The Dead

Character from Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Thirteen silent residents of the House — skeletal remains found in scattered halls, each given a name and tended with devotion by the only person who remembers they exist.

Also known as: The Biscuit-Box Man, The Folded Hands, The Concealed Person

What They Know

• Some of the dead are ancient — centuries old, perhaps older — while others died much more recently, suggesting people have been entering and dying in the House across a long span of time
• Their belongings, where they exist, contain clues to the outside world: modern clothing, manufactured goods, items that do not belong in an infinite marble labyrinth
• Piranesi's journal records thirteen dead people in total, each catalogued with the same care he gives to the statues and tidal patterns

Connections

• tended_by — piranesi
• located_in — the_house

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