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Spoiler56 more from the lands past Wickmoor

A noviceA novice of the abbey who sweeps the bell tower steps.Past WickmoorA pilgrimA young pilgrim with a pack, walking the colonnade.Past WickmoorA pilgrimA pilgrim come to see the light that does not set.Past WickmoorA woodcutter, frozenFrozen mid-stride, coming in from the woods with nothing to burn.Past WickmoorAldo, frozenOld Sella's husband, frozen where he stood when the cold came down the hill.Past WickmoorAma the bakerBakes bread on the slag; the best crust in the kingdom.Past WickmoorAmbrose the orrery-keeperWinds the orrery on the square every hour; a local who knows the old paths over the drop.Past WickmoorAn ice-fisher, frozenFrozen on her way back from the lake with her catch.Past WickmoorBertil, keeper of the Lantern HouseKeeps the hostel where stargazers sleep through the day.Past WickmoorBram the candlewrightSells candles to pilgrims, and keeps his eyes down.Past WickmoorBrannoch the smithKilnhold, Ember Reach (fire). Forges for the Ashen Magister to keep his family alive.Past WickmoorBrother AnselA monk blinded for doubting the Dawnkeeper; he knew the Dawnkeeper was false. Gives a clue quest.Past WickmoorBrother Cobb, the abbey gardenerA monk who tends the abbey gardens and keeps his doubts to himself.Past WickmoorBryn, keeper of the Drowned LanternRuns the inn on the dunes; hears every boat come in.Past WickmoorCaptain IdrisA caravan captain who pays the Galeweaver for safe winds and smuggles what he must; gives a clue quest.Past WickmoorCorwin the lamplighterWalks the streets lighting the ward lamps; a local who knows where the dark is thickest.Past WickmoorDabb the salt sellerSells salt, grit and salt again, scraped off the flats.Past WickmoorDunny the eel-catcherA local who wades the pools for eels and knows every sunk thing in the fen.Past WickmoorForeman GatDeepdelve, Bonelands (earth). Lost his son to the Warden's digging; wipes his brow under the helmet lamp.Past WickmoorHaska the innkeeperKeeps the inn while it still has a roof; the Magister takes a brick a week.Past WickmoorHasna, keeper of the caravanseraiKeeps the caravanserai and its well; every caravan stops at her door.Past WickmoorHealer BrionyBrews the real cure for the poisoned wells in secret; gives a clue quest.Past WickmoorHesper the ward-sellerSells wards, charms and chalk against the dark; believes in every one of them.Past WickmoorHob the lookoutWalks a round of the camp every night with a lantern, counting the tents.Past WickmoorJory the peddlerA travelling peddler who turns up in every town Wick reaches, always one town ahead or one behind, full of news from the last one.Past WickmoorKell the ice-fisherOstra's brother, who lost the sled; fishes the ice on Rimewater.Past WickmoorLiesl the chartmakerDraws and sells star charts; Pip thinks she is the greatest person alive.Past WickmoorMara the pearl diverA pearl diver who knows the sea caves; gives a clue quest that leads to the Nautilus Grotto.Past WickmoorMarl, keeper of the Sunk KettleRuns the inn under the rust cap; boils every drop twice.Past WickmoorMaudry the traderA trader who follows travellers to the edge of everything and sells them what they forgot.Past WickmoorMerrit the innkeeperServes grit for supper and good sense with it; tells Pip not to wave at the dead.Past WickmoorMoss the fishmongerSells fish salted, smoked and struck by lightning.Past WickmoorMother HildKeeps the only fire in town that has not gone out.Past WickmoorNess the dowserFinds water in the grey with a hazel twig.Past WickmoorNessa the fishwifeSells the catch, half of which goes to the sea as tribute.Past WickmoorOld CorranAn old sea hand who remembers the coast before the machines.Past WickmoorOld Corrie the net-menderAn old fisherman in oilskins who mends nets and remembers the lighthouse lit.Past WickmoorOld SellaHearthwick, Rimewold (frost). Waits by her husband, frozen in place by the Rime Prior; wrings her hands.Past WickmoorOld Tarrant, a travellerAn old wanderer resting by the fire, who walked here to see the grey for himself.Past WickmoorOld TibAn old kiln hand with burn-scarred arms, too stiff now for the bellows.Past WickmoorOld WennaA miner's widow who keeps count of the dead that walk by.Past WickmoorOndine the astronomerKeeps the great telescope and charts every star; gives a clue quest.Past WickmoorOru the spice sellerSells spice and cloth off the caravans; hears every rumour on the road.Past WickmoorOstra the innkeeperKeeps the inn and its one hearth burning; feeds what wood there is to the fire.Past WickmoorPell the cure-sellerSells the Mirewife's cure by the bottle, and does not ask what is in it.Past WickmoorQuill the painterCame to paint the grey; finds forty colours in it.Past WickmoorRook the deckhandA young deckhand who rows the boats out; a local who knows the shore.Past WickmoorRuna the trapperTraps the steppe and reads its tracks.Past WickmoorSefa the glass-walkerA scout who marks safe ways across the glass fields with lanterns; gives a quest.Past WickmoorSister Odile of the pilgrims' hostelKeeps the hostel where pilgrims sleep before they look into the light.Past WickmoorTesk the kite-makerBuilds and flies the kites strung over the town; a local who reads the wind.Past WickmoorThe baker, frozenFrozen at his shop door, still in his apron.Past WickmoorThe Gloam MotherA blind seer the town is half afraid of; she reads the shadows. Gives a clue quest.Past WickmoorTinker JessopGearhaven, Stormcoast (lightning). Sabotages the Stormwright's machines from inside.Past WickmoorWat, keeper of the Lamplit InnKeeps every lamp in his inn burning; never lets a room go dark.Past WickmoorWella the innkeeperKeeps the leaky inn; tells guests not to lean on the walls.Past Wickmoor