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The trials of Morrigan Crow - an overview

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Warning to all who are unexperienced in the world of Morrigan crow - By order of the Nevermoor stink, this work contains very big spoilers so  Do not read  if you have not read The Trials of Morrigan Crow. All violators of this rule will be banished henceforth from the site.

Cursed children
A cursed child is any child that is born on the first day of a new age, or Eventide. This becomes apparent through the actions of the entire

Before Nevermoor
Before the concept of Nevermoor is introduced, the book starts on a gloomy note, with the chancellor (father of MC) giving a speech about his dead daughter, and it is obvious that this start is a very effective way of introducing tension in knowing that the main character must die. The way this is portrayed, with Corvus Crow (the same person as the chancellor) actually seeming to care about his daughter, makes the indifference that he has to the imminent death of his only child that is shown later in the book surprising to the reader. The book then takes a leap back to three days earlier, with Bid day and Eventide being the main events between Morrigan and her untimely death.

Bid Day
This is the day when all the children are required to go to the town hall, and if they are lucky, or talented enough, they will recieve a bid. "Or rich enough," Ornella Crow (Morrigan's grandmother) remarks, as Ivy (Morrigan's stepmother) explains, and indeed this factor is a key part, where the patron (as they are called) could be bribed/coerced into bidding on a child. Morrigan then asks if she may go, and she is taken along, if only that Corvus could get a front page in the news. At Bid Day, she then watches the children from her perch next to Corvus on the main stage. It is then recorded that she feels some envy towards them, or some excitement, as if she knows that despite being a cursed child, she will still recieve a bid. And lo and behold, she does, with the first being from the Devereux's ladies college, the second(rare) from some army place (please change if you can be bothered to find out). The third(very rare) from Jupiter North, for the Wundrous Society, and the fourth(un-heard of) from an anonymous bidder who turns out to be Ezra squall's assistant, standing for Ezra Squall