Almah

Layelah

Almah and Layelah are romantic rivals, competing for the Narrator's love and attention.

Atam

Almah and Atam are siblings or close relatives, sharing a bond of kinship within the strange society.

Layelah

Almah and Layelah are romantic rivals, competing for the Narrator's love and attention.

Layelah

Almah and Layelah are romantic rivals, competing for the Narrator's love and attention.

Atam

Almah and Atam are siblings or close relatives, sharing a bond of kinship within the strange society.

VIII: The Cave-Dwellers

A beautiful maiden of a different race, she shows the narrator kindness, teaches him words, and is curious about his writing materials.

IX: The Cavern of the Dead

Performs the daily duty of crowning sacrificed corpses with wreaths; her sadness is explained as she reveals the abhorrent custom.

X: The Sacred Hunt

Accompanies the hunt, explains the Kosekin's death-worshipping culture to the narrator, and shares his fear of death.

XI: The Swamp Monster

Accompanies the narrator on the hunt, warns him about the sepet-ram and Kosekin ways, and helps him escape from a second monster.

XII: The Baleful Sacrifice

Silent and fearful during the ceremony, she urges the narrator to remain still for their safety.

XIII: The Awful Mista Kosek

Warns the narrator not to attend the Mista Kosek; nurses him after his fainting spell; expresses despair and longing for her homeland.

XIV: I Learn My Doom

Reveals the fate of sacrifice and the Mista Kosek; confesses her love; recovers from illness.

The Kohen Is Inexorable

Mentioned as the object of the narrator's love; the Kohen notes her arrival helped him shed wealth, and the narrator's love for her is central to the conflict.

XVI: The Kosekin

Almah is mentioned as being in a similar position to the narrator, both having inadvertently received gifts due to their ignorance of Kosekin ways.

XVIII: A Voyage Over the Pole

Calm in the face of death, preferring it to her darker fate; shares a tender bond with the narrator during the voyage.

XIX: The Wonders of the Amir

Accompanies the narrator to the Amir; is taken to her own chamber but assured she can remain near the narrator; Layelah ignores her.

XX: The Dark Maiden Layelah

Present during Layelah's pointed remarks, remains reserved and piteous, focused on the impending doom.

XXI: The Flying Monster

Unaware of Layelah's scheme; courted by the Kohen Gadol, but remains faithful to the narrator.

Escape

Joyfully agrees to escape with the narrator, accompanies him on the athaleb.

XXIII: The Island of Fire

Weary and repulsed by lobsters, she rests and shares in the despair of their situation on the desolate island.

XXIV: Recapture

Pleads for death on Magones rather than return; weeps at the prospect of separation; embraces the narrator in despair.

Falling, Like Icarus, Into the Sea

Leads the rescue party on athalebs, finds the narrator on the island, and embraces him, causing Layelah's distress.

XXVIII: In Prison

Also imprisoned and separated from the narrator, she faces the same dreadful fate with despair.

XXIX: The Ceremony of Separation

Initiates the ceremony of separation, believing it will save the narrator's life; she is led away in tears after the ceremony.

XXX: The Day of Sacrifice

Almah is brought to the pyramid for sacrifice, laid on the stone, but is saved by the narrator's intervention.

XXXI: Conclusion

Speaks for both as co-ruler, announces sweeping reforms, and reveals the Kosekin marriage ceremony.