A Series of Unfortunate Events (My Notes)

Notes on the V.F.D

Ticket seller (Possibly Deceased)

Jacquelyn Scieszka

FIRE STARTERS MEMBERES (KNOWN AND POSSIBLE)

The Bald Man with the Long Nose (deceased in the books, alive and former in Netflix series)

Ernest Denouement

Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender (deceased in the books, alive and former in Netflix series)

Fernald (formerly)

Fiona (temporarily)

Ivan Lachrymose

Man With a Beard But No Hair (possibly deceased)

Count Olaf (deceased)

Georgina Orwell (deceased)

Lena Pukalie

Carmelita Spats (possibly deceased)

Esmé Squalor (possibly deceased)

Esmé Squalor Fan Club

White-Faced Women (formerly)

Woman With Hair But No Beard (possibly deceased).

Remora - as he defends the Baudelaires during their trial, he could potentially be on the Fire-fighting side

Julienne - she slanders the Baudelaires in her articles and is known to follow orders from Esmé, so she is likely on the Fire-Starting side.

Roy Hardwood, who was only mentioned in a very brief flash of a book in the Netflix series, might be part of the Fire-Starting side, as he was suspected of starting the Lucky Smells Lumbermill fire.

MOTTO

"The world is quiet here" is the motto of V.F.D. It functions as a password and marks a letter or item as connected to V.F.D. It is also the phrase volunteers use to mark their allegiance in the field.

The phrase, in-universe, can be heard in the song "The Little Snicket Lad", which was written about Lemony Snicket's recruitment.

"When we grab you by the ankles,

Where our mark is to be made,

You'll soon be doing noble work,

Although you won't be paid.

When we drive away in secret,

You'll be a volunteer,

So don't scream when we take you:

The world is quiet here."

The phrase is taken from the first line of the poem The Garden of Proserpine by Algernon Charles Swinburne. The first stanza goes as follows:

Here, where the world is quiet;

Here, where all trouble seems

Dead winds' and spent waves' riot

In doubtful dreams of dreams;

I watch the green field growing

For reaping folk and sowing,

For harvest-time and mowing,

A sleepy world of streams.

The last four lines of the eleventh (second-to-last) stanza are also used as a code in order to communicate the Last Safe Place.

From too much love of living,

From hope and fear set free,

We thank with brief thanksgiving