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ZEL (Patrick Albenque)
A man of the cold.
Zel never appears but is instrumental to Cal’s quest. Their friendship will be hard to hold, as Zel belongs to one of the People of the Cold.
There exists a people in this world of ice who have adapted to the cold and can move unprotected at very low temperatures. Their ways are simple, their origins uncertain. The Pointsmen use them as cheap docile labor to break the ice that settles on the rails. They are considered primitive, good only for scavenging the Rail Society’s rubbish.
Cal is shocked by the humiliation and deep-seated racism against these people. He constantly endeavors to prove their cultural identity and yet, at his lowest moments, Cal finds in Zel and his people the strength and courage to press on in his quest. And like Cal, Zel possesses strange telekinetic powers.
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