# Old Piper — Short Fiction character guide

> Old Piper in Short Fiction by Ray Bradbury.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Piper, Piper

**First appearance:** 0003-the-piper

## Who they are

A mysterious musician who leads children away.

## In the story

### [The Piper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/the-piper)

The Piper, a tall gaunt man with electrical purple eyes, stands on a burial hill playing his pipe. He is an exiled Venerian, once called 'the brilliant,' who has been composing his music for twenty years to summon the savage Martians and lead a revolution against Earth.

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