Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Simoom

Ferdinand's rhinoceros, gentle as an old horse, who falls with the yak and comforts it.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 10 — Hamed's club; the small wedding
• Chapter 33 — Parlay
• Chapter 34 — The king's message; Rosetta's whip
• Chapter 35 — Volteeg; the dwarves' tunnel
• Chapter 39 — Alliances break; Operation Snake Pit

Arc

Ferdinand's albino rhinoceros, kept by Kibben and inseparable from Tina, gentle as an old horse under a howdah (ch. 33); he falls with the yak and comforts it (ch. 35), and will not leave Gonk's side (ch. 39).