The Lone Wolf · Character
Adolph Ekstrom
A cultivated Amsterdam jeweller and fence who has handled the Lone Wolf's plunder for years, until a single refusal turns trusted commerce into quiet menace.
supporting
Also known as Ekstrom, Captain Ekstrom
First appearance: i troyon s
As a supporting figure in The Lone Wolf, Adolph Ekstrom is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Follows Lanyard and Lucia, is confronted by Lanyard at a café, and is forced to comply under threat of exposure.
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Ekstrom is the one man who has knowingly met the Lone Wolf face to face, a well-mannered agent whose midnight appointments and jeweller's glass have made him indispensable to Lanyard's trade. Their long, wary intimacy —…
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- Criminal underworld players
- Protagonist
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This passage marks the dramatic climax because Lanyard experiences a sudden psychological reversal from predat…
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