Short Fiction · Character
Conradin
A sickly, imaginative boy who worships a polecat-ferret in secret, building a private religion against a joyless household.
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Also known as Sredni Vashtar Conradin, Sredni Vashtar
First appearance: Sredni Vashtar
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A ten-year-old boy who worships a polecat-ferret as a god and prays for deliverance from his oppressive guardian.
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Conradin lives under the thumb of a guardian who regards him as a nuisance and his pleasures as contraband. Denied ordinary comforts, he invents a god of his own — Sredni Vashtar — and tends the ferret's cage with the…
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- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Secret worship and social repercussions
- Socially overwhelmed characters
- Protagonist
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Mrs. Peter Pigeoncote
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- Mrs. Peter Pigeoncote
family · negative
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