Short Fiction · Character
Swain
A young man or servant character in the stories.
minor
First appearance: short fiction
Swain shows up with force in The Homestead Westward in the Blue Mountains. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The farmer's son and drummer who is lured into the Blue Mountains by supernatural maidens.
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- Other
Character groups
- Minor figures and supernatural collective
- Recurring narrators and supernatural
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the farmer’s son, after a day of wearying drumming and a rest…
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