Inside the story
Meet Abraham, the son of Abraham
The Prophet and dominant religious authority of the South Midians. He is a cruel, fanatical, manipulative man who justifies torture and execution as religious rites and becomes hostile when Lady Barbara challenges his authority.
On the page
An elderly man, tall and grotesque-featured, with long unkempt hair and beard, a huge nose, and a receding chin. He wears a crude goat-skin garment.
