Short Fiction · Character
Eilert
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.
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First appearance: short fiction
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Protagonist who befriends the Finns, steals grave-mould, rejects Zilla, and is rescued by a sea-girl.
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- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Recurring narrators and supernatural
- Recurring character and folklore
- Military, narrator, and female presence
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- The Gan-Finn
rivalry · negative
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- The Draug
rivalry · negative
- The Merman
rivalry · negative
- The Draug
rivalry · negative
- The Merman
rivalry · negative
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