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Vinchec is an [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Armiger|Armiger]] servant who appears briefly in [[The Tyrant Philosophers/City of Last Chances|City of Last Chances]] as a drunk patron of the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pledge|Pledge (taproom)]] during the night following the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Gownhall uprising|Gownhall uprising]], when [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pal|Palleseen]] soldiers blockade streets across the city - ch 33. He shares the scene with a fellow servant, [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pravil|Pravil]], and the pair are loud, inebriated, and confrontational, drawing the attention of the room. His sole function in the narrative is to register the social aftermath of the uprising: he makes a crude joke at the expense of [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pel|Pel]] and the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pal|Palleseen]] batons, obliquely references the disruption to [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Gownhall|Gownhall]], and takes part in physically harassing [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Yasnic|Yasnic]] before other patrons intervene - ch 33.

Vinchec's appearance is a single, self-contained scene with no sequel. He does not reappear after Yasnic gives away his coins and [[The Tyrant Philosophers/God|God]] shakes his leg in complaint; the taproom closes its doors on him - ch 33. His significance to the novel is therefore purely atmospheric: he is one of the voices in a crowded room that shows how ordinary servants drink, jeer, and stumble through the night after the uprising's failure, their grievances and prejudices surfacing once official authority has momentarily lost its grip on the streets.

== History ==
=== City of Last Chances ===
Vinchec is a [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Armiger|Armiger]] servant who appears as a drunk patron at the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pledge|Pledge (taproom)]] in a single scene during the night following the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Gownhall uprising|Gownhall uprising]], when soldiers are blockading streets across the city - ch 33. He is in the company of another servant, [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pravil|Pravil]], and the two are loud and inebriated, drawing the attention of the room. Vinchec tells a joke centred on the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/tablethi|tablethi]] word, which is the same element used in every [[The Tyrant Philosophers/baton|baton]] of the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pal|Palleseen]] occupiers' magic-speaking weapons, quipping that one learns very little by learning it and thereby mocking the usefulness of studying [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pel|Pel]] - ch 33. He also alludes obliquely to the uprising that has just convulsed [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Gownhall|Gownhall]], remarking on "the parlous state of education in this city, what with the, you know" - ch 33.

When [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Yasnic|Yasnic]] is present at the taproom, Vinchec and Pravil mock, dismiss, and physically shove her - ch 33. Other patrons in the room intervene and force the two servants to pay for Yasnic's drink - ch 33. In a subsequent exchange, Yasnic gives away all of Vinchec's coins; [[The Tyrant Philosophers/God|God]] shakes his leg and complains, but Yasnic is made to shiver at "the great sacrilege of it all" - ch 33. Vinchec does not reappear after this scene.

== Relationships ==
* '''[[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pravil|Pravil]]''' - A fellow [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Armiger|Armiger]] servant and drinking companion. The two are together at the [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Pledge|Pledge (taproom)]] and act as a unit in mocking and physically shoving [[The Tyrant Philosophers/Yasnic|Yasnic]], and in being compelled by other patrons to pay for Yasnic's drink - ch 33.
* '''[[The Tyrant Philosophers/Yasnic|Yasnic]]''' - The target of Vinchec's and Pravil's mockery and physical intimidation. The hostility is resolved not by Vinchec's choice but by the intervention of surrounding patrons, who force the two servants to cover Yasnic's drink; Yasnic then retaliates by giving away all of Vinchec's coins - ch 33.
* '''[[The Tyrant Philosophers/God|God]]''' - Present at the taproom. When Yasnic gives away Vinchec's coins, God shakes Vinchec's leg and complains, though Yasnic herself is made to shiver at "the great sacrilege of it all" - ch 33.

== Notable Quotes ==
:"the parlous state of education in this city, what with the, you know" - Vinchec, City of Last Chances, ch 33

== Tags ==
#armiger-servant · #drunk · #civilian

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