Gear

"Come with me, Crowfood, 'less you want to die."

- GearGear is Trinket's foul-mouthed apprentice and assistant. She rarely goes two sentences without cursing. Like Trinket, she is a wizard and her powers might fall under the same domain, but that hasn't been specified.

Profile
Gear first appears in the third chapter of The Murder of Elliot Crow. She is worried at first when her mentor, Trinket informs her that there's a boy at their door covered in blood.

She hasn't said much about her past, only that she was once human. It's been hinted that she may have once been bullied in the past.

Trivia

 * Gear's name compliments Trinket's
 * While Elliot and his mother seem to represent gothic culture to a degree, Trinket and Gear might represent steampunk culture
 * A.R. Shanks originally intended for each character to be symbolized by an animal. Gear was supposed to be symbolized by a dog since she and Trinket were such an unlikely friendship, like The Fox and the Hound.
 * Gear's name might allude to steampunk culture
 * While Elliot is often more polite than necessary, Gear swears more than necessary
 * All of Gear's swears are blotted out with little stars.
 * Gear is not a morning person
 * Gear doesn't like the taste of tea, but she seems to like coffee