# Dalish ud Klavan — Short Fiction character guide

> Dalish ud Klavan in Short Fiction by Algis Budrys.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** ud Klavan, Klavan, VII Dalish ud Klavan

**First appearance:** 0000-riya-s-foundling

## Who they are

A minor character from the Klavan line.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Marlowe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/characters/mr_marlowe)

_rivalry_

Dalish ud Klavan and Mr. Marlowe are adversaries, clashing over opposing goals or ideologies.

### [Mr. Marlowe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/characters/mr_marlowe)

_rivalry_

Dalish ud Klavan and Mr. Marlowe are adversaries, clashing over opposing goals or ideologies.

### [Mr. Marlowe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/characters/mr_marlowe)

_rivalry_

Dalish ud Klavan and Mr. Marlowe are adversaries, clashing over opposing goals or ideologies.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/ii)

A political science observer from Dovenil requesting an interview with Marlowe.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/iii)

Ud Klavan is announced as a visitor, a Dovenilid observer whose arrival interrupts the meeting.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/iv)

A Dovenilid student who meets with Marlowe and Mead to learn about Solar Union policies; described as an above-average specimen of his people.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/vi)

Marlowe inquires about his whereabouts and activities following the incident.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/vii)

Ud Klavan is the Dovenilid spy meeting with Marlowe, discussing the deportation incident and receiving assurances of cooperation.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/ix)

The stooped and withered Dovenilid leader who pleads with Marlowe for help against the Holliday Republic's raids, but is told that Earth's government cannot act.

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