Character from Bastion by Phil Tucker
A Charnel Duke described as 'the only person who consistently acts like a rational adult' — Scorio's straightforward foil who proves that competence without ego is its own form of power.
In a cast of emotionally volatile reincarnating superpowered beings fighting in Hell, Plassus is the one who checks his equipment, assesses the situation, and acts proportionally. Readers love him for this. He is the straight man in a cast of melodrama, and his rationality makes him more effective than characters with twice his raw power. His return in Book 4 is welcomed by the narrative like an adult arriving at a children's party — suddenly someone is going to make sensible decisions. His Charnel Duke rank makes him genuinely powerful, but it's his temperament that makes him invaluable. He doesn't grandstand. He doesn't hold grudges. He deals with what's in front of him.
Carries the weight of Charnel Duke tempering with understated authority. Where other high-tier Great Souls project menace or grandeur, Plassus projects professionalism. He looks like someone who showed up to do a job and intends to do it correctly.
Also known as: Charnel Duke Plassus