# Tur — The Coming Race character guide

> Tur in The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tur, the Tur, The Tur

**First appearance:** 0012-xiii

## Who they are

A Vril-ya official or leader mentioned in the narrative.

## Relationships

### [Aph-Lin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coming_race_se/characters/aph_lin)

_social_

Aph-Lin and Tur have a cordial but distant relationship, as Tur is a younger member of the community whom Aph-Lin advises occasionally.

### [Gy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coming_race_se/characters/gy)

_rivalry_

Gy and Tur have a competitive dynamic, with Tur often trying to one-up Gy in the narrator's presence.

### [Zee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coming_race_se/characters/zee)

_romantic_

Tur harbors unrequited romantic feelings for Zee, which fuels his jealousy toward the narrator.

### [Taë](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coming_race_se/characters/tae)

_rivalry_

Taë and Tur are rivals, often clashing over status and the narrator's attention.

### [Aph-Lin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coming_race_se/characters/aph_lin)

_social_

Aph-Lin and Tur have a cordial but distant relationship, as Tur is a younger member of the community whom Aph-Lin advises occasionally.

### [Taë](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coming_race_se/characters/tae)

_rivalry_

Taë and Tur are rivals, often clashing over status and the narrator's attention.

### [Zee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coming_race_se/characters/zee)

_romantic_

Tur harbors unrequited romantic feelings for Zee, which fuels his jealousy toward the narrator.

### [Taë](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coming_race_se/characters/tae)

_rivalry_

Taë and Tur are rivals, often clashing over status and the narrator's attention.

### [Zee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coming_race_se/characters/zee)

_romantic_

Tur harbors unrequited romantic feelings for Zee, which fuels his jealousy toward the narrator.

## In the story

### [Chapter IX: The History and Government of the Vril-ya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coming_race_se/chapters/ix)

The Tur is described as the supreme magistrate of the Vril-ya, elected for life but with light duties and no special honors.

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

Mentioned as having taken the narrator in and summoned sages; his authority is referenced.

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

Mentioned as the authority that would burn revolutionaries to cinders at the community's request.

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

The chief magistrate appears with a terrifying, doom-laden presence, silently observing the group.

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