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Dr. Arch

A physician whose steady hands and guarded words make him the one person everyone in the ward trusts with what they cannot say aloud.

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Also known as Arch

First appearance: star ship

As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Dr. Arch is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

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Dr. Arch moves through the hospital's corridors with the quiet authority of someone who has seen too much to be surprised, yet he listens as though each patient matters. He is caught between professional duty and the…

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ELElizabethCCColin CulquhounBJBo JonssonSASimon ArchRBRay BallantyneDADr. Arch

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Feudal lords and agents
  • Young spacer and love interest
  • Protagonist

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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