# Jorun of Fulkhis — Short Fiction character guide

> Jorun of Fulkhis in Short Fiction by Poul Anderson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Jorun

**First appearance:** 0000-star-ship

## Snapshot

A nearly thousand-year-old psychotechnician from the far world of Fulkhis, sent to evacuate the last stubborn peasants from humanity's ruined homeworld.

## Who they are

Jorun stands at the edge of a half-timbered town on an Earth that has decayed into quiet farms and marble ruins, tasked with moving ten million people off a planet they refuse to leave. He is drawn to old Kormt, whose rooted certainty unsettles his own ancient, sophisticated detachment. The tension between the law forbidding coercion and the urgency of the evacuation shapes everything Jorun does in the story's opening.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_44_se/chapters/i)

A psychotechnician from the galactic civilization, tasked with organizing the evacuation of Terra. He feels a deep weariness and frustration in his attempts to persuade Kormt, and reflects on the beauty and vitality of Earth.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_44_se/chapters/ii)

A psychotechnician from Galactic civilization, overseeing the evacuation of Earth. He takes Julith to the beach and reflects on Earth's history and the meaning of home.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_44_se/chapters/iii)

A technician from Fulkhis, Jorun is reflective and melancholic, overseeing the evacuation of Earth. He engages in a philosophical debate with Kormt about the value of Earth's simple life versus the Galactic civilization.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_44_se/chapters/iv)

A melancholic being who flies over the ruins of Sol City, reflecting on the lost glory of the First Empire and the evacuation of Earth.

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