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Adjutant

The adjutant, a staff officer.

minor

First appearance: i at the army school

Adjutant shows up with force in VIII: The Second Battalion. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Bustles across the courtyard with papers, indicating imminent movement orders.
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Adjutant first appears in 0000 i at the army school.

In VIII: The Second Battalion: Bustles across the courtyard with papers, indicating imminent movement orders.

Later, in V: At Battalion Headquarters, also congratulates the narrator. The narrator notes he was killed later at Ypres.

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DCDavid CromlechDUDurleyBABartonCEColonel EasbyYOYoung OrmandADAdjutant

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Comprehensive War Cast
  • Protagonist
  • Home and Support Network
  • Training and Frontline Comrades
  • Frontline Acquaintances

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

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional peak occurs as the protagonist drifts in a blissful, narcissus-scented haze of safety and releas…

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