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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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Character Web

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TDThe DraugTMThe MermanTGThe Gan-FinnBABardunEIEilert

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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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SetupEscalationClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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