# Persil Mandifer — Short Fiction character guide

> Persil Mandifer in Short Fiction by Manly Wade Wellman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Mandifer, Mandifer, Mr. Persil Mandifer

**First appearance:** 0045-iv-the-mandifers

## Who they are

A member of the Mandifer family involved in dark rituals.

## Relationships

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

_family_

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

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

_family_

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

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

_family_

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

## In the story

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

Enid's foster father, who reveals her origins and uses a hypnotic talisman to command her to go to Fearful Rock for the sacrifice.

### [III: The Image in the Cellar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/iii-the-image-in-the-cellar)

Mentioned as the person who told Enid Mandifer the words to say.

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

Emaciated, occult-practicing stepfather of Enid; claims to have caused Newton's death through a vision; arrested by Lanark.

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

Found badly battered by horses' feet; his body is later lost in the burning house.

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

Mentioned as Enid's stepfather; his farm is described as the center of supernatural activity.

### [VII: The Rock Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/vii-the-rock-again)

Mentioned as dead but haunting the house; Enid senses his presence.

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

Jager identifies one of the empty skins as belonging to Persil Mandifer by its distinctive features.

### [XIV: Enid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_37_se/chapters/xiv-enid)

Appears as a slimy, dark, featureless humanoid; mocks Enid and speaks in an unknown language with his son Larue.

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

Appears as a skinless, wailing silhouette; his evil worship is ended by the destruction of the secret writing.

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