Short Fiction · Character
Bannadonna
Bannadonna, a foundling architect of plebeian birth, builds a bell tower crowned with a clock and a hidden automaton, concealing a burning ambition beneath ostentatious humility.
supporting
First appearance: The Bell-Tower
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Bannadonna is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The master mechanician who designs and builds the bell-tower and the mechanical figure Talus, driven by a vision of creating a perfect, tireless servant.
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Raised by the state and patronized by nobles who admire his genius while never letting him forget his origins, Bannadonna works alone in his littered shop on a mechanism no one fully understands. His still, Vulcanic…
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- Other
Character groups
- Narrators and Observers
- Isolated and Oppressed Figures
- Protagonist
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Bannadonna in The Bell-Tower