# The Chief Pauper — A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder character guide

> The Chief Pauper in A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Chief Pauper

**First appearance:** 0015-xvi-the-kosekin

## Who they are

A Kosekin leader who embodies their ideal of poverty and humility.

## In the story

### [XXVIII: In Prison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/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.

### [XXIX: The Ceremony of Separation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/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.

### [XXX: The Day of Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxx-the-day-of-sacrifice)

The Chief Pauper officiates the sacrifice, whets his knife, and attempts to force the narrator to lie down.

### [XXXI: Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxxi-conclusion)

Dead; his body is laid on the altar with the Chief Hag.

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