Jesinia Neilwart is a cadet of the Scribe Quadrant at Basgiath War College.[1]
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Jesinia has know Violet for multiple years before their first year at Basgiath.[2] She spent the year before Conscription Day studying for the scribe entrance exam with Violet Sorrengail.[1]
Fourth Wing[]
Violet takes on Archives duty and frequently chats with Jesinia there. Liam flirts with her, but is warned off by Violet.
Part of her duties in the quadrant include helping anyone at Basgiath when they come to the Archives to request a book, and providing the correct scrolls for the rider cadets to transport to their various professors.[1]
Iron Flame[]
Jesinia is the first in her year. Violet is sure that Jesinia is trying for the adept path, which is the hardest of all degrees for scribes and the one every Curator of the Scribe Quadrant has to have.
Violet asks Jesinia for books to begin researching wards, but is unsure how much she can trust Jesinia and lies about the reason. Later, Jesinia seeks Violet out in the Riders Quadrant while Violet is on a run with Imogen to give her a book and ask for help. She asks Violet to help translate something from Old Lucerish, and says she'll be in trouble for asking for help. They chat and then see a screaming second-year cadet being dragged off by Markham and two riders. Jesinia says she thinks it's her fault, because the rider requested a book the previous day, and she is required to keep of record of all requests. This reinforces the idea that Violet can't officially ask for certain books or topics.[3]
Later, Violet visits Jesinia in the Archives and mentions that the cadet they saw was executed. Jesinia said he had requested information about a battle that she could find no information on, and when she sent the request further to get help, he was taken. They talk about the folklore book Violet has, and how the Archives didn't have a copy. Jesinia says she has never recorded any of Violet's requests, and they talk more, Violet realizing that "she's catching on without me having to tell her." Jesinia says she will help Violet, but Violet is careful not to give away too much that would get Jesinia into trouble. Violet asks for books about the First Six and the wards. They agree to meet up on Saturdays when it is quiet to make the exchange off the record. Jesinia says she has one request in return.[4]
The request is for Violet's copy of The Fables of the Barrens, which she willingly trades for a classified book about the First Six. They meet again that Saturday and Violet receives a book about the wards at Basgiath.[4]
Jesinia joins the Revolution and goes to Aretia, where she works to get a printing press running.
Post-Empyrean Series[]
Jesinia will be Curator of the Scribe Quadrant at Basgiath War College after the events of the Empyrean series complete. She will translate the events of the series from Navarrian into the modern language.[5]
Physical Description[]
Jesinia has long brown hair covered by a cream tunic and hood with a golden rectangle on her shoulder. She is deaf and uses sign language to communicate with people.[1]
Personality[]
As a scribe, she refrains from showing emotion. She has to smother her smiles. She doesn't enjoy violence and constantly asks Violet about her safety in the Riders Quadrant.[1] Violet tells Liam that Jesinia is a long-term-relationship kind of girl and someone who plans for the future.[2]
While she appears stoic, Jesinia is rebellious and often breaks rules to help her friend, varying from small acts such as not recording Violet's request for The Fables of the Barren to joining the Revolution alongside the riders.
Abilities[]
Linguist[]
- Sign Language
- Common Language
- Old Lucerish
Relationships[]
Violet Sorrengail[]
Violet is Jesinia close friend and they have known each other for years. Jesinia spent the year before Conscription Day studying with Violet to pass the scribe entrance exam and she attributes her success on the exam to that year of studying with her.[1]
Sawyer Henrick[]
Sawyer and Jesinia by illustratinghan
Sawyer and Jesinia interact when he joins Violet on trips to the Archives, and the two seem to be mutually interested. He learns sign language from Violet to be able to talk with her.
Liam Mairi[]
Jesinia meets Liam when he accompanies Violet on her archive duty in Fourth Wing. Violet is shocked to learn that Liam can sign and communicate with. He shamelessly flirts with her, before being chastised by Violet as Jesinia is described as a "long-term-relationship woman." The two remain friends until Liam's death.[2]
Quotes[]
"I'm not going to try to kill her, I wouldn't even know how." - to Imogen when she is skeptical of Jesinia interacting with Violet
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Violet says Jesinia knows more languages than she does, but Jesinia asks Violet for help with Old Lucerish.