Nigel Winetrout is the Breakspear family's closest advisors.
Biography[]
Season one[]
Jonah's abduction[]
Winetrout informs Absalom and Piety of Jonah’s abduction from Tetterby Hotel. They have no choice but to wait for a ransom demand. The fewer that know, the better. Absalom is certain they’ll see Jonah unharmed and in their care so long as they pay the ransom.[1]
Winetrout tells Absalom and Piety that they have watchful eyes on Longerbane and his every known associate. Piety wants to arrest Longerbane now despite having no evidence. Absalom explains that in doing that, Longerbane would just deny everything and they’d never see Jonah again. Absalom realizes that Longerbane is after the chancellorship. When the ransom demand comes, it won’t be gold. It will exact that Absalom step down in exchange for Jonah’s return.
After his mishap in parliament, Absalom is disgraced with his own actions, which just may have cost Jonah his life. Piety instructs Absalom to arrest Longerbane, but Winetrout advises against it without proof. Piety desires to torture him to get Jonah’s location. Absalom agrees with Piety and orders Winetrout to bring him in.[2]
Winetrout informs Absalom that the constabulary has a suspect in custody for the recent spate of murders. The culprit is a half-blood. The killings were to keep his secret. Aisling Querelle, the first victim, was his own mother.[3]
Attack on the Chancellor[]
Absalom returns home and tells Winetrout to bring him the Magister of police. He enters his office and signs a order for Vignette Stonemoss’s release. While in his office, Absalom is attacked by Quill and stabbed multiple times. He then runs out the office screaming "Death to the Tyrant" and "The Hidden One is revealed." He doesn’t make it far before being apprehended by Absalom’s men. Winetrout then finds Absalom bleeding on the floor.
Winetrout informs Piety that Quill is being interrogated in the Keep. They’re questioning all the Critch servants and will be replacing them. Jonah arrives and demands to speak with his father, who’s weak, but alive.
Winetrout tells Absalom that the press has caught wind of his attack and are asking questions. He also hands Absalom the order of release for Vignette, though the Magistrate has yet to arrive.
Following Absalom's death at the hands of his own wife, Winetrout, Jonah, and Hood attend a meeting at Balefire to discuss the Puck that attacked Absalom and his comrades.[4]
Appearances[]
Season one[]
References[]
- ↑ Season 1, Episode 02: Aisling
- ↑ Season 1, Episode 04: The Joining of Unlike Things
- ↑ Season 1, Episode 07: The World to Come
- ↑ Season 1, Episode 08: The Gloaming