# The House on the Borderland — Character guide

> Key figures in The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson.

- [The Recluse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/narrator.md): The unnamed narrator and protagonist who lives in the strange house with his sister and dog.
- [Pepper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/pepper.md): The narrator's faithful dog who accompanies him through many of his terrifying adventures.
- [Tonnison](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/tonnison.md): One of the two men who discover the manuscript and recount the story.
- [Mary](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/mary.md): The narrator's sister who lives with him in the house and shares his peril.
- [Jupiter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/jupiter.md): A celestial entity or planet personified in the narrator's cosmic visions.
- [Tip](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/tip.md): A small creature or entity mentioned briefly in the narrative.
- [Hush](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/hush.md): A name or exclamation appearing in the text, possibly a character or sound.
- [William Hope Hodgson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/william_hope_hodgson.md): The author, mentioned as the editor or discoverer of the manuscript.
- [The Swine-Things](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/the_swine_things.md): Grotesque pig-like creatures that attack the house in a sustained siege.
- [Jesus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/jesus.md): A brief religious allusion in the narrator's thoughts.
- [The Dead](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/the_dead.md): Ghostly or spectral figures encountered in the house or visions.
- [Hark](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/hark.md): A name or exclamation, possibly a character or sound in the narrative.
- [Good Lord](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/good_lord.md): An exclamation or personification used in the text.
- [Halloween](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/halloween.md): A reference to the holiday, possibly in the narrator's setting.
- [Kali](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/kali.md): A mythological allusion in the narrator's cosmic visions.
- [Seth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/seth.md): A biblical or mythological name mentioned in passing.
- [Souls](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/souls.md): Abstract entities or spirits referenced in the narrative.
- [Whistling](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/whistling.md): A sound or entity associated with the house's eerie phenomena.
- [Jove](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/jove.md): A mythological reference to Jupiter in the narrator's visions.
- [Saturn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/saturn.md): A planet or deity personified in the narrator's cosmic journey.
- [Dear One](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/dear_one.md): A term of endearment used by the narrator, possibly for Mary.
- [Messengers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_on_the_borderland_se/characters/messengers.md): Beings or entities that appear in the narrator's visions.

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