A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder · Character
The Chief Pauper
A Kosekin leader who embodies their ideal of poverty and humility.
minor
Also known as the Chief Pauper
First appearance: xvi the kosekin
The Chief Pauper shows up with force in XXVIII: In Prison. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The chief executioner and a prominent pauper, he is a garrulous, hideous figure who obsessively discusses death and tries to befriend the narrator.
The Chief Pauper first appears in 0015 xvi the kosekin.
In XXVIII: In Prison: The chief executioner and a prominent pauper, he is a garrulous, hideous figure who obsessively discusses death and tries to befriend the narrator.
Later, in XXIX: The Ceremony of Separation: The highest magistrate among the Kosekin, he explains the inverted values of their society and remains inexorable to the narrator's pleas for mercy.
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See The Chief Pauper in xvi the kosekin