# Kickums — Lorna Doone character guide

> Kickums in Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Kickums, good Kickums, vile Kickums, LXVI Suitable Devotion Now Kickums

**First appearance:** 0000-i-elements-of-education

## Who they are

John's stubborn and strong horse.

## In the story

### [Slaughter in the Marshes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lorna_doone_se/chapters/lxiv-slaughter-in-the-marshes)

John's horse; snoring when John wakes him to ride out.

### [Suitable Devotion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lorna_doone_se/chapters/lxvi-suitable-devotion)

Kickums, John's horse, abandons him after the battle and heads home to Plover's Barrows, causing John concern for his family's distress.

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