A Voyage to Arcturus · Character
Spadevil
A philosopher of suffering whose doctrine of duty seizes Maskull's conscience so completely that murder follows in its wake.
supporting
First appearance: Spadevil
As a supporting figure in A Voyage to Arcturus, Spadevil is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Introduces himself as the bearer of a new law, transforms Tydomin's sorb, and offers Maskull a path of duty and renewal.
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Spadevil preaches a stern creed in which pain and obligation are the highest goods, and his hold over Maskull becomes one of the enchantments that carry him through the day. His crushed, bloody features haunt the…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Tormance's Diverse Inhabitants
- Protagonist
- Muspel and Threshold Guardians
- Illusion and Testing Figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because Maskull reaches his emotional and psychological peak of cold, righ…
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