A sick German ethnographer from Tübingen who has lived in the Amazon for years. He travels by canoe with his field notes and saves a local named Manduca from rubber plantation enslavement. Desperate to find the sacred yakruna plant as a cure for his illness, he joins forces with Karamakate. He ultimately flees a Catholic mission and arrives at a frontier post during the rubber boom.
Manduca serves as Theo's loyal companion and guide after being rescued.
A tense dynamic where Karamakate aids Theo only out of necessity despite cultural distrust.
Evan inherits Theo's botanical mission, linking the two timelines through shared purpose.
Theo's moral opposition to the priest's cruelty forces him to abandon the mission.
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