Short Fiction · Character

Bristol McGrath

A hard-bitten adventurer who kills silently with an Afghan dagger and comes to a fetid African hut to answer an old hatred and an older love.

supporting

Also known as McGrath

First appearance: i voodoo

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McGrath enters through a window with a curved Khyber blade and cuts down a guard before a shot can be fired, then finds his old rival Richard Ballville tortured and raving. Ballville's confession drags up Constance Brand, the woman both men loved and who vanished three years ago, and the news that she is alive and in danger. McGrath's cold competence and buried grief make him the story's forward motion: a man who came to settle a score and stays to save a life.

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Character Web

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Relationship types

Rivalry
Friendship
Other

Character groups

African and Aristocratic Horrors
Pictish and Barbarian Kings
Adventurers and Sorcerers

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Relationships

Richard Ballville
rivalry · negative
Bristol McGrath and Richard Ballville are bitter rivals, often clashing over power or… How this plays out →
John de Albor
friendship · positive
Richard Ballville
rivalry · negative
Bristol McGrath and Richard Ballville are bitter rivals, often clashing over power or… How this plays out →
John de Albor
friendship · positive
Richard Ballville
rivalry · negative
Bristol McGrath and Richard Ballville are bitter rivals, often clashing over power or… How this plays out →
John de Albor
friendship · positive

Richard Ballville
Bristol McGrath and Richard Ballville are bitter rivals, often clashing over power or treasure.
John de Albor
Bristol McGrath and John de Albor are comrades in adventure, often working together.
Richard Ballville
Bristol McGrath and Richard Ballville are bitter rivals, often clashing over power or treasure.
John de Albor
Bristol McGrath and John de Albor are comrades in adventure, often working together.
Richard Ballville
Bristol McGrath and Richard Ballville are bitter rivals, often clashing over power or treasure.
John de Albor
Bristol McGrath and John de Albor are comrades in adventure, often working together.

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