Emily Maddison - Revision history

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			<strong>See also:</strong>
			[[Luke Maddison]] • [[Susan Maddison]] • [[Meg Maddison]]
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	\| [[File:Emily_altierran.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|''Emily in Altierran clothing and with her hair loose'']]		\| [[File:Emily_altierran.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|''Emily in Altierran clothing and with her hair loose'']]

	\| [[File:Emily_sixteen.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|''Emily at the age of ~~sixteen~~'']]		\| [[File:Emily_sixteen.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|''Emily at the age of seventeen'']]

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	\| family = [[Luke Maddison\|Luke]] (brother)<br>[[Susan Maddison\|Susan]] (sister)<br>[[Meg Maddison\|Meg]] (sister)		\| family = [[Luke Maddison\|Luke]] (brother)<br>[[Susan Maddison\|Susan]] (sister)<br>[[Meg Maddison\|Meg]] (sister)
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	~~'''Birthdate range: 10 September 20011to 11 August 2012.'''~~

	Emily Maddison is one of the four Maddison siblings who enter Altierra in the novel The Snow Beyond the Wall. She is the youngest of the group and is 13 years old when she first enters the world.		Emily Maddison is one of the four Maddison siblings who enter Altierra in the novel The Snow Beyond the Wall. She is the youngest of the group and is 13 years old when she first enters the world.
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	Emily Maddison is one of the four Maddison siblings who enter Altierra in the novel The Snow Beyond the Wall. She is the youngest of the group and is 12 years old when she first enters the world.		'''Birthdate range: 10 September 20011to 11 August 2012.'''

			Emily Maddison is one of the four Maddison siblings who enter Altierra in the novel The Snow Beyond the Wall. She is the youngest of the group and is 13 years old when she first enters the world.

	Though often dismissed by her older brother and sisters, she is the catalyst for the entire story: it is Emily who discovers the portal in the cellar of Portian House, and Emily who finds it again when all hope of returning home seems lost. Despite her youth, she eventually accompanies the mission to free Meg from Sometria and plays a crucial role in the attempt.		Though often dismissed by her older brother and sisters, she is the catalyst for the entire story: it is Emily who discovers the portal in the cellar of Portian House, and Emily who finds it again when all hope of returning home seems lost. Despite her youth, she eventually accompanies the mission to free Meg from Sometria and plays a crucial role in the attempt.
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	==Appearance==		==Appearance==

	Emily is ~~twelve~~ years old — the youngest of the Maddison siblings. She is small enough that Alucio, tracking her footprints after she runs away alone, identifies her by the low height of a freshly broken branch — "hinting that a small person had passed this way." Her youth is a recurring practical consideration: Alucio worries she cannot keep pace on long marches, and Raf identifies her as the only member of the party who could pass as a Sometria novice because of her age.		Emily is thirteen years old — the youngest of the Maddison siblings. She is small enough that Alucio, tracking her footprints after she runs away alone, identifies her by the low height of a freshly broken branch — "hinting that a small person had passed this way." Her youth is a recurring practical consideration: Alucio worries she cannot keep pace on long marches, and Raf identifies her as the only member of the party who could pass as a Sometria novice because of her age.

	Before crossing into Altierra she wears jeans and pink trainers — the latter a distinctive marker that later turns up as evidence when a Guardia officer presents one to Fabra. At Portian House, Mrs Navarro insists she wear a dress or skirt instead. After crossing into Altierra she is given local Altierran clothing at Elísal suitable for travel and concealment, and receives a cloak for warmth during the march to Sometria. When the siblings later return through the portal, Emily appears to have changed back into her old clothes; Meg is the only one still wearing Altierran clothing, as her own were confiscated.		Before crossing into Altierra she wears jeans and pink trainers — the latter a distinctive marker that later turns up as evidence when a Guardia officer presents one to Fabra. At Portian House, Mrs Navarro insists she wear a dress or skirt instead. After crossing into Altierra she is given local Altierran clothing at Elísal suitable for travel and concealment, and receives a cloak for warmth during the march to Sometria. When the siblings later return through the portal, Emily appears to have changed back into her old clothes; Meg is the only one still wearing Altierran clothing, as her own were confiscated.

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	* “Yonks”		* “Yonks”

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	\| 000 0 \|\| 00 \|\| xxxx		\| 000 0 \|\| 00 \|\| xxxx
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	\| 2025 \|\| 20 \|\| Entered Altierra		\| 2025 \|\| 12 \|\| Entered Altierra
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 After the end of the Snow Beyond the Wall, Emily stays on at [[Elisal]]. When [[Raf]] and [[Susan]] build their own residence there, Emily becomes a companion to [[Fabra]].

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	==Speech==		==Speech==

			Emily's natural register is modern British English — youthful, enthusiastic, and free of profanity. She uses "like" as a filler, as when she recalls the cellar: "We thought like it might be cool." Her speech is peppered with earnest expressions of excitement: "I think it'll be exciting" and "This is more exciting than boring old Dartmoor, isn't it".

			She is frequently talked over or dismissed by her siblings, and sometimes retreats into sulking rather than arguing back — after Luke hits her for disturbing them (she was trying to tell them Meg had been kidnapped), she curls up on her bed and growls "Go away" when they come to apologise. She does not have Susan's assertiveness or Luke's authority, and her contributions are often overlooked until events prove her right.

			When included in adult discussions, she responds with surprised eagerness. Asked her opinion about the Sometria plan, she says "Me?" — surprised and thrilled — before offering a simple, loyal answer: "I just don't want Susan to get hurt." She pleads to join the mission with childlike earnestness: "Please. I'll behave, I promise."

			She is blunt when emotional. Upon seeing the ruined Portian House, she states flatly: "It means Mum and Dad are dead." She does not hedge or soften the implication, and the others are struck by the directness. Similarly, at Midsummer's Day, she simply says: "I want to go home... I want to see Mum and Dad again" — cutting through the siblings' reluctance to voice the thought.

			She shows flashes of irritation when not believed. When the others doubt her identification of the tree marker at the portal site, she looks around "with some irritation" and insists: "It is. I know it is." This stubbornness when she is certain is characteristic — she does not argue at length, but she does not back down either.

			She does not use the Altierran forms of address naturally. Susan notes with amusement that "She doesn't like curtseys," and Alucio acknowledges she will need to accept them if she is to pass as a novice at Sometria. Her Altierran speech is learned and uncomfortable, not adopted.

			A representative line that captures her voice: "I want to see Mum and Dad." — simple, direct, emotionally honest, and brave in its willingness to say what others will not.

	Uses "like" in her sentences in the way that modern children do.		Uses "like" in her sentences in the way that modern children do.