Daryl is a hitman whom the man with the cards sends to challenge Ed at different points in Ed’s mission. However, Daryl does not know the identity of the man with the cards and just does what the man pays him to do. He is the partner of Keith. Ed first meets Daryl and Keith when they assault him inside his home at the beginning of the novel. Both Daryl and Keith are argumentative with each other and with Ed. Daryl’s role in the mission shows the far-reaching power of the man with the cards.
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Daryl Character Timeline in I Am the Messenger
The timeline below shows where the character Daryl appears in I Am the Messenger. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
2 of Clubs: The Visit
Daryl and Keith decide the time has come for them to leave, so they take find...
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3 of Clubs: The Envelope
...Ed that he did well with the last assignment, and that the letter writer knows Daryl and Keith told Ed about knowing the abusive man is not dead. The writer compliments...
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6 of Clubs: The Stones
...Ed drives, the young man stares at him angrily. Ed asks him if he knows Daryl and Keith and the young man threatens him in response. They drive down to the...
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Ace of Spades: The Game
...on his couch when he hears knocking at the door and assumes it’s Keith and Daryl. Marv walks in. He asks Ed how he got injured. Ed says he was randomly...
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9 of Spades: The Woman
...night suggested Ed was not the only one receiving missions. He wonders if that man, Daryl, and Keith are also receiving instructions from an outside source.
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Queen of Spades: The Bell Street Theater
...him he was coming, and after a little bit of questioning, he determines Keith and Daryl visited the theater before him. The man tells Ed that when he is finished with...
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4 of Hearts: To Feel the Fear
...pies. They are hard to recognize without their face masks, but he suspects they are Daryl and Keith. Ed fears they are going to beat him up again, but Daryl hands...
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Ed, Daryl, and Keith joke around with each other until the light goes off in Ritchie’s kitchen....
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Joker: The End is Not the End
Ed finds Daryl and Keith standing next to his father’s grave. Keith says Ed is so similar to...
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Ed asks Daryl and Keith how they knew he would be at the cemetery at this exact time....
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Joker: The Folder
...that he killed Ed’s father, as well as organized the failed bank robbery and sent Daryl and Keith to beat Ed up. He says he did all this because Ed was...
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