Characters The Lives of Christopher Chant

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1 characters

1.1 christopher chant
1.2 living asheth / millie
1.3 tacroy / mordecai roberts
1.4 uncle ralph





characters
christopher chant

christopher protagonist of book. nice , well-mannered, coming wealthy family. however, tends sulk , can quite rude people.


christopher discovered next chrestomanci when best friend hits him in head cricket bat accident, killing him. doctor had pronounced him dead, woke in morgue, confused. father recognised christopher having more 1 life, , got hold of dr. pawson, magic expert. christopher furious, seeing had quit school magic lessons. discovers has exceptional talent magic, long has no silver on him. after many lessons, spirited away chrestomanci castle, unhappy , has no friends cat brings asheth temple, throgmorten, , spirit travelling guide uncle ralph sends along, called tacroy.


the living asheth / millie

the living asheth (also called goddess ) physical embodiment of goddess worshipped in world in series 10. girl christopher s age , enchantress (although @ first thinks magic comes asheth). christopher first encounters when sent uncle ralph retrieve living animal inter-world travels. goddess trades him particularly nasty cat called throgmorten in exchange books world—the goddess not allowed touch world isn t holy. christopher brings books set in boarding school, revolving around girl named millie (the series reminiscent of enid blyton s boarding school series).


the goddess finds out die when grows older , temple gets new living asheth, runs away christopher s world after tells how travelled series series. adopts name millie books christopher brought her. winds living in christopher s world, going school ordinary, wealthy girl funds chief priestess gives temple. later in series, goddess becomes christopher s wife, , seen such charmed life onwards.


tacroy / mordecai roberts

tacroy spirit traveller uncle ralph had hired christopher along raids. easygoing man, , legendary cricket player @ castle. has soft side miss rosalie, worker @ castle. tacroy belongs in series eleven, morals different. works spy, first told work man (chrestomanci), , criminal (uncle ralph).


tacroy went christopher. while body lay in stasis in christopher s world, spirit travelled christopher, loading carts , chatting. tacroy christopher s source of joy while in castle, having grown hate there. caught workers in castle smuggling goods wraith. thrown in prison, christopher gets him out could, after current chrestomanci s lives scattered on series uncle ralph after shot him special gun series one. freed christopher, , given pardon chrestomanci. in short story stealer of souls implied tacroy , miss rosalie marry , after gabriel de witt once has retired post of chrestomanci.


uncle ralph

uncle ralph christopher s beloved uncle, villain. uncle ralph happens leader of wraith, underground criminal organisation smuggles magical goods , sells them through black market. when christopher born, father learned silver dangerous or fatal christopher, , wary of uncle ralph, last name argent, means silver.


uncle ralph main antagonist of book. christopher s mother s brother, , pretended out sister when brother-in-law had lost money. christopher grew love him, shied away him when discovered uncle ralph s true identity. throgmorten has extreme dislike of him, uncle ralph going cut him , sell parts. uncle ralph merciless , millionaire time christopher found out was.







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