# Eric Blount — Uller Uprising character guide

> Eric Blount in Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Blount, Lieutenant - Governor Blount

**First appearance:** 0005-i-commander-in-chief-front-and-center

## Snapshot

The lieutenant-governor who plays chess with the governor while quietly counting the ways Terra's good deeds breed Ulleran resentment.

## Who they are

Blount is the political officer who sees what Harrington won't: that every spaceport and power-reactor the Company bestows deepens native hatred rather than gratitude. He needles the governor over the chessboard and the plutonium shipments, tracking Orgzild's ambitions and Rakkeed's reach with the patience of a man who expects the worst. His clear-eyed pessimism drives the early arc, turning scattered warnings into a case for action before the uprising fully ignites.

## Relationships

### [Sidney Harrington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uller_uprising_se/characters/sidney_harrington)

_friendship_

Close companions or allies, possibly sharing duties or personal rapport within the colonial setting.

### [Rakkeed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uller_uprising_se/characters/rakkeed)

_social_

Frequent contact between a human officer and a native, possibly as an interpreter or intermediary.

### [Rakkeed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uller_uprising_se/characters/rakkeed)

_social_

Frequent contact between a human officer and a native, possibly as an interpreter or intermediary.

### [Sidney Harrington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uller_uprising_se/characters/sidney_harrington)

_friendship_

Close companions or allies, possibly sharing duties or personal rapport within the colonial setting.

### [Sidney Harrington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uller_uprising_se/characters/sidney_harrington)

_friendship_

Close companions or allies, possibly sharing duties or personal rapport within the colonial setting.

## In the story

### [II: Rakkeed, Stalin, and the Rev. Keeluk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uller_uprising_se/chapters/ii-rakkeed-stalin-and-the-rev-keeluk)

Lieutenant-Governor playing chess; argues that Rakkeed is a major threat and that Gurgurk is subsidizing him to seize power.

### [III: Four-and-Twenty Geek Heads](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uller_uprising_se/chapters/iii-four-and-twenty-geek-heads)

Lieutenant-Governor, supports von Schlichten's aggressive views, plans to travel to Keegark to investigate.

### [IV: If You Read It in Stanley-Browne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uller_uprising_se/chapters/iv-if-you-read-it-in-stanley-browne)

Explains the technological and economic revolution on Uller and its casualties, and defends the Company's labor practices.

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