Sophia Tims

Sophia Tims is the protagonist of the Mapmakers Trilogy, as well as Shadrack Elli's niece and Theodore Thackary's good friend.

Appearance
Sophia has long dirty blonde hair, shown to be slightly wavy on the covers. She has a pointed chin, as said in narration, and brown eyes. She wears silver star earrings that she has had since she was one.

Personality
Sophia has shown to be curious, both in the world around her, and in the people around her. When Shadrack introduces her to mapmaking, she spends days learning as much as she can about it.

Sophia is shown as mature for her age. She feels that despite her uncle's efforts, she had to learn to raise herself rather than depend on those around her.

She has also been shown to be quite lonely and solitary before she met Theo, as her only friend Dorothy had moved away. She spent more time with herself rather than go outside and play with the other children in her neighbourhood.

Pre-Mapmakers
Sophia's parents left on an urgent journey and were not able to take her because she was too young. Sophia's parents entrusted her to her uncle Shadrack Elli. Throughout her childhood, Shadrack hired graduate students to help take care of her, but although they were brilliant and lovable, they were not competent at childcare. Sophia says she learned to think of them as "friendly companions rather than reliable guardians ".

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Relationships

 * Shadrack Elli (relationship)

Shadrack Elli is Sophia's uncle and her primary guardian since she was three years old. Sophia has a lot of trust in Shadrack and claims she "always told Shadrack everything; usually he knew what she was thinking without having to ask ". When Shadrack goes missing, she is greatly distressed and is intent on finding Veressa, so she can find him.

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 * Theo Thackary (relationship)

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 * Calixta Morris + Burr Morris(relationship)

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 *  Veressa Metl(relationship)

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Quotes

 * “Was this always part of growing older? Sophia wondered. Perhaps it was: realizing the world was not obliged to give you what you wanted, and more importantly, deciding what you would do and how you would feel once the realization arrived. Would you sit back and resent the world? Would you make peace with it, and accept the unfairness without rancor? Or would you try to find and take what the world had not provided? Maybe all three, she reflected, at different moments.”-

Trivia

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 * One of Sophia's graduate student caretakers had attempted to teach her Latin. By age 7 she could speak fluently about farmers and aqueducts.