# Tom Cuckow — The Black Arrow character guide

> Tom Cuckow in The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tom, Cuckow

**First appearance:** 0019-iv-the-good-hope

## Who they are

A sailor on the Good Hope who is killed during the skirmish.

## Relationships

### [Gossip Arblaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/characters/gossip_arblaster)

_friendship_

Tom Cuckow is a fellow sailor and companion of Gossip Arblaster, sharing his grievances.

### [Gossip Arblaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/characters/gossip_arblaster)

_friendship_

Tom Cuckow is a fellow sailor and companion of Gossip Arblaster, sharing his grievances.

### [Gossip Arblaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/characters/gossip_arblaster)

_friendship_

Tom Cuckow is a fellow sailor and companion of Gossip Arblaster, sharing his grievances.

## In the story

### [A Greenwood Company](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/iv-a-greenwood-company)

An outlaw who brings a purse from a pardoner, which Ellis counts and criticizes as insufficient.

### [V: The “Good Hope” (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/v-the-good-hope-continued)

Another reliable man assigned to guard Lawless.

### [Arblaster Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/vi-arblaster-again)

Arblaster's man, suspicious of Dick's story, helps capture and bind him.

## Links

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