Short Fiction · Character
Samuel Dantan
An Earth-born outlaw with a price on his head, Samuel Dantan keeps returning to the Martian fortress of Klanvahr where love died and his killing began.
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Also known as Dantan, Thoughtfully Dantan
First appearance: the secret of kralitz
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Returns to Klanvahr, hunted by the Redhelms, and discovers an ancient laboratory where he contacts a voice from another universe.
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Dantan is a predator shaped by grief: once godson to an old shaman, he became an outlaw after Redhelm raiders killed a girl he loved, and he has been smashing commandments across the spaceways ever since. Now the…
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