5,587 Characters
HumanHistorical / real

A. P. Sinnett

British writer and TheosophistBritish writer and Theosophist.0 Works1 Letter1 name formExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

A. Merritt

American author and editorAbraham Grace Merritt (January 20, 1884 – August 21, 1943) – known by his byline, A. Merritt – was an American Sunday magazine editor and a writer of fantastic fiction.0 Works18 Letters1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Aaron Gold

arena owner and crooked promoter in Double-Cross1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanHistoricity uncertain

Aaron in The Odyssey of Israel

individual Hebrew companion repeatedly remembered by the narrator0 Works1 Poem1 name formExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Abb Fox

Cross Plains acquaintance remembered by Isaac M. HowardAbb Fox was a Cross Plains acquaintance remembered by Isaac M. Howard. In a September 26, 1944 letter discussing local religious life, Howard described Fox as a good Christian and spoke favorably…0 Works1 Letter1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abbot Hilaire

Directly named or invoked in the Dawnward Spire letter body.0 Works1 Letter1 name formExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Abd el-Krim

Rif leader and anti-colonial figure about whom Klatt wrote a poem0 Works2 Letters1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdallah Mirza

Kurdish figure in Cormac’s background1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdul Alhazred

Person directly named in the Dawnward Spire correspondence.0 Works3 Letters1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdul el Kadour

listener to Gordon’s Land of Mystery narrative; not merged with Ahmed el Kadour1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdul el Kamak

raider who abducted Ahmed Kamak as a two-year-old child0 Works1 Poem1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdul Khan

Afghan member of Gordon’s expedition1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdul the Turk

handler of Terrible Dmitri1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdulai

named ancestor from whose blood Bel-lardath descends1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah

Kerim Ali's knife-fighting henchman in the later Sons of Hate drafts1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah (Attalus merchant)

Tajik merchant in Swords of the Hills1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah Bey

Persian noble in Muhammad Khan’s service1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah bin Kheram

Roualli sheikh and father of Zalda1 Work3 name formsExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah bin Sikander

expedition warrior killed in a canoe attack1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah Din

Afridi raider killed by Yar Ali Khan1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah Ghulab

Afghan member of Gordon’s expedition1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah Hassan

Kurdish chief imprisoned in Kemul Bey’s castle1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah Khan

Persian in Kabul, supposedly a European in disguise and engineering expert, whose activities are exposed by Gorman's letter1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah (son of Nureddin)

son of Nureddin el Aziz1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abdullah the Terrible Turk

1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Abdur Rahman Khan

emir of Afghanistanemir of Afghanistan.0 Works1 Letter1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abe Garfinkle

manager involved in The Ferocious Ape1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abe Gold

Tony Andrada’s manager1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abe Slickemmore

first-person comic narrator identified by the ballad title0 Works1 Poem1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abednego Raxton

Montana cattleman who summons Breckinridge to investigate rustlers1 Work3 name formsExplore Character HumanHistoricity uncertain

Abel

Biblical figure invoked in Howard's Cain-and-Abel comparison0 Works2 Poems1 Letter1 name formExplore Character Supernatural beingFictional / created

Abhoth

Directly named or invoked in the Dawnward Spire letter body.0 Works2 Letters1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abie

figure in Monk Costigan’s unfinished joke1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abie Goldberg

person Dutchy recalls accidentally shooting in the breeches1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanHistoricity uncertain

Abie Goldstein

owner or namesake of the pawn shop in “Come You Back to Rachel Shea”0 Works1 Poem1 name formExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Abie Goldstein

historical bantamweight boxer; distinct from fictional pawn-shop namesakeHistorical bantamweight boxer named by Robert E. Howard as a former American and world champion. This real boxer is distinct from Howard’s fictional pawn-shop figure of the same name.0 Works1 Letter1 name formExplore Character