Study Guide

Pure Characters

By Julianna Baggott

Whether you pronounce it as "Presh-ah" or "Press-e-ah," Pressia Belze is your heroine and...

What would we do without Partridge? This dude, this "Pure," is almost the farthest thing from...

Ever met a dude with wings in his back? Well then, you've never met Bradwell, the good-looking,...

Lyda Mertz is nobody's fool, and nobody's damsel in distress. But that fact comes as a...

With a name like this, how could we not love this guy to death? El Capitan is the fourth and...

Played a part in the destruction of the world, only to save himself and create a new corrupt...

Otherwise known as Pressia and Partridge's mother, Aribelle is characterized more when she is...

"There but for the grace of God, Helmud. That could be you in there," he says. "You in there,"...

Glassings is just your everyday teacher who wants to overthrow the government. Nothing too out of...

Woman stabs husband in back with scalpel: saves the day. Illia is one of those characters that we...

There's a lot wrong with this guy. First of all, he's the head of OSR and orders random Death...

Odwald Belze is supposedly Pressia's grandfather, though we aren't sure. Either way, he cares for...

Sedge is Partridge's dead brother. Except he's not dead. He was just mutated into a...

She has a simple face, small and delicate, a mosaic of glass. There's only one light hitting her,...