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{{character
|died=By [[Silence Montane]]
 
 
|profession=Highwayman
 
|profession=Highwayman
 
|books=[[Shadows for Silence]]
|residence=Forests of Hell
 
|world=Threnody
 
 
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
 
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell]]
 
 
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{{spoilers| for [[Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell]]}}
'''Chesterton Divide''' is a highwayman from [[Threnody]].{{book ref|sfs}}
 
   
 
'''Chesterton Divide''' was a highwayman from the [[Forests of Hell]] {{ref|b|sfs}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
 
It is uncertain how he normally dresses, but Chesterton and his men disguise themselves as merchants, wearing black coats with lace at the front and tall, wide-brimmed hats.{{book ref|sfs}} His physical appearance is not described.
 
   
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Chesterton Divide was initially a simple highway robber, guilty of murder, rape, and extortion.{{ref|b|sfs}} Then he killed the governor of [[Lastport]], although how or why were unclear. The city of Lastport put a huge bounty on Chesterton's head, calling him a psychopath and anarchist.
Chesterton is a vicious monster, likened to a rabid dog.{{book ref|sfs}} He is responsible for many cruel acts, in particular larceny, murder, and rape. He has been shown to do whatever it takes to get what he wants, be it bribery, threats, killing, or other distasteful methods. He is not without cunning though; traveling as a merchant is a clever ruse that allows him freedom of movement and access to information.
 
   
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Chesterton and his men disguised themselves as merchants, wearing black coats with lace at the front and tall, wide-brimmed hats.{{ref|b|sfs}} The disguise allowed them to vanish without cause for alarm, people would assume that they were foolish and had simply been killed by [[shade]]s. They also could stop at waystops to listen for information and case places and people they wanted to rob.
== History ==
 
=== Early Life ===
 
Very little about Chesterton's early life is known.{{book ref|sfs}} He is initially a simple, if successful, highway robber, guilty of murder, rape, and extortion.{{book ref|sfs}} One of his early crimes is the slaughter of [[Sebruki]]'s family. For reasons unknown, he enters her family's homestead, encircles the room with silver powder to keep the [[shade]]s out, and proceeds to kill her entire family. Sebruki's mother hides her under the floorboards, so Chesterton does not kill her.
 
   
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Chesterton and his men then stopped at [[Silence Montane]]'s [[Silence's waystop|waystop]], where she recognized him from her book of bounties.{{ref|b|sfs}} Silence planned to kill him and his men to collect the bounty, which was large enough to run the waystop for a year or two.
Later he kills the governor of [[Lastport]], although how or why are unclear.{{book ref|sfs}} The city of Lastport puts a huge bounty on Chesterton's head, calling him a psychopath and anarchist. Chesterton and four of his men go on the run, slipping into the [[Forests of Hell]] to hide, in the guise of simple merchants. The disguise allows them to vanish without cause for alarm, people assume that they were foolish and have simply been killed by shades. They also can stop at waystops to listen for information and case places and people they want to rob. Chesterton and his men manage to avoid capture in this way for at least three months.
 
 
=== Arrival at Silence's Waystop ===
 
Chesterton and his men then stop at [[Silence Montane]]'s [[Silence's waystop|waystop]] for food, where she recognizes him from her book of bounties.{{book ref|sfs}} Unbeknownst to them, she has her daughter, [[William Ann]], drug their food with [[fenweed]] to make them drowsy. She also mixes their horses' water with [[wetleek|wetleek sap]], which allows her and William Ann to track them by their urine, which is bioluminescent under the light of [[Abraham's Fire]].
 
 
Not long after leaving Silence's waystop, Chesterton and his men bed down for the night.{{book ref|sfs}} Drugged as they are he and his men fall into a deep sleep. Silence and William Ann find them, and dispatch almost all of them before Chesterton wakes and attempts to escape. Silence and her daughter successfully kill him with a hammer while keeping any blood they shed covered with a bag.
 
 
=== Fight for Chesterton's Corpse ===
 
[[Red Young]] and his men stop Silence and William Ann on their way home with Chesterton's body, and take it off of them for the reward.{{book ref|sfs}} Silence contrives a booby trap to cause an explosion, which allow them to escape with the body. However, when Red Young catches up with them, Silence and her daughter are forced to leave the body behind. [[Theopolis]] successfully retrieves the body and places it in his hideout, where Silence recovers it after his death. She creates the story that Theopolis was the White Fox and turns Chesterton's body in for the bounty.
 
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
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