Fifty-One Tales · Character

Winter

A king reduced to a beggar at a city corner, Winter waits with his bitter wind until Spring's footsteps on daisies drive him north again.

supporting

First appearance: Wind and Fog

As a supporting figure in Fifty-One Tales, Winter is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Winter is personified as wearing away while the hen stays home.

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Once he rode into the city with prancing winds and glittering icicles; now he sits huddled in a grey battered cloak, a little wind at the corner like a hungry dog. Hearing Spring approach, he warns her that she can do nothing here, yet rises and strides away, growing kinglier with every league until he passes through his ice barriers that never knew the sun. His retreat is the tale's whole weather: the old season's dignity, its stubbornness, and the world's quiet handing-over to someone younger.

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Character Web

5 connections

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Relationship types

Rivalry
Friendship
Other

Character groups

Mortality and Seasons
Mythological and Cosmic Figures
Protagonist
Religious Archetypes

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Spring
rivalry · negative
Spring and Winter are seasonal opposites, locked in an eternal struggle for dominance… How this plays out →
The North Wind
friendship · positive
The North Wind
friendship · positive
Spring
rivalry · negative
Spring and Winter are seasonal opposites, locked in an eternal struggle for dominance… How this plays out →

Spring
Spring and Winter are seasonal opposites, locked in an eternal struggle for dominance over the land.
The North Wind
The North Wind and Winter are natural allies, working together to bring cold and storms.
The North Wind
The North Wind and Winter are natural allies, working together to bring cold and storms.
Spring
Spring and Winter are seasonal opposites, locked in an eternal struggle for dominance over the land.

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In the story

Winter appears across 4 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

Chapter companion notes

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