# Count Erskyll — Short Fiction character guide

> Count Erskyll in Short Fiction by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Erskyll, young Erskyll

**First appearance:** 0043-ministry-of-disturbance

## Who they are

A young nobleman caught between warring powers, he must choose sides in a conflict where every alliance carries the whiff of betrayal.

## In the story

### [A Slave Is a Slave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/a-slave-is-a-slave)

Idealistic about freedom and progress; shocked by the realities of emancipation and the slaves' reluctance to accept freedom.

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