Glacis
Biography
Life in Klein's Era
Glacis joined Tingen’s Divination Club as a tarot specialist charging two pence per reading. He befriended Klein through their shared interests and accepted a divination warning that his lung illness required treatment. After a serious episode, Glacis sought the apothecary Lawson Darkwade and recovered, then openly credited Klein’s observation and the medicine rather than dismissing what had saved him (Chapters 38–54)
Grateful for the warning, Glacis recommended Klein to clients and left instructions with Angelica to direct suitable visitors toward him. Information about Glacis’s treatment also led Klein to Darkwade’s herb store, expanding the Nighthawks’ awareness of Tingen’s hidden mystical community. Glacis remained alive and active at the club in his latest appearance (Chapters 56–115)
Appearance and personality
Glacis wears a formal suit, black bow tie, monocle, and silk top hat. He is courteous, sociable, earnest about divination, and willing to acknowledge another practitioner’s superior insight. His gratitude becomes practical support rather than exaggerated devotion.
Pathways and abilities
Glacis is an ordinary human and amateur diviner, not a confirmed Beyonder. He knows tarot methods and club techniques, but his readings lack the enhanced spirituality and reliable danger sense of a Seer. His recovery comes from an apothecary’s medicine, not a power of his own.
Relationships
- Klein Moretti: Fellow diviner whose warning helps Glacis obtain treatment.
- Angelica: Club receptionist entrusted with Glacis’s recommendations.
- Lawson Darkwade: Apothecary whose medicine treats Glacis’s lung disease.
- Tingen Divination Club clients: Customers for his low-cost tarot readings.
Items
- Tarot deck: Ordinary divination tool used for paid club readings.
- Monocle and silk top hat: Characteristic parts of Glacis’s formal appearance.
- Apothecary medicine: Treatment responsible for his recovery from lung disease.