

Unknown number of people at the Courage Square Massacre and the eight other Wundersmiths alive at the time.Īttack on city of Nevermoor and citizens who were said to stand against him The promise of family, and belonging, and friendship." ―Morrigan's reflection on receiving her W pin List of Deaths CharacterĬursed children die at midnight on Eventide as Squall wants to eliminate any potential threats to his power Morrigan asks to join Corvus at Bid Day and he agrees because he thinks it will help him politically. Despite unrest from the Wunder shortages, the lights at Crow manor are unusually bright.

While writing she turns on the radio listens to a spokesman for Squall Industries who appears to be caught off guard about a question connecting Wunder shortages with cursed children in Southlight and Far East Sang.Ĭorvus, unusually, is home for dinner that night with his assistants Left and Right. Morrigan writes apology letters, and then rewrites them without the sarcasm. Corvus ends up providing monetary compensation to the supposed victims of Morrigan's Eventide Curse including his retired gardener Thomas Bratchett. Morrigan meets with her father Corvus and her current ROCC caseworker. The Crow's Cook notes the cat's death on a blackboard that lists various disasters. Set three days before the prologue, Morrigan finds the kitchen cat dead. She is well acquainted with her situation." ―Corvus Crow during the monthly meeting with the Registry Office for Cursed Children To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests - or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate. Except for Morrigan, who doesn't seem to have any special talent at all. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent that sets them apart.

It's there that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organisation: the Wundrous Society. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.

Born on an unlucky day, she is blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on Eventide.īut as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears.
