# Crooked-Back — The Wonderful Adventures of Nils character guide

> Crooked-Back in The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0040-the-big-bird-lake

## Who they are

A deformed bird at the bird lake.

## In the story

### [The Nun Moths](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_se/chapters/the-nun-moths)

One of the four elder elk present at the consultation, Crooked-Back speaks solemnly and asks Karr whether humans know of the forest's desolation.

### [The Big War of the Moths](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_se/chapters/the-big-war-of-the-moths)

Crooked-Back is one of the four old elk who confront Grayskin about the crime committed in Liberty Forest.

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