# Pierre Leduc — 813 character guide

> Pierre Leduc in 813 by Maurice Leblanc.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Leduc, young Leduc, Master Pierre Leduc

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-the-blue-edged-label

## Snapshot

A young poet with a name that opens doors and a past he can't quite account for, Leduc is claimed by Lupin as a pawn in a game he doesn't understand.

## Who they are

Leduc is startled on a Paris street by a man who remembers him from Versailles and informs him, cheerfully, that he belongs body and soul to Arsène Lupin. He is the Pierre Leduc whom Kesselbach was seeking and Dolores was hunting — a claimant to Veldenz, or an impostor, depending on who is speaking. His blank, bewildered presence is the hinge on which the whole conspiracy turns, and he has no idea.

## Relationships

### [Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/characters/arsene_lupin)

_rivalry_

Lupin and Pierre Leduc are locked in a tense conflict, often involving deception and hidden identities.

### [Dolores Kesselbach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/characters/dolores_kesselbach)

_social_

Dolores and Pierre Leduc have a social acquaintance, complicated by the larger conspiracy.

### [Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/characters/arsene_lupin)

_rivalry_

Lupin and Pierre Leduc are locked in a tense conflict, often involving deception and hidden identities.

### [Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/characters/arsene_lupin)

_rivalry_

Lupin and Pierre Leduc are locked in a tense conflict, often involving deception and hidden identities.

### [Dolores Kesselbach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/characters/dolores_kesselbach)

_social_

Dolores and Pierre Leduc have a social acquaintance, complicated by the larger conspiracy.

### [Dolores Kesselbach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/characters/dolores_kesselbach)

_social_

Dolores and Pierre Leduc have a social acquaintance, complicated by the larger conspiracy.

## In the story

### [813](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/813)

A young man entangled in the affair, possibly connected to the letters and the murder.

### [Prince Sernine at Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/iv-prince-sernine-at-work)

His corpse is used by Sernine to replace Gérard Baupré's body in the staged suicide.

### [V: M. Lenormand at Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/v-m-lenormand-at-work)

Central figure in the Kesselbach secret; discovered by Lupin and placed in a villa near Paris, guarded by the Doudeville brothers.

### [X: Lupin's Great Scheme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/x-lupin-s-great-scheme)

Meets Geneviève Ernemont at the Hôtel Bristol, according to the coded message.

### [The Man in Black](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/xiv-the-man-in-black)

Identified as Grand-duke Hermann IV; stays at Bruggen Castle.

### [XV: The Map of Europe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/xv-the-map-of-europe)

Revealed to be a puppet (Gérard Baupré) created by Lupin to pose as Grand-Duke Hermann IV; his love for Dolores triggers Lupin's violent outburst.

### [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/813_se/chapters/epilogue)

Mentioned as an imposter who is dead; Lupin addresses him among his 'three dead friends.'

## Links

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