Thompson

Thompson is Fernando's student and a member of the Congress's Affairs Committee. His recommendation of an unusual paper first draws Fernando's attention to Lucien Evans, and his later work places him at the intersection of research administration, criminal investigation, and institutional security. (Chapters 200, 326, 359, and 544)

Biography

The administrator who recognizes consequential work

While reviewing papers for the Affairs Committee, Thompson notices research on bats using high-frequency sound and recommends it to Fernando. The paper inspires Fernando's investigation of electromagnetic communication and, indirectly, his interest in Lucien's work; Thompson's judgment therefore matters because he recognizes an application hidden in otherwise modest research. After Lucien joins Fernando's circle, Thompson helps him navigate Congress communication and responds promptly when a cursed vase appears in the Atom Institution, sending Punishment Department investigators rather than treating the threat as a private scholarly problem. (Chapters 200, 326, 334, and 359)

His later responsibilities grow with attacks on the institution. Thompson interrogates prospective assistants who prove to be spies, identifies their links to both Churches and the Holy Heilz Empire, and tracks missing suspects into a church during the crisis around Sard. These actions show a student of Fernando whose main contribution is not copying his master's theories but protecting the Congress's research network through procedure, evidence, and fast coordination. By the new year of Chapter 591, he is a level-seven arcanist with hope of reaching the ninth circle, and he later teaches a student of his own while continuing on the Affairs Committee. (Chapters 544, 552, 591, and 719)

Appearance and personality

Thompson is later shown wearing gold-edged glasses and calmly drinking tea by a window. He is observant, practical, and reassuring toward overworked colleagues, but his questions also show genuine curiosity about how technical inventions are used. The evidence emphasizes professional steadiness rather than a flamboyant temperament. (Chapters 334 and 719)

Magic, abilities, and skills

The corpus establishes Thompson as a high-level arcanist and Fernando's sorcerer student but does not demonstrate a signature combat spell. His strongest documented skills are paper review, investigation, interrogation, organizational response, and the ability to connect technical evidence to a security case. His exact sorcery circle and later advancement are not stated in the supplied passages. (Chapters 200, 359, 544, and 591)