# Marcel Troyon — The Lone Wolf character guide

> Marcel Troyon in The Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Marcel, Troyon, the pseudo Marcel Troyon, Marcel the wretched, Papa Troyon

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

## Snapshot

A hotel-keeper's drudge who taught himself to read in English and French, his strange death becomes the fuse that ignites the whole affair.

## Who they are

Raised in the shadow of a fearful stepmother and the casual cruelty of hotel servants, Marcel escaped into books and taught himself a world beyond his station. His death—and the secrets he left behind—draw Lanyard into a mystery that reaches from a scrawled banknote to the highest circles of the Parisian underworld. Though he barely appears alive, his hunger for another life makes him the story's quiet origin point.

## Relationships

### [Bourke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lone_wolf_se/characters/bourke)

_professional_

Bourke and Marcel Troyon are likely criminal partners or associates, working together in schemes.

### [Michael Lanyard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lone_wolf_se/characters/michael_lanyard)

_rivalry_

Marcel Troyon is an antagonist to Michael, often opposing him in criminal or personal conflicts.

### [Michael Lanyard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lone_wolf_se/characters/michael_lanyard)

_rivalry_

Marcel Troyon is an antagonist to Michael, often opposing him in criminal or personal conflicts.

## In the story

### [Troyon's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lone_wolf_se/chapters/i-troyon-s)

The pseudo Marcel Troyon, the name given to the boy at the hotel before he becomes Michael Lanyard. He is a pale, lank youth with a sullen mouth and hot black eyes.

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