Matthew Lyle is a human living in Farbranch. He works the crested pine orchards.
Description[]
Todd notes that Matthew's Noise is full of anger and grief, since the color of it is mostly red.
History[]
Pre-Series[]
Matthew Lyle was born to Jessica Elizabeth, the original founder of Prentisstown (New Elizabeth). Sometime later, he fled New Elizabeth during its transition to Prentisstown before the events of the trilogy, found Farbranch. and settled there.
Chaos Walking trilogy[]
The Knife of Never Letting Go[]
When news spread that Todd is from Prentisstown (via Noise) in the crested pine orchards, Matthew stops Hildy, Todd, Manchee and Viola from entering Farbranch, stating that Prentisstown men aren't welcome in Farbranch.
He later confronts Todd, saying he needs to avenge his mother, Jessica Elizabeth, the original founder of Prentisstown (New Elizabeth), and to show Todd the truth about Prentisstown. Todd calls Matthew a liar, and Matthew lunges at Todd, ready to kill him. As with all the Farbranch residents, Matthew is presumed dead when the Prentisstown army invades the settlement.
Chaos Walking (film)[]
Matthew and a group of men threaten Todd on Hildy's porch after Viola reveals to Farbranch that she and Todd are from Prentisstown (which is a half-truth). Hildy walks in on Matthew's men ganging up on Todd and breaks them up, after saying that "the law" does not apply to boys. When the Prentisstown army invades Haven, Matthew approaches the army, calling David a liar before being shot by one of the soldiers.
Trivia[]
- In a deleted scene of the film, it is mentioned that Matthew's wife's name was Jessica. It is unknown if he is mentioning Jessica Elizabeth, his mother from the books, or a completely different Jessica.