# Sébastiani — The Crystal Stopper character guide

> Sébastiani in The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-arrests

## Snapshot

D'Albufex's huntsman, who turns the stick that tightens the thongs and asks, with terrible politeness, whether he should turn again.

## Who they are

Sébastiani serves the Marquis d'Albufex as a kind of domestic instrument of cruelty, obeyed by his own sons and unflinching at the bedside where Daubrecq is bound. He is the hand, not the will: he tightens, loosens, bandages wrists, offers brandy, and suggests they might try again tomorrow. His calm competence makes the torture scene unbearable and shows how far the marquis's faction will go for the list.

## Relationships

### [Alexis Daubrecq](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/characters/alexis_daubrecq)

_professional_

Sébastiani is an associate of Daubrecq, involved in the criminal and political machinations surrounding the crystal stopper.

### [Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/characters/arsene_lupin)

_rivalry_

Lupin and Sébastiani are opponents, with Sébastiani working for Daubrecq against Lupin's plans.

### [Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/characters/arsene_lupin)

_rivalry_

Lupin and Sébastiani are opponents, with Sébastiani working for Daubrecq against Lupin's plans.

### [Alexis Daubrecq](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/characters/alexis_daubrecq)

_professional_

Sébastiani is an associate of Daubrecq, involved in the criminal and political machinations surrounding the crystal stopper.

### [Alexis Daubrecq](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/characters/alexis_daubrecq)

_professional_

Sébastiani is an associate of Daubrecq, involved in the criminal and political machinations surrounding the crystal stopper.

## In the story

### [VIII: The Lovers’ Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/viii-the-lovers-tower)

Sébastiani assists d'Albufex in torturing Daubrecq and later escorts him to the station.

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