# At the Mountains of Madness — Character guide

> Key figures in At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft.

- [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/narrator.md): The geologist leading the Miskatonic University expedition to Antarctica.
- [Lake](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/lake.md): The biologist whose team discovers the first ancient city and meets a tragic fate.
- [Danforth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/danforth.md): The narrator's brave and knowledgeable companion on the final flight.
- [The Old Ones](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/old_ones.md): The ancient alien race that built the cyclopean city in Antarctica.
- [Professor Frank H. Pabodie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/pabodie.md): The engineer who designed the drilling equipment for the expedition.
- [Gedney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/gedney.md): A missing expedition member later found dead near the ancient city.
- [McTighe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/mctighe.md): A member of the expedition's support staff.
- [Sherman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/sherman.md): A member of the expedition's support staff.
- [Captain Douglas](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/captain_douglas.md): The captain of the ship that transports the expedition to Antarctica.
- [The Shoggoths](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/shoggoths.md): Shapeless protoplasmic servants created by the Old Ones.
- [Carroll](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/carroll.md): A member of the expedition's support staff.
- [Moulton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/moulton.md): A member of the expedition's support staff.
- [Atwood](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/atwood.md): A member of the expedition's support staff.
- [Dyer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/dyer.md): The narrator's surname, revealed late in the story.

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