Audrey

Biodata

Personality

Audrey is cheerful and attentive to the Tarot Club’s etiquette. She customarily opens gatherings by standing and greeting Mr. Fool and the other members, and explains to the newly introduced World that requests should wait until after the Fool’s reading time 16 33 42.

Her curiosity frequently outweighs her apprehension. Despite being shocked by Neph’s account of Tracy’s family, she asks what happened next. She also questions why potion formulas are rarely sold or successfully traded at ordinary Beyonder gatherings 44.

Audrey is generous but not financially inexhaustible. She supplies Neph with varied, individually wrapped meals, yet later negotiates deferred payments for both the Fool’s Blessed and her Psychiatrist formula when her finances become strained 21 33.

Abilities & Skills

Spectator Observation

Audrey studies unfamiliar people through their appearance and behavior. When Neph joins the Tarot Club, she notices the unusual animal-hide clothing and identifies admiration, excitement, and curiosity in the newcomer’s gaze 16.

• Recognizes that Neph’s attention makes her feel treated as a rare object rather than a person 16.
• Watches Neph’s behavior during the gathering, including her lack of reaction to Roselle’s Diary 16.
• Remains uncertain about Neph’s identity and claims; hearing her speak of recovering “authority” leads Audrey to consider whether she might be connected to an unfamiliar deity 34.

Languages

Audrey’s language knowledge becomes a potential form of payment when Neph asks for memories that would let her bypass ordinary study 34.

• Agrees to provide the corresponding language memories after checking that Mr. Fool raises no objection 34.
• The transfer is deferred until Neph recovers more of her claimed authority; no completed transfer is shown 34.

Information Gathering

• Provides World with information about Loen’s impoverished nobles in exchange for pathway secrets 34.
• Identifies two discreet Beyonder women with their own circles and resources as possible Tarot Club recruits 19.
• Attends multiple Beyonder gatherings and notices the difficulties surrounding potion-formula trades 44.

Advancement Preparations

The provided passages show Audrey preparing for Psychiatrist, but do not confirm that she drinks the potion or advances.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Trading with Pure White

Audrey meets Neph when the latter joins the Tarot Club under the name Pure White. Neph’s unusually enthusiastic scrutiny makes her uncomfortable, and the subsequent request for a part of Mr. Fool’s body prompts Audrey to ask whether a similar payment will be required from her 15 16 17.

Instead, they negotiate a trade of neighboring-pathway information for six months of varied food, using Audrey’s appetite as the standard. Mummy powder is requested to cover any substantial shortfall against the proposed value of 200 pounds. Audrey rejects the suggestion of digging up corpses but ultimately supplies the powder alongside ordinary food 17 21.

• Delivery arrangement: The Fool explains sacrifice and bestowal rituals; supplies are to arrive in batches rather than all at once 19.
• First shipment: White bread, butter bread, steaks, lamb chops, pies, and mummy powder, with food portions individually wrapped in a large crate 21.
• Knowledge received: Her pathway neighbors those of Hanged Man and Sun, as well as Secrets Suppliant and Reader, allowing switches at High Sequences 19.

Beckland Assassination and Financial Strain

During the assignment to assassinate Intis ambassador Beckland Jean Madan, Audrey offers Neph 1,000 pounds for detailed intelligence. Neph later confirms receiving the money 25 30.

The Fool praises Audrey for dealing with Beckland in less than a week. Audrey nevertheless considers herself indebted to his Blessed and asks to postpone the remaining payment for several months; the Fool agrees 33.

Recruiting Members and the Lanevus Task

Audrey proposes two women for Tarot Club membership, emphasizing their discretion, personalities, and resources. The chapter commentary identifies the candidates as Fors and Xio 19 20.

The Fool later tells Audrey that the candidates are still being assessed and instructs her to commission a task in her own name. At a subsequent gathering, she reports that the task concerning Lanevus has been completed, pointedly emphasizing the Fool’s description of it as “simple” 32 42.

Relationships

• Mr. Fool — Tarot Club leader. Audrey follows his gathering etiquette, proposes recruits for his approval, and receives permission to defer payment to his Blessed 19 32 33.
• Neph / Pure White — Information supplier and trading partner. Audrey provides food and money, buys the Psychiatrist formula on credit, and agrees to a future exchange involving language memories. Neph’s corpse-related interests and religious claims repeatedly unsettle her 17 19 21 33 34 42.
• Alger / Hanged Man — Fellow member who clarifies food costs, confirms the formula’s market price, and explains why ordinary gatherings struggle to authenticate potion formulas 17 33 44.
• Mr. World — Fellow member whom Audrey welcomes and advises on gathering procedure. They exchange information about impoverished nobles and pathway secrets 32 33 34.
• Fors and Xio — The two prospective recruits associated with Audrey’s recommendation 19 20.

Trivia

• Rather than dieting after eating too many desserts, Audrey prefers running laps in places such as hunting grounds 17.
• The author’s end-of-volume notes state that Neph’s access to formulas through Demigod greatly reduces Audrey’s need for the Psychology Alchemists’ Society, leaving that subplot uncertain 37.