# On a Pincushion — Character guide

> Key figures in On a Pincushion by Mary De Morgan.

- [Little Jack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/little_jack.md): Little Jack moves through a landscape where brooches, pins, and water people have their own grievances and wisdom, and where human children are watched more closely than they know. His youth makes him vulnerable to the v
- [Vain Lamorna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/vain_lamorna.md): Lamorna bends over the brook daily, praising her own brown eyes and rosebud mouth while the tiny water people beneath the surface shake their heads and sigh. She stays past six o'clock, forgetting her father's supper and
- [Rupert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/rupert.md): Rupert rides through the countryside with trumpeters and hounds, part of a glittering world that passes ordinary cottages without a glance. His beauty and rank make him an object of longing for those who watch from doorw
- [Blanchelys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/blanchelys.md): Blanchelys stands at the cottage door whenever the King's son rides past, opening the gate and gazing after him while her cousin Zaire mocks her for it. She grows thin and pale from a love no one returns, and when she fi
- [Queen Blanchelys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/queen_blanchelys.md): Queen Blanchelys carries the weight of a love that began at a cottage gate and led her to summon Love himself beneath the yew-tree. Whatever she asked for that night has shaped her into a woman the tales call poor, and h
- [Siegfrid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/siegfrid.md): Siegfrid is small enough to be called little and poor enough to be pitied, yet he is the one who travels with Handa into places where brooches tell stories and water people watch from beneath the surface. His youth and v
- [Zaire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/zaire.md): Zaire shares a cottage gate with her cousin Blanchelys, and where Blanchelys sighs after the passing royal hunt, Zaire sneers — furious when the horses' dust flies in her face, scornful of a love that wastes a girl's loo
- [Ursula](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/ursula.md): Ursula is the motherless heir whose christening, mourning, and upbringing are managed with impeccable politeness and no warmth; she is scolded for saying she doesn't want dinner and left to watch birds through the window
- [Taboret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/taboret.md): A character who appears in the fairy tales, possibly a servant or friend.
- [Handa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/handa.md): Handa accompanies Siegfrid on his journeys, a girl whose role is companionship and witness rather than spectacle. Where Siegfrid drives the quest forward, Handa's presence gives the wandering a human texture — someone to
- [Erick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/erick.md): A character who appears in the fairy tale narratives.
- [Princess Pyra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/princess_pyra.md): A princess who appears in the story of the opal.
- [The Sunbeam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_sunbeam.md): A personified sunbeam that interacts with characters in the fairy world.
- [The Seeds of Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_seeds_of_love.md): Personified love that appears as a character in the story.
- [The Moonbeam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_moonbeam.md): A personified moonbeam that appears in the fairy tales.
- [The Owl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_owl.md): A wise or talking owl character in the fairy world.
- [Ralph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/ralph.md): A human character who interacts with the fairy world.
- [Trevina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/trevina.md): A fairy or princess who appears in the narratives.
- [The Nightingale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_nightingale.md): A singing nightingale character in the fairy tales.
- [Prince Fluvius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/prince_fluvius.md): A prince who appears in the story of the opal.
- [The Old Bullfinch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_old_bullfinch.md): A talking bullfinch bird character.
- [The Brooch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/the_brooch.md): A personified brooch that appears as a character.
- [Poor Hare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/characters/poor_hare.md): A talking hare character in the fairy world.

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