Master Flea · Character

Alina

The honest old Alina keeps the Tyss household running, a servant whose plain good sense quietly anchors a story otherwise swarming with magi, fleas, and lovesick philosophers.

supporting

Also known as old Alina, Mistress Alina, the honest old Alina

First appearance: First Adventure

As a supporting figure in Master Flea, Alina is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Peregrine's old, ugly servant who manages his Christmas boxes and is called 'the Queen of Golconda.'

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Within the Tyss household she is the trusted old retainer, the one who knows where everything is kept and who has watched her master's nephew Peregrine grow from a brooding recluse into a man suddenly keeping strange company. Her honesty is her defining trait, and in a tale where almost everyone conceals a second thought, she stands as one of the few figures whose words and intentions actually match. She matters because she gives the early chapters a grounding in ordinary domestic loyalty against which the fantastical intrusions of Master Flea and the Swammerdam circle register as genuinely strange.

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Character Web

8 connections

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Relationship types

Romantic
Social
Other

Character groups

Magical and scientific figures
Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
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Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Peregrine Tyss
romantic · positive
Alina is deeply in love with Peregrine, though their relationship is complicated by… How this plays out →
Mr. Swammer
social · ambivalent
Peregrine Tyss
romantic · positive
Alina is deeply in love with Peregrine, though their relationship is complicated by… How this plays out →
Peregrine Tyss
romantic · positive
Alina is deeply in love with Peregrine, though their relationship is complicated by… How this plays out →
Mr. Swammer
social · ambivalent

Peregrine Tyss
Alina is deeply in love with Peregrine, though their relationship is complicated by magical and social entanglements.
Mr. Swammer
Alina and Swammer are acquaintances, with Swammer occasionally involving her in his plots.
Peregrine Tyss
Alina is deeply in love with Peregrine, though their relationship is complicated by magical and social entanglements.
Peregrine Tyss
Alina is deeply in love with Peregrine, though their relationship is complicated by magical and social entanglements.
Mr. Swammer
Alina and Swammer are acquaintances, with Swammer occasionally involving her in his plots.

Relationship notes

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Chapter companion notes

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