The Great Impersonation · Character
Roger Unthank
Rosamund's obsessive suitor who vanished after a bloody fight with Everard, Roger Unthank haunts the estate as a ghost no one can quite dismiss.
supporting
Also known as poor Roger, Roger
First appearance: ii
As a supporting figure in The Great Impersonation, Roger Unthank is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
His disappearance remains a mystery; no body has ever been found.
Roger was a local man whose infatuation with Rosamund Felbrigg curdled into madness after she married Everard, and his disappearance the night of their violent encounter left a stain on the Dominey name that the whole neighbourhood believes. His body was never found, only the story: a temper, a fight, blood on a husband's clothes, and a swamp that swallows what it is given. Whether ghost or grievance, he is the reason Everard's return is met with dread rather than joy, and the reason Rosamund half-believes the dead will not let her husband rest.
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- Other
Character groups
- Local and social circle
- German espionage network
- Protagonist
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- Breaking point
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- Closing
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See Roger Unthank in ii