# Death — Festus character guide

> Death in Festus by Philip James Bailey.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Festus Death

**First appearance:** 0008-v

## Who they are

The personified power Festus courts and converses with, offering peace and oblivion against the rival pull of Immortality's distant world.

## Relationships

### [Elissa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/festus_se/characters/elissa)

_rivalry_

Death pursues Elissa as an antagonist, representing mortality and existential threat.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/festus_se/chapters/v)

Death is personified as a beautiful, serene figure who offers peace and escape from worldly sorrows, tempting Festus with the promise of rest.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/festus_se/chapters/vii)

Referenced as the bank where pleasures are raked and as the one who dims the scythe of the brave.

### [The Throne of the World and the Judgment of Souls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/festus_se/chapters/xxx)

Death is personified as a looming presence, 'blowing hard at the lamp of life' and sitting with 'great gaunt jaw' as Festus contemplates his end.

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/festus_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Surrenders his crown and dart to the conqueror, acknowledging the end.

### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/festus_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Sits beside Lucifer; the Son of God recognizes him and calls him by name.

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