Short Fiction · Character
Persil Mandifer
A member of the Mandifer family involved in dark rituals.
minor
Also known as Mr. Mandifer, Mandifer, Mr. Persil Mandifer
First appearance: IV: The Mandifers
Persil Mandifer's tie to Enid Mandifer is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Enid's foster father, who reveals her origins and uses a hypnotic talisman to command her to go to Fearful Rock for the sacrifice.
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With Enid Mandifer (family): Enid Mandifer and Persil Mandifer are siblings, bound by family ties but with underlying friction. With Enid Mandifer (family): Enid Mandifer and Persil Mandifer are siblings, bound by…
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Relationship types
- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Military and Ritual
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Enid Mandifer
family · ambivalent
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family · ambivalent
Enid Mandifer and Persil Mandifer are siblings, bound by family ties but with underlying… How this plays out →
- Enid Mandifer
family · ambivalent
Enid Mandifer and Persil Mandifer are siblings, bound by family ties but with underlying… How this plays out →
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See Persil Mandifer in IV: The MandifersIn the story
Persil Mandifer appears across 9 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- I: The Sacrifice
- III: The Image in the Cellar
- IV: The Mandifers
- V: Blood in the Night
- Return
- VII: The Rock Again
- XII: Jager
- XIV: Enid
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See Persil Mandifer in IV: The Mandifers