# the officer — Beyond Thirty character guide

> the officer in Beyond Thirty by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the officer into whose presence we were conducted

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

An unnamed officer who interacts with the narrator.

## Relationships

### [Lieutenant Alvarez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_thirty_se/characters/lieutenant_alvarez)

_professional_

Lieutenant Alvarez and the officer are military colleagues with a chain-of-command relationship.

### [Victory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_thirty_se/characters/victory)

_professional_

The officer and Victory interact in a formal, duty-bound context, likely as military or diplomatic counterparts.

### [Sir Phillip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_thirty_se/characters/sir_phillip)

_professional_

Sir Phillip and the officer have a formal, hierarchical relationship, likely as superior and subordinate.

### [Victory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_thirty_se/characters/victory)

_professional_

The officer and Victory interact in a formal, duty-bound context, likely as military or diplomatic counterparts.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_thirty_se/chapters/ix)

An officer in the Chinese court who speaks Abyssinian fluently and arranges for the narrator's journey to Peking.

## Links

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