Tomás

Tomás was taken into the hive via an accident with a crow and nursed back to health by Bijou and Powder. As a result, the near-death encounter left him very shaken and without his voice, and as such, he had to stay longer in the Willow Coterie in order to learn how to speak again. This time, through sign language.

The process was difficult, as even though Tomás had always been a boy of few words, having to learn sign language forced him to stick out more than he was used to. Fortunately, the Queen of the hive was able to assist in his learning. The two became a bit closer as a result, with Tomás becoming something of a surrogate child to Cordelia.

The longer Tomás stayed in the Willow to rehabilitate, the less he found he wanted to leave. He hadn't left much behind in his homes out in the woods. The only thing he would miss was the view by the river, but that very same expanse was what had gotten him attacked in the first place. Soon enough, he got to bonding with Chai, one of Bijou's sons, and by proxy it introduced him to Rody—an offspring of the watchmen, who wanted to open their own shop in the hive. They just didn't have the face for it.

Before, Tomás had a knack for trading with passerby moths. So, he easily came into his new role as the seller of the Willow Coterie, alongside his "accountant," Rody.