Short Fiction · Character

Vasil

A young peasant man, a character in a story.

minor

Also known as Vasil

First appearance: the witch

Vasil's tie to Buzyga is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Kozel's thirteen-year-old grandson, who listens to tales of Buzyga and declares he wants to become a horse-thief.

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With Buzyga (friendship): Buzyga and Vasil are loyal friends and drinking companions, sharing a rough but affectionate bond. With Onisim Kozel (rivalry): Onisim Kozel and Vasil are enemies, feuding over property and…

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Character Web

18 connections

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Relationship types

Friendship
Rivalry
Other

Character groups

Fishermen and Nobility
Protagonist
Lovers and Telegraphists

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Buzyga
friendship · positive
Buzyga and Vasil are loyal friends and drinking companions, sharing a rough but… How this plays out →
Onisim Kozel
rivalry · negative
Onisim Kozel
rivalry · negative
Buzyga
friendship · positive
Buzyga and Vasil are loyal friends and drinking companions, sharing a rough but… How this plays out →
Onisim Kozel
rivalry · negative

Buzyga
Buzyga and Vasil are loyal friends and drinking companions, sharing a rough but affectionate bond.
Onisim Kozel
Onisim Kozel and Vasil are enemies, feuding over property and personal grievances in their village.
Onisim Kozel
Onisim Kozel and Vasil are enemies, feuding over property and personal grievances in their village.
Buzyga
Buzyga and Vasil are loyal friends and drinking companions, sharing a rough but affectionate bond.
Onisim Kozel
Onisim Kozel and Vasil are enemies, feuding over property and personal grievances in their village.

Relationship notes

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In the story

Vasil appears across 4 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

I
Kozel's thirteen-year-old grandson, who listens to tales of Buzyga and declares he wants to become a horse-thief.
II
Kozel's grandson, a boy who admires Buzyga and is given whiskey; he feels a strange warmth and detachment as he listens to the familiar tale.
IV
The young boy recruited to guide Buzyga; cold, sleepy, and torn between pride and fear, he feels gratitude for Buzyga's kindness.
V
Kozel's grandson, pale and trembling, unable to look away from Buzyga's mutilated face, feeling hatred for his grandfather.

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