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Max Fane

The colonial marshal of Zarathustra, charged with keeping order on a frontier where Company power and colonial law do not always agree.

supporting

Also known as Colonial Marshal Fane, X Colonial Marshal Max Fane, Fane, Marshal Fane, Marshal, Max

First appearance: iii

As a supporting figure in Little Fuzzy, Max Fane is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Serves a court order to Ernst Mallin for the return of the Fuzzies and investigates the escape.
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Fane embodies the legal machinery of a company-run world, the man who must decide what counts as a crime and whose claims are enforceable. His authority sits awkwardly against the Chartered Zarathustra Company's…

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JHJack HollowayGBGus BrannhardLKLeonard KelloggPDPiet DumontRORuth OrtherisMFMax Fane

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Fuzzies and their advocates
  • Protagonist
  • Supporting witnesses and officials

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

SetupAftermathClimax
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  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Max Fane in iii