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The Akond of Swat
A remote, unaccountable potentate whose habits, appearance, and even existence are debated by everyone who has never met him.
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Also known as Akond of Swat
First appearance: The Akond of Swat
As a major figure in Nonsense Books, The Akond of Swat is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The enigmatic ruler whose identity and nature are endlessly questioned throughout the poem.
The Akond rules Swat from a distance so total that no one can agree whether he is thin or fat, young or old, alive or dead. The poem's chorus of speculation turns him into a mirror for the gossips who describe him. He matters because he is the book's purest joke about authority: a ruler whose only verifiable quality is that people cannot stop asking about him.
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