The Crystal Stopper · Character

D'Albufex

A marquis with political ambitions and a torturer's patience, who needs Daubrecq's list badly enough to wring it out of him by force.

supporting

Also known as d'Albufex, M. le Marquis, The Marquis d'Albufex, Marquis

First appearance: i the arrests

As a supporting figure in The Crystal Stopper, D'Albufex is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

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D'Albufex holds Daubrecq bound and questions him for the fourth and final time, ordering Sébastiani to turn the stick while he leans close with the lamp. He is not a brute by temperament — he calls the business "dirty" and offers brandy afterward — but he will not give way, because the list of the Twenty-Seven is the key to everything he wants. His cold determination makes him the most dangerous of Lupin's rivals in the early–middle arc.

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Character Web

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Character groups

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Protagonist

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Setup
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Alexis Daubrecq
professional · ambivalent
Daubrecq and D'Albufex are political allies and co-conspirators, though their partnership… How this plays out →
Arsène Lupin
rivalry · negative
Alexis Daubrecq
professional · ambivalent
Daubrecq and D'Albufex are political allies and co-conspirators, though their partnership… How this plays out →
Arsène Lupin
rivalry · negative
Alexis Daubrecq
professional · ambivalent
Daubrecq and D'Albufex are political allies and co-conspirators, though their partnership… How this plays out →
Arsène Lupin
rivalry · negative

Alexis Daubrecq
Daubrecq and D'Albufex are political allies and co-conspirators, though their partnership is fraught with mutual distrust.
Arsène Lupin
Lupin and D'Albufex are enemies, with D'Albufex aligned with Daubrecq against Lupin's interests.
Alexis Daubrecq
Daubrecq and D'Albufex are political allies and co-conspirators, though their partnership is fraught with mutual distrust.
Arsène Lupin
Lupin and D'Albufex are enemies, with D'Albufex aligned with Daubrecq against Lupin's interests.
Alexis Daubrecq
Daubrecq and D'Albufex are political allies and co-conspirators, though their partnership is fraught with mutual distrust.
Arsène Lupin
Lupin and D'Albufex are enemies, with D'Albufex aligned with Daubrecq against Lupin's interests.

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