Vulture

Appearance
Vulture has a bad leg that was once shared with his twin brother, Shadow. He has a pronounced limp and sometimes uses a cane. "Mourning... rings... black polish on long manicured nails... long hair and eye shadow. (...) A gaunt, hook-nosed fellow."1In flashback chapters Max and Rex are described as having blond hair. He wears all black and keys for jewelry. Smoker is afraid of him, but no one else seems to be.

Notable Relationships

 * Shadow


 * Noble


 * Sphinx


 * Blind


 * Godmother


 * Ralph

Before the House
Vulture is one of the few characters that has canon information about his family. See Siamese. Late in the book, we find out one of the reptiles, Godmother is actually Vulture's grandmother and is seeking to prevent him from graduating due to a stipulation in his late grandfather's will.

In The House
An eccentric but generally well-liked figure. Vulture acts as a father to his flock, many of whom seem to be more significantly disabled than other House students. Vulture is notoriously skilled at lock picking and forging handwriting. He has an amicable friendship with Blind and Sphinx. Vulture says the ghost of Max haunts him, acting as a literal shadow, and others can feel it if he passes through him.

On the Other Side
We don't get to see Vulture on the other side, but he is a confirmed Jumper. We find out through a conversation with Sphinx that he has been using drugs (both conventional and of his own making) in an effort to become a Strider so that he can seek out one of Master of Time's gears in order to enter another Loop and be with Max again. He does not succeed, but Noble overhears the conversation and gives Vulture the gear he managed to get on the night before graduation.

Mentions
1Book One, Smoker, page 84

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