“DECLAN”

B.~1862-1870 | WCHB | PB: PAUL MESCAL
Their assistant printer, Declan is a closed book to most of the world. He’s the strong but silent type, hardworking and meticulous. Gentle as he is, he moonlights as an underground boxer/duellist for a bit of extra pay, because Tess can’t pay him as much as she wants to and he’s far too loyal to leave them. At the printshop, he has the misfortune of being every Whitby sister’s personal shoulder to cry on – so he knows everyone’s secrets and will take them all to the grave. He’s better at listening than offering advice, anyway – he gets all his life advice from romance novels, and is perpetually falling for people out of his league.