John Childermass

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Character
Name: John Childermass
Occupation: Man of Business, Manservant, Practical Magician
Relationships: Gilbert Norrell (employer)
Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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John Childermass is one of the secondary characters of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, based on the 2004 novel by Susanna Clarke and subsequent 2015 BBC television mini-series.

He is part of the most popular pairing in the fandom: John Childermass/John Segundus.

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Childermass is Gilbert Norrell's manservant and advisor. He is a practical magician himself. His loyalty to the Raven King often puts him at odds with Norrell.

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John Childermass spends roughly 26 years in Gilbert Norrell's service, and hidden between the lines of what we see there are many memories. Here are a few.

It was not service, what happened between him and the master in private. It would be seen that way, which was why it was private, but that was not the truth of it. It never had been.

In which a flowering fairy orchard introduces a troubling new idea to Childermass and Segundus. (Sex. The idea is sex.)

For a period of three weeks in the summer of 1805 there was a molly house established on the second floor of a certain public house in the city of York.

When Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell disappear, others are left to deal with the consequences of the return of magic to England: this side of the rain, Childermass and Segundus must work together for the greater good, but their paths have crossed many times over the years and feelings have been crushed in the process.

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