Deirdre is a emu-raffe who resided in Miss Wren's Menagerie until her death when she was shot by wights.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
At some point, Balenciaga Wren found Deirdre and brought her to Miss Wren's Menagerie, where Deirdre would permanently reside from then on. She became fast friends with Addison MacHenry, a dog who also lived in the loop.
Hollow City[]
When word about what was happening in London arrived, Miss Wren left to try and help, leaving the animals of the menagerie. At some point a hollowgast arrived inside the loop, which troubled the animals until a few days later when Alma Peregrine's wards arrived to try and find Miss Wren. The group successfully killed the invading hollow.
Addison greets the children and leads them further into the menagerie, introducing them to the peculiar animals. Deirdre is introduced first. While the group is sitting down to eat, Olive Elephanta asks where the other kinds of peculiar animals in Cuthbert's story are, causing Deirdre and the rest of the loop's residents to become downcast. She asks that Addison don't show the children the cemetery during their meal, but he insists, and Deirdre and Grunt come along. The animals' mood is lifted again when Bronwyn Bruntley reveals that "Miss Peregrine" also remains uncaptured by the wights (though in reality Caul Bentham is impersonating her), and Deirdre's reaction is a gasp.
She and the animals help the children prepare for their journey to London. She fails to remember the exact peculiar property of the sweaters spun from peculiar sheep wool given to the children, but says that in any case, they are warm. In response to Olive asking if the animals could come with them, Deirdre states that the peculiar animals, especially herself, wouldn't be able to last five minutes as an animal like her cannot pass for normal.
Not long after all the children except Claire Densmore and Fiona Frauenfeld leave, several wights raid the menagerie. When Deirdre attempts to stop the wights from searching through Miss Wren's tower, they shoot and kill her. After the raid, Addison and some of the other animals bury her in the cemetery.
Description[]
Physical Appearance[]
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Deirdre is half-giraffe and half-donkey, despite her species name being an emu-raffe, and has only two legs. Her tongue is fat, pink, and three feet long.
Personality[]
She can be a sore loser when it comes to cards but she is otherwise playful and affectionate. When Addison is describing emu-raffes for Jacob and his friends, he says that emu-raffes have a peevish temper. She is also brave, as she died trying to defend the menagerie.
Peculiarity[]
She is an emu-raffe and seems to have a great focal point of gravity, having the ability to stand only on her hind legs. She is also intelligent, and is one of only two animals at the menagerie that can speak, the other being Addison.
Relationships[]
Addison MacHenry[]
Deirdre and Addison are very good friends, Deirdre shown to be very affectionate towards him.
Miss Wren[]
Like Addison, Deirdre has great respect and love for Miss Wren, calling her a "very special" bird and asks Addison not to refer to her in past tense while she was away from the menagerie. Deirdre did seem slightly resentful about Miss Wren leaving to help the kidnapped ymbrynes, as she mutters that Miss Wren had, along with not thinking of her own safety, had not thought of the animals' safety in her absence either.
Trivia[]
- In one of Ransom Riggs's Instagram livestreams, he held up Deirdre's photo and the first one to name her correctly won a signed copy of Hollow City.