The Night Land · Character
The Squat Man
A short, brutish humanoid creature in the Night Land.
minor
First appearance: ix the dark pyramid
The Squat Man's tie to The Narrator is one of the pressures that moves The Night Land—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With The Narrator (rivalry): The Squat Man is a grotesque, hostile humanoid creature that the Narrator encounters and fights in the…
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