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Mikheich

A named character, possibly a servant.

minor

First appearance: short fiction

Mikheich shows up with force in The Old Bell-Ringer. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The old bell-ringer who climbs the belfry for the spring holiday, reflects on his life of suffering, and dies after ringing the bells with extraordinary emotion.
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In The Old Bell-Ringer: The old bell-ringer who climbs the belfry for the spring holiday, reflects on his life of suffering, and dies after ringing the bells with extraordinary emotion. Later, in I: The old grandfather…

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Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse community and historical allusions
  • Village community figures
  • Mysterious and noble figures

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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