giving birth to Morrigan, and he found it easier thinking of Morrigan as though she was already dead and the girl who lived in his house was just a manifestation of the curse that killed his wife and daughter.
- He averts the trope when it comes to Morrigan's newborn half-brothers, Guntram and Wolfram. When Morrigan briefly re-visits her family without their knowledge late in the first book, she finds that both Corvus and Ivy dote on the twin babies and show them all the love and affection they never showed Morrigan. She takes it remarkably well.
Alliterative Name: Corvus Crow. As a bonus, he's a Chancellor.
Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: While it's heavily implied his treatment of Morrigan was a coping mechanism for dealing with the fact that she'd die within a decade or so, it's also made clear that there is no excuse for the years of neglect and cruelty. Jupiter in particular is disgusted by it.
Icy Blue Eyes: Cold blue eyes to match his personality.
Jerkass: There is virtually nothing good you can say about the man. Even the voters don't like him, which is probablt why he spends so much time working on his public image.
Kick the Dog:
- As a child, Morrigan asked him if she'd get a surprise on Christmas and he said "yes." Then, on Christmas morning, he gave her an itemized bill for all the money her curse had cost him that year. Ouch.
- After Morrigan "dies," he bans anyone from speaking her name ever again, and berates Ornella for mourning her loss. It's this that makes Morrigan realize that he truly doesn't and never has loved her, and there's no place for her in the Wintersea Republic anymore—if there ever was.
Locked Out of the Loop: He has no clue Morrigan's alive, or that the Free State even exists. Given that he treated her like dirt the entire time she lived with him, she doesn't lose too much sleep over it.
Mean Boss: He's short-tempered and impolite to his assistants, and goes through so many of them that he doesn't even bother to learn their names.
Nice to the Waiter: We know he's a dick because he treats his assistants with contempt. Although he's still more civil to them than he is towards his own daughter.
Outliving One's Offspring: He thinks he outlived Morrigan, but he's very wrong.
Parental Neglect: He achieved the bare minimum of keeping Morrigan housed, clothed, and fed, but it'd be generous to say he actually raised her.
Politically Incorrect Villain: He has a thinly-veiled distaste for the poor.
Repetitive Name: "Corvus" is the Latin word for "crow," meaning his name is essentially Crow Crow.
Sleazy Politician: He's a Chancellor in the Wintersea Republic, and a complete tool, treating his assistants like dirt and always looking for a way to boost his approval ratings. Despite being a terrible person, he doesn't actually seem to be corrupt, however, if only because we have yet to see him at work.
Took a Level in Kindness: When Morrigan sees him again some months after her "death," he seems to have become much happier, much more social, and much kinder... at least towards her new baby brothers. Of course, this doesn't help Morrigan any; it kind of just makes it worse to know that he had the potential to be a loving parent, but never became one for her.

Ivy Crow

The second wife of Corvus, and Morrigan's stepmother.

Brainless Beauty: Ivy is very pretty, but rather short on brains.
Locked Out of the Loop: Like Corvus, she has no idea Morrigan is alive.
Nice to the Waiter: The first hint that we're not meant to like Ivy? When she not-so-subtly implies the lower classes are only good for being servants to the upper class such as herself. In front of the maid.
Politically Incorrect Villain: She's very classist, snarking that if poor people were allowed to get educations, there wouldn't be anyone to be servants.
Trophy Wife: Heavily implied. She's gorgeous, and implied to be quite a lot younger than Corvus, and he certainly didn't marry her for her wit or personality. Ivy, to her credit, seems to genuinely love him.
Wicked Stepmother: Downplayed, especially compared to Corvus, as she's mostly completely apathetic towards Morrigan. She doesn't go out of her way to mistreat her, but often does without a thought for her feelings. She dotes on her own sons when they're born.

Ornella Crow

Corvus' elderly mother, and Morrigan's grandmother.

Cool Old Lady: Morrigan's grandmother is a Grumpy Old Woman who's only really happy when she's miserable, or preferrably making someone else miserable... but she is the only member of Morrigan's family who actually seems to care about her. Turns out she conspired with Jupiter North to save Morrigan from death, and is the only family member who knows that Morrigan didn't die on her eleventh birthday after all.
Everyone Has Standards: She's not what you would call "polite" or "nice," but even she's disgusted by how insensitive and self-centered Ivy is.
Grumpy Old Man: Female version. There's a reason a maid once called her a "savage old bird of prey."
Obnoxious In-Laws: Implied. She obviously dislikes Ivy and is snarky towards her. The fact that Morrigan's dead mother's portrait is relegated to be with that of the dead, less-liked pets and third cousins in the Hall of Dead Crows implies that she wasn't terribly fond of her, either, since Ornella is the one who decides whose portrait goes where.
Outliving One's Offspring: She had another son, Bertram, who died young.
Politically Incorrect Hero: She's likely where her son gets at least some of his elitist views, but she has the saving grace of truly caring for her granddaughter.
Token Good Teammate: Apart from Morrigan herself, she's the sole good person among the living Crows, and the only one to truly love her.

Wolfram and Gunthram Crow

Corvus' and Ivy's twin sons, and Morrigan's younger half-brothers, born a few months after her "death."

Children Are Innocent: When they're only a few months old, in order to demonstrate his power to Morrigan, Ezra Squall picks one of them up and makes funny faces. The baby just laughs and thinks he's funny, totally unaware of the danger.
Foil: To Morrigan, when it comes to how their parents treat them. She was the cursed child that her family couldn't love, her half-brothers are doted on and highly loved. They're even blond like Ivy, while Morrigan has black hair like Corvus.

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