Gertrude
Atlas's astronomer
Though she appears to be a schoolgirl, Gertrude is the head of Atlas's school of Astronomy. Age and failing sight once threatened her star charts. Atlas gave her time to pursue new dreams. She has known Coelho for generations and dismisses his son while waiting for his father to take the boy's body. Coelho's records say Gertrude herself took the body of a younger daughter, the sister of one of his earlier incarnations.