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Since he is in three different places (the human puppet in the Waste, the composite man Gaston-Perceval, and the skull in the moving castle), this is difficult, and the scarecrow is worn out when Sophie first encounters it. When Wizard Suliman was surprised by the Witch, he cast his strongest magic into a scarecrow and ordered it to come to his rescue.
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Since the Witch wasn't using either head, Suliman's was left over the Witch transformed it into a skull - the same skull Howl later bought on a whim. The left-over bits of Justin and Suliman were assembled into a composite man, known both as Gaston and as Perceval, who the Witch turned into a dog - the same dog which Sophie rescues at the beginning and which starts following Lettie around. Her puppet contains bits of Prince Justin and the royal wizard Suliman, and she wants Howl's head to finish it off. The Witch of the Waste has been creating a human puppet to rule Ingary for her. Miss Angorian is the Witch of the Waste's fire demon in disguise. He played rugby at university as a winger and has a PhD ? in "Spells and Charms". He has a sister and a nephew and niece in Wales and is a first language Welsh speaker. Howl is originally from Wales, and his name is really Howell Jenkins. Incidentally, this makes his birthday January 27 (assuming that Ingary uses the same calendar that we do, and that it is not a leap year). It's rare to know the age of a DWJ character so accurately. When Howl reaches "ten thousand days and nights" on Midsummer Day, he is 27 years and 145 days old. (Some variation on this is the origin of all fire demons.) going splat on the ground) and entered into an arrangement whereby Calcifer shared Howl's heart (which kept him alive) and Howl shared Calcifer's powers. Howl rescued him from the usual fate of falling stars (ie. Detailed examples are listed below.Ĭalcifer was once a falling star. To be fair, though, much of the help she receives comes the same way.) She brings to life the scarecrow, her stick, and the castle skull she is able to work magic with flowers and plants and she probably saves the lives of both Howl and Calcifer. (Many of the tribulations she faces in the story result from careless remarks she made before she knew about this power. Sophie learns that she possesses the power to talk life into inanimate objects, and that her choice of words will affect how the objects behave in future. Michael meets Martha, who is pretending to be Lettie, at Cesari's and they fall in love.