The King in Yellow
The King in YellowAmbrose Bierce, Robert W. Chambers
Characters in The King in Yellow
26 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Hildred Castaigne
Narrator of "The Repairer of Reputations", who becomes convinced the forbidden play reveals his royal destiny in a near-future America.
Boris Yvain
A Parisian sculptor in "The Mask" whose marble-making solution reshapes an emotional triangle with Genevieve and Alec.
Supporting characters
Hastur
Raoul
Gaston
Piriou Louis
Glemarec Renè
Philip
Severn
Jack Trent
Sylvia
Braith
George West
Hartman
Hastings
Madame Tarotte
Susie Byng
Mr Bladen
Foxhall Clifford
Valentine Tissot
Bowles
Richard Osborne Elliot
Selby
Louis Castaigne
Hildred's level-headed cousin, who is drawn into Hildred's imagined plot over the succession of the imperial dynasty.
Mr. Wilde (The King in Yellow)
A grotesque, self-styled repairer of reputations who keeps files of people's secrets and encourages Hildred's theories.
Jeanne D'Ys
A medieval woman met by a modern traveler in "The Demoiselle d'Ys", a romance that crosses time.