Albert Brown was the father of Audrey and Arthur Brown and the husband of Gwen Brown. In the beginning of The Dark Portal, Albert had succumbed to the magical powers of the Grille in the basement of the empty house in Deptford and wandered into the sewers. Frightened and alone, he remembered that the Great Spring Festival was approaching; that year his son and daughter would receive their mousebrasses, and he would probably miss it. After telling Piccadilly to run, Albert also tossed his mousebrass at him, instructing him to give it to "Gwennie."