# Buck — The Defiant Agents character guide

> Buck in The Defiant Agents by Andre Norton.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Snapshot

Quiet, deliberate, and trusted, Buck steers Travis toward leadership while quietly confessing that under Redax he rode as a chief.

## Who they are

Buck is Travis's steady counterweight in the Apache camp, the man whose calm words about walking softly on strange trails can swing the group when Deklay's grumbling threatens to split it. He offers Tsoay as a scouting companion not just for the trail but to build Travis a following, showing a political instinct as sharp as his patience. His private admission that the Redax gave him the power of a chief, and that there is no going home, plants the question of what the machine has done to all of them.

## Relationships

### [Travis Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/characters/travis_fox)

_friendship_

Buck is a loyal friend and fellow warrior who fights alongside Travis in dangerous situations.

### [Deklay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/characters/deklay)

_friendship_

Buck and Deklay are fellow warriors and friends, fighting together as part of the same tribe.

### [Travis Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/characters/travis_fox)

_friendship_

Buck is a loyal friend and fellow warrior who fights alongside Travis in dangerous situations.

### [Travis Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/characters/travis_fox)

_friendship_

Buck is a loyal friend and fellow warrior who fights alongside Travis in dangerous situations.

### [Deklay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/characters/deklay)

_friendship_

Buck and Deklay are fellow warriors and friends, fighting together as part of the same tribe.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/chapters/iv)

Urges Travis to accept his role as a 'tender of growth' and advocates for clan solidarity and cautious wisdom.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned as the leader to be informed by Tsoay about the discoveries.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/chapters/ix)

Leads the Apache delegation, stands with arms folded, and supports Travis's position.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/chapters/xiii)

Present among the clan, cuts in to hush the murmur during the challenge.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/chapters/xiv)

Proposes using Kaydessa as bait and describes the terrifying experience in the ship with Deklay.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/chapters/xv)

Part of the group executing the plan, reports on Kaydessa's movements.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/chapters/xvi)

Examines the alien weapons with caution, voices moral concerns about using them, and agrees to the taboo.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/chapters/xvii)

Backs Travis during the meeting with Menlik and warns about the Reds using controlled Mongols.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_defiant_agents_se/chapters/xviii)

Part of the attack team, fires the burner to melt the ship's hatch, initiating the assault.

## Links

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