Mistress Florell
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 11 (Inigo’s fifth dream)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 11Mistress Florell is the Mayor's aunt; every Mayor for a century has been her relative, and she basically decides whom the Grand Council elects.
- Ch 11Edeard offends her by rushing past her; she threatens to report him to her nephew.
- Ch 13Mistress Florell is a very old, well-connected grande dame and the Mayor's aunt, disliked by Finitan and Edeard.
- Ch 13Florell married three District Masters' sons and spread her offspring through eleven District Master families, controlling the Upper Council vote for decades; she now holds only figurehead status.
- Ch 13Florell believes the nobility are physically different from commoners and born to rule, and she tried to have Edeard thrown out of the constables.
Connections
- family ofOwainaunt
- family ofGrand Master Finitangreat-great-nephew
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 11Edeard recovers the box
Edeard uses his third hand to snatch the box from the fleeing gondola and brings it back, taunting the thieves; he also unknowingly offends Mistress Florell.
- Book 1 · Ch 13Reception meetings
Edeard meets Masters Graley and Imilan, the Pythia, who finds his potential strong, and is confronted by Mistress Florell, whom the Mayor steers away.