# Alan Black Stewart — The Master of Ballantrae character guide

> Alan Black Stewart in The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Alan Black, Stewart

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-the-master-s-wanderings

## Who they are

A Jacobite supporter and acquaintance of the Master.

## In the story

### [The Master's Wanderings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_master_of_ballantrae_se/chapters/iii-the-master-s-wanderings)

Challenges the Master to a duel but is outrun; the Master later explains he relied on Stewart's vanity to keep silent.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_master_of_ballantrae_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned as the possible correct identity for the Appin murderer, correcting the Chevalier's weak naming.

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