The Duel · Character

Kerbalay

A local Tatar who runs a tavern or serves the community.

minor

Also known as the Tatar Kerbalay, Tatar

First appearance: ii

Kerbalay shows up with force in IV. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Not directly present, but referenced indirectly through the deacon's nickname for Samoylenko's orderly.

Kerbalay first appears in 0001 ii.

In IV: Not directly present, but referenced indirectly through the deacon's nickname for Samoylenko's orderly.

Later, in XI: Mentioned by Von Koren as a more deserving recipient of charity than Laevsky.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

The emotional and psychological peak occurs as the zoologist von Koren delivers a devastating critique of Chri…

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IV
Not directly present, but referenced indirectly through the deacon's nickname for Samoylenko's orderly.
XI
Mentioned by Von Koren as a more deserving recipient of charity than Laevsky.
XVIII
Seen at the duhan with mountaineers and a Tatar woman, loading sacks onto a cart, possibly smuggling.
XIX
The deacon is present, hiding in the bushes, and his shout distracts Von Koren during the duel.
XX
Stands by the road bowing, then engages in a theological conversation with the deacon about God and men.
XXI
Mentioned as the orderly carrying portmanteaus and assisting with the departure.

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