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* ChildSoldiers: While many worlds have child heroes, Kade fits the tragic archetype more than the exceptional one. He was used by the fairies, forced to kill the only person who genuinely loved him, and then callously tossed aside for not being "perfect" enough. He fully plans to spend the rest of his life at Eleanor's school because he never wants to return to Prism.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Was tricked into killing the Goblin King, the first person to recognize him as himself and to show him kindness. When he briefly returns to Prism in ''Mislaid In Parts Half-Known'', he's so wracked by guilt that he almost considers staying and being executed for the crime.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Was tricked into killing the Goblin King, the first person to recognize him as himself and to show him kindness. When he briefly returns to Prism in ''Mislaid In Parts Half-Known'', he's so wracked by guilt that he almost considers staying and being executed for the crime.
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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: He took the current Compass of worlds, reclassified it, and refined it by adding minor directions, and is the most interested in investigating Nexi (worlds that connect to other worlds). In ''Mislaid in Parts Half-Known'', he officially takes over world classification from Eleanor.
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Children (spoilers for all books before ''Literature/MislaidInPartsHalfKnown''!)
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: We see her again in ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky'' when Christopher, Kade, Cora, Nadya, and Rini go to the Halls in the hopes of resurrecting Sumi. There, she apologizes them for never saying goodbye.]]
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: We see her again in ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky'' when Christopher, Kade, Cora, Nadya, and Rini go to the Halls in the hopes of resurrecting Sumi. There, she apologizes them for never saying goodbye.]]
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* DeerInTheHeadLights: As a hold over of her time at the Halls of the Dead she becomes immobile whenever she's anxious or afraid. [[spoiler: It helps her to be unnoticed by Jill when Nancy sees the latter walking through the campus covered in blood.]]
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* DeerInTheHeadLights: As a hold over of her time at the Halls of the Dead she becomes immobile whenever she's anxious or afraid. [[spoiler: It helps her to be unnoticed by Jill when Nancy sees the latter walking through the campus covered in blood.]]
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* HomeSweetHome: [[spoiler: She finally returns to her home (aka: the Halls of the Dead) at the end of the first book.]]
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Her hands are cut off by Jill and she dies of blood loss.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Comes back from the dead in ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky''.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Comes back from the dead in ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky''.]]
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Her hands are cut off by Jill and she dies of blood loss.]]
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* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Her parents died years ago, making Eleanor her official guardian [[spoiler:which means there's no one to question her death.]]
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* NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice: Jill wears elaborate frilly dresses, strives to behave like a refined lady, and [[spoiler: killed several people to earn her place at her Master's side]].
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!!Chester & Serena Wolcott
Jack and Jill’s parents.
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Antsy ran away from home and
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* AbusiveParents: They raised Jack and Jill in an emotionally stifling environment where they were treated more like status symbols than human beings.
!!Louise “Gemma Lou” Wolcott
Jack and Jill’s grandmother, who lived with them for the first five years of their lives.
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* CoolOldLady: She cared very much for Jack and Jill, and appreciated their individuality when their parents did not.
!!Louise “Gemma Lou” Wolcott
Jack and Jill’s grandmother, who lived with them for the first five years of their lives.
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* AbusiveParents: They raised Jack DimensionalTraveler: Far more so than any other student thanks to the Shop, a "nexus world" that attracts huge numbers of Doors. She spends two years there visiting more than three worlds per day, and Jill gains a permanent knack for navigating Doors.
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:She returns to the Shop in ''Mislaid in Parts Half-Known'' to help set things right by running it more fairly and honestly.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her full name is Antoinette Ricci, but she generally prefers Antsy, especially after running away.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Her stepfather was [[FramingTheGuiltyParty convicted of her murder]] during her disappearance. The story attracted enough media attention for Christopher to have seen it on the news.
* TheRunaway: She flees home at age seven out of the (accurate) fear that her stepfather will sexually assault her and the (inaccurate) belief that her mother wouldn't believe her. After returning to Earth, her own mother doesn't recognize her, so she finds her own way to Eleanor's school.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: [[spoiler:Her time in the Shop gives her this ability to anemotionally stifling environment outright metaphysical degree -- when she's looking for something, she ''can'' find a path to it by GutFeeling alone, even if it's worlds removed from her.]]
* TraumaButton: Since her father dropped dead in a well-lit Target store while she was nearby, she refuses to go there and once wets herself rather than be forced through the doors.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: The Doors age her to the point that her mother doesn't recognize her. However, she holds out hope that they can be reunited in the future when the disparity between her physical age and actual age isn't as obvious.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She [[CastFromLifespan uses the Doors]] enough over two years to leave her a nine-year-old in a sixteen-year-old body. In addition to the devastating loss of her childhood, this makes it hard for her to fit in at Eleanor's school, since she's developmentally far behind wherethey were treated more like status symbols than human beings.
!!Louise “Gemma Lou” Wolcott
Jackteachers and Jill’s grandmother, who lived with them for the first five years of their lives.
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* CoolOldLady: She cared very much for Jack and Jill, and appreciated their individuality when their parents did not.classmates assume her to be.
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:She returns to the Shop in ''Mislaid in Parts Half-Known'' to help set things right by running it more fairly and honestly.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her full name is Antoinette Ricci, but she generally prefers Antsy, especially after running away.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Her stepfather was [[FramingTheGuiltyParty convicted of her murder]] during her disappearance. The story attracted enough media attention for Christopher to have seen it on the news.
* TheRunaway: She flees home at age seven out of the (accurate) fear that her stepfather will sexually assault her and the (inaccurate) belief that her mother wouldn't believe her. After returning to Earth, her own mother doesn't recognize her, so she finds her own way to Eleanor's school.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: [[spoiler:Her time in the Shop gives her this ability to an
* TraumaButton: Since her father dropped dead in a well-lit Target store while she was nearby, she refuses to go there and once wets herself rather than be forced through the doors.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: The Doors age her to the point that her mother doesn't recognize her. However, she holds out hope that they can be reunited in the future when the disparity between her physical age and actual age isn't as obvious.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She [[CastFromLifespan uses the Doors]] enough over two years to leave her a nine-year-old in a sixteen-year-old body. In addition to the devastating loss of her childhood, this makes it hard for her to fit in at Eleanor's school, since she's developmentally far behind where
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Jack
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!!Mr. Lundy
Katherine’s father, an elementary school principal.
!!Mr. Lundy
Katherine’s father, an elementary school principal.
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!!Mr. Lundy
Katherine’s father, an elementary school principal.
!!Seraphina
Seraphina is a long-term resident of Eleanor's school, first encountered in ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway''. Her Door left her mind-breakingly beautiful and deeply bitter.
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Katherine’s younger sister.
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: People under her influence will eagerly put themselves down in comparison to her, and he's just as eager to put them down.
-->'''Jack:''' The girl's a rancid bucket of leeches on the inside, but she has a face that could move angels to murder.
* FreudianExcuse: She's a mean, cruel person with a {{Glamour}} that forces people to adore her. [[spoiler:The glamour was inflicted by her kidnappers in order to make her a more beautiful prize; she knows it's depriving her of genuine relationships and life experience, but she can't turn it off, so all she wants is to return to a world where people aren't so strongly affected.]]
* {{Glamour}}: The sight of her impossible beauty entrances people, forcing them to admire her and do whatever they think she wants.
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!!The Lord of the Dead & The Lady of Shadows
The rulers of the Halls of the Dead.
Jack and Jill’s parents.
* AbusiveParents: They raised Jack and Jill in an emotionally stifling environment where they were treated more like status symbols than human beings.
!!Louise “Gemma Lou” Wolcott
Jack and Jill’s grandmother, who lived with them for the first five years of their lives.
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* CoolOldLady: She cared very much for Jack and Jill, and appreciated their individuality when their parents did not.
!!Louise “Gemma Lou” Wolcott
Jack and Jill’s grandmother, who lived with them for the first five years of their lives.
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!!The Master
An ancient vampire who rules over a town in the Moors.
[[folder:The Master]]
!!The Master
An ancient vampire who rules over a town in the Moors.
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An ancient vampire who rules over a town in the Moors.
!!Mr. Lundy
Katherine’s father, an elementary school principal.
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* AffablyEvil: The Master has a polite demeanor, is generally honest with his foundlings about his expectations and the rules of the Moors, and upholds his responsibilities as a feudal lord. He is utterly ruthless if crossed, and the townspeople are terrified of provoking him.
* EvilMentor: To Jill. He's the one teaching her how to be a vampire.
* TheMaster: It's in the title. He's in charge and if he has a name, he doesn't care to speak it.
* EvilMentor: To Jill. He's the one teaching her how to be a vampire.
* TheMaster: It's in the title. He's in charge and if he has a name, he doesn't care to speak it.
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* AffablyEvil: The Master HeroOfAnotherStory: He also traveled to the Goblin Market as a child, but has a polite demeanor, is generally honest with his foundlings nothing to say about his expectations and the rules of the Moors, and upholds his responsibilities as a feudal lord. He is utterly ruthless if crossed, and the townspeople are terrified of provoking him.
* EvilMentor: To Jill. He's the one teaching her howit other than to be a vampire.
* TheMaster: It's in the title. He's in charge and if he has a name, he doesn't carewarn Lundy to speak it. stay away.
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!!Dr. Bleak
A human scientist who lives and works near the Master’s town.
!!Dr. Bleak
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!!Dr. Bleak
A human scientist
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!!The Master
An ancient vampire who
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* MadScientist: He has all the trappings of one, like a lab filled with monsters preserved in jars and the ability to resurrect the dead via lightning, but he’s actually a pretty level-headed guy.
* MadScientist: He has all the trappings of one, like a lab filled with monsters preserved in jars and the ability to resurrect the dead via lightning, but he’s actually a pretty level-headed guy.
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* GenreSavvy: Realizes his job as the slightly less monstrous AntiHero who rescues Jack from a far worse monster in AffablyEvil: The Master.
* MadScientist: HeMaster has all the trappings of one, like a lab filled polite demeanor, is generally honest with monsters preserved in jars his foundlings about his expectations and the ability to resurrect rules of the dead via lightning, but he’s actually Moors, and upholds his responsibilities as a pretty level-headed guy.feudal lord. He is utterly ruthless if crossed, and the townspeople are terrified of provoking him.
* EvilMentor: To Jill. He's the one teaching her how to be a vampire.
* TheMaster: It's in the title. He's in charge and if he has a name, he doesn't care to speak it.
* MadScientist: He
* EvilMentor: To Jill. He's the one teaching her how to be a vampire.
* TheMaster: It's in the title. He's in charge and if he has a name, he doesn't care to speak it.
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!!Mary
A servant in the Master’s household.
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A servant in the Master’s household.
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!!Mary
!!Dr. Bleak
A
* GenreSavvy: Realizes his job as the slightly less monstrous AntiHero who rescues Jack from a far worse monster in The Master.
* MadScientist: He has all the trappings of one, like a lab filled with monsters preserved in jars and the ability to resurrect the dead via lightning, but he’s actually a pretty level-headed guy.
* MadScientist: He has all the trappings of one, like a lab filled with monsters preserved in jars and the ability to resurrect the dead via lightning, but he’s actually a pretty level-headed guy.
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* BackFromTheDead: First when she kissed a ghost girl, [[spoiler:second when Jill killed her]].
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* BackFromTheDead: First Resurrected with [[LightningCanDoAnything lightning and mad science]] twice -- first when she kissed a ghost girl, [[spoiler:second second when Jill killed her]]. her. DeathIsCheap in the Moors, but the second resurrection takes a lot out of her.
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!!TheArchivist
Wasp Queen
A dangerous being who lives on the outskirts of the Goblin Market. She is mentioned in ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream'' and appears in the short story ''Juice Like Wounds''.
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!!The
A dangerous being who lives on the outskirts of the Goblin Market. She is mentioned in ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream'' and appears in the short story ''Juice Like Wounds''.
* WasOnceAMan: She was a portal child like Lundy and Mockery, but she became a monster due to isolating herself and refusing to participate in the Market.
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!!Mockery
A friend of Lundy and Moon in the Goblin Market.
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!!The Wasp Queen
A dangerous being who lives on the outskirts of the Goblin Market. She is mentioned in ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream'' and appears in the short story ''Juice Like Wounds''.
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A native of the Goblin Market who becomes Lundy’s closest friend.
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!!Mockery
A friend of Lundy and Moon in the Goblin Market.
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!!The Wasp Queen
A dangerous being who lives on the outskirts of the Goblin Market. She is mentioned in ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream'' and appears in the short story ''Juice Like Wounds''.
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A friend of Lundy and Moon in the Goblin Market.
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!!The Wasp Queen
A dangerous being who lives on the outskirts of the Goblin Market. She is mentioned in ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream'' and appears in the short story ''Juice Like Wounds''.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She keeps a cool head during the murders of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and doesn't suspect Nancy, Cristopher and Jack of being the culprits just for being from "creepy worlds".
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She keeps a cool head during the murders of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and doesn't suspect Nancy, Cristopher Christopher and Jack of being the culprits just for being from "creepy worlds".
* SweetTooth: Coming from a world that was literally made of sugar, she consumes a nigh-inhuman quantity of sweets with every meal, including [[BizarreTasteInFood mixed in with savory dishes]].
* YouCantFightFate: {{Justified|Trope}} -- she knows she'll return to Confection and overthrow the Queen of Cakes because, in some sense, thanks to Confection's [[TimeyWimeyBall unusual flow of time]], she already has. As such, she's entirely confident that her Door will find her at the right time.
* YouCantFightFate: {{Justified|Trope}} -- she knows she'll return to Confection and overthrow the Queen of Cakes because, in some sense, thanks to Confection's [[TimeyWimeyBall unusual flow of time]], she already has. As such, she's entirely confident that her Door will find her at the right time.
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* IllBoy: He originally had cancer, which the Princess of Mariposa cured him of by bring it all to a single bone, extracting it, and replacing it.
* MagicalFlutist: Christopher's flute has magical powers, the least of which being keeping him alive and keeping his cancer from spreading.
* MagicalFlutist: Christopher's flute has magical powers, the least of which being keeping him alive and keeping his cancer from spreading.
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* IllBoy: He originally had cancer, which the Princess of Mariposa cured him of by bring it concentrating all to of it in a single bone, extracting it, and replacing it.
* MagicalFlutist: Christopher's flute has magical powers, the least of which being keeping him alive and keeping his cancer from spreading. His music can animate the dead and is inaudible to the living.
* NightmareFetishist: A benign version in that his one true love, his ideal of beauty, happens not to have any flesh on her bones. It's not a problem for anyone and he looks forward to their happy reunion, but he once muses that he would have all the makings of a SerialKiller in different circumstances.
* NoSell: He's completely unaffected by Seraphina's {{Glamour}} because the Skeleton Girl is the only one for him.
* MagicalFlutist: Christopher's flute has magical powers, the least of which being keeping him alive and keeping his cancer from spreading. His music can animate the dead and is inaudible to the living.
* NightmareFetishist: A benign version in that his one true love, his ideal of beauty, happens not to have any flesh on her bones. It's not a problem for anyone and he looks forward to their happy reunion, but he once muses that he would have all the makings of a SerialKiller in different circumstances.
* NoSell: He's completely unaffected by Seraphina's {{Glamour}} because the Skeleton Girl is the only one for him.
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* ShipTease: With Kade. [[spoiler: Unfortunately it becomes ShipSinking due to her returning to the Halls of the Dead at the end of the book.]]
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* MadScientist
* MadScientist
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* DeadpanSnarker
DeadpanSnarker: She has a bitter, dry wit.
*MadScientistMadScientist: Apprentice to one, and eventually takes his place.
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* IllBoy: He originally had cancer, which the Princess of Mariposa cured him of by bring it all to a single bone, extracting it, and replacing it.
* MagicalFlutist: Christopher's flute has magical powers, the least of which being keeping him alive and keeping his cancer from spreading.
* MagicalFlutist: Christopher's flute has magical powers, the least of which being keeping him alive and keeping his cancer from spreading.
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* MerlinSickness
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* MerlinSicknessMerlinSickness: She ages backwards at one-quarter rate.
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Cora traveled to the Trenches, a watery world where she lived among merpeople. On Earth, she’s shy and insecure about her weight. She is the main point-of-view character in ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky''.
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Cora traveled to the Trenches, a watery world where she lived among merpeople. On Earth, she’s shy and insecure about her weight. She is the main point-of-view character in ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky''.''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky'' and ''Literature/WhereTheDrownedGirlsGo''.
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* StoutStrength: Cora is a great swimmer and resents people assuming that she’s weak or lazy because she’s fat.
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* FriendlessBackground: She was bullied and isolated at school for being fat.
* InterruptedSuicide: She attempted suicide due to bullying, only for the door to the Trenches to take her.
* MentalHealthRecoveryArc: In ''Where the Drowned Girls Go'', she is haunted by the Drowned Gods who possessed her in ''Come Tumbling Down'', and must learn to fend them off.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: She's described as a mermaid who "wears her scales on the inside now". The only outward indication is her naturally blue-green hair.
* StoutStrength: Cora is a great swimmer and runner who resents people assuming that she’s weak or lazy because she’s fat.
* InterruptedSuicide: She attempted suicide due to bullying, only for the door to the Trenches to take her.
* MentalHealthRecoveryArc: In ''Where the Drowned Girls Go'', she is haunted by the Drowned Gods who possessed her in ''Come Tumbling Down'', and must learn to fend them off.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: She's described as a mermaid who "wears her scales on the inside now". The only outward indication is her naturally blue-green hair.
* StoutStrength: Cora is a great swimmer and runner who resents people assuming that she’s weak or lazy because she’s fat.
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EvilMentor: To Jill. He's the one teaching her how to be a vampire.
*TheMasterTheMaster: It's in the title. He's in charge and if he has a name, he doesn't care to speak it.
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* BackFromTheDead: First when she kissed a ghost girl, [[spoiler:second when Jill killed her]].
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* AdultFear: Experiences this in ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'', with her beloved students being gruesomely murdered while in her ward. She even offers her door to Nonsense kids so they can be safe in a world similar to their homes.
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* RomanticAsexual: Is asexual and has many moments of ShipTease with Kade.
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* TheApprentice
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* TheApprenticeTheApprentice: She was an apprentice to Dr. Bleak, assisting him in the practice of science and medicine in the Moors.
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: We see her again in ''Literature/BeanethTheSugarSky'' when Christopher, Kade, Cora, Nadya, and Rini go to the Halls in the hopes of resurrecting Sumi. There, she apologizes them for never saying goodbye.]]
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: We see her again in ''Literature/BeanethTheSugarSky'' ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky'' when Christopher, Kade, Cora, Nadya, and Rini go to the Halls in the hopes of resurrecting Sumi. There, she apologizes them for never saying goodbye.]]
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* WasOnceAMan: She was a portal child like Lundy and Mockery, but she became a monster due to isolating herself and refusing to participate in the Market.
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* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: The fairies’ decision to kick Kade out was not to his benefit, but it did represent their acknowledgement that he’s not a girl. The Goblin Prince also recognized him as a boy before he had consciously realized this about himself.
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* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: The fairies’ decision to kick Kade out was not to his benefit, but it did represent their acknowledgement that he’s not a girl. The Goblin Prince King also recognized him as a boy before he had consciously realized this about himself.
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* VoluntaryVampireVictim: Jill willingly fed the Master during her time in his court.
--> ''He is not so different from the boys she had been dreading meeting when she started her high school career. Like them, he wants her for her body. Like them, he is bigger than her, stronger than her, more powerful than her in a thousand ways. But unlike them, he tells her no lies, puts no veils before his intentions...''
--> ''He is not so different from the boys she had been dreading meeting when she started her high school career. Like them, he wants her for her body. Like them, he is bigger than her, stronger than her, more powerful than her in a thousand ways. But unlike them, he tells her no lies, puts no veils before his intentions...''
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A powerful figure in Confection and Sumi's prophesied nemesis.
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* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
* LeanAndMean: Takes pride in having stayed thin in a world made out of sugary foodstuffs.
* LeanAndMean: Takes pride in having stayed thin in a world made out of sugary foodstuffs.
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-->'''Ponder:''' I never saved the day. I never challenged the gods. I was the person you could come home to when the quest was over, and I’d greet you with a warm fudge pie and a how was your day, and I’d never feel like I was being left out just because I was forever left behind.
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* NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpiceNothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice: Jill wears elaborate frilly dresses, strives to behave like a refined lady, and [[spoiler: killed several people to earn her place at her Master's side]].
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* CoolAunt: Well, great-great-great aunt to be specific, but she is this to Kade who accepts him with open arms in constrast of his transphobic family.
* CoolOldLady: She is a spirited and eccentric 100-year-old woman who created a place that validates many children's experiences in {{Magical Land}}s and helps them adjust coming back to our world.
* DaddysGirl: The reason she travelled back-and-fourth to her world was that she couldn't just break her father's heart by going away forever.
* OlderThanSheLooks: Many students were surprised to learn that Eleanor is actually 100-years-old, instead of just an energetic 60-year-old. This is justified due to her constant travels messing up her biological clock.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She keeps a cool head during the murders of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and doesn't suspect Nancy, Cristopher and Jack of being the culprits just for them being from "creepy worlds".
* CoolOldLady: She is a spirited and eccentric 100-year-old woman who created a place that validates many children's experiences in {{Magical Land}}s and helps them adjust coming back to our world.
* DaddysGirl: The reason she travelled back-and-fourth to her world was that she couldn't just break her father's heart by going away forever.
* OlderThanSheLooks: Many students were surprised to learn that Eleanor is actually 100-years-old, instead of just an energetic 60-year-old. This is justified due to her constant travels messing up her biological clock.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She keeps a cool head during the murders of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and doesn't suspect Nancy, Cristopher and Jack of being the culprits just for them being from "creepy worlds".
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* CoolAunt: Well, great-great-great aunt to be specific, but she is this to Kade who accepts him with open arms in constrast of contrast to his transphobic family.
* CoolOldLady: She is a spirited and eccentric 100-year-old woman who created a place that validates many children's experiences in {{Magical Land}}s and helps them adjust to coming back to our world.
* DaddysGirl: The reason she travelledback-and-fourth back-and-forth to her world was that she couldn't just break her father's heart by going away forever.
* OlderThanSheLooks: Many students were surprised to learn that Eleanor isactually 100-years-old, nearly 100 years old, instead of just an energetic 60-year-old. This is justified due Time passed differently in the world she traveled to and it permanently slowed her constant travels messing up her biological clock.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She keeps a cool head during the murders of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and doesn't suspect Nancy, Cristopher and Jack of being the culprits just forthem being from "creepy worlds".
* CoolOldLady: She is a spirited and eccentric 100-year-old woman who created a place that validates many children's experiences in {{Magical Land}}s and helps them adjust to coming back to our world.
* DaddysGirl: The reason she travelled
* OlderThanSheLooks: Many students were surprised to learn that Eleanor is
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* DarkIsNotEvil: She went to an underworld-type land and despite people's suspiction, she has nothing to do with the murders at the school.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: She went to an underworld-type land and despite people's suspiction, suspicion, she has nothing to do with the murders at the school.
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* NotSoStoic: Much to her dismay, she still tends to emote, like being flustered when Sumi implies that she dyed her hair or when meeting Kade, being devasted with the idea of never coming back home, or when the murders start to happen.
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* NotSoStoic: Much to her dismay, she still tends to emote, like being flustered when Sumi implies that she dyed her hair or when meeting Kade, being devasted devastated with the idea of never coming back home, or when the murders start to happen. happen.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Comes back from the dead in ''Literature/BeanethTheSugarSky''.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Don't be fooled by her her hyper and CloudCuckooLander behavior. She can still be very brutal. In fact, the reason Eleanor paired Nancy up with her was to prevent her from hazing from the other students, because no one wants to mess with Sumi.
* TheChosenOne: She was was prophesied to return to Confection and overthrow the Queen of Cakes, establishing a benevolent monarchy in her place.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Don't be fooled by her her hyper and CloudCuckooLander behavior. She can still be very brutal. In fact, the reason Eleanor paired Nancy up with her was to prevent her from hazing from the other students, because no one wants to mess with Sumi.
* TheChosenOne: She was was prophesied to return to Confection and overthrow the Queen of Cakes, establishing a benevolent monarchy in her place.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Comes back from the dead in ''Literature/BeanethTheSugarSky''.''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky''.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Don't be fooled by herher hyper and CloudCuckooLander behavior. She can still be very brutal. In fact, the reason Eleanor paired Nancy up with her was to prevent her protect Nancy from hazing from the other students, because no one wants to mess with Sumi.
* TheChosenOne: Shewas was prophesied to return to Confection and overthrow the Queen of Cakes, establishing a benevolent monarchy in her place.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Don't be fooled by her
* TheChosenOne: She
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[[folder:Kade Bronson]]
!!Kade Bronson
Kade spent several years in the world of Prism before his fairy patrons realized that the "girl" they'd chosen as their champion was actually a transgender boy and promptly threw him out. Since neither the world he traveled to nor his parents accept him for who he is, Kade plans to spend the rest of his life at Eleanor's school, helping other lost travelers.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Time didn’t pass on Earth while Kade was in Prism, and when he returned he found that the aging he’d experienced while in Prism had been reversed. At the start of the series, he looks like a teenager and is chronologically in his early twenties.
* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: The fairies’ decision to kick Kade out was not to his benefit, but it did represent their acknowledgement that he’s not a girl. The Goblin Prince also recognized him as a boy before he had consciously realized this about himself.
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[[folder:Jacqueline "Jack" Wolcott]]
!!Jacqueline “Jack” Wolcott
Along with her sister Jill, Jack traveled to the high Logic/high Wicked world of the Moors, where she studied a magical and ruthless brand of otherworldly science. Her acerbic manner and clinical attitude towards life and death make her a misfit at Eleanor’s school. Jack is introduced in ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and is a main point-of-view character in ''Literature/DownAmongTheSticksAndBones'' and ''Literature/ComeTumblingDown''.
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* TheApprentice
* DeadpanSnarker
* MadScientist
* TerrifiedOfGerms: Due to a childhood where she was forbidden from getting dirty and an adolescence spent working in a sterile science lab, Jack hates uncontrolled exposure to any possible organic contaminant.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Jack goes by a masculine nickname and dresses in pants, vests, and bow ties, in contrast with her sister’s frilly dresses. As Jack explains to Nancy, she and Jill were forced into the opposite roles by their parents, with Jack expected to be quiet, delicate, and feminine while Jill was pressured to be outgoing, ambitious, and athletic. The roles they took on in the Moors were in some ways a deliberate repudiation of the roles their parents imposed on them.
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[[folder:Jillian "Jill" Wolcott]]
!!Jillian “Jill” Wolcott
Along with her sister Jack, Jill traveled to the Moors, where she joined the court of a powerful vampire. Jill is introduced in ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and is a main point-of-view character in ''Literature/DownAmongTheSticksAndBones''.
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* NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The aristocratic, elaborately-dressed girly-girl to Jack’s tomboy.
* VampireWannabe: Jill wants nothing more than to become a vampire and live forever at her beloved Master’s side.
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[[folder:Christopher Flores]]
!!Christopher Flores
Christopher traveled to Mariposa, a world where the dead are reborn as living skeletons. There, he fell in love with a Skeleton Girl and learned to play a magical flute.
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[[folder:Katherine Lundy]]
!!Katherine Lundy
Lundy is a teacher and counselor at Eleanor’s school. In her teens, she made a bargain with supernatural forces in order to stop aging and retain access to her door to the Goblin Market. The deal backfired, leaving her trapped on Earth in a body that ages backwards. Lundy is introduced in ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'', and the story of her portal journey is told in ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream''.
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* MerlinSickness
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[[folder:Cora]]
!!Cora
Cora traveled to the Trenches, a watery world where she lived among merpeople. On Earth, she’s shy and insecure about her weight. She is the main point-of-view character in ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky''.
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* StoutStrength: Cora is a great swimmer and resents people assuming that she’s weak or lazy because she’s fat.
* WeightWoe: Cora is insecure about her large size due to having been bullied for it throughout her childhood. In the Trenches, where body fat is a valuable defense against the cold water, she was considered naturally strong and beautiful.
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[[folder:Nadya]]
!!Nadya
Nadya is a Russian girl who traveled to Belyyreka, the Drowned World.
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* ArtificialLimbs: Nadya was born without a right forearm. In Belyyreka, she used a hand made out of water.
* {{Catchphrase}}: “I’m not [however someone just described her]. I’m a Drowned Girl.”
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[[folder:Other Students]]
!!Other Students
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!!Other Characters on Earth
[[folder:The Wolcott Family]]
!!Chester & Serena Wolcott
Jack and Jill’s parents.
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* AbusiveParents: They raised Jack and Jill in an emotionally stifling environment where they were treated more like status symbols than human beings.
!!Louise “Gemma Lou” Wolcott
Jack and Jill’s grandmother, who lived with them for the first five years of their lives.
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* DotingGrandparent: She cared very much for Jack and Jill, and appreciated their individuality when their parents did not.
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[[folder:The Lundy Family]]
!!Mr. Lundy
Katherine’s father, an elementary school principal.
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!!Diana Lundy
Katherine’s younger sister.
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!!The Halls of the Dead
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!!The Lord of the Dead & The Lady of Shadows
The rulers of the Halls of the Dead.
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!!The Moors (spoilers for ''Literature/DownAmongTheSticksAndBones'' and ''Literature/ComeTumblingDown'')
[[folder:The Master]]
!!The Master
An ancient vampire who rules over a town in the Moors.
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* AffablyEvil: The Master has a polite demeanor, is generally honest with his foundlings about his expectations and the rules of the Moors, and upholds his responsibilities as a feudal lord. He is utterly ruthless if crossed, and the townspeople are terrified of provoking him.
* EvilMentor
* TheMaster
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[[folder:Dr. Bleak]]
!!Dr. Bleak
A human scientist who lives and works near the Master’s town.
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* GenreSavvy
* MadScientist: He has all the trappings of one, like a lab filled with monsters preserved in jars and the ability to resurrect the dead via lightning, but he’s actually a pretty level-headed guy.
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[[folder:Mary]]
!!Mary
A servant in the Master’s household.
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[[folder:Alexis Chopper]]
!!Alexis Chopper
A young woman from the Master’s town who becomes Jack’s first lover.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Alexis is a full-figured woman who is a main character’s love interest and is regarded as very beautiful by her community, to the point that her parents were worried that her looks might attract a vampire’s interest.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: She has a white streak in her dark hair from the touch of a ghostly lover.
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!!Confection (spoilers for ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky'')
[[folder:Onishi Rini]]
!!Onishi Rini
Sumi’s daughter, a native of Confection who traveled to Earth to prevent a time paradox caused by her mother’s death on Earth.
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* FadingAway: Rini is in danger of this due to Sumi’s paradoxical death.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Like her mother, Rini is blunt, energetic, and outgoing.
* NakedFirstImpression: Rini arrives on Earth naked and doesn’t understand why this makes anyone uncomfortable.
* TechnicolorEyes: Her eyes are the color of candy corn.
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[[folder:Ponder, the Candy Corn Farmer]]
!!Ponder
A native of Confection who was Sumi’s lover and Rini’s father.
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* NonActionGuy
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[[folder:The Queen of Cakes]]
!!The Queen of Cakes
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[[folder:The Baker]]
!!Layla, the Baker
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!!The Goblin Market (spoilers for ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream'')
[[folder:The Archivist]]
!!The Archivist
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[[folder:Moon]]
!!Moon
A native of the Goblin Market who becomes Lundy’s closest friend.
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[[folder:Mockery]]
!!Mockery
A friend of Lundy and Moon in the Goblin Market.
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[[folder:The Wasp Queen]]
!!The Wasp Queen
A dangerous being who lives on the outskirts of the Goblin Market. She is mentioned in ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream'' and appears in the short story ''Juice Like Wounds''.
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!!Kade Bronson
Kade spent several years in the world of Prism before his fairy patrons realized that the "girl" they'd chosen as their champion was actually a transgender boy and promptly threw him out. Since neither the world he traveled to nor his parents accept him for who he is, Kade plans to spend the rest of his life at Eleanor's school, helping other lost travelers.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Time didn’t pass on Earth while Kade was in Prism, and when he returned he found that the aging he’d experienced while in Prism had been reversed. At the start of the series, he looks like a teenager and is chronologically in his early twenties.
* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: The fairies’ decision to kick Kade out was not to his benefit, but it did represent their acknowledgement that he’s not a girl. The Goblin Prince also recognized him as a boy before he had consciously realized this about himself.
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[[folder:Jacqueline "Jack" Wolcott]]
!!Jacqueline “Jack” Wolcott
Along with her sister Jill, Jack traveled to the high Logic/high Wicked world of the Moors, where she studied a magical and ruthless brand of otherworldly science. Her acerbic manner and clinical attitude towards life and death make her a misfit at Eleanor’s school. Jack is introduced in ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and is a main point-of-view character in ''Literature/DownAmongTheSticksAndBones'' and ''Literature/ComeTumblingDown''.
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* TheApprentice
* DeadpanSnarker
* MadScientist
* TerrifiedOfGerms: Due to a childhood where she was forbidden from getting dirty and an adolescence spent working in a sterile science lab, Jack hates uncontrolled exposure to any possible organic contaminant.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Jack goes by a masculine nickname and dresses in pants, vests, and bow ties, in contrast with her sister’s frilly dresses. As Jack explains to Nancy, she and Jill were forced into the opposite roles by their parents, with Jack expected to be quiet, delicate, and feminine while Jill was pressured to be outgoing, ambitious, and athletic. The roles they took on in the Moors were in some ways a deliberate repudiation of the roles their parents imposed on them.
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[[folder:Jillian "Jill" Wolcott]]
!!Jillian “Jill” Wolcott
Along with her sister Jack, Jill traveled to the Moors, where she joined the court of a powerful vampire. Jill is introduced in ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and is a main point-of-view character in ''Literature/DownAmongTheSticksAndBones''.
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* NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The aristocratic, elaborately-dressed girly-girl to Jack’s tomboy.
* VampireWannabe: Jill wants nothing more than to become a vampire and live forever at her beloved Master’s side.
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[[folder:Christopher Flores]]
!!Christopher Flores
Christopher traveled to Mariposa, a world where the dead are reborn as living skeletons. There, he fell in love with a Skeleton Girl and learned to play a magical flute.
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[[folder:Katherine Lundy]]
!!Katherine Lundy
Lundy is a teacher and counselor at Eleanor’s school. In her teens, she made a bargain with supernatural forces in order to stop aging and retain access to her door to the Goblin Market. The deal backfired, leaving her trapped on Earth in a body that ages backwards. Lundy is introduced in ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'', and the story of her portal journey is told in ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream''.
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* MerlinSickness
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[[folder:Cora]]
!!Cora
Cora traveled to the Trenches, a watery world where she lived among merpeople. On Earth, she’s shy and insecure about her weight. She is the main point-of-view character in ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky''.
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* StoutStrength: Cora is a great swimmer and resents people assuming that she’s weak or lazy because she’s fat.
* WeightWoe: Cora is insecure about her large size due to having been bullied for it throughout her childhood. In the Trenches, where body fat is a valuable defense against the cold water, she was considered naturally strong and beautiful.
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[[folder:Nadya]]
!!Nadya
Nadya is a Russian girl who traveled to Belyyreka, the Drowned World.
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* ArtificialLimbs: Nadya was born without a right forearm. In Belyyreka, she used a hand made out of water.
* {{Catchphrase}}: “I’m not [however someone just described her]. I’m a Drowned Girl.”
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[[folder:Other Students]]
!!Other Students
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!!Other Characters on Earth
[[folder:The Wolcott Family]]
!!Chester & Serena Wolcott
Jack and Jill’s parents.
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* AbusiveParents: They raised Jack and Jill in an emotionally stifling environment where they were treated more like status symbols than human beings.
!!Louise “Gemma Lou” Wolcott
Jack and Jill’s grandmother, who lived with them for the first five years of their lives.
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* DotingGrandparent: She cared very much for Jack and Jill, and appreciated their individuality when their parents did not.
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[[folder:The Lundy Family]]
!!Mr. Lundy
Katherine’s father, an elementary school principal.
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!!Diana Lundy
Katherine’s younger sister.
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!!The Halls of the Dead
[[folder:The Lord of the Dead & The Lady of Shadows]]
!!The Lord of the Dead & The Lady of Shadows
The rulers of the Halls of the Dead.
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!!The Moors (spoilers for ''Literature/DownAmongTheSticksAndBones'' and ''Literature/ComeTumblingDown'')
[[folder:The Master]]
!!The Master
An ancient vampire who rules over a town in the Moors.
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* AffablyEvil: The Master has a polite demeanor, is generally honest with his foundlings about his expectations and the rules of the Moors, and upholds his responsibilities as a feudal lord. He is utterly ruthless if crossed, and the townspeople are terrified of provoking him.
* EvilMentor
* TheMaster
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[[folder:Dr. Bleak]]
!!Dr. Bleak
A human scientist who lives and works near the Master’s town.
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* GenreSavvy
* MadScientist: He has all the trappings of one, like a lab filled with monsters preserved in jars and the ability to resurrect the dead via lightning, but he’s actually a pretty level-headed guy.
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[[folder:Mary]]
!!Mary
A servant in the Master’s household.
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[[folder:Alexis Chopper]]
!!Alexis Chopper
A young woman from the Master’s town who becomes Jack’s first lover.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Alexis is a full-figured woman who is a main character’s love interest and is regarded as very beautiful by her community, to the point that her parents were worried that her looks might attract a vampire’s interest.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: She has a white streak in her dark hair from the touch of a ghostly lover.
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!!Confection (spoilers for ''Literature/BeneathTheSugarSky'')
[[folder:Onishi Rini]]
!!Onishi Rini
Sumi’s daughter, a native of Confection who traveled to Earth to prevent a time paradox caused by her mother’s death on Earth.
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* FadingAway: Rini is in danger of this due to Sumi’s paradoxical death.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Like her mother, Rini is blunt, energetic, and outgoing.
* NakedFirstImpression: Rini arrives on Earth naked and doesn’t understand why this makes anyone uncomfortable.
* TechnicolorEyes: Her eyes are the color of candy corn.
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[[folder:Ponder, the Candy Corn Farmer]]
!!Ponder
A native of Confection who was Sumi’s lover and Rini’s father.
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* NonActionGuy
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[[folder:The Queen of Cakes]]
!!The Queen of Cakes
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[[folder:The Baker]]
!!Layla, the Baker
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!!The Goblin Market (spoilers for ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream'')
[[folder:The Archivist]]
!!The Archivist
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[[folder:Moon]]
!!Moon
A native of the Goblin Market who becomes Lundy’s closest friend.
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[[folder:Mockery]]
!!Mockery
A friend of Lundy and Moon in the Goblin Market.
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[[folder:The Wasp Queen]]
!!The Wasp Queen
A dangerous being who lives on the outskirts of the Goblin Market. She is mentioned in ''Literature/InAnAbsentDream'' and appears in the short story ''Juice Like Wounds''.
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: We see her again in ''Literature/BeanethTheSugarSky'' when Christopher, Kade, Cora, Nadya, and Rini go to the Halls in the hopes of ressurecting Sumi. There, she apologizes them for never saying goodbye.]]
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: We see her again in ''Literature/BeanethTheSugarSky'' when Christopher, Kade, Cora, Nadya, and Rini go to the Halls in the hopes of ressurecting resurrecting Sumi. There, she apologizes them for never saying goodbye.]]
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* SignatureHeadgear: Her pomegranete-red ribbon.
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* NiceGirl: Despite her bluntness and lack of regard for social norms she is shown to be rather kind.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Her hands are cut off by Jill and she dies of blood loss.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Comes back from the dead in ''Literature/BeanethTheSugarSky''.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Comes back from the dead in ''Literature/BeanethTheSugarSky''.]]
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* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Her parents died years ago, making Eleanor her official guardian [[spoiler:which means there's no one to question her death.]]
* GenkiGirl: She's very hyper and fast and never stopped moving.
* GirlishPigtails: She keeps her hair in these despite being a teenager, adding to her childish attitude.
* GenkiGirl: She's very hyper and fast and never stopped moving.
* GirlishPigtails: She keeps her hair in these despite being a teenager, adding to her childish attitude.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She keeps a cool head during the murders of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and doesn't suspect Nancy, Cristopher and Jack of being the culprits just for them being from "creepy worlds".
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The main protagonist of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway''. She is a seventeen year-old girl who went to the Halls of the Dead and served as a Statue for the Lord of the Dead, who told her to return only if she was sure. Due to her parents interpreting her change in behavior as trauma of being "kidnapped", they send her to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children in hopes of "fixing her".
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The main protagonist of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway''. She is a seventeen year-old girl who went to the Halls of the Dead and served as a Statue for the Lord Lord of the Dead, who told her to return only if she was sure. Due to her parents interpreting her change in behavior as trauma of being "kidnapped", they send her to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children in hopes of "fixing her".
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* LockedIntoStrangeness: While dancing with the Lord of the Dead, he ran his fingers through it and all the hair around the touched hair turned white out of jealousy.
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* LockedIntoStrangeness: While dancing with the Lord of the Dead, Dead, he ran his fingers through it and all the hair around the touched hair turned white out of jealousy.
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[[folder:Onishi Sumi]]
!!Onishi Sumi
Nancy's roommate. A hyper girl who went to the Nonsense world of Confection, where she spent ten subjective years until being exiled for transgressions against the Countess of Candy Floss. She was sent to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, where she remained, as her family did not want her back until she acted "proper" again.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Don't be fooled by her her hyper and CloudCuckooLander behavior. She can still be very brutal. In fact, the reason Eleanor paired Nancy up with her was to prevent her from hazing from the other students, because no one wants to mess with Sumi.
* TheChosenOne: She was was prophesied to return to Confection and overthrow the Queen of Cakes, establishing a benevolent monarchy in her place.
[[folder:Onishi Sumi]]
!!Onishi Sumi
Nancy's roommate. A hyper girl who went to the Nonsense world of Confection, where she spent ten subjective years until being exiled for transgressions against the Countess of Candy Floss. She was sent to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, where she remained, as her family did not want her back until she acted "proper" again.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Don't be fooled by her her hyper and CloudCuckooLander behavior. She can still be very brutal. In fact, the reason Eleanor paired Nancy up with her was to prevent her from hazing from the other students, because no one wants to mess with Sumi.
* TheChosenOne: She was was prophesied to return to Confection and overthrow the Queen of Cakes, establishing a benevolent monarchy in her place.
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!!Eleanor Wesot
The founder of
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!!Eleanor Wesot
West
The founderofof the titular home. Once a constant traveler to a Nonsense world in her youth, she now harbors other kids who got kicked out of their {{MagicalLand}}s and want to return while waiting to become senile enough to go back to her own world again.
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* AdultFear: Experiences this in ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'', with her beloved students being gruesomely murdered while in her ward. She even offers her door to Nonsense kids so they can be safe in a world similar to their homes.
* CloudCuckooLander: Is very eccentric and always wearing colorful outfits. JustifiedTrope, considering that she went to a high Nonsense world.
* CoolAunt: Well, great-great-great aunt to be specific, but she is this to Kade who accepts him with open arms in constrast of his transphobic family.
* CoolOldLady: She is a spirited and eccentric 100-year-old woman who created a place that validates many children's experiences in {{MagicalLand}}s and helps them adjust coming back to our world.
* DaddysGirl: The reason she travelled back-and-fourth to her world was that she couldn't just break her father's heart by going away forever.
* OlderThanSheLooks: Many students were surprised to learn that Eleanor is actually 100 ears-old, instead of just an energetic 60 year-old. This is justified due to her constant travels messing up her biological clock.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She keeps a cool head during the murders of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and doesn't suspect Nancy, Cristopher and Jack of being the culprits just for them being from "creepy worlds".
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[[folder:Nancy Whitman]]
!!Nancy Whitman
The main protagonist of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway''. She is a seventeen year-old girl who went to the Halls of the Dead and served as a Statue for the Lord of the Dead, who told her to return only if she was sure. Due to her parents interpreting her change in behavior as trauma of being "kidnapped", they send her to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children in hopes of "fixing her".
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: We see her again in ''Literature/BeanethTheSugarSky'' when Christopher, Kade, Cora, Nadya, and Rini go to the Halls in the hopes of ressurecting Sumi. There, she apologizes them for never saying goodbye.]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Her time working as a Statue in the Halls of the Dead strengthened her muscles and let her decelerate her heartbeat to the point of near-immobility for long periods of time.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: Is afraid of the school turning against her and expelling her for believing she's behind the murders due to her being from an underworld land and the killings happening right after she started to attend the school.
* DarkIsNotEvil: She went to an underworld-type land and despite people's suspiction, she has nothing to do with the murders at the school.
* DeerInTheHeadLights: As a hold over of her time at the Halls of the Dead she becomes immobile whenever she's anxious or afraid. [[spoiler: It helps her to be unnoticed by Jill when Nancy sees the latter walking through the campus covered in blood.]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Is this due to her time in the underworld.
* HomeSweetHome: [[spoiler: She finally returns to her home (aka: the Halls of the Dead) at the end of the first book.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Is called "ghostie girl" by Sumi.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: While dancing with the Lord of the Dead, he ran his fingers through it and all the hair around the touched hair turned white out of jealousy.
* MeaningfulName: "Whitman" is an English name meaning "white man."
* NotSoStoic: Much to her dismay, she still tends to emote, like being flustered when Sumi implies that she dyed her hair or when meeting Kade, being devasted with the idea of never coming back home, or when the murders start to happen.
* RomanticAsexual: Is asexual and has many moments os ShipTease with Kade.
* ShipTease: With Kade. [[spoiler: Unfortunately it becomes ShipSinking due to her returning to the Halls of the Dead at the end of the book.]]
* SignatureHeadgear: Her pomegranete-red ribbon.
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The founder
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* AdultFear: Experiences this in ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'', with her beloved students being gruesomely murdered while in her ward. She even offers her door to Nonsense kids so they can be safe in a world similar to their homes.
* CloudCuckooLander: Is very eccentric and always wearing colorful outfits. JustifiedTrope, considering that she went to a high Nonsense world.
* CoolAunt: Well, great-great-great aunt to be specific, but she is this to Kade who accepts him with open arms in constrast of his transphobic family.
* CoolOldLady: She is a spirited and eccentric 100-year-old woman who created a place that validates many children's experiences in {{MagicalLand}}s and helps them adjust coming back to our world.
* DaddysGirl: The reason she travelled back-and-fourth to her world was that she couldn't just break her father's heart by going away forever.
* OlderThanSheLooks: Many students were surprised to learn that Eleanor is actually 100 ears-old, instead of just an energetic 60 year-old. This is justified due to her constant travels messing up her biological clock.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She keeps a cool head during the murders of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway'' and doesn't suspect Nancy, Cristopher and Jack of being the culprits just for them being from "creepy worlds".
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[[folder:Nancy Whitman]]
!!Nancy Whitman
The main protagonist of ''Literature/EveryHeartADoorway''. She is a seventeen year-old girl who went to the Halls of the Dead and served as a Statue for the Lord of the Dead, who told her to return only if she was sure. Due to her parents interpreting her change in behavior as trauma of being "kidnapped", they send her to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children in hopes of "fixing her".
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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: We see her again in ''Literature/BeanethTheSugarSky'' when Christopher, Kade, Cora, Nadya, and Rini go to the Halls in the hopes of ressurecting Sumi. There, she apologizes them for never saying goodbye.]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Her time working as a Statue in the Halls of the Dead strengthened her muscles and let her decelerate her heartbeat to the point of near-immobility for long periods of time.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: Is afraid of the school turning against her and expelling her for believing she's behind the murders due to her being from an underworld land and the killings happening right after she started to attend the school.
* DarkIsNotEvil: She went to an underworld-type land and despite people's suspiction, she has nothing to do with the murders at the school.
* DeerInTheHeadLights: As a hold over of her time at the Halls of the Dead she becomes immobile whenever she's anxious or afraid. [[spoiler: It helps her to be unnoticed by Jill when Nancy sees the latter walking through the campus covered in blood.]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Is this due to her time in the underworld.
* HomeSweetHome: [[spoiler: She finally returns to her home (aka: the Halls of the Dead) at the end of the first book.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Is called "ghostie girl" by Sumi.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: While dancing with the Lord of the Dead, he ran his fingers through it and all the hair around the touched hair turned white out of jealousy.
* MeaningfulName: "Whitman" is an English name meaning "white man."
* NotSoStoic: Much to her dismay, she still tends to emote, like being flustered when Sumi implies that she dyed her hair or when meeting Kade, being devasted with the idea of never coming back home, or when the murders start to happen.
* RomanticAsexual: Is asexual and has many moments os ShipTease with Kade.
* ShipTease: With Kade. [[spoiler: Unfortunately it becomes ShipSinking due to her returning to the Halls of the Dead at the end of the book.]]
* SignatureHeadgear: Her pomegranete-red ribbon.
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!!Eleanor Wesot
The founder of
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