# Fedka — Demons character guide

> Fedka in Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Fedka, the convict Fedka

**First appearance:** 0001-demons

## Who they are

Escaped convict and murderer, used as a tool by Pyotr.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-ii-iii)

Mentioned as a runaway convict from Siberia, formerly a serf of Pyotr Stepanovitch's father, ready for anything for money.

### [II: Night (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-ii-ii-night-continued)

The escaped convict who accosts Stavrogin on the bridge, offering his services and revealing his knowledge of Pyotr Verhovensky's schemes.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-ii-i)

An escaped convict who accosts Stavrogin on the bridge, seeking money and offering his services. He claims to be acting independently of Pyotr Verhovensky.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-ii-iv)

The convict who lies in wait for Stavrogin, confesses to robbing a church and possibly murdering a watchman, and mentions Pyotr Verhovensky's advice.

### [Pyotr Stepanovitch Is Busy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-pyotr-stepanovitch-is-busy)

Mentioned as having said that Pyotr 'would make up a man himself and go on living with him too.'

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-ii-vi)

Mentioned as hiding at Kirillov's, listening to the Apocalypse and drinking tea.

### [VIII: Ivan the Tsarevitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-ii-viii-ivan-the-tsarevitch)

Appears suddenly at Kirillov's house, confirming his price of fifteen hundred roubles for murder; laughs silently in the doorway.

### [The Fête—First Part](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-iii-i-the-f-te-first-part)

Referenced by the divinity student as a convict and robber whom Stepan Trofimovitch allegedly sold as a recruit years ago.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-iii-iv)

Mentioned by the divinity student as a convict and robber whom Stepan Trofimovitch sold as a recruit fifteen years ago.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-iii-iv)

Identified as one of the arsonists involved in setting the fire.

### [IV: The Last Resolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-iii-iv-the-last-resolution)

Confronts Pyotr Stepanovitch, accusing him of being the chief murderer and of atheism, then strikes him repeatedly, knocking him unconscious, before fleeing.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-iii-iii)

Accuses Pyotr of being a murderer and atheist, strips icons for pearls, and violently beats Pyotr unconscious before fleeing.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-iii-iv)

Fedka, the runaway convict and brigand, is found murdered at daybreak with his skull broken, apparently robbed. His death is attributed to a quarrel with Fomka over stolen money.

### [VI: A Busy Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-iii-vi-a-busy-night)

Mentioned in the confession as a co-conspirator and linked to the fire and Lebyadkin murders.

## Links

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