Dominick the Butcher

Character from and seeming antagonist for the first half of Carnival of Fear. Dominick was a butcher and a resident of the City of l'Morai. The Puppetmaster framed him for the murder of Borgo and Panon and Banon. He was apprehended by Arkoo the Leopard Boy, and brought to trial by Marie the Blind Juggler and Morcastle. He was convicted by the people of his city, based not on evidence, but on unproven accusations of various transgressions by his son and other townspeople, and transformed into Karrick the Man of a Thousand Knives, a freak of Carnival l'Morai who grew knives from his skin. Later he was befriended by Marie and the other freaks of Carnival l'Morai, and helped in the rebellion against the Puppetmaster and the city folk. However, Garrick was caught, and he met his doom running the gauntlet through the mob of the city's citizens.