# Symons — The Rover character guide

> Symons in The Rover by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the undaunted Symons

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Snapshot

An English sailor trapped aboard a tartane, nursing a bad neck and calculating how to survive whatever boards next.

## Who they are

Symons, battered and hiding under the foredeck of Peyrol's tartane, weighs captivity against the armed strangers who keep climbing aboard in the moonlight. His longing for the Amelia — even for the surly corporal — shows a man discovering how much he loves his ship only once he's lost her. His wary crouch in the dark turns the tartane into a tense waiting game that pulls the plot forward.

## Relationships

### [Peyrol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/peyrol)

_friendship_

A camaraderie born of shared seafaring life, with Symons as a rough, loyal companion to Peyrol in their maritime adventures.

### [Peyrol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/peyrol)

_friendship_

A camaraderie born of shared seafaring life, with Symons as a rough, loyal companion to Peyrol in their maritime adventures.

### [Peyrol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/characters/peyrol)

_friendship_

A camaraderie born of shared seafaring life, with Symons as a rough, loyal companion to Peyrol in their maritime adventures.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/v)

A seaman from the Amelia's boat crew who disappears while on a reconnaissance mission along the shore. His disappearance is mysterious and unexplained.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/ix)

The captured English sailor, nursing a head wound, oscillates between defiance and despair, testing Peyrol's intentions.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rover_se/chapters/xiii)

Escapes from the cabin, hides on the tartane, and is eventually rescued by the English boats.

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