The Courts of the Morning · Character
General Peters
A grizzled ex-Boer fighter and Mines Police captain, tough as jerky and handy with disguises, who becomes one of the field commanders of the Gran Seco rising.
supporting
Also known as Peters, a certain Featherstone Peters, General Peters
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As a supporting figure in The Courts of the Morning, General Peters is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Captain of the Mines Police who leads the patrol; aware of Sandy's true identity and helps him fake illness to be left behind.
Peters is a fifty-year-old veteran of the South African War and the Macedonian gendarmerie, suspected of gunrunning in Morocco, now a captain of the Mines Police. He introduces the mysterious recruit Black to his troopers and later takes command of the forces fighting in the Mines sector, with Pacheco and Magdalena as his objectives. His hard-bitten competence and willingness to work in the shadows make him exactly the sort of man Blenkiron's democratic army needs when the city falls and the field force divides.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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