Difference between revisions of "Spook"

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|parents=[[Jedal]], [[Margel]]

|relatives=[[Clubs]]

 

== Attributes and Abilities ==

 

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== History ==

=== Childhood ===

Named '''Jedal''' after [[Jedal|his father]], Spook was born and raised in the Eastern Lands, a wasteland known for its sand and grit.{{book ref|mb3|23}} Spook lived with his Mother and Father in a dirty shack with several other Skaa and often ducked out to run around with Skaa children in some of the street gangs, where he learned [[High Imperial|Eastern street slang]]. Jedal blamed Spooks lack of discipline on [[Margel|his mother]] allowing him to spend so much time with the street gangs.{{book ref|mb3|23}}

 

Inheriting [[noble]] blood from his grandfather, Spook [[Snapping|Snapped]] at the age of five, becoming a [[Tineye]].{{book ref|mb1|32}}{{book ref|mb3|53}} After learning of his [[Allomancy]], [[Jedal]] and his family were prepared to have him killed in order to hide the families noble blood from the [[Steel Ministry]]. [[Margel]], however, had known about Spook's Allomancy for some time, and sent word to her brother [[Cladent]], who knew having another Tineye would be useful. Cladent arrived before Jedal could kill Spook and traded coins for Spook's freedom, promising to take the young boy back to [[Luthadel]]. When Cladent asked for his name, Spook decided he did not want to be called by the same name as his father. He told Cladent his name was now '''Lestibournes''', an Eastern street slang contraction of "lefting I'm born," which means "I've been abandoned."{{book ref|mb3|23}} Kelsier later gave him the nickname "Spook".{{book ref|mb3|23}}

=== Kelsier's Crew ===

During his time on [[Kelsier's crew]], Spook was mainly involved as a sentry of key locations; watching the area around Clubs' shop from a six-story tenement two streets over.{{book ref|mb1|32}} He participated in the crew's planning sessions, but rarely contributed to them other than serving drinks or getting things.{{book ref|mb1|32}}

 

== Trivia ==

* Spook is very loosely based on a person Brandon knew from the [[Timewasters Guide]] forums. Zack, known as Gemm on the forums, sometimes posted random gibberish that, if looked at very closely, turned out to actually be rather poetic. This inspired Brandon to write a character who spoke with a dialect that had an interesting rhythm, yet was difficult to make out.{{wob ref|2378}}

* At one point, Spook existed in the [[Alcatraz]] universe.{{wob ref|4551}}