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The Snakes

The enemy from the far future, laying mine fields in the Void and driving the outfit toward the Introversion switch no one dares touch.

supporting

Also known as Snakes, the Spiders, Spiders, the Spiders and Snakes

First appearance: i enter three hussars

As a supporting figure in The Big Time, The Snakes is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

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The Snakes and Spiders are the war made manifest, a high command whose reach extends even into nothingness, mining the Void and canceling cosmic leaves. Their pressure forces the Place toward Introversion, the one…

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Character Web

28 connections

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UNUnknown NarratorBMBruce MarchantEVErich von Hohe…SLSidney Lessing…BLBeau LassiterTSThe Snakes

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  • Rivalry
  • Other

Character groups

  • Time-Traveling Ensemble Members
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

In this excerpt, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Lili declares, “the Door is jolly well shut…

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