# Zaspar Makann — Space Viking character guide

> Zaspar Makann in Space Viking by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Makann, Even Makann

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Snapshot

A fanatic demagogue whose People's Watchmen and Viking allies turn Marduk's capital into a charnel house before dying on the Throne he coveted.

## Who they are

Makann is the domestic face of the same violence Trask fights in space: a rabble-rouser who seized a kingdom with Dunnan's ships at his back and ruled through terror and torture. He is glimpsed mostly through the wreckage he leaves — barricades of furniture and statuary, prisoners herded for veridication, a king brainwashed into a ventriloquist's dummy. His fate in the Throne room, crown on the floor and pistol in hand, is the story's warning about what happens when a Viking war comes home.

## Relationships

### [Lucas Trask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/lucas_trask)

_professional_

Zaspar Makann is a skilled technician and subordinate to Lucas Trask, providing essential technical expertise for his operations.

### [Simon Bentrik](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/simon_bentrik)

_professional_

Simon Bentrik and Zaspar Makann are colleagues who work together in service of Lucas Trask's cause.

### [Simon Bentrik](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/simon_bentrik)

_professional_

Simon Bentrik and Zaspar Makann are colleagues who work together in service of Lucas Trask's cause.

### [Lucas Trask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/lucas_trask)

_professional_

Zaspar Makann is a skilled technician and subordinate to Lucas Trask, providing essential technical expertise for his operations.

### [Lucas Trask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/lucas_trask)

_professional_

Zaspar Makann is a skilled technician and subordinate to Lucas Trask, providing essential technical expertise for his operations.

## In the story

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/chapters/xix)

Mentioned as a political demagogue on Marduk with a following; various conflicting opinions about his backing.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/chapters/xx)

Described by King Mikhyl as the most dangerous man on Marduk, though no one else believes it.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/chapters/xxi)

Appears via broadcast at a rally, delivering a fiery speech against the Crown Loyalist Party and Gilgameshers.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/chapters/xxii)

His party organizes demonstrations and broadcasts against the treaty with Tanith.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/chapters/xxv)

Revealed as the real enemy on Marduk; in collusion with Dunnan; his spies tipped Dunnan off about the Victrix.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/chapters/xxvi)

Chancellor of Marduk, allied with Dunnan, announced Dunnan as commander of the People's Armed Forces.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/chapters/xxvii)

Found dead in the Throne room, having shot himself; the Great Crown lies bloodied beside him.

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