# Adolph Ekstrom — The Lone Wolf character guide

> Adolph Ekstrom in The Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ekstrom, Captain Ekstrom

**First appearance:** 0000-i-troyon-s

## Snapshot

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.

## Who they are

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 — cigarettes after business, each ignorant of the other's name — gives the thief his only taste of professional fellowship. When Ekstrom abruptly refuses Madame Omber's jewels, that small betrayal ripples outward, signaling that the underworld's safe channels are closing and that even old confederates may now be enemies.

## In the story

### [XV: Sheer Impudence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lone_wolf_se/chapters/xv-sheer-impudence)

Follows Lanyard and Lucia, is confronted by Lanyard at a café, and is forced to comply under threat of exposure.

### [XVI: Restitution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lone_wolf_se/chapters/xvi-restitution)

Mentioned as a potential threat; Lanyard is wary of the Pack's surveillance.

### [XVII: The Forlorn Hope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lone_wolf_se/chapters/xvii-the-forlorn-hope)

Mentioned as having followed Lanyard to Paris, motivating Lanyard's urgent need to flee.

### [XXII: Trapped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lone_wolf_se/chapters/xxii-trapped)

Identified as one of the men waiting outside with the Apaches, involved in Bannon's scheme.

### [Wings of the Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lone_wolf_se/chapters/xxv-wings-of-the-morning)

Suspected by Lanyard as a possible pilot of the pursuing monoplane.

### [Daybreak](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lone_wolf_se/chapters/xxvii-daybreak)

Implied to be the pilot of the pursuing aeroplane; his fate is discussed.

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