# Chaplinski — With Fire and Sword character guide

> Chaplinski in With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Starosta Chaplinski

**First appearance:** 0003-iv

## Who they are

A Polish nobleman and enemy of Hmelnitski, whose actions spark the uprising.

## In the story

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/with_fire_and_sword_se/chapters/ii)

Boasts of his plan to capture Hmelnitski using a spy named Hvedko.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/with_fire_and_sword_se/chapters/xvi)

His house in Chigirin is noted as razed to the ground.

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