Short Fiction · Character

Una

A young woman whose beauty draws an obsessive, unearthly devotion, and whose fate hangs over the tale like a held breath.

supporting

Also known as VI Voices Now Una

First appearance: VI: Voices

As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Una is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Younger daughter of Ultor de Lacy, described with large blue eyes and long golden hair.

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Una moves through a world of suitors, inheritances, and rural gentility, the kind of figure whose hand is discussed as a financial transaction before she ever speaks. Around her gather men who calculate her worth and…

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Character Web

25 connections

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Relationship types

Romantic
Other

Character groups

Supernatural encounters
Haunting and revenge
Dark family secrets
Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Ally Moran
romantic · positive
Ally Moran and Una share a deeply intertwined romantic relationship, marked by frequent… How this plays out →
Ally Moran
romantic · positive
Ally Moran and Una share a deeply intertwined romantic relationship, marked by frequent… How this plays out →
Ally Moran
romantic · positive
Ally Moran and Una share a deeply intertwined romantic relationship, marked by frequent… How this plays out →

Ally Moran
Ally Moran and Una share a deeply intertwined romantic relationship, marked by frequent interactions and emotional intensity.
Ally Moran
Ally Moran and Una share a deeply intertwined romantic relationship, marked by frequent interactions and emotional intensity.
Ally Moran
Ally Moran and Una share a deeply intertwined romantic relationship, marked by frequent interactions and emotional intensity.

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In the story

Una appears across 9 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

I: The Jacobite’s Legacy
Younger daughter of Ultor de Lacy, described with large blue eyes and long golden hair.
II: The Fairies in the Castle
Younger daughter, playful and beautiful, pretends to be a fairy queen and frightens the captured boy before releasing him.
V: The Man with the Claret Mark
Younger daughter; her marriage to a French gentleman is arranged by her father, but she is kept unaware of the engagement.
VI: Voices
Grows pale, loses spirit, becomes secretive and insists on sleeping apart from Alice; sings at night to a mysterious male voice.
VII: Una’s Love
Una is the central figure of the chapter, displaying supernatural possession or enchantment. She disappears after a night of eerie behavior, leaving only a token and chalked names.
The Banshee
Miss Baily, who relates her experience with the banshee's music.
Carmilla
The narrator and protagonist who becomes the object of Carmilla's intense and eerie affection.
IV: Her Habits—A Saunter
The narrator who is both drawn to and repelled by Carmilla's behavior; observes Carmilla's reactions and discusses the local illnesses.
XIII: The Woodman
The narrator, who experiences symptoms mirroring those of the General's deceased ward.

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See Una in VI: Voices

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