Short Fiction · Character
The Speaker
A narrator or public figure.
minor
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The Speaker shows up with force in The Skull. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mysterious figure who recruits Conger and retrieves the Founder's skull from the First Church.
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Character groups
- Legendary figures
- Small town and security
- Soldiers and alien encounters
- Cloned or artificial humans
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Closing
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