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\nMaren Tollvik, called the Clockwright, is the keeper of the Brass Orrery and one of the three narrators of the saga. She first appears in chapter 2 as an apprentice and by chapter 11 commands the Guild of Hours.
\nHer page was rewritten this month with a full chapter-by-chapter history. Read more...
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- ...that the Brass Orrery is drawn with eleven rings in chapter 3 and twelve ever after? \n
- ...that Maren is left-handed in every illustration but one? \n
- ...that the Saltmarsh dialect has no word for \"late\"? \n
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Maren Tollvik
\nCharacter page · last edited 30 December 2007 by Ysolde · 64 revisions
\nSpoilers aheadThis page covers events up to chapter 14. If you have not read that far, stop at the Overview tab. Read the spoiler policy.
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The Clockwright of Saltmarsh
\nMaren Tollvik is the keeper of the Brass Orrery and, from chapter 11, mistress of the Guild of Hours. She is one of the three narrators of the saga and the only one whose chapters are told in the present tense.
\n\"A clock does not tell you the time. It tells you what somebody decided the time should be.\"\n
[edit]Appearance and manner
\nMaren is described as small, quick and ink-stained, and is drawn with a loupe on a cord in every chapter after the third. Other characters call her blunt; the text marks her spoken lines with the tag plainly more often than any other.
Abilities
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- Reads the Orrery without tables, a skill only two other characters share. \n
- Can stop a running mechanism by ear. \n
- Holds the guild seal, which opens every tower door in Saltmarsh. \n
[edit]History
\nBorn in Saltmarsh to a family of ferrymen, Maren is bound to the guild at eleven after repairing the harbour bell on a dare. Her apprenticeship under Osric Vane fills chapters 2 to 5 and ends with the first reading of the Orrery.
\nAfter the flood of chapter 8 she rebuilds the tower mechanism from memory. The guild elects her mistress in chapter 11, over the objection of Halla Brey, who leaves the city the same night and has not been seen since.
\nUnanswered questions
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- Who added the twelfth ring, and when? \n
- Why does the seal no longer open the east door? \n
Appearances
\n\n| Chapter | Role | Where | Pages | Lines |
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| 2. The apprentice | Introduced | Saltmarsh | 12 | 41 |
| 5. Eleven rings | Narrator | The Orrery tower | 38 | 203 |
| 8. Low water | Supporting | The causeway | 9 | 27 |
| 11. The seal | Narrator | Guild hall | 44 | 260 |
| 14. Twelve | Narrator | The Orrery tower | 51 | 318 |
[edit]See also
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- Guild of Hours, the faction she leads \n
- Osric Vane, a page you have already read \n
- Brass Orrery, under the pointer \n
- Saltmarsh, while pressed \n
- Halla Brey, a page nobody has written yet \n
- Reading order for new readers, a help page \n
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Pages in category \"Characters\"
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- Aldith Crane \n
- Anselm the Ferryman \n
- Avery Pell \n
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- Cadoc Reeve \n
- The Chandler \n
- Cyprian Dow \n
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- Dagny Holt \n
- Dunstan Wray \n
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- Edda Marsh \n
- Elric Thane \n
- Esme Varrow \n
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- Garrick Stone \n
- Gilda Fenn \n
- The Grey Auditor \n
- Gwilym Ash \n
- Gytha Lorn \n
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- Hale the Younger \n
- Hester Quill \n
- Hob Tarn \n
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- Maren Tollvik \n
- Master Ilbert \n
- Mirren Sedge \n
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- Odile Farrow \n
- Osric Vane \n
- Oswin the Clerk \n
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