Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow

On Christmas Eve, Morrigan visits the Hotel Deucalion. Room 85 is elated and welcomes her with a fire and a hot bath. Witnessing the hotel staff’s celebrations, Morrigan feels homesick. She overhears Jupiter talking sternly with someone he calls Bertie, whom he addresses as his brother. Jupiter berates the man for not “showing up,” and the man mocks Jupiter for being the golden boy.

Morrigan approaches Jack, wondering if the stranger is Jack’s father, but Jack reveals that it was his mother who was Jupiter’s sibling from their Wondrous Society unit. Rosamund, Jack’s mother, was an explorer for the League and married Arjun Korrapati, a diplomat. Jack stayed with Jupiter, whom he calls Uncle Jove, while his parents traveled. Eight years ago, they didn’t return from a trip, and no one knows what happened, though Jupiter continues to search for them. Jack wants to join the League of Explorers and go off-realm so that he can search for his parents, too. Jack makes Morrigan promise to keep this a secret. She in turn reveals that she is taking lessons from Ezra Squall. Jack chides her for being an idiot but gives her blackpapers, a magical communication method that she can use to transmit letters to him.