Alfred

Alfred is a bibliomancer and the publisher of Jaxon Hall's On the Merits of Unnaturalness. He lives in Grub Street.

History
Alfred and Jaxon go back a very long way. Alfred is the only psycho-scout in London, as he put the others out of business. 'Psycho' is short for 'psychographer.' Most of his clients are mediums. Jaxon brought him his pamphlet, On the Merits of Unnaturalness, which he worked to get published by the Spiritus Club.

The Mime Order
Nick introduces Paige to Alfred. Later, Alfred runs into Paige at a coffeeshop. While they are there, Frank Weaver announces Paige as public enemy number one in Scion. Without questioning her, Alfred whisks her out of the shop. He tells her that her only option to stay safe is to go back to Jaxon. He leads her to the intersection of I-4 and I-5 so she can get to Seven Dials.

Physical Description
Alfred is fifty-seven and a large man with a sallow complexion. He has a neat, dark beard shot through with gray that grows out from below his large nose. He wears a pince-nez. He has gnarled fingers. Alfred speaks with an accent that is distinctly upper class, oddly so, as if he should have been born in the monarch days. He enjoys smoking his pipe. He has a drooping face. His downturned eyes are gunmetal blue, and beneath them hang two swollen pouches of skin.

Personality
Alfred is slightly crazy, but seems caring. He's very hardworking, often working eighteen hours a day. He is incredibly talented as a bibliomancer, claiming he can read anything and just sense if it's going to sell. To Nick's knowledge he has never been wrong. He believes the voyants should stop fighting each other and work together to fight the Inquisitor. However, he helped contribute to the voyant fighting by publishing Jaxon's On the Merits.

Appearances

 * The Bone Season (mentioned only)
 * The Mime Order