# Poiccart — The Council of Justice character guide

> Poiccart in The Council of Justice by Edgar Wallace.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** the merciless Poiccart, a pallid Poiccart

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-red-hundred

## Snapshot

Stolid, pallid, and merciless, Poiccart is the Four's patient listener — a man whose silences and slow yawns conceal a will that never once bends.

## Who they are

Poiccart sits through Gonsalez's long, drowsy monologues about Peter Sweeney and the 'Rational Faithers,' answering mostly with a yawn or a turned head. He is the counterweight to Leon's restless theorizing: quiet, watchful, and, as his epithet insists, merciless. When the Four need someone to simply wait and then act, it is the pallid Poiccart who is trusted with the waiting.

## Relationships

### [Leon Gonsalez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/characters/leon_gonsalez)

_friendship_

Gonsalez and Poiccart are close comrades and fellow members of the Council of Justice, working together with mutual trust and loyalty.

### [Leon Gonsalez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/characters/leon_gonsalez)

_friendship_

Gonsalez and Poiccart are close comrades and fellow members of the Council of Justice, working together with mutual trust and loyalty.

### [Leon Gonsalez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/characters/leon_gonsalez)

_friendship_

Gonsalez and Poiccart are close comrades and fellow members of the Council of Justice, working together with mutual trust and loyalty.

## In the story

### [I: The Red Hundred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/i-the-red-hundred)

One of the Four Just Men, part of the Council of Justice.

### [The Fourth Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/ii-the-fourth-man)

Manfred's taciturn companion; also escapes the police line using a false name and Courtlander's identification.

### [An Incident in the Fight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/viii-an-incident-in-the-fight)

Implied as one of the Four Just Men involved in the rescue at the Auditorium.

### [IX: The Four vs. the Hundred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/ix-the-four-vs-the-hundred)

Likely one of the Four Just Men involved in the operations described.

### [XI: Manfred](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/xi-manfred)

Mentioned as having left by the afternoon train.

### [In Wandsworth Jail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/xii-in-wandsworth-jail)

Mentioned as correcting proofs of Gonsalez's book while Gonsalez writes.

### [XIII: The “Rational Faithers”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/xiii-the-rational-faithers)

Sits with Gonsalez, listens to his scheme, and comments on his cleverness.

### [XV: Chelmsford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_council_of_justice_se/chapters/xv-chelmsford)

Assists with machinery and logistics for the escape plan.

## Links

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