Luke Maddison

Luke Maddison
Race	Earth
Born	2005
Age in “Snow”	20
Age in “Sequel”	24
Occupation/rank	Student
Family	Susan (sister) Meg (sister) Emily (sister)

Luke Maddison is one of the four Maddison siblings who enter Altierra in the novel The Snow Beyond the Wall. He is the eldest of the four Maddison siblings, aged twenty. Trusted by his parents to look after the younger ones, he carries the nominal authority of the eldest brother, though in practice Susan is more decisive and assertive. Luke is the novel's reflective consciousness: he narrates the epilogue in the first person, looking back on the family's settlement in Altierra with warmth, wry humour, and a quiet melancholy for the world left behind. His relationship with Nena, the Bestia captured for information, is one of the clearest personal arcs of the novel.

Appearance

Luke is the oldest Maddison sibling — Meg tells the Priestess "Luke's the oldest – he's twenty," and a Guardia officer describes him as "a man of about nineteen, clean shaven, dark hair." The novel does not give a detailed physical description beyond this. The narration notes that Luke is about the same size as Raf, which allows the fishermen to provide him with Altierran clothing: a woollen tunic, baggy loose-fitting trousers, slightly worn boots, and a sleeveless cloak.

Images

Luke as he appeared when he first entered Altierra

Luke in Altierran clothing

Luke living as a hunter