The Eloquent Page
Names: The Eloquent Pagebookshophaunted bookshopEloquent Page BookshopRogatien's bookshopthe shop
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 1 (Prologue)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Jack the Bodiless
- Ch 7The bookshop sells collectible paper fantasy, science fiction and horror, mostly by mail order, in the Gates House on Main Street.
Connections
- inGates House
- inHanover
- created byRogi Remillardowner
- has memberPerdita Manionworks there
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 1The Ghost demands Rogi's memoirs
In his apartment above The Eloquent Page, Rogi learns the Ghost's last assignment is to write the full history of the Remillards. He demands the Ghost show itself and doubts it exists.
- Book 1 · Ch 39Rogatien opens his bookshop
In 1991 Rogatien stocks and opens the Eloquent Page in Hanover, serving Denis's Coterie and mail-order customers.
- Book 1 · Ch 44Bookshop psychokinesis demonstration
At a signing, Remillard balances books in midair with psychokinesis for a fan and cameras; Uncle Roger then calls the books to him, revealing his own ability.
- Book 1 · Ch 45Lucille rescues Rogatien
Lucille finds Rogatien in a drunken stupor days after the taping, cleans him and his flat, feeds him by coercion, and proposes he see her analyst Sampson that afternoon.
- Book 1 · Ch 47Lucille and Ume visit Rogatien's bookshop
On 21 September 1992 Lucille and Ume asked Rogatien to join their creativity experiments. Lucille tried a coercive probe, which he resisted, then fled in tears over Sampson. Rogatien admitted to Ume that he interfered.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Marc recruits Rogi
Marc returns to Hanover, wakes Rogi from a drunken doze with his redactive power and secretly tells him of Teresa's illegal pregnancy, asking for help and the car and camping gear.
- Book 2 · Ch 42Marc warns Rogi
At the bookshop Marc warns Rogi to avoid the Dynasty and lock up while sleeping; Rogi dismisses the danger but becomes anxious about Jack.
- Book 3 · Ch 14Rogi dissuades Jack from visiting Dorothea
In 2067 at his bookshop, Rogi persuades Jack not to go to Caledonia to confront Dorothea. They discuss the Hydra threat and Jack agrees to consult the Lylmik.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Rogi meets Dorothée
In March 2069 twelve-year-old Dorothée visits Rogi's bookshop to buy a birthday gift for her brother, befriends Marcel, and begins a long friendship with Rogi.
- Book 4 · Ch 3Memory extraction for the rudalm
MulMul Ziml visits Rogi, who initially refuses a mind-probe and makes the Gi faint, then agrees to let the extractor record memories of the Caledonia diatreme under Kyle's supervision.
- Book 4 · Ch 3Rogi and Kyle discuss the Fury secret
Rogi insists Kyle keep secret that Fury is probably a Remillard, explaining the cover-up and the need to keep Davy MacGregor ignorant; Kyle reluctantly agrees.
- Book 4 · Ch 3Anne reveals Denis is Fury
Anne Remillard arrives unexpectedly in the snowstorm and tells Rogi she suspects her father Denis has a split personality and is Fury.