The Place Called Dagon · Character
Walden Slater
A laconic Marlborough farmer who whittles instead of talking, answers questions with questions, and carries a revolver under his coat when the night demands it.
supporting
Also known as Walden, Slater, III Walden Slater, the silent Walden Slater
First appearance: the place called dagon
As a supporting figure in The Place Called Dagon, Walden Slater is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Eats greedily, with a long upper lip and cabbage grease on his chin.
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Walden Slater is the still center of the town's taciturn surface, a man whose opaque eyes and mild 'Umph' deflect every inquiry Dreeme makes. Yet he is the one who wakes Dreeme in a downpour and leads him into the…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Central characters and witnesses
- Historical and supernatural references
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Dreeme’s deliberate rejection of the Leeminster Road—the magnetic pull toward the site of trauma, the Westcott…
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- Doctor Dreeme
professional · ambivalent
Doctor Dreeme employs Walden as a trusted but morally conflicted assistant, often using… How this plays out →
- Deborah Morton
friendship · positive
- Doctor Dreeme
professional · ambivalent
Doctor Dreeme employs Walden as a trusted but morally conflicted assistant, often using… How this plays out →
- Doctor Dreeme
professional · ambivalent
Doctor Dreeme employs Walden as a trusted but morally conflicted assistant, often using… How this plays out →
- Deborah Morton
friendship · positive
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