Audrey

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Audrey Hall (奥黛丽) 1
Alias(es)	Justice; Miss Hall; “Backlund’s most dazzling gem” 1 15
Gender	Female 2
Affiliation	Hall Family; Tarot Club; Psychology Alchemists, who commission her to investigate a Mind Dragon 1 15 393
Occupation/Role	Noblewoman; charity and student-aid worker; investigator and intelligence broker 52 103 312
Residence	Earl Hall’s mansion on Queen’s Road, Backlund 16
Beyonder Pathway	Spectator 11 81
Highest Confirmed Rank	Sequence 4 Saint; associated with the Manipulator characteristic and demonstrated Manipulation abilities 177 312 320 392
Status	Alive 436
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “Kidnapping Audrey Hall” 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Sequence 5 — Dreamwalker	1	Already holds this rank when the story begins. Mr. Fool’s protection prevents Raphael’s White Jade Bead from identifying her as a Beyonder. She remains Sequence 5 at the later gathering hosted by Mr. A 177.
Sequence 4 — Saint	312 392	Explicitly confirmed as a Saint by Chapter 312 and as below Sequence 3 in Chapter 392. The advancement itself is not shown in the supplied passages. Earlier, the World possessed a Manipulator characteristic she could obtain through accumulated merit; she later demonstrates Manipulation in combat 177 320.

Appearance

Audrey has nearly flawless features, golden hair, and jewel-like green eyes. Her appearance combines youthful innocence with an emerging mature charm 2 80.

• Bearing: Refined, composed, and elegant enough that Raphael distinguishes her from Sophia, whose presentation is tailored to high society 126.
• Voice: Exceptionally pleasant, described as silvery during her concealed conversation with Raphael 1.
• Disguises: During the kidnapping, she wears men’s clothing, conceals her hair beneath a hat, and later receives a thick false beard 11 15.
• Operational clothing: Uses a movement-friendly long dress for an arranged meeting and a mask during her first punitive operation against a noble 326 369.

Personality

Audrey is compassionate but willing to examine uncomfortable truths. When Raphael challenges her defense of the nobility, she refuses to erase the resulting distress through self-hypnosis. Susie eventually helps her distinguish between abandoning her principles and using existing social power to accomplish compassionate goals 81 86 103.

Her composure is supported by Spectator training rather than an absence of emotion. She hides sympathy, disapproval, and nervousness while observing others, and she recognizes when further questioning would intrude on someone’s secrets. Even when Raphael’s injuries puzzle her, she avoids pressing him for an explanation 4 182 312 369.

Audrey also has a playful and adventurous side: she enjoys Raphael’s puppet performances and is tempted by accounts of unusual dreams and distant islands. Her usual self-control becomes less reliable after their close physical contact during the painting expedition, although she insists that nothing special happened between them 262 344 346 360 368.

Abilities & Skills

Observation and Psychological Analysis

Audrey reads expressions, body language, concealed reactions, and behavioral patterns through her Spectator abilities 11 176 346.

• Gauges Raphael and Carter’s thoughts during card games, repeatedly winning their money 11.
• Identifies Raphael beneath the new Mr. A’s disguise 176.
• Notices inconsistencies in a staged puppet performance and Raphael’s momentary hesitation 346.
• Elicits closely guarded aristocratic scandals while practicing her Spectator and Psychiatrist abilities 344.
• Her trust and assumptions can still be exploited: Raphael successfully redirects her profile of the serial murderer 346.

Hypnosis and Psychological Suggestions

Audrey alters what targets notice, believe, and choose to do 2 16 182 369.

• Makes Raphael overlook her immunity to his Desire charm and believe that he forcibly carried her away 2.
• Arranges for Annie to deliver a reassuring letter to her parents 16.
• Hypnotizes her maids into believing she has retired for the night, allowing her to leave secretly 182.
• Prevents Viscount Falco from taking actions that would harm others and encourages him to answer questions 369.

Dreamwalking

Audrey travels through dreams, interprets their symbolism, and creates or breaks dream layers 254 255 256 258.

• Escapes an impression of two Angels fighting inside the oil painting’s dream 254.
• Recognizes the illusory nature of the animated statues and breaks the immediate dream layer 256.
• Creates a dream within a dream to conceal herself and Raphael from the threatening shadow 258.
• Opens successive layers during their descent to the seventh and deepest layer 259.
• Powerful dreams can distort her perception and interfere with outside prayers; possessing dream abilities does not make her immune to their influence 254 258.

Manipulation and Mental Attacks

Audrey can covertly influence powerful enemies and disrupt their ability to resist 282 320.

• Manipulation: Redirects the Abyss One-Eyed Spectral Shadow away from the Abyss and toward the waiting attackers 320.
• Covert mental influence: Alters Botis’s intended destination, bringing him back to Backlund’s outskirts 282.
• Frenzy: Uses the ability against Botis after Fors brings her to the renewed confrontation 282.
• Mind Deprivation: Temporarily restrains the Spectral Shadow mentally. Its resistance requires Raphael to reinforce her attack with Adam’s Gift 320.

Psychological Treatment and Stabilization

Audrey uses treatment, Soothing, and other Spectator abilities to manage distress and restore functional judgment 86 312 409.

• Uses Hypnosis to steady herself and Raphael during the dream confrontation 256.
• Soothes herself after a nightmare reveals the hidden scale of the battle against Erlin 312.
• Establishes her identity to Raphael when his hallucinations prevent him from recognizing her, then takes over his potion preparation 409.
• Self-treatment does not automatically resolve a genuine conflict in her worldview 86.

Psychological Invisibility and Spirit Vision

Audrey conceals her presence and examines supernatural phenomena 312 346 369.

• Attends a Tarot Club meeting while remaining psychologically invisible at the Student Aid Foundation 312.
• Enters Falco’s residence under Psychological Invisibility 369.
• Uses Spirit Vision to see through Raphael’s puppet act 346.

Other Skills

• Dream-assisted memory exploration: Views Shatas’s memories of the Elf King and Elf Queen alongside the World and the Star 344.
• Potion preparation: Checks the supplied formula, ingredients, and brewing vessel before preparing Raphael’s advancement potion 409.
• Languages: Understands Jotun, though she does not speak it fluently 321.
• Painting: Spends an afternoon painting in oils after a Tarot Club meeting 182.

Equipment / Items

• Heart-Congealing Great Method: Receives the first three levels from Raphael in exchange for a Zombie/Living Corpse Beyonder characteristic. The method trains the Spirit Body and Ether Body and is restricted to Spectator-pathway Beyonders 81 86 88.
• Dream-sealing oil painting: Purchases and investigates a painting containing the Mother of Heaven’s prison. After learning the risks of delivering it to Antigonus, she agrees not to explore it again 222 259 264.
• Operational mask: Supplied by Raphael for the raid on Viscount Falco. Audrey recognizes that covering her face eases her subconscious fear of being identified 369.

Background / History

Hall Family and Charity Work

Audrey belongs to an influential Loen noble family. Her parents know that she is a Beyonder, and Earl Hall allows her considerable freedom to attend mysticism gatherings without assigning Beyonder bodyguards 1 16.

Her charitable work exposes the tension between her ideals and inherited privilege. At the Loen Charity Education Fund, her status as Earl Hall’s daughter lets her resolve a problem and secure additional student grants. She later works at the Student Aid Foundation, where Susie sometimes handles duties in her place 103 312.

Raphael’s Kidnapping

Mr. Fool assigns Audrey to observe Raphael Collins without specifying exactly what she should look for. Protected from his supernatural detection, she questions him privately and allows his kidnapping plan to proceed, with Susie acting as a concealed safeguard 1.

Audrey turns the apparent abduction into an investigation. She uses Hypnosis to conceal her immunity to Raphael’s charm, joins a temporary Tarot Club meeting while Susie guards her body, and accepts Alger’s advice to establish contact through tasks and rewards 2 3 4.

During her stay with the kidnappers, she questions Markel’s supposed helplessness and repeatedly wins at cards. Raphael subsequently declares that she has joined the Mafia despite her explicit refusals 5 11.

Once Raphael realizes she approached him deliberately, they negotiate paid investigative work rather than subordination. His proposal to attack the Rose School’s Indulgence Faction becomes a lead Audrey passes to the World. She returns home after having already arranged a letter explaining her voluntary departure to her parents 15 16.

Intelligence Brokerage and Changing Ideals

Audrey becomes Raphael’s channel to the Tarot Club’s marketplace and intelligence network. She sells his Werewolf characteristic for £1,200, seeks a control-oriented Mystical Item on his behalf, and circulates intelligence from his Aurora Order infiltration 49 52 70.

Their cooperation remains morally uneasy. Audrey refuses to help have him arrested outright, yet wants to establish limits after learning that he has killed official Beyonders. She pays £500 for earlier Aurora Order intelligence while also receiving his warning about a planned bloody ritual in Enmat Harbor 87 88.

Raphael’s arguments about structural harm weaken her former instinct to defend nobles and monarchs. By the revelation of George III’s crimes, she can judge him without her previous royal loyalty. Later, she recognizes the greed sustaining Raphael’s investment scam and chooses to protect her family and friends rather than confront him over it 81 103 181 392.

Audrey also nominates Raphael for Tarot Club membership. Mr. Fool initially postpones the matter, concerned that Raphael’s values could influence other members 220.

The Oil Painting’s Dream Prison

Audrey initially believes the painting she purchased appears relatively safe, but eventually becomes trapped inside its dream. Susie contacts Raphael for help, and Audrey combines her dream expertise with his disruptive tactics to find a route beyond the opera-house setting 222 254.

Their descent reveals a dream-impression of the Evernight Goddess and the imprisoned Mother of Heaven. Audrey recognizes that the prisoner cannot use dream or sleep powers in the deepest layer, but the Mother of Heaven instead attacks their spirit-body threads. Raphael counters through Audrey, temporarily depriving her of reason before restoring her and carrying her toward the exit 255 256 259 260.

After surviving, Audrey reports the encounter to the Tarot Club while withholding Susie’s involvement and Raphael’s trump cards. She accepts the warning that further investigation could turn her into an unwitting courier to Antigonus 262 264.

Disappearances and the Forsaken Land of the Gods

Audrey asks Raphael to investigate the disappearance of her sixteen-year-old cousin after two more people vanish at the same location. Her priority is determining whether the site can be safely destroyed to prevent further disappearances, rather than pursuing its secrets without limits 312.

Their investigation activates a mechanism linking an anomalous building near Backlund to the Forsaken Land of the Gods. Audrey disappears first and is relieved when Raphael finds her. Her observation that the nearby buildings resemble the original structure helps him assess their location 318.

The expedition brings them into contact with the Abyss One-Eyed Spectral Shadow. Audrey’s Manipulation and Mind Deprivation contribute to its defeat, alongside Raphael, the Eye of Illusions, and the Lord of Evil Desires. She subsequently relays information about Sorn City to the Tarot Club and helps arrange Queen Mystic’s cooperation with Raphael 320 344 360.

Grain Crisis and Punishing Nobles

Concerned by Backlund’s hunger, Audrey consults Raphael about grain prices. He encourages her to accept extraordinary measures against exploitative merchants, while concealing his own involvement in the serial murders. Her later attempts to profile the killer are also shaped by his deliberate misdirection 314 345 346.

Audrey supplies scandals involving ten nobles in exchange for Aurora Order intelligence. When their crimes begin surfacing through supernatural incidents, she sees value in exposing wrongdoers protected by wealth and status 344 351.

As war reaches Backlund, she discovers nobles preparing to betray Loen or sacrifice lives through secret organizations. She agrees to punish offenders, with Raphael accompanying her on the first operation 368.

At Viscount Falco’s home, Audrey hypnotizes his companion, questions him about his sacrifices, and shuts a dangerous music box when it begins corrupting the scene. Falco dies despite her intervention. She declares him guilty and ensures the authorities discover the evidence; Raphael privately regards her embrace of punitive action as a success for his own potion digestion 369.

Mind Dragon Investigation and Raphael’s Crisis

The Psychology Alchemists renew their interest in a Mind Dragon Audrey encountered while exploring the collective consciousness sea. At the Tarot Club, Raphael suggests it may be a surviving Second Epoch dragon of Sequence 2. He advises her to wait, seek Mr. Fool’s protection, and resist being used as bait 392 393.

Later, a misaddressed plea for help reaches Audrey during a family gathering. She recognizes the danger and travels directly to Raphael, whose hallucinations have made him unable to prepare his potion reliably. After stabilizing him, she verifies the ingredients and brews it herself 409.

Raphael successfully advances and asks her to keep the event secret. Audrey agrees without knowing the potion’s actual purpose. When he returns to the Tarot Club, she is relieved but notices that his manner has changed and that he remains selectively forthcoming 410 414.

Relationships

• Susie — Golden retriever companion, concealed protector, substitute, and trusted confidante. Susie safeguards Audrey during the kidnapping, seeks help when she is trapped in the painting, and reminds her that friendship is not a ledger of favors 1 103 254 312.
• Raphael Collins / Devil / Mr. A — Initially her investigation target and apparent kidnapper; later an informant, trading partner, rescuer, and close friend. Their growing trust coexists with his deliberate manipulation of her ideals and concealment of his crimes. Her feelings become unusually self-conscious after the painting expedition, but no romantic relationship is confirmed 15 262 312 346 369 410.
• Mr. Fool — Tarot Club leader and source of protection. Assigns her to observe Raphael, receives her reports, and provides a refuge she can appeal to when high-level forces threaten her 1 16 393.
• The World / Gehrman Sparrow — Operational contact within the Tarot Club. Follows up on her Indulgence Faction lead, holds a potential advancement characteristic for her, and warns her against dangerous investigations 16 177 264 312.
• Xio Derecha and Fors Wall — Established friends and fellow Tarot Club members. They attend Beyonder gatherings together; Audrey had also helped introduce them to the Club without their knowing it 177 182.
• Earl Hall and his wife — Parents who know about her Beyonder status. They protect the family’s privacy and reprimand her for the apparent kidnapping’s recklessness; Audrey later considers remaining in Backlund to protect them during the war 1 5 16 368.
• Hibbert and Alfred Hall — Brothers. Hibbert’s preparations to welcome Feysac deepen Audrey’s disappointment in the nobility; Alfred senses something unusual when Pain delivers Raphael’s letter 368 409.
• Alger Wilson / The Hanged Man — Adviser and intelligence client. Helps her formulate an approach to Raphael and offers strategic assessments of the Psychology Alchemists’ intentions 4 52 393.
• Cattleya / The Hermit — Trading partner and source of historical knowledge. Warns Audrey against further painting exploration and requests Sorn City intelligence for Queen Mystic 52 264 344.
• Annie — Personal maid. Audrey uses hypnosis to arrange messages and conceal absences; Annie unknowingly feeds Susie while the dog impersonates Audrey at dinner 16 312.

Notable Quotes

“I know there are things I can't change, but I hope you understand that light and kindness still exist in this world. You can't let everything before your eyes blind you.” 81

Trivia

• Audrey’s customary “Good afternoon, Mr. Fool” effectively opens Tarot Club meetings. Its subdued delivery makes the other members notice her distress after Raphael challenges her worldview 34 85 238.
• During the kidnapping’s card game, she wins three soli and six pence from Raphael and Carter through observation and cooperation with Susie 11.
• After becoming a Saint, she loses much of her enjoyment of noble banquets because she can perceive their hypocrisy and insincerity. She still attends to avoid appearing unsociable, usually remaining with a few friends in a corner 412.