Averil Warwicke

St. Averil is what she’s called by others. Some intend it sincerely as a compliment and others as a pejorative. Helpful, kind, truthful, chaste, Creator-fearing, law abiding—she is so obviously selfless and pure that it grates on the nerves of the morally ambiguous. So it was that she came to the attention of Mallory Freemane (page 92), who made Averil many cups of tea and asked many more questions of her, before agreeing she was as close to a living saint as anyone she’d ever known—including her mother. At a meeting over tea with Leofsige Alvine (page 114) and Tuesday Rey (page 118), Averil gave her solemn vow to never speak of the subjects discussed that day. Then, a second vow whereby she pledged her service for life to The Octad as its fourth member. Keeping the secrecy of the organization’s existence is the closest thing to lying she’s ever done.