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"She doesn't answer to that name if you speak it. But she does smile - so imperceptibly that you might miss it, if you didn't know to look for it."[2]
"An empty book in a library is in itself a potent symbol. The stories to be written on these pages depend on the actions of today."[3]
Calendared months.
November is one of the twelve months of the Calendar Council, but she is inactive and does not answer to the name at the moment.[4][5] She wears a long purple dress with her hair in a bun, and her nails are painted dark blue with a tiny star on each finger.[6][7] She loves fruit,[8] and can often be seen idly munching on an apple or orange.[9][10] She has an easygoing and witty personality,[11][12] but chooses her words carefully,[13][14] and can be quite threatening to those who displease her.[15]
November has an understanding of the ways of Parabola,[16] and considers December an old friend.[17] Despite her retirement, she has a fondness for mischief,[18] and hints that she may consider resuming her revolutionary activities.[19] Her entry in the Agendums of Ascent is a blank book: a statement that stories can only be written by the actions of today.[20]
"I have, in my time, encountered rumours at the ministry of something known as a 'lost cell'. A most insidious kind of revolutionary group, separated from its leader by death, or imprisonment, or simple forgetfulness—still working to fulfil their long-forgotten plots."[21]
"One day, you walk into an art dealership in Veilgarden, and to your great surprise, why, there is one of your foolish little designs! Someone has taken it, and prettied it up, and you see it there, framed and polished, and you can think of nothing but how trifling it was to you. How it served to fill the time between one glass of wine and another."[21]
Before her retirement, November worked closely with a cell of revolutionaries.[22] These revolutionaries sought the Liberation of Night,[23] though November's own views on the Liberation are unclear. November's cell idolized her,[24] and believe that she abandoned and even forgot about them.[25][24] November, however, compares her situation to an artist sketching a design on a whim, only to find that the design was put on display. While others may celebrate the design, the artist can only view it as a distraction.[26]
A member of November's cell.
November's associates are considered a "lost cell," meaning they still strive to execute their leader's schemes despite her departure.[27][28] One of these schemes that they have long hoped to perform[29][30] involves dressing in black and blue robes and wearing white demon-masks with twisted horns and blue feathers.[31] They will gather to stage a parade during a bonfire night,[32] and herald the revolution to London.[33] November's cell hopes that by finally executing this plan, they will restore November's memory, and maybe even vindicate themselves in her eyes.[24] Contrary to their beliefs, however, November has not forgotten her old comrades, and claims to think of them "every waking day" even if she seems reluctant to rejoin the cause.[34][4]
↑ 4.04.1November 2, Fallen London"[...] would you look at that? An old friend!" She hands you a porcelain ornament [...] long-nosed dog. [...] "I'm not back. But I am around.""
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"A woman is standing beside your bonfire. She wears a long dress and her hair is tied up in a high, neat bun. [...] Her nails are polished a very dark blue, almost black. She has painted a tiny star on each of them."
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"The Purple-Clad Revolutionary follows your gaze to a bag of fruit at her feet. "A gift to myself," she says."
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. He seems like an alright sort, doesn't he? [...] That's fine. Orange slice?""
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"[...] I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. He seems like an alright sort, doesn't he? A little buttoned-up, maybe. That's fine. Orange slice?""
↑November 2, Fallen London""Obviously, I'm not usually this forward," her tone is as light as if she were commenting on the weather. "Blame it on the season. And, you have acquired something of a reputation. How could I not be curious?" [...] She laughs, warmly and loudly. "And would you look at that? An old friend!" She hands you a porcelain ornament [...] long-nosed dog."
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"[...] Revolutionaries are coming for his Spectacle. But perhaps not just the kind that he thinks." The Revolutionary searches silently for the right words."
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"[...] You're here to work, I'm here to enjoy the Spectacle, I don't think that we need to get to know each other too intimately.""
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"When last we spoke, I was led away by the constables [...] I am no longer so constrained, and that I have not forgotten the circumstances [...] I will make an end of you so profound that only bones remain. Yours, patiently, November.""
↑The Calendar Code, Fallen London"Examine a book of blank pages [...] An empty book in a library is in itself a potent symbol. The stories to be written on these pages depend on the actions of today."
↑ 24.024.124.2A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"The figure is desperate. [...] "We tried our best. We tried so hard." [...] "Please remember," [...] November". "Please tell us you remember." It is clear, now. "That you're proud.""
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"The Purple-Clad Revolutionary looks at you [...] "Let us suppose that you keep a sketchbook," [...] in the margins, [...] A half-idea. A silly drawing." [...] "One day, you walk into an art dealership [...] there is one of your foolish little designs! Someone has taken it, and prettied it up..." "... and you see it there, framed and polished, and you can think of nothing but how trifling it was to you. How it served to fill the time [...]"
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"Perhaps you are wondering," [...] about the nature of the interruption at the end of the Spectacle. [...] "I have, [...] encountered rumours at the ministry of something known as a 'lost cell'. A [...] revolutionary group, separated from its leader [...] still working to fulfil their long-forgotten plots.""
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London""Your friend the Minister was right. Revolutionaries are coming for his Spectacle. But perhaps not just the kind that he thinks." [...] "To work on a plot. A real plot. [...] if the day comes when the plot is disavowed, or abandoned, or forgotten about, still you toil." [...] I suspect it will be a night to remember." [...] You brought the evidence of the strangers to the purple-clad Revolutionary."
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"Long before we met, your mother came out [...] to light a bonfire [...] a Stranger joined the bonfire, [...] 'Is it tonight?' She asked, [...] your mother saw that instead of a face she had a mask—like—THIS!" The mother opens her eyes wide. She curls her hands into horns above her head [...]"
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London"A figure, draped in robes of black and blue. [...] the figure wears an appalling mask. Its fanged mouth screams silently, its horns twist thickly upwards like a ram's. There is a shock of blue feathers. [...] ranks of masked individuals. The sound of horns. "We are come," says the figure."
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London""Witness, London," says the parade's leader. [...] "Witness! For the time comes. For plans have been set in motion, and laid to the fingernail. [...] materials gathered." [...] "For though we were abandoned, we are diligent, London, and there will be a reckoning.""
↑A Little Pandemonium, Fallen London""Please tell us you remember." [...] "That you're proud." [...] the Purple-Clad Revolutionary says nothing at all. You can read no emotion on her face. The unmasked man sobs. Then— "Of course I remember," she says. "Every waking day.""
