Short Fiction · Character
The Priest
An unnamed religious figure.
minor
First appearance: riya s foundling
The Priest's tie to Merssu is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
A priest of Merssu's religion who dismisses and kills the returned Merssu as a blasphemer.
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- Psychological
- Other
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- Variants and minor characters
- Supporting and minor figures
- Minor Martian characters
- Minor entities and participants
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
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- Merssu
psychological · negative
Merssu is under the influence or manipulation of The Priest, creating a power-imbalanced… How this plays out →
- Merssu
psychological · negative
Merssu is under the influence or manipulation of The Priest, creating a power-imbalanced… How this plays out →
- Merssu
psychological · negative
Merssu is under the influence or manipulation of The Priest, creating a power-imbalanced… How this plays out →
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