Though he never explicitly told Michael he can stay, Howl allowed him to live in the castle, eventually making him his apprentice. Howl was impressed by Calcifer's reaction to Michael. During this time, Howl found Michael Fisher sleeping on his doorstep, and invited him in. He dyed his hair and spent all his money on make-up and clothing, and spent his days wooing young ladies until they fell in love with him, then dismissing them. After doing so, Howl quit his apprenticeship and became a hermit. Feeling sorry for the unfortunate star, Howl gives him his heart, binding them together, and allowing Calcifer extended life, while boosting his own magical power. One night on the Porthaven Marshes, he caught a Falling Star named Calcifer and made a contract with him. Howl is a wizard in the land of Ingary and he has several names, he is known as Wizard Howl in Market Chipping, 'Wizard Pendragon' in the capital Kingsbury, and 'Jenkin the Sorcerer' in lower-class Porthaven. His natural gift for magic showed, and he was quite powerful. He became her last pupil, and one of her favorites. Pentstemmon (Madame Suliman in the movie adaptation). Still young, he took up tutelage under Mrs. Somehow, he managed to create or find a portal to Ingary, where he moved to live mostly permanently. Even in college, he wrote his thesis on magic, and joined a group of other gifted magicians on Earth. Gifted with a natural talent for magic, he began studying it. However, he himself was anything but ordinary. Howell Jenkins was born to an ordinary family in modern-day Wales.

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