Short Fiction · Character
Captain Ventzel
A rawboned, restless-eyed staff-captain whose courteous manner and quiet 'here we are all alike' unsettle the soldiers' stories that precede him.
supporting
Also known as Ventzel, Only Ventzel, Staff - Captain Ventzel, this Ventzel
First appearance: coward
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An officer who intervenes during the incident.
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Captain Ventzel sits sipping tea laced with rum in Zaikin's tent, bowing courteously to a student and asking questions with thin-lipped precision while the other officers joke and splutter around him. The soldiers'…
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- Other
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- Military and landowner figures
- Plot drivers and minor cast
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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