# The Provost Marshal — The Adventurous Simplicissimus character guide

> The Provost Marshal in The Adventurous Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the wicked old Provost Marshal, Provost, the Provost

**First appearance:** 0020-xvi-of-the-ways-and-works-of-soldiers-nowadays-and-how-hardly-a-common-soldier-can-get-promotion

## Who they are

A cruel military official who torments soldiers.

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