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	== Affiliations ==		== Affiliations ==
	- [[Forthright]] - fellow-inquirer		* [[Forthright]] - fellow-inquirer
	- [[the School of Correct Speech]] - fellow-inquirer		* [[the School of Correct Speech]] - fellow-inquirer

	== History ==		== History ==
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	== Relationships ==		== Relationships ==
	- '''[[Ollery]]''' - A long, adversarial symbiosis. Prassel commands the hospital nominally; Ollery runs it. Their working arrangement is that he marks the hopeless dead with the [[Sign of the Forlorn Hope]] and she collects them as "her rightful due" - House of Open Wounds, ch 1. She is "the woman who held the Butcher's leash" - House of Open Wounds, ch 16. She protects him from execution by threatening a provost with Correct Speech - House of Open Wounds, ch 32-and calls him "irreplaceable" while fearing what happens if he stops cooperating - House of Open Wounds, ch 18. By the second book they are "lethal adversaries": Ollery attempts a regicide, physically overpowers her, and Alv chokes them both - House of Open Wounds, ch 50. At the hospital's dissolution she steps aside and lets him walk away - House of Open Wounds, ch 46.		* '''[[Ollery]]''' - A long, adversarial symbiosis. Prassel commands the hospital nominally; Ollery runs it. Their working arrangement is that he marks the hopeless dead with the [[Sign of the Forlorn Hope]] and she collects them as "her rightful due" - House of Open Wounds, ch 1. She is "the woman who held the Butcher's leash" - House of Open Wounds, ch 16. She protects him from execution by threatening a provost with Correct Speech - House of Open Wounds, ch 32-and calls him "irreplaceable" while fearing what happens if he stops cooperating - House of Open Wounds, ch 18. By the second book they are "lethal adversaries": Ollery attempts a regicide, physically overpowers her, and Alv chokes them both - House of Open Wounds, ch 50. At the hospital's dissolution she steps aside and lets him walk away - House of Open Wounds, ch 46.

	- '''[[Maserley\|Fellow-Invigilator Maserley]]''' - Childhood rivals at the phalanstery who became "Competitors to rivals to enemies as each found the other waiting at every new assignment" - House of Open Wounds, ch 42. Their enmity is "known across the battalion" - House of Open Wounds, ch 17. They fence; she beats him cleanly, three precise prods to the chest - House of Open Wounds, ch 17. He taunts her through Caeleen; she deflects: "Tell him I've got bigger problems than him" - House of Open Wounds, ch 41. She is "more than happy if Maserley went away" - House of Open Wounds, ch 46. In the second book he is dead or absent; she tells him you don't even have the hospital for him to sabotage any more - House of Open Wounds, ch 48.		* '''[[Maserley\|Fellow-Invigilator Maserley]]''' - Childhood rivals at the phalanstery who became "Competitors to rivals to enemies as each found the other waiting at every new assignment" - House of Open Wounds, ch 42. Their enmity is "known across the battalion" - House of Open Wounds, ch 17. They fence; she beats him cleanly, three precise prods to the chest - House of Open Wounds, ch 17. He taunts her through Caeleen; she deflects: "Tell him I've got bigger problems than him" - House of Open Wounds, ch 41. She is "more than happy if Maserley went away" - House of Open Wounds, ch 46. In the second book he is dead or absent; she tells him you don't even have the hospital for him to sabotage any more - House of Open Wounds, ch 48.

	- '''[[Yasnic\|Maric Jack]]''' - Jack is an Accessory under her jurisdiction. She whips him publicly for touching her sleeve - House of Open Wounds, ch 6-and reclaims him from [[Thurrel\|Fellow-Archivist Thurrel]] and [[Maserley\|Fellow-Invigilator Maserley]] on the principle that he is "one of mine" - House of Open Wounds, ch 9. She privately considers him "a liability who would only become a greater one over time" but argues for him at his tribunal on procedural grounds - House of Open Wounds, ch 18. She protected him from Maserley's arrest warrant until Maserley obtained one himself - House of Open Wounds, ch 42. She tries to save him from Magnelei with a garbled warning that he misreads - House of Open Wounds, ch 40. After his arrest she tells Maserley's demon, "Tell him I've got bigger problems than him" - House of Open Wounds, ch 41.		* '''[[Yasnic\|Maric Jack]]''' - Jack is an Accessory under her jurisdiction. She whips him publicly for touching her sleeve - House of Open Wounds, ch 6-and reclaims him from [[Thurrel\|Fellow-Archivist Thurrel]] and [[Maserley\|Fellow-Invigilator Maserley]] on the principle that he is "one of mine" - House of Open Wounds, ch 9. She privately considers him "a liability who would only become a greater one over time" but argues for him at his tribunal on procedural grounds - House of Open Wounds, ch 18. She protected him from Maserley's arrest warrant until Maserley obtained one himself - House of Open Wounds, ch 42. She tries to save him from Magnelei with a garbled warning that he misreads - House of Open Wounds, ch 40. After his arrest she tells Maserley's demon, "Tell him I've got bigger problems than him" - House of Open Wounds, ch 41.

	- '''[[Thurrel\|Fellow-Archivist Thurrel]]''' - The one colleague she would drink with - House of Open Wounds, ch 27. They studied together at the phalanstery; there is no rivalry between them - House of Open Wounds, ch 42. He invites her for a drink after the fireberg defeat; she reflects that he "might be a friend," which she finds sad - House of Open Wounds, ch 35. He submits to her rank when she pulls it - House of Open Wounds, ch 9.		* '''[[Thurrel\|Fellow-Archivist Thurrel]]''' - The one colleague she would drink with - House of Open Wounds, ch 27. They studied together at the phalanstery; there is no rivalry between them - House of Open Wounds, ch 42. He invites her for a drink after the fireberg defeat; she reflects that he "might be a friend," which she finds sad - House of Open Wounds, ch 35. He submits to her rank when she pulls it - House of Open Wounds, ch 9.

	- '''[[The Dead Emperor]]''' - A ritual marriage performed to access the Moeribandi necropolis's power; she calls it "a symbolic union so I could have access to the power the necropolis represented" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20. He calls her his consort; she refuses the title Empress, insisting it is "not like that" while privately acknowledging it is exactly like that - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20. She kisses his hand with "irritated haste" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 12. She finds his philosophy-that the second Empire needs no god, only correct living-horrifying and real - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 25.		* '''[[The Dead Emperor]]''' - A ritual marriage performed to access the Moeribandi necropolis's power; she calls it "a symbolic union so I could have access to the power the necropolis represented" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20. He calls her his consort; she refuses the title Empress, insisting it is "not like that" while privately acknowledging it is exactly like that - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20. She kisses his hand with "irritated haste" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 12. She finds his philosophy-that the second Empire needs no god, only correct living-horrifying and real - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 25.

	- '''[[Festle\|Fellow-Monitor Fessel]]''' - A dead Fellow-Monitor with a copper canister for a thorax who serves as her presenting officer and co-commander - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 6. They worked together on the necropolis expedition; Fessel found the Dead Emperor's body - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20. They must jointly strip the Dead Company of grief before it can march - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20.		* '''[[Festle\|Fellow-Monitor Fessel]]''' - A dead Fellow-Monitor with a copper canister for a thorax who serves as her presenting officer and co-commander - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 6. They worked together on the necropolis expedition; Fessel found the Dead Emperor's body - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20. They must jointly strip the Dead Company of grief before it can march - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20.

	- '''[[Fowlett]]''' - Former collaborators. Fowlett presided over the show trials of [[Landwards\|Landwards Battalion]]'s command staff alongside Prassel, then banished her "with the very clear intent that she never come back" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 31. A "moment of shared guilt" passes between them over a past event the Commission's reports barely mention - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 38. When Fowlett orders her to release the Dead Companies into the final assault, Prassel erupts in a denunciation of the Commission's post-war massacres and rejects all Palleseen authority - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 40.		* '''[[Fowlett]]''' - Former collaborators. Fowlett presided over the show trials of [[Landwards\|Landwards Battalion]]'s command staff alongside Prassel, then banished her "with the very clear intent that she never come back" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 31. A "moment of shared guilt" passes between them over a past event the Commission's reports barely mention - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 38. When Fowlett orders her to release the Dead Companies into the final assault, Prassel erupts in a denunciation of the Commission's post-war massacres and rejects all Palleseen authority - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 40.

	- '''[[Brandery]]''' - Mutual irritation and rivalry. She jabs him: "I was under the impression that my Accessory troops took more of the city in one day than your entire force have in nine months. Was I misinformed?" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 14. Dantell observes an "odd kinship" between them, both wearing the same rank badge with mutual contempt - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 14. Brandery accepts her troops dryly: "Unfortunately they have not mastered baton drill" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 6.		* '''[[Brandery]]''' - Mutual irritation and rivalry. She jabs him: "I was under the impression that my Accessory troops took more of the city in one day than your entire force have in nine months. Was I misinformed?" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 14. Dantell observes an "odd kinship" between them, both wearing the same rank badge with mutual contempt - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 14. Brandery accepts her troops dryly: "Unfortunately they have not mastered baton drill" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 6.

	- '''[[Dantell]]''' - A collegial, low-drama professional respect. Dantell is tasked with liaising and providing tablethi - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 6. She notes the woman's desperate effort to remain 'just one more ranker in uniform' - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 23. At the peace talks, Dantell stamps on Brandery's foot to prevent him from refusing Prassel's attendance - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 18.		* '''[[Dantell]]''' - A collegial, low-drama professional respect. Dantell is tasked with liaising and providing tablethi - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 6. She notes the woman's desperate effort to remain 'just one more ranker in uniform' - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 23. At the peace talks, Dantell stamps on Brandery's foot to prevent him from refusing Prassel's attendance - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 18.

	- '''[[The Pope of Tides]]''' - Old schoolmates who "cribbed from each other's notes before the tests" and drank "behind the lines when the fighting was fiercest" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20. They sit at the same table during the surrender negotiations; he conditions his courtesy on her stepping back. He reads the necropolis expedition as exile dressed as promotion; she concedes "It was" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20.		* '''[[The Pope of Tides]]''' - Old schoolmates who "cribbed from each other's notes before the tests" and drank "behind the lines when the fighting was fiercest" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20. They sit at the same table during the surrender negotiations; he conditions his courtesy on her stepping back. He reads the necropolis expedition as exile dressed as promotion; she concedes "It was" - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 20.

	- '''[[Scaffesty]]''' - His signature authorises the waiver that mandates ghost-harvesting from her hospital patients - House of Open Wounds, ch 27. He confers her promotion to Acting-Sage-Inquirer - House of Open Wounds, ch 48. She rides beside him in the necromancer column, looking unhappy - House of Open Wounds, ch 45.		* '''[[Scaffesty]]''' - His signature authorises the waiver that mandates ghost-harvesting from her hospital patients - House of Open Wounds, ch 27. He confers her promotion to Acting-Sage-Inquirer - House of Open Wounds, ch 48. She rides beside him in the necromancer column, looking unhappy - House of Open Wounds, ch 45.

	- '''[[Banders]]''' - An orderly in her department. At the novel's end he holds leverage over her regarding the coronation dinner's secrets, and they return to the army together. He calls her "Magister" - House of Open Wounds, ch 51.		* '''[[Banders]]''' - An orderly in her department. At the novel's end he holds leverage over her regarding the coronation dinner's secrets, and they return to the army together. He calls her "Magister" - House of Open Wounds, ch 51.

	- '''[[Tallifer]]''' - Promoted by Prassel to deputy chief and ordered to run the department at the new camp - House of Open Wounds, ch 35. Their gazes meet during the hospital purge and she looks unhappy - House of Open Wounds, ch 45.		* '''[[Tallifer]]''' - Promoted by Prassel to deputy chief and ordered to run the department at the new camp - House of Open Wounds, ch 35. Their gazes meet during the hospital purge and she looks unhappy - House of Open Wounds, ch 45.

	- '''[[Festle]]''' - A walking corpse in her department. After Stiverton's death, Festle accuses her of betrayal on the dying man's words; she asserts dominance ("I could unmake you in an eyeblink") then offers him the rank of Companion-Monitor as proof of concept for [[The Deathless]] programme; he accepts - House of Open Wounds, ch 48.		* '''[[Festle]]''' - A walking corpse in her department. After Stiverton's death, Festle accuses her of betrayal on the dying man's words; she asserts dominance ("I could unmake you in an eyeblink") then offers him the rank of Companion-Monitor as proof of concept for [[The Deathless]] programme; he accepts - House of Open Wounds, ch 48.

	- '''[[Cosserby]]''' - His sonorist workshop sits under her nominal command. She shoves him forward during the retreat, protects his technical knowledge from the enemy, and uses him as a technical assistant in interrogation work - House of Open Wounds, ch 14, ch 38.		* '''[[Cosserby]]''' - His sonorist workshop sits under her nominal command. She shoves him forward during the retreat, protects his technical knowledge from the enemy, and uses him as a technical assistant in interrogation work - House of Open Wounds, ch 14, ch 38.

	- '''[[Widow\|Mother Semprellaime]]''' - A conjurer and client. Prassel commissions warding sigils into a bolt of lemon-yellow cloth; Semprellaime insists on the Allorwen custom of a favour alongside coin, and Prassel concedes - House of Open Wounds, ch 37. Releasing a prisoner discharges the obligation - House of Open Wounds, ch 38.		* '''[[Widow\|Mother Semprellaime]]''' - A conjurer and client. Prassel commissions warding sigils into a bolt of lemon-yellow cloth; Semprellaime insists on the Allorwen custom of a favour alongside coin, and Prassel concedes - House of Open Wounds, ch 37. Releasing a prisoner discharges the obligation - House of Open Wounds, ch 38.

	- '''[[Sherm]]''' - A Fellow-Inquirer of the same rank but jurisdictionally senior to Prassel in non-necromantic matters. She resents his attempts to delegate unwanted work: "Go find some other stooge to herd cats" - House of Open Wounds, ch 37. He arranges her inclusion in a prisoner exchange when she storms in drunk and belligerent - House of Open Wounds, ch 39.		* '''[[Sherm]]''' - A Fellow-Inquirer of the same rank but jurisdictionally senior to Prassel in non-necromantic matters. She resents his attempts to delegate unwanted work: "Go find some other stooge to herd cats" - House of Open Wounds, ch 37. He arranges her inclusion in a prisoner exchange when she storms in drunk and belligerent - House of Open Wounds, ch 39.

	- '''[[Commission\|The Commission of Ends and Means]]''' - She serves it, expects recognition from it, and ultimately rejects it entirely: "I reject them. I reject you all." - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 40. The Commission ordered her and her peers to exterminate Palleseen camp prisoners; the Commission exiled her to the Successor Steppes; the Commission now tries to excise her life's work from history.		* '''[[Commission\|The Commission of Ends and Means]]''' - She serves it, expects recognition from it, and ultimately rejects it entirely: "I reject them. I reject you all." - Pretenders to the Throne of God, ch 40. The Commission ordered her and her peers to exterminate Palleseen camp prisoners; the Commission exiled her to the Successor Steppes; the Commission now tries to excise her life's work from history.

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