Character guide

Captain Barton

major

Also known as Barton, poor Barton, Mr. Barton, The Watcher Mr. Barton

A retired army officer haunted by a mysterious, invisible stalker.

Judge Harbottle

major

Also known as the Judge, old Judge Harbottle, Old Judge Harbottle, Mr. Justice Harbottle, the Honourable Mr. Justice Harbottle, the Honourable Justice Harbottle, the old Judge, this old Judge, the Honourable The Lord Justice Elijah Harbottle, Elijah Harbottle

A corrupt and cruel judge who faces supernatural retribution for his crimes.

Carmilla

major

Also known as dear Carmilla, Mademoiselle, Mademoiselle Carmilla, Millarca, the Countess Millarca, Mircalla, the Countess Mircalla, the beautiful Mircalla

A beautiful and mysterious young woman who is actually a vampire.

Sir Robert Ardagh

major

Also known as Ardagh, Sir Robert

A nobleman who makes a pact with a mysterious stranger.

Tom Chuff

major

Also known as Tom, Chuff, Tom the poacher

A poacher who experiences a prophetic vision of the future.

Mr. Jennings

major

Also known as the Rev. Mr. Jennings, The Rev. Mr. Jennings, Poor Mr. Jennings, Richard Hamilton Jennings, Richard

A tormented clergyman plagued by a demonic monkey.

Godfrey Schalken

major

Also known as Schalken, Godfrey

A painter who loses his love to a supernatural bridegroom.

Sir Dominick Sarsfield

major

Also known as Sir Dominick, Sir Dominick Sarsfield

A baronet who sells his soul to the devil for wealth.

Captain Jennings

major

Also known as Jennings, the faithless Captain Jennings

A faithless captain who abandons his lover, leading to tragedy.

Young O'Connor

major

Also known as O'Connor, Mr. O'Connor

A young man who encounters a ghostly funeral procession.

Billy Malowney

major

Also known as Bill, Bill Malowney, Billy, raly Billy, raly Bill Malowney, little Billy

A young man who dreams of military glory and adventure.

Lord Glenfallen

major

Also known as Earl of Glenfallen

A nobleman involved in a dark family secret.

Hardress Fitzgerald

major

Also known as Mr. Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Hardress, Master Hardress Fitzgerald, Captain Hardress Fitzgerald

A royalist captain who encounters a ghostly warning.

Ultor de Lacy

major

Also known as Ultor, De Lacy, Ultor De Lacy, Walter De Lacy

A man who returns to his ancestral home with a dark purpose.

Spalatro

major

Also known as The Spalatro, the renowned and unhappy Spalatro, the wretch Spalatro

A bandit who commits a terrible murder for a mysterious master.

Edward Dwyer

supporting

Also known as Ned, Dwyer

A man caught in a web of love and supernatural intrigue.

Old Cooper

supporting

Also known as old Cooper, Cooper, Tom Cooper

An old man who tells a story of a ghostly encounter.

Peter Brien

supporting

Also known as Peter, honest Peter

An honest man who witnesses a supernatural event.

Gerard Douw

supporting

Also known as Douw, Gerard, Jerry

A painter and friend of Schalken who aids in a supernatural matter.

Bob Martin

supporting

Also known as Bob, Bobby, honest Bob Martin, a Bob Martin

A villager who gets into a fight with the village bully.

Una

supporting

Also known as VI Voices Now Una

A young woman who is the object of a supernatural love.

Ally Moran

supporting

Also known as Alice

A woman who has a strange encounter in a haunted house.

Terence Mooney

supporting

Also known as Terence, Mooney

A man who tells a story about a ghostly gander.

Signor Borrhomeo

supporting

Also known as Signor, Borrhomeo, old Borrhomeo

An astrologer who makes a dark bargain.

Flora Carwell

supporting

Also known as Mrs. Carwell, Mrs. Flora Carwell, Flora Guy

A housekeeper with a secret past.

Mary Chadleigh

supporting

Also known as Little Mary Chadleigh, Miss Chadleigh, Chadleigh, Mary, young Chadleigh, poor Miss Chadleigh, old Chadleigh, Miss Mary Chadleigh, Poor Mary Chadleigh

A young woman from a troubled family who experiences a haunting.

Mr. Watson

supporting

Also known as Watson

A visitor to Wauling who experiences the haunting of Captain Walshawe.

Captain Oliver

supporting

Also known as Oliver

A captain who tells a story of a mysterious lodger.

Jim Sulivan

supporting

Also known as Jim, Jim kem, James

A man who has strange adventures during a great snowstorm.

Nell Gorman

supporting

Also known as Nell

A young woman courted by a mysterious stranger.

Doctor Robertson

supporting

Also known as Dr. Robertson, Dr.

A doctor who investigates a strange case of haunting.

Mr. Purcell

supporting

Also known as Purcell, the Late Francis Purcell, Francis Purcell, Frank, Francis, the late Frances Purcell, the late Rev. Francis Purcell, the Rev. Francis Purcell

A clergyman who collects and narrates many of the ghost stories.

Ellen Heathcote

supporting

Also known as Ellen, Heathcote

A young woman who is the subject of a ghostly visitation.

General Montague

supporting

Also known as Montague

A general who tells a story of a haunted house.

Jim Soolivan

supporting

Also known as Jim, Jim Soolivan

A man who has a terrifying encounter with a ghost.

Mrs. Molloy

supporting

Also known as old Mrs. Molloy, Molloy, old Molloy, old Mother Molloy

An old woman who tells stories of fairies and ghosts.

Lady Emily

supporting

Also known as Emily

A noblewoman who experiences a haunting.

Mr. Smith

supporting

Also known as Smith, Mr. Hubert Smith

A man who tells a story about a haunted house in Aungier Street.

Tom Teukesbury

supporting

Also known as Tom, honest Tom, Thomas Teukesbury, Thomas

A man who tells a story about a ghostly sexton.

Con Donovan

supporting

Also known as Con, little Con, Donovan, Con Donovan

A young boy who has an encounter with the fairies.

Lady D⸺

supporting

A noblewoman who tells a story of a haunted house.

Pat Connell

supporting

Also known as Connell, Pat, old Martha, Martha

A man who tells a story about a banshee.

Colonel O'Mara

supporting

Also known as O'Mara, young O'Mara, Richard O'Mara, Richard

A colonel involved in a family history of haunting.

Phaudhrig Crohoore

supporting

Also known as Phaudhrig, bould Phaudhrig, Bould Phaudhrig Crohoore, Crohoore

A bold character who tells a story of a ghostly encounter.

Sir Arthur Chadleigh

supporting

Also known as Sir Arthur, old Sir Arthur, Chadleigh, young Chadleigh, Arthur Chadleigh

The patriarch of the Chadleigh family, haunted by a family curse.

Tom Ludlow

supporting

Also known as Tom, Ludlow

A man who tells a story about a ghostly white cat.

Handsome Charlie

supporting

Also known as Charlie, Charles

A charming but reckless young man who makes a dangerous bet.

Fanny

supporting

Also known as little Fanny, Little Fanny, darling Fanny

A young girl who is the subject of a ghostly story.

Tom Scales

supporting

Also known as Tom, old Scales

An old man who tells a story about a ghostly gander.

Aunt Margaret

supporting

Also known as Margaret, Peg O'Neill, Peg

A woman who has a terrifying adventure on the road.

Little Molly Donovan

supporting

Also known as Molly Donovan, Molly

A young girl who is taken by the fairies.

Charles Marston

supporting

Also known as Charlie

A man who inherits a haunted estate.

Mrs. Pyneweck

supporting

Also known as Pyneweck

The wife of a man wrongfully executed, seeking justice.

Bessie Hennock

supporting

Also known as Bessie

A servant who has a ghostly encounter.

Rose Velderkaust

supporting

Also known as Rose

A young woman who is courted by a mysterious painter.

Mall Carke

supporting

Also known as Old Mall Carke, Mall, old Mall Carke, Mother Carke

An old woman who tells stories and is associated with the fairies.

Sir Arthur T⸺n

supporting

Also known as Sir Arthur

A baronet who experiences a ghostly visitation.

Wicked Captain Walshawe

supporting

Also known as Captain Walshawe, the gay Captain Walshawe, old Captain

A wicked captain whose ghost haunts his former home.

Mr. Peters

supporting

Also known as II Mr. Peters

A clerk who witnesses the judge's strange behavior.

Mr. McDonough

supporting

Also known as a Mr. McDonough, McDonough

A man who tells a story about a haunted house.

Mademoiselle De Lafontaine

supporting

Also known as Mademoiselle De Lafontaine, Mademoiselle De, Mademoiselle, the vivacious Mademoiselle Lafontaine

A vivacious governess in the Carmilla story.

Doctor Hesselius

supporting

Also known as Dr. Martin Hesselius, Dr. Hesselius, Martin Hesselius, Martin, The late Dr. Hesselius, Dear Dr. Hesselius

A metaphysical doctor who investigates supernatural cases.

Nelly Carwell

supporting

Also known as Nell, tall, dark-haired Nell, Nelly

A servant girl who is a key figure in a haunting.

Scroope Marston

supporting

Also known as Marston, Scroope

A man who tells a story about a haunted house.

Lady Ardagh

supporting

The wife of Sir Robert Ardagh, concerned by his strange pact.

Mynher Vanderhausen

supporting

Also known as Vanderhausen, Wilken Vanderhausen

A mysterious and grotesque bridegroom from a painting.

Lord Edward Fitzgerald

minor

Also known as Fitzgerald, the notorious Fitzgerald, Edward

A historical figure mentioned in a story of a haunted house.

Bully Larkin

minor

Also known as Larkin

The village bully who terrorizes the locals.

Squire Toby

minor

Also known as Toby, Squire, Squire Toby, old Squire Toby, the Squire

A squire whose will causes a haunting.

Winnie Dobbs

minor

Also known as Winnie, fat old Winnie Dobbs, Winnie Dobbs, honest Winnie, Winnifred Dobbs, Winnifred

A woman who tells a story about a ghostly child.

Laura Silver Bell

minor

Also known as Mary, Laura, bonnie Laurie

A beautiful woman who is lured away by the fairies.

Dick Chadleigh

minor

Also known as Chadleigh, Dick

A member of the Chadleigh family involved in the family curse.

Ned Moran

minor

Also known as Ned, Moran

A man who has a ghostly encounter.

Moll Rial

minor

Also known as Mary

A woman who has a strange adventure with a fairy piper.

Tom Wyndsour

minor

Also known as Tom

A man who tells a story about a ghostly dog.

Toby Crooke

minor

Also known as Crooke, Mr. Crooke

A man who tells a story about a haunted house.

Mr. Toole

minor

Also known as Toole

A man who tells a story about a ghostly encounter.

Mr. Chadleigh

minor

Also known as Chadleigh

A member of the Chadleigh family.

Mr. Scroope

minor

Also known as Scroope

A man who tells a story about a haunted house.

Mr. Turnbull

minor

Also known as Turnbull, brother Anthony, honest Turnbull, Anthony Turnbull, Tony Turnbull

A man who tells a story about a haunted house.

Terry Neil

minor

Also known as Terence, Terence Neil

A man who has an encounter with the fairies.

Lady Margaret

minor

Also known as Margaret

A noblewoman who tells a story.

Michael Finley

minor

Also known as Finley

A man who tells a story about a ghostly encounter.

Andy Curtis

minor

Also known as Young Andy Curtis, Andy

A young man who has a ghostly encounter.

Madame Paradon

minor

Also known as Madame

A governess in the Carmilla story.

Mundy

minor

A servant who tells a story about a haunted house.