Tiso In Pankration

In the novel Pankration, there were a series of characters that had quite a big influence on Nic all through the story, some of the people changed him for the better and for the worst. Tiso made a big impact by giving Nic friendship when he was in a time of desperation. And Gellius acted like a father figure in some way to Nic through the course of the novel. There were many influential people in the book but some had bigger impacts on other people than most, but these are the ones with the biggest impact on Nic.

Tiso was a very influential character in the story, even though he was only in it for such a short time he had changed the mindset of Nic. In the story, he had helped Nic in many different ways, whether t be giving him food when he was a slave or killing a fellow slave to save Nic. Tiso also became very close when they ran away from slavery, that was why when Tiso died it had such a big influence on Nic. “Memories of Tiso filled his mind: the many times the black slave had stopped the mindless, cruel torment that Scopas had enjoyed so much; the many times Tiso had slipped a little extra food onto Nic’s pouch- and the cough that had been his trademark sound.” (pg. 96-97). The things that Nic said about Tiso's show how he had helped him even if it meant risking his life and giving up

The two characters (Nic and Gellius) had only known each other for a short period of time before Nic was taken by pirates and sold into slavery. And when he was taken Gellius had given Nic hope even if Gellius wasn't with Nic. “I’ll be searching for him,” he finished weakly. “If I can, I’ll find him.” (pg.90). This shows that even after all this time Gellius still had hope to find Nic and to bring him back to Artemis, even after all this time. Gellius is much like Tiso, both were characters that had only known Nic for a short period of time, but they still had a big impact on Nic's