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Eliza Renton (pronounced: Eh-LIE-zuh REN-tun), also known as the Martyred Muse, is an automatiste, a type of medium. She is a member of the Seven Seals.

Biography[]

History[]

Eliza was abandoned in Soho as a baby and was raised in a miserable cellar by traders in the area. She was expected to carry packages between Soho and Cheapside by herself almost from the minute she could walk, a total of four miles a day, despite the dangers of Vigiles. At seventeen she secured a job at a penny gaff in the Cut, where she befriended Bea Cissé, the best actress in the area and a brilliant physical medium. Bea introduced her to Leon Wax. Bea and Leon became the closest thing Eliza had to family. She ended up spending all her wages on aster and flash houses.

When she got in touch with Jaxon Hall, he recognized her talent. He gave her expensive paints, a safe place to sleep, and muses beyond her wildest imagination. Her work for Jaxon involves letting a muse posses her, and working in slots of about three hours a day, she paints a masterpiece. When the artwork is done, Paige Mahoney takes it to the Garden and sells it to unwary art collectors. Jaxon doesn't often show concern for her mental well-being. He sometimes makes Eliza stay up for days at a time, skipping meals and showers, to work on her paintings. Despite his behavior towards her, Eliza is incredibly loyal to Jaxon. Half the reason Eliza applied for a job with Jax was so she could help pay for Bea's medicine after she became sick from so many possessions. Eliza was the second person to join the Seven Seals, after Nicklas Nygård.

The Pale Dreamer[]

Eliza has been working for Jaxon for over a year. She is a bit jealous of Paige's addition to the gang. She arrives at their base, the White Binder's Den, with news. Jaxon's rival, Didion Waite, has been looking for valuable spirits to auction. He has found Sarah Metyard, a famous poltergeist. He hired an amateur binder to bind her, even though he himself is a binder. The hired binder messed up and now the spirit is on a rampage.

While Paige and Nick begin searching for Sarah, Eliza is assigned by Jaxon to research the poltergeist. She discovers that besides Tyburn, the location Metyard was hanged, Brunton Street is another place of importance to her as it was where she lived when she was alive. Sarah was reported to have been seen there recently.

When Paige and Nick find Sarah and Anne Naylor, they are facing off near the den. The two lure Sarah to the courtyard behind the den and try to hold her in place so Jaxon can come and bind her. Jaxon, Paige, Nick, Eliza, and Anne are battling against Sarah, trying to hold her in place. The binding isn't working. Suddenly, Paige realizes that this isn't Sarah Metyard, it's her daughter, Sarah Morgan Metyard. She tells Jaxon her realization. Just as Paige thinks holding off Sarah is going to kill her; Jaxon successfully completes the binding. Anne returns to her haunt, while the Seals return to the den to recover. Sarah is now bound to Jaxon and enters the den as well, no longer on a rampage.

After falling asleep, Paige is woken by Eliza who takes her to the neighboring cookshop known as Chateline's. Paige thinks Jaxon is going to let her go, but Nick and Eliza assure her that he won't. Eliza tells her that everyone, including Jaxon, was impressed that Paige was able to hold back Sarah on her own, while they can only repel spirits with spools. Eliza also explains that Jaxon had a strong suspicion that the two spirits would confront each other at West Street, but he wanted to test Paige by seeing if she could work it out herself. He was delighted when she did. Eliza and Nick invite Paige to join their tradition of getting breakfast for supper ever Friday at Chateline’s.

The Bone Season[]

The day of Paige's arrest, Eliza is recovering from an episode, meaning a near-fatal encounter, which for her is an unsolicited possession.

Eliza is mentioned in Paige's flashbacks to her time in London. They get along well. Eliza was the only member of the Seven Seals that did not come to Sheol I, as she was chosen to guard the hideout in the Dials.

The Mime Order[]

Eliza is suffering from being possessed by one of her muses, Philippe, for fifty-six hours straight. She ends falling asleep in the street instead of coming to the black market in Covent Garden, and the result is that Zeke Sáenz and Nadine Arnett get beat up by Haymarket Hector and his gang the Underbodies.

At first Eliza is not sure about moving against the Rephaim and Scion. She wants everyone to keep their heads down and then they will never be sent to a Bone Season. She's afraid because she's never known anything but the syndicate. Keeping the Seven Seals together is more important to her than anything. When Jaxon announces to the Seals that he will be participating in the scrimmage, Eliza is immediately supportive of him. After winning the scrimmage, Paige names Eliza as one of her mollishers.

The Song Rising[]

Eliza attends Ivy Jacob's trial. She votes for Ivy's innocence. Later that night, she teases Paige about getting to flirt with Jack Hickathrift. She admits to having been in love with him for a long time.

When martial law is declared, Eliza helps Paige move the Mime Order into the crisis facility in the Beneath and participates in Warden's séance. She then joins Paige, Ognena Maria, and Tom the Rhymer on the mission to Manchester. While in Manchester, Eliza sleeps with Hari Maxwell. Eliza and the others then go to Edinburgh. When Paige is forced to flee England, Paige names Eliza and Glym Lord interim Underqueen and Underlord in her stead.

The Mask Falling[]

Eliza remains in London ruling the Mime Order with Glym in Paige's stead. The two of them will have to work around the clock to keep Operation Albion from snuffing out the Mime Order. Eliza manages to get the box that Paige's father left to her in his will. She gives it to Ivy and sends her to Paris.

After Warden's supposed betrayal, Paige sends Nadine, Zeke, and Ivy back to London to warn the Mime Order, let the Edinburgh and Manchester syndicates know what's happened, and move the London voyants to the shadow houses. Glym knows the locations. Paige tells Nadine and Zeke that Eliza and Glym need to make it their priority to destroy the Senshield scanners.

Physical Description[]

Eliza has light green eyes and olive skin. She is 5"5'. She wears multiple rings. Eliza has golden hair worn in ringlets down her back. She has short legs.

Personality[]

Keeping the Seals together is the most important thing to Eliza. Eliza hates to be underestimated. While she was very loyal to Jaxon, Paige made her see that he was just like the dealers who used her as their runner. She saw that Paige wanted justice for everyone with an aura, not just those considered superior. She is brave, loyal, and caring. Eliza is street-smart but absentminded. She is a dressmaker and an artist. Being possessed always puts her in a foul mood because she is riddled with tics and spasms. She has always respected Paige and her position as mollisher. She can assert herself when necessary. For example, when Nadine demeans how physically taxing being possessed by a spirit is, Eliza retorts that even amaurotics can busk. As a result of being a thief from early childhood, she is a master of distraction and quick getaways.

Etymology[]

Eliza is a shortened form of Elizabeth, meaning "my God is an oath" or "my God is abundance."[1] Renton is a Scottish surname that comes from the place of the same name.[2]

Trivia[]

  • Pieter Claesz is her favorite art muse.
  • It is suggested that Eliza occasionally has no-strings-attached sex in order to relieve stress.
  • Jaxon taught Eliza how to read using his collection of history books, mostly blacklisted ones.
  • While suffering from flux poisoning, Paige hallucinates that Eliza is part of the Tower card from a tarot deck.

Appearances[]

References[]

  1. Elizabeth (given name) - Wikipedia
  2. Renton - Surname Database
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