The Clown, or The Peculiar Clown, is a male peculiar who dresses up like a clown for reasons unknown.
Biography[]
Pre-Series[]
At some point in the clown's life, he developed his peculiarity and was taken in by an unnamed ymbryne. Sometime prior to the events of Hollow City, the clown would be forced from his loop and his ymbryne likely captured by the wights, as he mentions her as being among the ones who "weren't so lucky."[1] He found his way to London, or was rescued and brought there by Balenciaga Wren, a Welsh ymbryne.
He would join several other peculiars, including Althea Grimmelwald and Sergei Andropov, in the Carnival Tourist Loop's Archives. Since the building that held the Peculiar Archives had been frozen completely solid by Althea during a wight raid, it acted as a good stronghold against the wights and hollows.
After officially joining Miss Wren's group, he would help her find other peculiars who had been victims of the wights. He and Sergei also started up a resistance to fight against the wights. The resistance seemed to be popular amongst the others who were rescued.
Hollow City[]
Alongside several of Miss Wren's rescued peculiars, the clown is first seen in the Carnival Tourist Loop's freak show. When Olive Elephanta gets close enough to talk to him, he bends down to talk to her, but Bronwyn Bruntley pulls her away from him, mistaking the clown for a normal. He quickly realizes that Olive, Bronwyn and their companions are peculiars and starts following them. Noticing that the children have passed the clown five times in five minutes, Jacob Portman grows wary of him.[2] The clown eventually disappears into the crowd and goes back to the Archives.
When Jacob and his friends wind up at the Archives, the clown, along with Sergei, tries to recruit the children for their peculiar army. The clown asks the children about their peculiarities, but comes off as aggressive. Against Melina's warning, he pulls the Bone Brothers apart, causing them to emit an ear-splitting scream. This upsets the other children as well, and the clown only stops his questioning when Bronwyn threatens him.
Hours later, when Miss Wren was getting close to returning "Alma Peregrine" to her human form, the clown gets curious and stands near Miss Wren. He is shocked when the peregrine isn't Alma and is instead her older brother Caul, who had switched spots with his sister so the children would lead him to Miss Wren and other peculiars. As a result, the clown and the rest of the peculiars at the Archives are captured by the wights and taken into the present en route to the Wights' Fortress in Devil's Acre.
Library of Souls[]
The clown would be thrown into the pit by the wights for refusing orders.
Description[]
Appearance[]
The clown is described as "leering"[2] while stalking the peculiar children at the carnival. He has an American accent.[1]
Personality[]
He is strong-willed and straightforward, almost to a fault as he rather lacks empathy in return. He is initially dismissive of the children's capabilities, and then goes about trying to recruit them for the peculiar resistance army by completely disregarding their feelings, culminating in his attempt to separate the Bone Brothers by force to make use of their peculiarity. However, he is very dedicated to the resistance against the wights, knowing that there is no one else other than the uncaptured peculiars that can defend peculiardom.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hollow City (Chapter 12)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hollow City (Chapter 11)