The Stone Pilot (character)

The Stone Pilot, Maugin, is a termagant trog from The Edge Chronicles books by Paul Stewart illistrated by Chris Riddell.

History

Maugin started her life living in the underground trog caverns beneath the Deepwoods with the civilitations of termagant trogs. In their species the females keep the appearance of young children until they reach of age and shower themselves in the blood from the roots of the infamous Edge tree the Bloodoak. When doing this they change into the adult female form of termagant trogs. This is a celebrated day for termagant trogs. While still young Maugin had been brought a baby Prowlgrin, whom she named Blink, by her mother, Loess.

As Maugin approached her blooding ceremony day her mother told her that she must release Blink back into the world above. Maugin chose to do it herself and bid her final heart felt goodbyes to her beloved pet.

Maugin is first revealed in Stormchaser, in which she reveals to Twig who she really is underneath her Stone Pilot hood. They form a romantic interest, although they are separated for many years at the end of Midnight over Sanctaphrax.