Ravenna[1] Babax was an ymbryne. She was the Co-Chair of the Ministry of Temporal Affairs alongside fellow ymbryne Miss Blackbird.
Biography[]
The Conference of the Birds[]
Miss Babax appears talking to a girl from the Ministry of Temporal Affairs in the Panloopticon when Jacob Portman and Miss Blackbird arrive. Miss Blackbird goes to talk to her, and brings her over to meet Jacob. The pair of ymbrynes ask for Jacob's help in the tracking of the escaped wights' hollowgast, to which he agrees.
When Jacob, Emma Bloom and Enoch O'Connor return from the situation with Ellery, she congratulates him alongside Miss Blackbird.
The Desolations of Devil's Acre[]
She attends the whole-Acre meeting along with the rest of the ymbrynes, wearing white clothing that Jacob notes is a bold choice for a filthy loop like Devil's Acre.
When wights break into the Acre just after Jacob, Noor Pradesh, Bronywn Bruntley, Millard Nullings, Horace Somnusson, Enoch, Emma and Addison MacHenry left to find Miss Hawksbill, Miss Babax was seriously injured along with Miss Plover, though they thankfully weren't killed, keeping the ymbrynes' Quilt intact for a while longer.
Unfortunately, Miss Babax is later assassinated by one of her wards, Vigsby, at the command of a wight aboard the Ruby Princess. This causes the Quilt to fall. Due to her death, her old loop was used by the other ymbrynes as a test subject for a smaller loop collapse internal clock reset reaction. It's unknown what happened to the rest of her wards.
After the final battle with Caul, Miss Babax is given an ymbryne funeral along with Esmerelda Avocet and Velyana.
Description[]
Appearance[]
Miss Babax is a tall black lady, wearing a wide-collared blazer and knit tie when she is first introduced.
Peculiarity[]
Miss Babax is an ymbryne, which means she can create loops, manipulate time and turn into a bird, specifically a babax.
References[]
- ↑ The Desolations of Devil's Acre (Chapter 20)