# Enid Mandifer — Short Fiction character guide

> Enid Mandifer in Short Fiction by Manly Wade Wellman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** The Sacrifice Enid Mandifer, Mandifer, Miss Enid Mandifer, Enid Mandifer, Miss Mandifer, Miss Enid

**First appearance:** 0042-i-the-sacrifice

## Who they are

An adopted orphan told she is the bride of a Nameless One, drawn toward Fearful Rock by a swinging charm she cannot resist.

## Relationships

### [Persil Mandifer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/characters/persil_mandifer)

_family_

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

### [Persil Mandifer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/characters/persil_mandifer)

_family_

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

### [Persil Mandifer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/characters/persil_mandifer)

_family_

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

## In the story

### [The Black Drama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/the-black-drama)

Linked to the sacrificial elements of the unfolding plot.

### [I: The Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/iv-the-mandifers)

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

### [V: Blood in the Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/v-blood-in-the-night)

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

### [Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/vi-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/xii-jager)

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

### [XIV: Enid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/xv-evil-s-end)

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

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