# The Lascar — The Mystery of Edwin Drood character guide

> The Lascar in The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lascar

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-dawn

## Who they are

Another opium addict in the London den, seen by Jasper; not a major character.

## In the story

### [The Dawn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/i-the-dawn)

Another opium den occupant, who laughs and draws a phantom knife.

### [XXIII: The Dawn Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_edwin_drood_se/chapters/xxiii-the-dawn-again)

Mentioned as part of the opium woman's narrative, though not directly present in this chapter.

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