# Viper — Short Fiction character guide

> Viper in Short Fiction by Clark Ashton Smith.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-the-malay-krise

## Who they are

A character or entity with a minor presence.

## Relationships

### [Malygris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/characters/malygris)

_psychological_

Malygris uses Viper as a venomous familiar and spy, controlling the creature through dark magic.

### [Nylissa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/characters/nylissa)

_psychological_

Nylissa fears Viper as Malygris's spy, but the serpent seems to show her strange, reluctant loyalty.

### [Malygris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/characters/malygris)

_psychological_

Malygris uses Viper as a venomous familiar and spy, controlling the creature through dark magic.

### [Nylissa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/characters/nylissa)

_psychological_

Nylissa fears Viper as Malygris's spy, but the serpent seems to show her strange, reluctant loyalty.

### [Malygris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/characters/malygris)

_psychological_

Malygris uses Viper as a venomous familiar and spy, controlling the creature through dark magic.

## In the story

### [The Last Incantation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-last-incantation)

The familiar demon dwelling in the unicorn's head, who speaks cryptically and ultimately reveals the lesson Malygris must learn.

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