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Can Such Things Be? · Character

Holker

A man who investigates a mysterious disappearance.

minor

Also known as Mr. Holker

First appearance: mysterious disappearances

Holker's tie to Jaralson is one of the pressures that moves Can Such Things Be?—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Companion to Jaralson; reads the poem from Frayser's pocketbook and identifies the name Larue.
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With Jaralson (rivalry): Holker and Jaralson are bitter antagonists, each trying to outwit the other in a deadly game of revenge. With Jaralson (rivalry): Holker and Jaralson are bitter antagonists, each trying to…

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Character Web

4 connections

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JAJaralsonMBMyron BayneMMMr. MantonHFHalpin FrayserHOHolker

Relationship types

  • Rivalry
  • Other

Character groups

  • Supernatural Investigators
  • Mysterious Tragedies

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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