# Max Fane — Little Fuzzy character guide

> Max Fane in Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** supporting

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

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Snapshot

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

## Who they are

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 interests, since the law he upholds may not be the law the Company wants. As the Fuzzies become a contested discovery, his choices about jurisdiction and protection will shape whether they are treated as property, pests, or persons.

## In the story

### [The Great Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_fuzzy_se/chapters/x)

Serves a court order to Ernst Mallin for the return of the Fuzzies and investigates the escape.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_fuzzy_se/chapters/xi)

Colonial Marshal actively searching for the Fuzzies, expresses doubt about their survival.

### [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_fuzzy_se/chapters/xii)

Reports the Fuzzy hunt and reward, works with Brannhard to uncover the truth behind the attack story.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_fuzzy_se/chapters/xiii)

Receives news from Colonel Ferguson about Woller and Fuentes' capture; discusses the suspicious strangers in town.

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