# His Master — Short Fiction character guide

> His Master in Short Fiction by Hjalmar Söderberg.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0019-a-masterless-dog

## Who they are

A master figure referenced in relation to a servant or dog.

## In the story

### [The Drizzle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_29_se/chapters/the-drizzle)

The Devil, who advises God to create eternal drizzle and later returns the gray souls.

### [A Masterless Dog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_29_se/chapters/a-masterless-dog)

The deceased master of the black dog, whose death sets the story in motion.

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