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'''Glorf''', also known as '''Tress''' is the Captain and [[sprouter]] of ''[[Two Cups]]'' on [[Lumar]].{{book ref|totes|53}}{{book ref|totes|21}} She was born on an island in the [[Emerald Sea]] called [[Diggen's Point]],{{book ref|totes|1}} where she lived until leaving to rescue [[Charlie]] from the [[Sorceress]].{{book ref|tress|5}}
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'''Glorf''', also known as '''Tress''', is the captain and [[sprouter]] of the ''[[Two Cups]]'' on [[Lumar]].{{book ref|totes|53}}{{book ref|totes|21}} She was born on an island in the [[Emerald Sea]] called [[Diggen's Point]],{{book ref|totes|1}} where she lived until leaving to rescue [[Charlie]] from the [[Sorceress]].{{book ref|tress|5}}
   
 
== Appearance and Personality ==
  
== Appearance and Personality ==
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Tress is thoughtful and kind, with a tendency for fixation that lead to a large collection of cups and a natural ability for sprouting. Tress's hair has been described as the color of wheat or honey, however she would prefer to call it light brown.{{book ref|tress|1}}
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Tress is thoughtful and kind, with a tendency for fixation that lead to a large collection of cups and a natural ability for sprouting. Tress's hair has been described as the color of wheat or honey; however, she would prefer to call it light brown.{{book ref|tress|1}}
   
 
== Attributes and Abilities ==
  
== Attributes and Abilities ==
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Tress is relatively new to being a [[sprouter]], having taken on the role out of desperation to be seen as useful, more so than because of her skill with [[aether spores]]. Tress has a health respect for spores, and does not allow her fear to prevent her from using them.{{book ref|tress|21}} Tress can manipulate spores that are considered dangerous by many, able to form a bond with [[Midnight Essence]] and use it to spy on [[Crow]].{{book ref|tress|31}} Tress's control over [[aether spores#Verdant|Verdant Spores]] is quite remarkable, and can effectively use them to lift a ship clear of the [[Crimson Sea]] to avoid the spikes caused by the rain.{{book ref|tress|48}}
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Tress is relatively new to being a [[sprouter]], having taken on the role more out of desperation to be seen as useful, than because of her skill with [[aether spores]]. Tress has a healthy respect for spores, and does not allow her fear to prevent her from using them.{{book ref|tress|21}} Tress can manipulate spores that are considered dangerous by many, able to form a bond with [[Midnight Essence]] and use it to spy on [[Crow]].{{book ref|tress|31}} Tress's control over [[aether spores#Verdant|verdant spores]] is quite remarkable, and can effectively use them to lift a ship clear of the [[Crimson Sea]] to avoid the spikes caused by the rain.{{book ref|tress|48}}
   
 
== History ==
  
== History ==
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=== Crow's Song ===
  
=== Crow's Song ===
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Tress managed to gain admittance onto the ship by hanging on to the side for fifteen minutes before they let her onboard. She proved her usefulness to the ship by scrubbing decks, filling pouches of spores for use with the cannons, and eventually taking over the role of being the ships sprouter.{{book ref|tress|12}}{{book ref|tress|16}}{{book ref|tress|21}} Tress learned that the [[Crow|Captain]] wanted the ship to become deadrunners to force the crew to be loyal.{{book ref|tress|19}} She found some Midnight spores with the help of [[Hoid]], that she then figured out could be used to spy on the Captain in exchange for water.{{book ref|tress|24}}{{book ref|tress|31}} Tress learned to use various spores to temporarily fix holes in the ship, and later discovered that she could somewhat control the spores with her thoughts.{{book ref|tress|26}}{{book ref|tress|31}} She met with several members of the crew, who believed her to be a [[King's Mask]], despite her insistence otherwise.{{book ref|tress|32}} Tress managed to convince Crow that they should go into the [[Crimson Sea]], and further experimented with spores to develop a flare gun that fired bullets that would spread Verdant spores all over the target.{{book ref|tress|33}}{{book ref|tress|37}}{{book ref|tress|41}} She saved the ship from the unpredictable rainfalls in the Crimson Sea, and the ship traveled until it reached the [[lunagree]].{{book ref|tress|48}}{{book ref|tress|50}} Crow discovered the planned mutiny and defeated the members soundly, and then descended below the surface of the spore ocean with Tress.{{book ref|tress|50}}
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Tress managed to gain admittance onto the ship by hanging on to the side for fifteen minutes before they let her onboard. She proved her usefulness to the ship by scrubbing decks, filling pouches of spores for use with the cannons, and eventually taking over the role of being the ships sprouter.{{book ref|tress|12}}{{book ref|tress|16}}{{book ref|tress|21}} Tress learned that the [[Crow|captain]] wanted the ship to become deadrunners to force the crew to be loyal.{{book ref|tress|19}} She found some midnight spores with the help of [[Hoid]], that she then figured out could be used to spy on the captain in exchange for water.{{book ref|tress|24}}{{book ref|tress|31}} Tress learned to use various spores to temporarily fix holes in the ship, and later discovered that she could somewhat control the spores with her thoughts.{{book ref|tress|26}}{{book ref|tress|31}} She met with several members of the crew, who believed her to be a [[King's Mask]], despite her insistence otherwise.{{book ref|tress|32}} Tress managed to convince Crow that they should go into the [[Crimson Sea]], and further experimented with spores to develop a flare gun that fired bullets that would spread Verdant spores all over the target.{{book ref|tress|33}}{{book ref|tress|37}}{{book ref|tress|41}} She saved the ship from the unpredictable rainfalls in the Crimson Sea, and the ship traveled until it reached the [[lunagree]].{{book ref|tress|48}}{{book ref|tress|50}} Crow discovered the planned mutiny and defeated the members soundly, and then descended below the surface of the spore ocean with Tress.{{book ref|tress|50}}
   
 
{{Image|Xisis.jpg|width=300px|side=left|Tress bargains with [[Xisis]].}}
  
{{Image|Xisis.jpg|width=300px|side=left|Tress bargains with [[Xisis]].}}
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=== The Sorceress's Trials ===
  
=== The Sorceress's Trials ===
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Salay showed Tress to Hoid, who had been about to throw jugs of water overboard and who had been throwing much of their food stores overboard too. Hoid revealed he was doing so under instruction from Huck, who wished to convince them not to continue on to [[Sorceress's island]].{{book ref|tress|56}} The ''Crow's Song'' eventually arrived at the [[Midnight Sea]], and Tress went with Huck in a small boat to try take control over the Midnight Essence that patrols the ocean. Unsuccessful, Huck used his connection with the Sorceress to get them free passage to the island.{{book ref|tress|58}} Tress and Huck met the Sorceress in person inside the tower, and after some convincing, agreed to trade Charlie in exchange for Tress's two cups she had in her possession. Tress realized this Charlie was a fake, and that Huck was really Charlie, and had been cursed to be a rat.{{book ref|tress|60}} The ''Crow's Song'' and it's crew come to the rescue, and while the Sorceress was distracted, Tress used a magical tablet in the room to communicate with Fort.{{book ref|tress|61}}{{book ref|tress|62}} The Sorceress immobilized Tress after realizing what Tress was doing, and went to curse her to before Hoid showed up to save her.{{book ref|tress|62}}{{book ref|tress|64}} Tress then was able to use the threat of Hoid and the rest of the crew to get the Sorceress to leave the planet, after it was discovered Charlie's curse could not be undone. Hoid adjusted the parameters of the curse after the Sorceress left [[Lumar]] in her tower, which was actually a spaceship.{{book ref|tress|64}}
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Salay showed Tress to Hoid, who had been about to throw jugs of water overboard and who had been throwing much of their food stores overboard too. Hoid revealed he was doing so under instruction from Huck, who wished to convince them not to continue on to [[Sorceress's island]].{{book ref|tress|56}} The ''Crow's Song'' eventually arrived at the [[Midnight Sea]], and Tress went with Huck in a small boat to try take control over the Midnight Essence that patrols the ocean. Unsuccessful, Huck used his connection with the Sorceress to get them free passage to the island.{{book ref|tress|58}} Tress and Huck met the Sorceress in person inside the tower, and after some convincing, agreed to trade Charlie in exchange for Tress's two cups she had in her possession. Tress realized this Charlie was a fake, and that Huck was really Charlie, and had been cursed to be a rat.{{book ref|tress|60}} The ''Crow's Song'' and its crew come to the rescue, and while the Sorceress was distracted, Tress used a magical tablet in the room to communicate with Fort.{{book ref|tress|61}}{{book ref|tress|62}} The Sorceress immobilized Tress after realizing what Tress was doing, and went to curse her to before Hoid showed up to save her.{{book ref|tress|62}}{{book ref|tress|64}} Tress then was able to use the threat of Hoid and the rest of the crew to get the Sorceress to leave the planet, after it was discovered Charlie's curse could not be undone. Hoid adjusted the parameters of the curse after the Sorceress left [[Lumar]] in her tower, which was actually a spaceship.{{book ref|tress|64}}
   
 
=== Return to Diggen's Point ===
  
=== Return to Diggen's Point ===
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Five months later, Tress, Charlie, and the rest of the crew returned to Diggen's Point aboard their new ship, ''[[Two Cups]]'', after being pardoned by the King. She presented the duke with the writ they had gotten from the King, changing the law so people could leave the island. She and Charlie sailed off with her family and the rest of the old crew of ''Crow's Song'', with Charlie now cured thanks to Hoid's adjustments to the curse, so that he only had to return Tress back to her home.{{book ref|tress|epilogue}}
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Five months later, Tress, Charlie, and the rest of the crew returned to Diggen's Point aboard their new ship, ''[[Two Cups]]'', after being pardoned by the king. She presented the duke with the writ they had gotten from the king, changing the law so people could leave the island. She and Charlie sailed off with her family and the rest of the old crew of ''Crow's Song'', with Charlie now cured thanks to Hoid's adjustments to the curse, so that he only had to return Tress back to her home.{{book ref|tress|epilogue}}
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== Trivia ==
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* Although never stated by the text itself, the painting by [[Howard Lyon]] depicts Riina as trying to cast the [[Aon]] Shao on Tress. This aon is about transformation and also uses illusion magic, indicating that the Sorceress was planning to have Tress's curse revolve around an illusion or transformation.{{file ref|BattleOfWits.jpg|Battle of Wits}}
   
 
== Notes ==
  
== Notes ==

Revision as of 18:11, 16 January 2023

Tress
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by Howard Lyon
Family
Parents Lem, Ulba
Aliases Glorf[1]
Profession Sprouter, Pirate
Residence Diggen's Point
Homeworld Lumar
Universe Cosmere
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“The girl, however, might be as you imagined—assuming you imagined her as thoughtful, soft-spoken, and overly fond of collecting cups. ”

—Hoid describing Tress.[1]

Glorf, also known as Tress, is the captain and sprouter of the Two Cups on Lumar.[2][3] She was born on an island in the Emerald Sea called Diggen's Point,[1] where she lived until leaving to rescue Charlie from the Sorceress.[4]

Appearance and Personality

by Marie Seeberger
For more images, see /Gallery.

Tress is thoughtful and kind, with a tendency for fixation that lead to a large collection of cups and a natural ability for sprouting. Tress's hair has been described as the color of wheat or honey; however, she would prefer to call it light brown.[1]

Attributes and Abilities

Tress is relatively new to being a sprouter, having taken on the role more out of desperation to be seen as useful, than because of her skill with aether spores. Tress has a healthy respect for spores, and does not allow her fear to prevent her from using them.[3] Tress can manipulate spores that are considered dangerous by many, able to form a bond with Midnight Essence and use it to spy on Crow.[5] Tress's control over verdant spores is quite remarkable, and can effectively use them to lift a ship clear of the Crimson Sea to avoid the spikes caused by the rain.[6]

History

by Howard Lyon
Tress with Charlie, prior to leaving Diggen's Point.

Early Life

Tress, named Glorf after family members before her, was born to a peasant family on Diggen's Point. Her wild hair gained her the name Tress, which everyone knew her by.[1] She washed windows for a meager living, using much of her funds to buy ingredients to make pies to exchange for cups that sailors brought her. Regularly running into the duke's son Charlie on the mansion's grounds, which she could access because she cleaned the windows, she soon fell in love with him despite him pretending to be a groundskeeper.[7] While Charlie was away with the duke to court princesses from other kingdoms, Tress received four cups sent by him on his travels.[8] During this time, she continued to collect her own cups, though fewer than normal, to show to Charlie when he returned.[9]

Leaving the Rock

Tress tried to escape Diggen's Point to rescue Charlie from the Sorceress when the king and the duke refused to.[4] She managed to con her way aboard the Oot's Dream, pretending to be an inspector with her father's assistance, but was captured and imprisoned by the crew.[10][11][12] The ship was a smuggling ship and the crew believed her to be an inspector who was out to get them.[12] She met Huck while being held captive, not long before the ship was attacked by the pirate ship Crow's Song.[12][13][14] Fleeing the ship after the seethe stopped, Tress walked across the Verdant Sea to seek passage on the pirate ship.[15]

Crow's Song

Tress managed to gain admittance onto the ship by hanging on to the side for fifteen minutes before they let her onboard. She proved her usefulness to the ship by scrubbing decks, filling pouches of spores for use with the cannons, and eventually taking over the role of being the ships sprouter.[15][16][3] Tress learned that the captain wanted the ship to become deadrunners to force the crew to be loyal.[17] She found some midnight spores with the help of Hoid, that she then figured out could be used to spy on the captain in exchange for water.[18][5] Tress learned to use various spores to temporarily fix holes in the ship, and later discovered that she could somewhat control the spores with her thoughts.[19][5] She met with several members of the crew, who believed her to be a King's Mask, despite her insistence otherwise.[20] Tress managed to convince Crow that they should go into the Crimson Sea, and further experimented with spores to develop a flare gun that fired bullets that would spread Verdant spores all over the target.[21][22][23] She saved the ship from the unpredictable rainfalls in the Crimson Sea, and the ship traveled until it reached the lunagree.[6][24] Crow discovered the planned mutiny and defeated the members soundly, and then descended below the surface of the spore ocean with Tress.[24]

by Howard Lyon
Tress bargains with Xisis.

Deals with a dragon

Crow and Tress came across Xisis, the dragon, and Crow offered Tress in exchange for a boon. Tress, seeing no other option, made the same offer much to the confusion of both the dragon and Crow.[25] Tress and Crow, both had to argue their case that the other would make a better slave for the dragon, and Tress was ultimately successful when she insisted she would do everything in her power to escape.[26] Tress negotiated some gifts for her friends in exchange, and became the new captain of the Crow's Song.[26][2]

The Sorceress's Trials

Salay showed Tress to Hoid, who had been about to throw jugs of water overboard and who had been throwing much of their food stores overboard too. Hoid revealed he was doing so under instruction from Huck, who wished to convince them not to continue on to Sorceress's island.[27] The Crow's Song eventually arrived at the Midnight Sea, and Tress went with Huck in a small boat to try take control over the Midnight Essence that patrols the ocean. Unsuccessful, Huck used his connection with the Sorceress to get them free passage to the island.[28] Tress and Huck met the Sorceress in person inside the tower, and after some convincing, agreed to trade Charlie in exchange for Tress's two cups she had in her possession. Tress realized this Charlie was a fake, and that Huck was really Charlie, and had been cursed to be a rat.[29] The Crow's Song and its crew come to the rescue, and while the Sorceress was distracted, Tress used a magical tablet in the room to communicate with Fort.[30][31] The Sorceress immobilized Tress after realizing what Tress was doing, and went to curse her to before Hoid showed up to save her.[31][32] Tress then was able to use the threat of Hoid and the rest of the crew to get the Sorceress to leave the planet, after it was discovered Charlie's curse could not be undone. Hoid adjusted the parameters of the curse after the Sorceress left Lumar in her tower, which was actually a spaceship.[32]

Return to Diggen's Point

Five months later, Tress, Charlie, and the rest of the crew returned to Diggen's Point aboard their new ship, Two Cups, after being pardoned by the king. She presented the duke with the writ they had gotten from the king, changing the law so people could leave the island. She and Charlie sailed off with her family and the rest of the old crew of Crow's Song, with Charlie now cured thanks to Hoid's adjustments to the curse, so that he only had to return Tress back to her home.[33]

Trivia

  • Although never stated by the text itself, the painting by Howard Lyon depicts Riina as trying to cast the Aon Shao on Tress. This aon is about transformation and also uses illusion magic, indicating that the Sorceress was planning to have Tress's curse revolve around an illusion or transformation.[34]

Notes

  1. ↑ a b c d e Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 1#
  2. ↑ a b Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 53#
  3. ↑ a b c Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 21#
  4. ↑ a b Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 5#
  5. ↑ a b c Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 31#
  6. ↑ a b Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 48#
  7. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 2#
  8. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 4#
  9. ↑ Secret Project #1 Reveal and Livestream
    — Arcanum - 2022-03-08#
  10. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 7#
  11. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 8#
  12. ↑ a b c Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 9#
  13. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 10#
  14. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 11#
  15. ↑ a b Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 12#
  16. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 16#
  17. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 19#
  18. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 24#
  19. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 26#
  20. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 32#
  21. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 33#
  22. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 37#
  23. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 41#
  24. ↑ a b Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 50#
  25. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 51#
  26. ↑ a b Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 52#
  27. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 56#
  28. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 58#
  29. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 60#
  30. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 61#
  31. ↑ a b Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 62#
  32. ↑ a b Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 64#
  33. ↑ Tress of the Emerald Sea epilogue#
  34. ↑ Battle of Wits
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