No, my folks were lapsed.
We had a lot of the old books, and we still read them on feast-days, but there wasn’t much genuine faith amongst us any more, just well-worn habit. I worked in a bar in the evenings.
I wasn’t...happy. I didn’t have a future.
But then a couple of months back...word came down to us about what was happening upriver. The signs of the river’s rise. Fresh miracles upon the water.
Sister Thurrocks is a follower of the Trawler-man and one of the acolytes under Faulkner.
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Personality[]
She is described by Faulkner as young and a little too eager-eyed[1]. She seems sweet and helpless, but has been working for Mason as a double agent against Faulkner the whole time.[2]
Background[]
Thurrocks comes from downriver. She did not convert to the faith, though her folks were lapsed. They read the books on feast-days, but held very little faith. It was Faulkner and Carpenter's recent pilgrimage that drew her to the faith. She left her family behind, like Faulkner, and made her way to the Parish. She herself draws comparisons between her and Faulkner. Her family were unconvinced by the rumours, she says that it's because they lost their courage during the long hiding.[1]
Episode Appearances[]
| Chapters | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| Chapter 22: One Final Fall From Grace | Thurrocks encounters the Angel In The Echoes with Faulkner. |
| Chapter 25: But We'll Never Be Rid Of Each Other | Thurrocks is injured by the children of the Carving Chapter. Carpenter and Faulkner help her escape. |
| Chapter 27: So I'll Bear It Trembling Onwards | Thurrocks, Carpenter and Faulkner hurry back to the Gulch in hopes that they can warn the disciples there about Mercer and Gage before they arrive. |
| Chapter 28: To Drift On, To Dream, To Die | Thurrocks asks Faulkner to give her the Wither Mark. She says she'll set it off to slow down the attackers, once the other have evacuated. She hands the information over to Mason. |
| Chapter 29: And Where My Final Footsteps Fall | Thurrocks is in the room while Mason speaks to Faulkner, revealing what he has done for the Parish. She watches Faulkner murder Mason and sounds the alarm. Faulkner stabs her to death with a shard of glass from the shattered mirror. |
Connections[]
- Faulkner leads Thurrocks as one of his acolytes. She calls him 'Katabasian' and gains his trust.[1] She is the only acolyte he manages to keep alive.[3] She betrays him and as a result Faulkner snaps and kills her.[4]
- Mason tells Thurrocks to get the Wither Mark from Faulkner once she has gained his trust, so that he can use it as a bargaining chip to legalise the Parish of Tide and Flesh.[2]