Short Fiction · Character
John Kirowan
A calm-eyed scholar of the occult whose quiet questions cut through hysteria and draw out the horrors others cannot bring themselves to speak.
supporting
Also known as Kirowan
First appearance: skull face
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Kirowan sits with chin on his slim hands, white-faced and immobile, while a friend confesses that his wife has tried to kill him three times. Where others flinch or scoff, Kirowan listens with a stillness that makes the…
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Relationship types
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Occult Scholars and Witches
- Adventurers and Sorcerers
- Occult and Supernatural Victims
- Diverse Supernatural and Lost World Figures
- Pictish and Barbarian Kings
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- John Gordon
friendship · positive
John Gordon and John Kirowan are fellow scholars and allies in occult adventures. How this plays out →
- John Gordon
friendship · positive
John Gordon and John Kirowan are fellow scholars and allies in occult adventures. How this plays out →
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