Short Fiction · Character
Muhlenhoff
A navigator trained to trust instruments over instinct, Muhlenhoff wakes alone in a chlorine-tainted room and calculates, with cold dread, that home is five hundred light-years away.
supporting
First appearance: asteroid of the damned
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Muhlenhoff is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Perspective and Function
- Diverse Minor Roles
- Conflict and Narration
- Familial and Inmate
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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