Mirnatha
First appears in Book 2: The Temporal Void, chapter 4 (Inigo's Ninth Dream)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 4Six-year-old second daughter of Master Julan, abducted at night from her tenth-floor nursery in the Culverit mansion.
- Ch 4The ransom note demands eight thousand gold guineas, delivered by the Waterwalker alone to Jacob's Hall tavern in Owestorn at midnight.
- Ch 4Mirnatha is a six-year-old girl, kidnapped from her nursery with chloroform-like liquid and held shackled in a cellar.
- Ch 4Mirnatha is a six-year-old girl who was snatched from her room and held in a cellar where she could not farsee.
- Ch 4Mirnatha admires Edeard and kisses him in thanks.
- Ch 7Mirnatha is Kristabel's younger sister, who was kidnapped earlier and was upset at being left behind.
- Ch 7Mirnatha is Kristabel's six-year-old sister, precocious and fond of pink; she says she would marry Edeard if older.
- Ch 12Mirnatha is Kristabel's mischievous little sister and takes Uncle Dagnal's old chambers.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 4Mirnatha abducted and ransom demanded
Mirnatha is kidnapped from her nursery at the Culverit mansion; a note demands eight thousand guineas delivered by Edeard alone to Owestorn at midnight. Florrel blames Edeard.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Edeard finds Mirnatha through the mansion's memory
Edeard reads the mansion's memory, sees the kidnapper, and tracks his weight imprints, then identifies where Mirnatha is held under a Fiacre fish-smoking business.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Rescue attempt begins
The squad rises concealed into the cellars; Edeard smashes through Mirnatha's door and shields her as shots ring out.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Rescue of Mirnatha
In a gunfight in the cellar, Edeard and his squad kill the kidnappers and free Mirnatha. Edeard uncovers and kills the last concealed kidnapper, who dies and Edeard sees his soul leave.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Triumphant return home
Edeard carries Mirnatha by gondola along the canals past cheering crowds to the Culverit mansion, where Julan and Kristabel are reunited with her and invite the squad to a feast.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Edeard proposes to Kristabel
Learning the meaning of 'a week and the day', Edeard sneaks past Lorin's guards and proposes. Kristabel accepts in principle but insists he think it through before approaching her father.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Edeard and Kristabel discuss family relocation
At the Culverit mansion, Kristabel explains how the family must be rearranged and cousins moved out ahead of her marriage to Edeard. They lunch with Julan and Mirnatha.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Honeymoon and return
The couple honeymoon twenty days at the Culverit coastal lodge, then return home to the mansion's tenth floor, where Edeard begins reshaping rooms.