Blind

"'Believing is not a requirement.'" "- Blind to Humpback, Book Three, p. 603"

Appearance
Blind is described as being thin, pale, and with long, unkempt black hair. He wears shirts that don't fit, many of which belonged to his deceased childhood counselor, Elk. He is often barefoot, but his shoes are referenced twice, once in a childhood scene, and once in the "present" (Book One, The Forest).

Notable Relationships

 * Sphinx - Blind's best friend from childhood. Though their relationship has grown strained, they are still close and rely on one another in tight situations.
 * Elk -
 * Rat
 * Tabaqui
 * Vulture
 * Ralph
 * Alexander
 * Black
 * Wolf

Before the House
His family is never referenced. Spent the early childhood in a boarding house for the blind and legally blind (presumably the same where Sphinx is, or has been, working in the Epilogue). When Blind was 5, Elk, in his capacity as a childhood psychologist, has been asked for an outside consult regarding him, and as a result Blind was transferred to the House.

In the House
After having witnessed the massacre on the night before the graduation of the seniors, Blind considers it his foremost duty not to allow anything similar to happen - by assuming responsibility for all the House inhabitants and preventing the formation of any other power centers; this, in his view, is what the House itself wants. The decisions to keep Black in the Fourth (until the time when his Leadership can no longer cause a significant enough split in loyalties), prevent the students from mixing with girls, tacitly approve the death of Wolf, and stop Pompey even at the cost of killing him, all stem from this conviction.

On the Other Side
Blind is an almost nightly visitor there, most often seeking to enter the Forest - where he shapeshifts at will (we see him there in human, wolf-like and spider-like form). It is not specified explicitly (except in apocrypha - the alternate version of his last talk with Sphinx), but it can be deduced that on the Other Side Blind can see.

Quotes
L’Aveugle Слепой