Camille Colbert is a 32-year-old professional spy in an expedition tied to major archaeological finds. She carries a dagger that points northwest, and her body shows a link to the underworld.
| Type | Character |
| Spanish entry | Camille Colbert |
Description
She has “expertise in espionage”. Her skin is very pale and cold, slightly blue, “stupidly smooth and unmarked”, and heals fast. She has high cheekbones, a slender figure, long deep-black hair and green eyes.
She dresses in green and black: black trousers with long green suspenders, a low-cut green shirt or a black shirt with white stripes, black military boots, and a green hat (a campaign hat in one account, a cloche in another). She is labeled a femme fatale and is obsessed with Mata Hari.
The dagger
She was chosen for the dagger’s missions, which set the group’s course. Floated in a tub, it “marks and trembles toward a particular place”: the northwest.
The underworld
She has strange visions and dreams. In episodes her feet become “slightly modified again”, like those of him, an unidentified figure; others watch her feet to read the unseen.
Conflicting accounts
- She is named Camille Claudel in some accounts, Camille Colbert in others; whether one woman or two is not established.
Open questions
- What lies northwest, and where did the dagger come from?
- When do her feet change, and does it advance or recede?
- What do the visions show, and do they share the dagger’s source?
- Is her healing innate or from the connection? Why did the underworld choose her?
- Who is he?