# The Night Land — Character guide

> Key figures in The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson.

- [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_narrator.md): The first-person narrator who ventures into the Night Land to rescue his beloved.
- [Naani](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/naani.md): The narrator's beloved from a past life, whom he seeks in the Night Land.
- [Lady Mirdath the Beautiful](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/lady_mirdath.md): The narrator's wife in a former incarnation, whose memory drives his quest.
- [Master Monstruwacan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/master_monstruwacan.md): The wise leader of the Last Redoubt who advises the narrator.
- [The Diskos](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_diskos.md): A powerful weapon used by the narrator to fight monsters in the Night Land.
- [The Humpt Men](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_humpt_men.md): Grotesque, hunchbacked creatures encountered in the Night Land.
- [The Hounds](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_hounds.md): Monstrous canine beasts that hunt in the darkness of the Night Land.
- [The Monsters](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_monsters.md): Generic term for the many terrifying entities inhabiting the Night Land.
- [The Beloved](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_beloved.md): A poetic reference to Naani, the narrator's eternal love.
- [The Master Doctor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_master_doctor.md): A high-ranking healer in the Last Redoubt.
- [The Slug-Beast](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_slug_beast.md): A giant slug-like monster encountered in the Night Land.
- [The Night-Hound](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_night_hound.md): A particularly fearsome hound-like creature in the Night Land.
- [Mistress Alison](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/mistress_alison.md): A woman mentioned in the narrator's past-life memories.
- [Sir Alfred Jarles](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/sir_alfred_jarles.md): A knight from the narrator's past-life recollections.
- [The Giants](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_giants.md): Enormous, stationary beings seen in the Night Land.
- [The Voice](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_voice.md): A mysterious voice that calls to the narrator in the Night Land.
- [The Silent Ones](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_silent_ones.md): Silent, menacing figures that wander the Night Land.
- [The Beast-Man](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_beast_man.md): A yellow-skinned beast-man encountered in the Night Land.
- [The Monster Slug](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_monster_slug.md): Another giant slug-like creature in the Night Land.
- [The Squat Man](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_squat_man.md): A short, brutish humanoid creature in the Night Land.

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