# Nilen — Pelle the Conqueror character guide

> Nilen in Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Andersen Nexø.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** little Nilen

**First appearance:** 0022-xx

## Who they are

A fearless and aggressive young boy who fights recklessly.

## In the story

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

Little Nilen is a bloodthirsty, fearless boy who leads attacks and is always in the thick of the crowd; Pelle compares himself to him.

### [The Storm and the Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xvii)

Picks the lock of the master's desk; throws a sheath-knife to Pelle; takes Pelle out to the beach; suggests the name-board was torn off by mutineers.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/iv)

Nilen is Pelle's old schoolmate, now a baker's boy. He rescues Pelle from a beating and boasts about his job, his chewing tobacco, and his flirtation with the master's daughter.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/vi)

Pelle continues to mend Nilen's shoes out of old acquaintance.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xviii)

Nilen sacrificed his apprenticeship to run away to sea on a vessel bound for a long voyage, now far away in the Trades.

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