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Nadine Leiko Arnett, also known as the Silent Bell, is a type of sensor called a whisperer. She is a member of the Seven Seals. She is the younger half-sibling of Ezekiel Sáenz.

Biography[]

History[]

Little is known of Nadine's life prior to joining the Seven Seals. She was born in Québec, Canada and later moved to Boston, Massachusetts. At some point her half-brother Zeke, a fellow clairvoyant, moved in with her. In April 2057, they traveled to the Scion Citadel of London on a college trip to find out more about the Scion system. After the pair were approached by Jaxon Hall, they elected to remain in the citadel to learn more about their clairvoyance. It is heavily implied that Jaxon used false promises to get Nadine and Zeke to stay in Seven Dials. She is a talented violinist.

The Bone Season[]

Nadine was seen in Paige Mahoney's flashbacks during her time in Sheol I. While Paige was missing, she served as Jaxon's temporary mollisher. Nadine, along with her gang, successfully infiltrate Sheol I to rescue Paige during the Bicentennial Ceremony. She is seen taking pot shots at emissaries with her pistol and fighting alongside Sheol I voyants and amaurotics against NVD officers who try to stop them from leaving. She boards a train car with Zeke, Jaxon, Nick Nygård, Paige, and the escaping prisoners back to London.

The Mime Order[]

Nadine has been pushing to become Jaxon's mollisher since Paige went missing. She's been having private meetings with Jaxon, and he's let her do a lot of Paige's work. But he will never make Nadine mollisher unless Paige says there is no way she is ever coming back to the Seals. When Paige does come back as mollisher, Nadine is forced to return to Covent Garden where she busks with her violin. She is angry about this because it also means a cut in her pay.

After Paige leaves the black market, Nadine and Zeke remain to continue trying to sell their wares for Jaxon. Haymarket Hector and his gang arrive incredibly drunk. He starts asking Nadine and Zeke questions about the paintings they are selling. They argue with four different traders about whether the paintings are fakes. To please the traders, Hector confiscates the Champaign painting to have it examined. He also takes the rest of their wares. Nadine and Zeke try to stop them, but it is nine against two and they end up getting beaten up. Upon arriving back at the den, Nadine and Eliza Renton begin fighting about what happened. Paige hears and joins in the argument, while Zeke watches on nervously. In the midst of the fighting, Eliza reveals that Nadine is only in the Seals because of Zeke, and that Jaxon didn't want to hire her. Jaxon interrupts them and threatens to kick Eliza out of the Seals.

When Jaxon announces his intention to participate in the scrimmage, Nadine is immediately supportive. After the scrimmage, Nadine remains loyal to Jaxon and Zeke sides with Nadine.

The Song Rising[]

Nadine and Zeke have been staying low in Seven Dials. However, Terebell Sheratan wants them gone because they are still loyal to Jaxon. According to Jack Hickathrift, Nadine was the one who plotted the destruction of the Juditheon, spurred on by those who viewed her as Jaxon's rightful heir. Jaxon ends up helping them get out of London safely.

The Mask Falling[]

It's revealed that Nadine and Zeke have been betrayed by Jaxon, who sells them on the gray market. They are arrested in Seven Dials on November 30, 2059. They are sent to Sheol II. While in Sheol II, Thuban Sargas has tortured Nadine by flaying the skin from the backs of her fingers. She is also covered in bruises. Nadine, Zeke, and the other voyants in Sheol II are rescued by Paige and Warden who infiltrate Sheol II with the goal of destroying it. They are being assisted by some of the perdues, or gang members, of Le Vieux Orphelin. One of those perdues, Renelde du Linceul, gets Nadine out.

When Paige wakes up after surviving a fever caused by infection, Nadine is there. Nadine reveals to Paige that the reason for their rivalry was the fact that Nadine had been secretly saving up money to escape Scion. However, Jaxon has taken all their money when he sold them to the gray market. Nadine tells Paige that she wants to join the revolution by exposing to the free-world countries the truth about Scion. Paige is really happy to hear this and thinks it's a great idea.

After Arcturus's supposed betrayal, Paige sends Nadine, Zeke, and Ivy Jacob 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. Paige also gives Nadine and Zeke the money from the Ranthen they had given to Warden to bring to Paris. Finally, Paige tells them that Eliza and Glym Lord need to make it their priority to destroy the Senshield scanners. When Zeke asks if they should tell the Ranthen about Warden, Paige says yes. Nadine and Zeke say goodbye to Paige, and they part as friends. Nadine and Zeke are now members of the Mime Order and they plan to smuggle themselves to the free-world and tell the truth about Scion.

Physical Description[]

Nadine has dyed, straight, red hair, that's cut as if by a ruler. In Paige's last memory, Nadine has stopped dying her hair and it is dark brown and shorter. Paige noted the only similarities she shares with her half-brother are his eyes and restless features. She stands at 5”6’ with a reasonably slim build, naturally dark brown hair and amber-brown eyes. She is of mixed race: her father is black and her mother, whom she shares with Zeke, is mixed Hispanic and East Asian.[1] Upon returning from Sheol I, Paige notes that she has cut her hair so it just covers her ears. When she is rescued from Sheol II, Nadine's hair is wavy and falls to her jaw. She has a tattoo on her wrist, a musical note with an x instead of an oval at its head. Nadine carries headphones and an audio player with her to muffle the voices of the dead and manage her abilities as a whisperer.

Personality[]

Nadine is prickly and angry. She's rude and doesn't seem to display much empathy or understanding towards others. She is mistrustful. Her dreamscape is overrun with specters.

Trivia[]

  • Nadine is a skilled lock-pick.
  • Presumably because she was born in Canada, she can speak French, albeit with an accent.
  • Nadine prefers to fight with weapons over spirits. She rarely misses with a knife.
  • Her parents live on Anticosti Island.

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  1. http://sshannonauthor.tumblr.com/post/102169685088/if-people-regular-people-were-to-audition-for
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