6/27/2023 0 Comments Abarat christopher carrionWhen seeing her image for the first time Carrion was drawn to Candy without realizing why, and orders Shape to capture her and bring her into his presence.In a later chapter it is revealed that Carrion was deeply in love with Princess Boa. After Shape searches through the images, they find Candy in the Yebba Dim Day. His lieutenant Otto Houlihan escorts a man from Commexo City to Gorgossium to review surveillance footage from all across the Abarat. Though enraged at Shape, he is amused at the prospect of a meeting the girl. Loathing anything verging on sentiment, Mater Motley sewed up Christopher's mouth once when he uttered the word 'love'.Ĭhirstopher Carrion makes his first appearence in Abarat during a meeting where Mendelson Shape tells him a girl from the Hereafter now has the Key. Mater Motley raised Carrion strictly and brought him up to share her belief in the goal of Absolute Midnight, a state where all the islands of the Abarat would eternally be plunged into darkness. Carrion was raised by his grandmother, Mater Motley, after his mother and siblings were killed in a raging fire. He enjoys manipulating people to bring out their inner darkness, such as telling a pair of brothers that the other was plotting against them and then watching as they try to kill one another.Ĭarrion is the Lord of Midnight on the Island of Gorgossium. The fact that he takes joy in this is a testament to his morbid personality. Carrion is also very quick to anger. His lips have scar marks from when his Grandmother sewed his lips shut for saying the word "love." Around his head is a translucent collar filled with a light blue liquid. From the back of his skull are tubes that let his nightmares crawl out from his mind and take on a semi-corporeal form, somewhat like a snake made out of smoke and lightning. It's suggested that when they rub against his skin he can relive the nightmares he had. 4 In Abarat: Days of Magic: Nights of WarĬhristopher Carrion has a ghastly appearance, with rotted skin like that of a corpse (or carrion).I recommend this book to anyone who has ever thought about the possibility that there is another world out there. This book is unique because of how real it seems. We're not talking about Halloween spooky, like "Boo!" We are talking about "Oh my God the Lord of Midnight is out to kill me!" spooky. The author provided excellent illustrations in fact so good they can be spooky. I loved this book because I enjoy immersing myself in fantasy. Tubes attached to his skull suck them right out of his brain so that he can breathe them back into his blood and brain. Christopher Carrion, the main villain of the story, breathes out of a tank of his nightmares. But some of this book can be very creepy in fact creepy enough to keep anyone awake at night. Another captivating part of the story mentions John Mischief, whose eight brothers (all named John something) live on antlers on his head. ![]() She meets them by riding a wave right into their card table. A particular part I enjoyed was when Candy rode on the graceful backs of the Sea-Skippers. ![]() ![]() All the while, Mendelssohn Shape and the Lord of Midnight, Christopher Carrion, are chasing her. This excellent novel is about how Candy Quackenbush goes from the boring village of Chickentown to the exciting twenty-five islands of the Abarat.
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