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Fitchner

Proctor Mars · Peerless Scarred

Darrow's captive Proctor, in fine humor now his son is safe, who reveals the three unfinished threats — chiefly that Mustang is the Jackal's twin.

Story so far

Brought up from Apollo's dungeons to captured Olympus, a battered but cheerful Fitchner — glad his son Sevro is safe — spars with Darrow and warns him the conquest is not over. He names three unfinished things: Cassius will have to duel Darrow to the death; the evidence that the ArchGovernor Augustus bribed the Proctors will shatter the man and perhaps unseat him; and — the blow he saves for last — Mustang is Virginia au Augustus, the Jackal's twin sister, to whom Darrow has just handed half his army. He needles Darrow that Olympus is a honey-trap that will rot his soldiers soft, and trades his revelation for the answer to what drives Darrow, warning that he and the Jackal are freaks who, unlike true Golds, will die to win.

Enjoying his captivity, he remains Darrow's most honest and cynical counselor.

Appearance

A stocky, plain, low-born Gold with a hatchet face and paunch, jaw and face bruised purple from Darrow's beating; chewing his familiar gum with a wince, in good humor.

Role

Darrow's captive Proctor and blunt counselor, revealer of Mustang's true identity.

Relationships

Darrow — His captor and student, whom he warns of Cassius, the ArchGovernor, and Mustang.
mustang — Whom he unmasks as Virginia au Augustus, the Jackal's twin sister.
Sevro — His son, whose safety puts him in unexpectedly good humor.
nero-au-augustus — The ArchGovernor whose bribery Darrow's evidence may bring down.
Sources — 5 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 16
  • The crude, gum-chewing, hatchet-faced Peerless Scarred Proctor of House Mars, who runs the Institute's 'mad dogs.'
Chapter 29
  • Darrow's blunt, ugly, low-born Proctor, who shares roast duck and confesses his outsider's pride while dropping the Jackal's identity.
Chapter 35
  • Darrow's exhausted Proctor, who confesses the war is rigged for the Jackal, that the Proctors will kill Darrow, and secretly gives him aid.
Chapter 40
  • Darrow's low-born Proctor, revealed as Sevro's father, who returns Darrow's knifeRing and warns of a coming betrayal before Darrow beats him down.
Chapter 44
  • Darrow's captive Proctor, in fine humor now his son is safe, who reveals the three unfinished threats — chiefly that Mustang is the Jackal's twin.
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