# Short Fiction — Character guide

> Key figures in Short Fiction by Jonas Lie.

- [Jack of Sjöholm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/jack_of_sjoholm.md): A shipwrecked boatman from Sjöholm who, taken in by a Finn family, cannot stop redesigning their boat even as the Finn girl Seimke falls in love with him.
- [Eilert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/eilert.md): A fisherman's son drawn to the Finn family across the promontory, torn between his parents' contempt for them and his fascination with Zilla and her tales of Draugs and Mermen.
- [Gjermund Strömshagen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/gjermund.md): A debt-ridden young farmer of Strömshagen, proud and quick-fisted, whose boyhood friendship with Sigrid Evjen survives the lawsuit that ruined his family.
- [Bardun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/bardun.md): A Finmark strongman who outlasted every magistrate sent to rule him, only to find his daughter's officer husband quietly taking the reins of power he thought secure.
- [Elias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/elias.md): A boatman who buys a Fembøring on the builder's strange condition that he never alter it, then sails his family home into a rising gale.
- [Toad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/toad.md): Toad astonishes the household by hauling hogsheads of train-oil from the boats into the shop, and the general dealer's delighted laughter buys her a lifetime of idleness. She trades that strength for small tyrannies — pi
- [Sigrid Evjen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/sigrid_evjen.md): Sigrid runs the family council with kind, sensible words and an innate dignity that makes everyone call her an heiress, yet she turns away the richest peasants of the district one by one. When her father jests that she w
- [Seimke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/seimke.md): Seimke moves between the Gan-Finn's smoke-filled hut and the bewitched snow-hills, whispering warnings to Jack about the Finn's anger and the boat that would ruin his fair-wind trade. She smuggles Jack in under the old m
- [The Gan-Finn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/the_gan_finn.md): The Gan-Finn broods in his smoky hut among the ashes, jöjking and muttering until the ground shakes, while snow-hills multiply and northern lights blaze long into the day to keep Jack from the sea. He shelters the boatma
- [The General Dealer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/the_general_dealer.md): A merchant character who appears in the narrative.
- [The Draug](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/the_draug.md): The Draug seizes a lad in the night and pulls him toward the door while the fishermen grip his arms and upper body, swaying back and forth through the midnight hour in a tug-of-war no one can win. When the creature final
- [Her Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/her_master.md): A master character referenced in the narrative.
- [Jon Evjen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/jon_evjen.md): Jon Evjen secured the contested brushland behind the hill with three fragile hedges the law recognized, and the victory impoverished Strömshagen and left Gjermund's family in debt. Proud of his thriving farm, he cannot r
- [Bernt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/bernt.md): A named character appearing in the narrative.
- [Boel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/boel.md): A female character with a presence in the stories.
- [The Grey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/the_grey.md): A grey-colored animal or entity featured in a story.
- [The Boat-Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/the_boat_master.md): A master of a boat who appears in the narrative.
- [The Finn God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/the_finn_god.md): A deity or supernatural figure associated with the Finns.
- [Thore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/thore.md): A named character with a brief appearance in the narrative.
- [The Finns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/the_finns.md): A group of Finn people referenced in the stories.
- [The Merman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_32_se/characters/the_merman.md): A mythical merman appearing in the narrative.

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