The Great Impersonation · Character
Baron Leopold Von Ragastein
The German nobleman whose face and name Dominey has borrowed, remembered by Stephanie as a lover who once spoke words that melted icebergs.
major
Also known as Von Ragastein, Leopold, Leopold Von Ragastein
First appearance: I
As a major figure in The Great Impersonation, Baron Leopold Von Ragastein is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Military Commandant of German East Africa; reveals his former identity as Sigismund Devinter, Dominey's schoolmate; disciplined and purposeful.
Leopold exists in the novel first as an absence and an accusation: the man Stephanie loved six years ago, the man whose mannerisms Dominey does not quite reproduce, the man she half-suspects is still alive somewhere in Africa. Her memories of him — his voice, his phrases, his passion — become a kind of forensic test that Dominey keeps failing in small ways. He is the shadow the whole impersonation is built around, and the reason every tender moment with Stephanie carries the risk of discovery.
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- German espionage network
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Doctor Schmidt
professional · negative
Schmidt was Ragastein's doctor and handler before the impersonation, maintaining medical… How this plays out →
- Doctor Schmidt
professional · negative
Schmidt was Ragastein's doctor and handler before the impersonation, maintaining medical… How this plays out →
- Doctor Schmidt
professional · negative
Schmidt was Ragastein's doctor and handler before the impersonation, maintaining medical… How this plays out →
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