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Mr. Raut

A man whose encounter with a strange cone draws him into an experience that unsettles his ordinary assumptions about the world.

supporting

Also known as Raut

First appearance: The Cone

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Raut is a figure whose life is interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious cone, an object that seems to promise something beyond the mundane. The story places him at the threshold of an encounter that tests his…

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Character Web

6 connections

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HOHorrocksMHMiss HaysmanVBV. BindonWWWinter Wedderb…LWLionel WallaceMRMr. Raut

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Strange cures and obsessions
  • Prehistoric survival story
  • Protagonist
  • Fantastical experiments and doors

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Mr. Raut in The Cone