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Gold Stick

A court official in the Infanta's household.

minor

First appearance: the birthday of the infanta

Gold Stick shows up with force in The Nightingale and the Rose. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Not present in this chapter.
In the storyThe Nightingale and the RoseOpen this moment free

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Character Web

3 connections

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TRthe Remarkable…TPthe PriestTYthe young Fish…GSGold Stick

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Vain and Arrogant Characters
  • Young King's Dream Figures

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

This excerpt is not the story's dramatic climax; it is the opening exposition, establishing the wintry setting…

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See Gold Stick in the birthday of the infanta
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