# Oberlus — Short Fiction character guide

> Oberlus in Short Fiction by Herman Melville.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** this King Oberlus, the Hermit Oberlus, Fatherless Oberlus, Emperor Oberlus

**First appearance:** 0011-sketch-ninth-hood-s-isle-and-the-hermit-oberlus

## Who they are

A misanthropic hermit and tyrant who lives alone on Hood's Isle.

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