Enid Mandifer

Persil Mandifer

Enid Mandifer and Persil Mandifer are siblings, bound by family ties but with underlying friction.

Persil Mandifer

Enid Mandifer and Persil Mandifer are siblings, bound by family ties but with underlying friction.

Persil Mandifer

Enid Mandifer and Persil Mandifer are siblings, bound by family ties but with underlying friction.

The Black Drama

Linked to the sacrificial elements of the unfolding plot.

I: The Sacrifice

The sacrificial bride-to-be, who learns she is adopted and is being forced into a ritual marriage with the Nameless One.

III: The Image in the Cellar

A young woman found bathing in a stream, who was reciting words given by Persil Mandifer to meet the 'Nameless One.'

IV: The Mandifers

Stepdaughter rescued by Lanark's men; defies Mandifer's demand for sacrifice; seeks protection from Lanark.

V: Blood in the Night

Survives the attack, watches the blue flames, and receives Lanark's promise to return after the war.

Return

Seen from a distance by Jager, who describes her as a woman alone at the blighted farm. She watches Lanark approach and calls him by name from the open door.

VII: The Rock Again

Living alone in the desolate house, she describes the haunting presence of her dead stepfather and stepbrother, and refuses to leave.

X: Enid Mandifer Again

Recalls her stepfather's teachings about fear and 'Those Below,' describes the mysterious box, and shows a reversed message from her stepfather.

XI: Return of the Sacrifice

Acts as a decoy, undresses, and recites the ritual incantation; sees a dark presence in her mirror and screams.

XII: Jager

Jager recalls that Lanark accepted the assignment of bodyguard to Enid Mandifer.

XIV: Enid

Follows Lanark into the woods, armed with a hand-mirror and Bible; encounters the transformed Persil Mandifer and undead horrors.

Evil's End

Screams in horror at the skinless bodies, pours coffee at dawn, and silently hopes to marry Lanark.