Short Fiction · Character
The Knights of Arthur
Arthur, a prosthetic man who once served undersea, dreams of surface sailing and becomes the prize a post-war crew hopes to sell to a city.
supporting
Also known as Arthur
First appearance: asteroid of the damned
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, The Knights of Arthur is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Arthur is with Sam, plugged in and left in the hotel room; his nature is mysterious but he is considered one of the group.
Arthur is a prosthetic man — arms and legs gone, wired instead into whatever machine will have him — and the narrator's crew has been hauling him from city to city since the war. He longs to sail on the surface, something he never did when he had a body, and an ocean liner scheme gives him the chance. Around him orbit Engdahl, Vern, Amy Bankhead, and the Major's Temporary Military Government, all of them figuring what Arthur is worth.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Military and Referenced
- Authority and Protagonist
- Societal and Mystical
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- Breaking point
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- Closing
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