Character

Khundunese Civilians

vulnerable persecuted devalued in policy rhetoric

Khundunese civilians suffer mass slaughter in the Republic of Equatorial Khundu as ethnic violence erupts. Cardinal Patrick invokes prayers for their safety alongside American missionaries at a White House prayer breakfast. Archbishop Zake Kintaka interrupts to decry the deaths of thousands of Khundunese children and parents, charging U.S. inaction relative to hypothetical European crises. Will Bailey tells President Bartlet their lives hold less value than Americans', a remark Toby Ziegler rebukes as he weighs it against inauguration speeches and humanitarian policy standards.

4 appearances

Also known as: People of Khundu, Kundunese, Khudunese

Khundunese Civilians's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

4 moments

S4E14 · Inauguration Part I

Amen, But Not Enough — Zake's Moral Rebuke

Implied suffering and victimhood; their plight catalyzes the moral challenge posed by clergy.

Khundunese civilians are invoked as victims of 'horrible violence' and mass slaughter; they are not present but are central to the moral accusation driving the confrontation.

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S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There

Window into Conviction: Will's Unfiltered Answer

Not active actors in the scene but emotionally central as the silent sufferers whose lives are being weighed.

Khundunese civilians are the moral referent of the exchange; their suffering is the unnamed, immediate object of debate and the human consequence behind Will's blunt admission.

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S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There

From Doctrine to Deployment: Bartlet Announces Khundu Intervention and Commissions Will

Suffering and brave; their plight induces moral outrage and urgency in the President.

Khundunese civilians (represented by the line 'Mothers are standing in front of tanks') function as the moral catalyst; they are the absent, vulnerable beneficiaries of the President's decision.

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S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There

Commissioned and Charged: Will's Promotion Amid a Deployment Order

Not present physically in the room; emotionally invoked as desperate and in need of protection.

Khundunese civilians are the object of the President's moral concern — the intelligence line about mothers standing before tanks drives the decision to deploy U.S. forces.

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Affiliation

United States