Antoine LaMothe is a male peculiar and the leader of the Northern Clan.
Biography[]
The Conference of the Birds[]
Ellery, an earthworker of LaMothe's clan, was abducted by the wights, who intentionally left behind evidence that would pin the blame on the Californio clan. In revenge, the Northern clan took a Californio girl prisoner. This complicates things for the peace deal that the European ymbrynes are trying to work out between the three major American clans.
LaMothe is arguing with Miss Wren when Jacob and his friends arrive in the bar he was in with Parkins and Leo Burnham. He yells at Parkins, the leader of the Californios, to give back Ellery, but Parkins denies taking her. The pair trade threats, with LaMothe's raccoons hissing at Parkins, until Burnham yells at them to shut up and let the ymbrynes say their piece first. After Miss Peregrine tells them that Jacob is going to track a hollowgast that is supposedly involved, LaMothe agrees to let them, but still suspects Parkins.
He shows everyone the tent from which Ellery had been kidnapped, and gets frustrated upon sensing that Jacob was not finding anything. He calls for the evidence that his clan had found that pointed the blame towards the Californios, and he and Parkins start to argue again. Miss Peregrine helps defuse it, however, distracting them by announcing that Jacob has had a breakthrough. LaMothe gets impatient as Jacob fakes following a trail, still set on believing that it is more likely that the Californios, who are "piss-poor farmers," kidnapped Ellery. He does not understand why the wights would target Ellery, to which Miss Wren answers that the wights want to cause chaos.
After Jacob finds a real trail of hollow residue, LaMothe spots one of Ellery's worms on the ground. More evidence makes them all realize that a hollow was indeed involved in the kidnapping. However, his conflict with Parkins doesn't end, and he tells Jacob and the ymbrynes to get Ellery back or he would not consider peace.
LaMothe arrives in a helicopter after an aging-forward Ellery is found, and after she is given a serum to stop the worst of her aging, he and the peculiars take her in his helicopter to get her to a loop. He tells Miss Peregrine to get Hugh under control when he starts panicking about Fiona in the wights' hands and wanting to use the helicopter to search for her right then and there.
He gets angry when they arrive in the Locust Gap loop and the peculiar guarding the entrance doesn't immediately recognize him.
Though Ellery's future is questionable, LaMothe seems grateful for Jacob and his friends' help nonetheless, evidenced by his silence, being slower to snap and grumble, and his raccoons stop whining and writhing. He sleeps briefly during the helicopter ride back to Marrowbone. At Marrowbone, he wishes the other group well in finding Fiona, and surprisingly shakes Miss Peregrine's hand. He also apologizes to Jacob for doubting his ability, and promises that if a war breaks out between the Americans, it wouldn't be his clan that fired the first shot.
He and his fighters arrive at Hopewell in person and witnessed what happened there. Along with Parkins, they appear to agree with the ymbrynes and seem close to working out a peace agreement.
The Desolations of Devil's Acre[]
At some point Parkins, LaMothe, and their people arrived in Devil's Acre, with Jacob being surprised to see them at the all-Acre assembly.
Caul exposes through propaganda papers that in exchange for the peace deal, the ymbrynes had offered Parkins, LaMothe, and Burnham loop freedom, but only for themselves and not even their underlings. The ymbrynes tell Jacob and his friends that it is because the leaders are waiting for their reset that they have been such a constant presence in the Acre. Enraged, Parkins and LaMothe confront the ymbrynes, believing that they had leaked the secret agreement, which the ymbrynes deny. The two clan leaders then accuse the ymbrynes of lying to them about the readiness of the reset. They call off the deal and announce that they are going home and taking their people with them, refusing to help fight Caul any longer. However, the Panloopticon is closed until further notice, trapping the Americans in Devil's Acre. Miss Cuckoo has the home guards escort them out, ordering them to be locked in jail if they break anything or threaten anyone along the way.
It is unknown where Parkins and LaMothe ended up leaving to or what became of them, as they were not present to have their clocks reset with everyone else after the final battle.
Appearance[]
LaMothe is a man in a voluminous buffalo coat and a top hat, and is bald. Two raccoons hide in the folds of his coat.