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“ We love the dead. ... Despite whoever they were when they were alive, we love them because they were cheated and misused. The ultimate underdogs.[1] ”

—Morris speaking to Eve, Imitation in Death


Character Info
Li Morris
Occupation Chief Medical Examiner NYPSD; Doctor
Gender Male
Age Unknown (over 30 - please see History section below)
Hair color Long black (charcoal)
Eye color Green or dark
Residence Soho,[2] New York City, New York
Married/Single Single
First appeared in Rapture in Death

Contents

Introduction

Dr. Morris first appears in Rapture in Death, on August 23, 2058, when he pages Eve Dallas on her 'link.[3]

Descriptions

  • He had heavy-lidded hawk eyes in a vivid shade of green (Morris's YANNIs), a squared-off chin that was generously stubbled, and a slicked-back mane of charcoal hair.[4] His eyes were slanted and oddly sexy.[5] At the peak of his left eyebrow was a small, shiny silver hoop.[6]
    • Exotic almond eyes;[7] dark eyes;[8] the rage in his eyes burned them black.[9]
  • Handsome, somewhat exotic face[10] with his hair usually worn in a ponytail or in queues. He has luxurious hair and a duo of gold and silver hoops in his right ear.[11] He often wears a clear protective gear over his street clothes and a cap while he works.
    • His ink-black hair drew back from his exotic face in a single, gleaming braid.[12]
  • Has a tattoo under his left nipple of the Grim Reaper.[13]
  • He has a clever face with hard planes, long eyes, and skilled fingers;[14] he is elegant with a long, black ponytail, and exotic eyes.[15]
  • His dark hair was pulled back in a sleek tail; he has an exotically sexy face and dark eyes.[16]
    • Eve thought Morris was hot[17] and Peabody described him as severely sexy.[18]
  • Promises in Death is the first time, on page, Morris's hair is worn loose - it's the first time Eve ever saw it loose.[19]

Personality

  • Thorough (though Dallas is sometimes frustrated with his lack of 'stellar speed').[20]
    • He makes delicate, precise, and effective Y cuts.[21]
  • Enjoys bright colors and stylish, nice clothes (snappy dresser).[22]
  • Cares for the dead - he once said that he and Dallas both loved the dead.[23]
  • Enjoys quizzing Dallas on what she sees when looking at a body in Autopsy.[24]
    • Eve thinks he dresses like an uptown rock star and has a mind full of interesting, often incomprehensible trivia.[25]
  • He had humor, depth, great respect for the dead, and great compassion for those left behind by death. There was something bohemian, exotic, artistic about the man who'd chosen to doctor the dead.[26]

Family History

  • Morris was close to his brother, Jin Morris, who drowned when he was a boy; his brother was twelve, Morris was ten at the time and was not a strong swimmer. His brother was a daredevil and a strong swimmer but, when they went swimming in the ocean, without their parents present, his brother disappeared after Morris grew fatigued and returned to shore.[27]
  • Morris said he wanted answers, after his brother died, but no one could tell him how or why it had happened – so he looks for truth now in his work.[28]

History

  • Morris was raised Buddhist and, as he grew up, he experimented and toyed with a variety of faiths. He said the organized sort didn't stick with him. He said he feels the dead, he said they (or that feeling) linger awhile.[29]
  • During his examination of Fitzhugh, Morris said he's never seen anything like what he was seeing in his thirty years of exploring the dead.[30]
  • Morris has no children though there was a woman once, and they had been together long enough to consider it. "But that was ... long ago."[31]

Relationships

  • In Innocent in Death, when asked if he's smitten with Amaryllis Coltraine, Morris asks, "Who wouldn't be?" [32]
    • In Salvation in Death, he was given at least two dozen roses from a woman who is a "very good friend."[33] Eve speculates they were given by Coltraine.[34]
    • When he walked Coltraine out (of the morgue), his hand skimmed lightly down her back and they kissed good-bye.[35]
  • He gave Amaryllis a silky, white droid cat – which she named Satchmo – and, after her murder, he kept it.[36]
    • After Eve notified him of Coltraine's murder, Morris said he had been falling in love with her.[37] They were planning to go away for a few days, to Graceland.[38]
  • Eve considers Morris a friend – a good one;[39] she's attached to him and felt she never gave Ammy a chance.[40]
    • Morris said there's no one he trusts more than Eve.[41]
    • After discussing a gruesome mutilation that disturbed both he and Eve, Morris did something he rarely did and reached out and touched her on the back of her hand. Eve considered it a kind of intimacy and affectionate contact between comrades.[42]
    • After Amaryllis was murdered, Eve said that if Morris wanted to talk to someone outside the circle, outside the job, he could talk to Father Chale López (his name is written as 'Lopez' instead of 'López' in Promises in Death).[43]
      • The first thing Amaryllis bought herself when she came to New York was a small glass butterfly with its jeweled wings lifted. She said it always made her smile. Morris gave the butterfly to Eve and kissed her.[44]
  • In Kindred in Death (June 2060), Morris was brought back a day early from his leave of absence.[45]
    • Morris thanked Eve for finding justice for Amaryllis.[46] He said to her: "We deal with death, you and I, and with that death leaves grieving. We believe - or hope - that finding the answers, finding justice will help the dead, and those the dead leaves grieving. It does. Somehow it does. I no longer believe it, or hope it, but know it. I loved her, and the loss .... Immense. But you were there for me. As a cop, and as a friend. You held my hand during those first horrible steps of grief, helped me steady myself. And by finding the answers, you gave me, and her, some peace. ... The job you and I do is often ugly and thankless. I need to thank you. ... Thank you for suggesting I speak to Father Lopez."[47] Lopez helped him with those next steps of grief.[48]
    • Before Eve requested him for Deena, Morris wasn't sure if he was ready to go back to work; he considered taking another week, maybe two.[49]
  • While Eve and Morris were examining Deena's body, Eve visualized the rape, the process, by which Deena was brutalized. As she did, Morris commented that Eve had gone pale, touched her arm, and told her to sit. Eve brushed him off and continued to visualize it, going through the steps, until she finished. Morris wondered, after seeing Eve's reaction and explanation, And what were you? What were you to the one who used you this way? But he didn't ask. He knew her too well, understood her too well, to ask.[50]

Interesting Facts

  • The character of Morris does not, as yet, have a first name! According to Nora: "I'm sure ME Morris has a first name--he's probably got a middle name, too! And there's likely going to be a time when he'll use it."-November 21, 2004[51]
    • Morris's first name is discovered to be 'Li' as of Promises in Death.[52]
  • Works at the Lower Manhattan City Morgue (see also NYPSD).[53]
  • Plays the tenor saxophone.[54] He played the sax at Roarke and Eve's Christmas party in Memory in Death.[55]
    • He likes music and is especially fond of jazz and blues.[56] He has an extensive music selection.[57]
    • He was in a band called The Cadavers (they played together in college).[58]
  • Morris had just returned from vacation around September 20, 2059 in Divided in Death.[59]
  • "I like daffodils myself. I always think of the trumpet as a really long mouth, and imagine they chatter away at each other in a language we can't hear."[60]
  • He drinks his coffee with a little milk[61] and drinks brandy.[62]
  • He was part of the sting to obtain Cleo Grady's DNA. He sharpened the rhinestones on the droid cat's collar so that when Cleo handled it, she was cut and used his handkerchief.[63]
  • Morris rarely uses Eve's first name.[64]

YANNI

  • Name
    • His name was incorrectly written as 'Morse' in Witness in Death, Judgment in Death and Midnight in Death.[65]
  • Eyes


References

  1. ↑ Imitation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-19158-3), p. 22
  2. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 13
  3. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), pp. 67, 77, 96
  4. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 67
  5. ↑ Memory in Death (ISBN 0-425-21073-1), p. 97
  6. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 130
  7. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 14, 15
  8. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 56
  9. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 18
  10. ↑ Origin in Death (ISBN 0-425-20426-X), p. 20; Imitation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-19158-30, p. 20
  11. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 49
  12. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 56
  13. ↑ Seduction in Death (ISBN 0-425-18146-4), p. 266; Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 14
  14. ↑ Strangers in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15470-6), p. 30
  15. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 20
  16. ↑ Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), pp. 32, 34
  17. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 14
  18. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 26
  19. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 14
  20. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 67
  21. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 21; Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), p. 32
  22. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 20
  23. ↑ Imitation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-19158-3), p. 22
  24. ↑ Visions in Death (ISBN 0-425-20300-X), p. 252; Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 22
  25. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 13
  26. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 13, 14
  27. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 151, 152
  28. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 151, 152
  29. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 221
  30. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 70
  31. ↑ Survivor in Death (ISBN 0-425-20418-9), p. 55
  32. ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), p. 226
  33. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 20, 21
  34. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 23
  35. ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 156
  36. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 1, 314-316
  37. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 19
  38. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 20
  39. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 13
  40. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 307
  41. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 109
  42. ↑ Imitation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-19158-3), p. 22
  43. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 220, 221, 255
  44. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 341
  45. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 56
  46. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 56
  47. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 56
  48. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 57
  49. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 57
  50. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), pp. 59-61
  51. ↑ Roberts, N. (November 21, 2004). Stooooopid Questions for Nora, Part XV. A Day Without French Fries Message Board. Retrieved August 5, 2008 from ADWOFF.
  52. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 1, 19
  53. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 68
  54. ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15154-0), p. 198; Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 13
  55. ↑ Memory in Death (ISBN 0-425-21073-1), p. 97
  56. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 13
  57. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 155
  58. ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15154-0), p. 198
  59. ↑ Divided in Death (ISBN 0-425-19795-6), pp. 12, 159, 314
  60. ↑ Creation in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22102-0), p. 272
  61. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 107
  62. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 151
  63. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), pp. 304, 312-316
  64. ↑ Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 56
  65. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 130; Judgment in Death (ISBN 0-425-17630-4), p. 107; Midnight in Death (ISBN 0-425-20881-8), p. 47
  66. ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 67
  67. ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 130; Ritual in Death (ISBN 978-0-425-22444-1), pp. 33, 34
  68. ↑ Promises in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2), p. 18
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