Sebastian Makepeace was an alchemist who had a very damaged reputation in Jericho. He was once a Scholar of Merton and his dæmon took the form of a black cat called Mary.
Biography[]
At some point in his life, Makepeace was tried for manslaughter but found innocent.
Makepeace fell in love with the witch Yelena Pazhets and the couple had a son. When the boy was too old to remain with the witches, Makepeace took custody of him. He raised his son to believe in the things which Lord Asriel was fighting for. His son died in the war for the Republic of Heaven, shot through the heart by his own mother.
Feeling that Makepeace was to blame due to the way he raised their son, Pazhets attempted to drug her ex-lover in order to frame him for the murder of Lyra Silvertongue. She died after being hit by a swan and both Sebastian and Lyra survived unscathed.[1]
Over the next few years, Lyra and Pan, her dæmon, visited Sebastian numerous times. Four years after the event with Yelena, Sebastian was visited by Pan on his own who had been able to separate from Lyra for several years. Pan brought Sebastian the clavicula adiumenti he had got form Anthony Hassall's rucksack. Sebastian handed it back after writing a name in one of the margins before telling Pan to come back and bring Lyra soon.[2]
Physical Appearance[]
Sebastian Makepeace was described as a man in his seventies, with a dazed and ravaged face. He also had scarred and sooty hands. His skin was mottled and wrinkled.
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- ↑ Lyra's Oxford
- ↑ The Secret Commonwealth, Chapter 9