# K. Walter — Short Fiction character guide

> K. Walter in Short Fiction by Leonid Andreyev.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** K.

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Who they are

A German character with a role in a wartime narrative.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/v)

The artist in solitary confinement, tormented by the need to erase his slate drawings.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/vi)

The artist who paints the narrator's portrait and engages in a theological debate about Christ.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/viii)

The artist who commits suicide by flinging himself from a table, splitting his skull. He had shown signs of madness, drawing frog-like faces and refusing to paint prison officials.

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