No More Parades · Character
Captain Mackenzie
A grumbling young officer who trades insults with Tietjens in Latin and sonnets, and grudgingly admits no one shifts a draft faster.
supporting
Also known as Mackenzie
First appearance: no more parades
As a supporting figure in No More Parades, Captain Mackenzie is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A mentally unstable officer who claims General Campion is his uncle and accuses Tietjens of being no soldier.
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Mackenzie shares Tietjens' hut and his contempt for the mountain of paperwork descending from every headquarters in France. Their sparring — rhymes for a sonnet against Latin hexameters in three minutes — is half…
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- Psychological
- Other
Character groups
- Tietjens' inner circle and antagonists
- Protagonist
- Peripheral figures and background characters
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- Christopher Tietjens
psychological · negative
Mackenzie is a mentally unstable officer who becomes obsessively hostile toward Tietjens,… How this plays out →
- Christopher Tietjens
psychological · negative
Mackenzie is a mentally unstable officer who becomes obsessively hostile toward Tietjens,… How this plays out →
- Christopher Tietjens
psychological · negative
Mackenzie is a mentally unstable officer who becomes obsessively hostile toward Tietjens,… How this plays out →
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