Giljohn

Giljohn is a child-taker who travels The Empire, buying and selling children with the traits of the four original tribes.

Appearance and Personality
Giljohn is an old man with yellow teeth and a grizzled face. He has a missing left eye, and a pale scar running from his eyebrow to his cheekbone.

For a man who makes his living buys children from the poorest peasants, Giljohn is surprisingly kind, feeding them well and answering their questions. He loves to haggle whenever buying and selling.

Red Sister
Giljohn is very skilled at recognising in children the traits of the four original tribes, claiming to be known as the Mage-Finder. He travels the backroads of The Empire in his cart with his mule Four-Foot, buying young children from the poorest peasants. On the journey where he picks up Nona Grey, he collects eleven other children including Hessa, Saida, Markus, Willum, and Chara. He takes the children to Verity where he sells them at a profitt to the Caltess Fight-Hall or The Academy or other places. While selling one of the children, Markus, to High Priest Jacob an ugly incident occurs. When Four-Foot bites the priest, he insists on buying the mule, which Giljohn only agrees to with great reluctance. Jacob then beats Four-Foot to death while Markus tries to easy the poor animal’s suffering.

Grey Sister
After selling Nona and the others, Giljohn falls on hard times. When Nona runs away from Sweet Mercy, the Inquisition pull a reward on her head of a hundred golden sovereigns. Knowing she'll return to her mother's village, Giljohn decides to track her down. He tries to surprise her with a crossbow when she reaches the ruins of her village, but Nona manages to catch the bolt, thanks to Keot. She locks him in his own cage, and forces him to answer her questions about what happened to her village; how Sherzal destroyed the village in revenge for Nona killing her soldiers. In the end, Giljohn expects her to kill him, but Nona just frightens him with her Flaw-Blades and walks away.