Manuel Lorimer is a changeling who lives with his sister Dare at Home. He first appears in Rosemary and Rue. Toby estimates him to be around seventeen.
About[]
Manuel is part Piskie and part Tylwyth Teg. Devin rescued him and his sister off off of the streets and offered them protection in exchange for doing seedy jobs.
Biography[]
Rosemary and Rue[]
Toby first meets Manuel at Home. He apologizes for his sister, Dare, then tells her that Bucer O’Malley, a Glastig told him that Evening Winterrose had been killed and cops swarmed the building. He was headed to the Queens Court after that. He and his sister, Dare, help stop a Doppleganger from killing Toby, although Devin lays into them for not being their sooner. Toby brings them to Shadowed Hills so Luna can shelter him and Dare, however they return to Home at Devin's orders. When Toby realizes that Devin was Evening's killer, she confronts him, however Manuel is forced into holding Toby at gunpoint. In the following struggle, Devin shoots Dare in the stand-off. Manuel shoots and kills Devin in retaliation.
On Toby's recommendation, Shadowed Hills takes him in for as long as he needs.
Late Eclipses[]
Blaming Toby for Dare's death, Manuel conspires with Rayseline, Oleander, and Dugan to frame Toby for murder. He demands Toby return Dare's knife, which May insists was Dare's gift to Toby, and he threatens them before going away. After Lily's death, Manuel and Dugan produce Lily's damaged pearl as evidence against Toby, and he speaks against her during the Queen's trial.
Later, when Toby is working to capture Oleander within Shadowed Hills, Manuel tries to attack her, however Toby disarms him and reprimands him for his misguided attempt at vengeance, reminding him of Devin's cruelty. After they reconcile, he explains that Raysel had salted Luna's roses, oblivious to salt's pesticide nature and even more to what Raysel had planned. Realising he was misled by his new allies, Manuel helps them find Oleander. He saves Sylvester's life by taking a fatal blow from Oleander's poisoned blade, and despite Toby trying to save him, is named a knight of Shadowed Hills just before dying of his own injuries.
Relationships[]
Dare Lorimer[]
Dare was Manuel's twin sister. He loved his sister dearly, incorrectly blaming Toby for Dare's death and conspiring with Rayseline and Oleander in scapegoating her for Lily's murder and Luna's attempted murder. Sylvester remarked that Manuel was suicidal to a degree, waiting for the right moment to die after losing Dare.
October Daye[]
Prior to Dare's death, Manuel held respect for Toby. After Devin murdered her, Manuel blamed Toby for Dare's death despite Devin obviously murdering her in front of him. Their reconciliation was cut short when Oleander killed him.