Alice Faulkner

Name: Alice Faulkner

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Occupation: Page in the West Library

Residence: Upper First, in her family’s small flat. Her brother, Jack, also lives there.

Appearance: Blonde hair, generally kept up. Light blue eyes. Inquisitive expressions.

Personality: Alice tends to be inquisitive and loves to learn, although she has learned to not ask questions when she is at work in the library. She has learned to be content to be surrounded by so much knowledge. Alice tends to be rather quiet around those she does not know, but she has a lively sense of humor and never fails to find some reason to smile, even if the smile is a sardonic one. Alice prefers to observe a situation before she speaks of it. She is aware of Jack’s need to maintain a level of superficiality and works to uphold it for him.

History: Her fathers owns and operate Faulkner's Market, a grocery shop on Upper First. Her brother Jack is in line to inherit the business and takes care of most of the business out-front. Mr. John Faulkner takes care of contracting with airships to get the groceries that they sell. Mrs. John Faulkner was the secretary of Mr. Filmore and died in the same bombing two years ago that killed her employer. When Alice was 15 she was accepted by West Library as a page and has been working there ever since. She has a good relationship with her family, and spends most of her free time with her brother who is probably the only real friend she has. She and Jack have lots of fun teasing one another in the evenings and posing each other questions of trivia or logic. Alice and her mother weren’t very close at the time of her death, having begun to grow apart after Alice began spending most of her days at the Library. It was still staggering for Alice, but not nearly to the degree that it was for Jack.

Skills: Alice has learned the necessary skill of moving with silence, as is required by Mr. Cavender, the Head Librarian of West Library. She also possesses discretion and tact, an important trait in someone trusted to guard so much knowledge, which is part of why she has survived as a page for so many years.