# Sloper — The Son of the Wolf character guide

> Sloper in The Son of the Wolf by Jack London.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sloper

**First appearance:** 0002-the-men-of-forty-mile

## Snapshot

A cunning Yukon trader whose ruthless bargains and cold calculations turn the raw necessities of the gold rush into quiet, merciless profit.

## Who they are

Sloper moves through the trading posts and trails of the Northland as a man who knows exactly what a starving dog-team, a desperate prospector, or a frozen woman will pay for survival. His cunning is not loud but patient, and it makes him both useful and dangerous to the miners and natives who must deal with him. In the early arc, he represents the hard commercial logic of the Klondike, a counterweight to the rough fellowship and sudden violence of men like Malemute Kid.

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