# Ardalyon — The Little Demon character guide

> Ardalyon in The Little Demon by Fyodor Sologub.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ardalyon Borisitch, Borisitch, Ardasha

**First appearance:** 0006-i

## Snapshot

A local landowner who counts himself among Peredonov's circle, Ardalyon Borisitch drifts through the town's social life, his friendship with the novel's antihero revealing the banality of provincial male camaraderie.

## Who they are

Ardalyon is a landowner and acquaintance of Peredonov, part of the loose network of men who gather for tea, cards, and idle talk in this stifling provincial town. His relationship with Peredonov exposes the emptiness of social bonds formed through habit rather than genuine connection, as he witnesses but rarely challenges his friend's growing instability. He matters because he represents the ordinary men who enable Peredonov's behavior through their passivity, their presence a reminder that evil flourishes when no one intervenes.

## Relationships

### [Peredonov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/peredonov)

_family_

Ardalyon is Peredonov's brother, and they share a tense, competitive relationship marked by mutual resentment.

### [Pavel Volodin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/pavel_volodin)

_friendship_

Ardalyon and Volodin are drinking companions and allies in their shared mockery of Peredonov.

### [Pavel Volodin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/pavel_volodin)

_friendship_

Ardalyon and Volodin are drinking companions and allies in their shared mockery of Peredonov.

### [Peredonov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/peredonov)

_family_

Ardalyon is Peredonov's brother, and they share a tense, competitive relationship marked by mutual resentment.

## In the story

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

Routilov brother; arranges the meeting, grows irritated with Peredonov's changes of mind, and eventually goes to play cards.

## Links

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