# Captive Death — Short Fiction character guide

> Captive Death in Short Fiction by Fyodor Sologub.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Death

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Who they are

An allegorical figure representing death captured.

## In the story

### [The Kiss of the Unborn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_20_se/chapters/the-kiss-of-the-unborn)

Personified death figure, interacting with the unborn and the living.

### [Captive Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_20_se/chapters/captive-death)

Captured by the Knight and imprisoned in a cell; speaks only to summon Life as her advocate.

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