# Lur — Short Fiction character guide

> Lur in Short Fiction by Andre Norton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Delicately Lur

**First appearance:** 0002-ii-the-folk-of-tav

## Snapshot

A presence bound to the deep places, whose mailed skin and strange senses make the journey through Erb's rock possible.

## Who they are

Lur travels with Varta into the mountain's throat, sharing the powdered restorative and needing no suit against the yellow vapors that kill lunged creatures. Whatever Lur is, the old records and the lizard-skin gear seem made for it. Its otherness turns the descent from a tomb-walk into a passage, and its silence keeps the reader unsure which side of Erb's old war it belongs to.

## Relationships

### [Varta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_3_se/characters/varta)

_friendship_

Loyal companions who share a deep, unspoken understanding and protect each other.

### [Varta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_3_se/characters/varta)

_friendship_

Loyal companions who share a deep, unspoken understanding and protect each other.

### [Varta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_3_se/characters/varta)

_friendship_

Loyal companions who share a deep, unspoken understanding and protect each other.

## In the story

### [The Gifts of Asti](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_3_se/chapters/the-gifts-of-asti)

Varta's mute reptilian companion; travels with her through the underworld.

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