# Krag — A Voyage to Arcturus character guide > Krag in A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay. **Role:** major **First appearance:** 0000-i-the-s-ance ## Snapshot A grinning, yellow-toothed stranger who corners Maskull outside a London theatre with news that Surtur has gone to Tormance and requires followers — and offers no second chances. ## Who they are Krag materializes with unsettling familiarity, knowing Maskull's name, his companions, and his readiness to leave Earth, and speaks of the star Arcturus as casually as a suburb. His manner swings between scraping laughter and sudden gravity, and he warns plainly that a gift declined is not offered twice. As the agent who sets the voyage in motion and later steers Nightspore toward his ordeal, Krag embodies the story's insistence that some summonses are not invitations. ## Relationships ### [Maskull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/maskull) _psychological_ Krag is a mysterious, manipulative figure who guides and tests Maskull on his journey, often with harsh and cryptic motives. ### [Nightspore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/nightspore) _friendship_ Krag and Nightspore are allied in a cosmic mission, working together to guide and test Maskull toward ultimate truth. ### [Crystalman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/crystalman) _rivalry_ Crystalman and Krag are eternal cosmic adversaries, representing the forces of illusion and truth respectively. ### [Gangnet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/gangnet) _social_ Gangnet and Krag are acquaintances who share a mutual awareness of the deeper forces at play in the world. ### [Maskull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/maskull) _psychological_ Krag is a mysterious, manipulative figure who guides and tests Maskull on his journey, often with harsh and cryptic motives. ### [Maskull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/maskull) _psychological_ Krag is a mysterious, manipulative figure who guides and tests Maskull on his journey, often with harsh and cryptic motives. ### [Nightspore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/nightspore) _friendship_ Krag and Nightspore are allied in a cosmic mission, working together to guide and test Maskull toward ultimate truth. ### [Nightspore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/nightspore) _friendship_ Krag and Nightspore are allied in a cosmic mission, working together to guide and test Maskull toward ultimate truth. ### [Crystalman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/crystalman) _rivalry_ Crystalman and Krag are eternal cosmic adversaries, representing the forces of illusion and truth respectively. ### [Gangnet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/gangnet) _social_ Gangnet and Krag are acquaintances who share a mutual awareness of the deeper forces at play in the world. ### [Crystalman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/crystalman) _rivalry_ Crystalman and Krag are eternal cosmic adversaries, representing the forces of illusion and truth respectively. ### [Gangnet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/gangnet) _social_ Gangnet and Krag are acquaintances who share a mutual awareness of the deeper forces at play in the world. ## In the story ### [I: The Séance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/i-the-s-ance) Bursts into the room unannounced; a thick, shortish man with a large head and piercing voice; thumps Faull and addresses the phantom youth. ### [II: In the Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/ii-in-the-street) Reveals the journey to Tormance, provides a lens to view Arcturus, and insists Maskull and Nightspore join him. ### [III: Starkness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/iii-starkness) Referenced as the orchestrator of the journey; his message is found in the form of the bottles. ### [IV: The Voice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/iv-the-voice) Implied to have returned; the tower gate is found open. ### [The Night of Departure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/v-the-night-of-departure) The enigmatic pilot who orchestrates the departure, performs the wounding, and pilots the crystal torpedo with savage intentness. ### [VI: Joiwind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/vi-joiwind) Referred to by Joiwind as the author of evil and misery, whom Maskull knows but conceals his relationship with. ### [X: Tydomin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/x-tydomin) Mentioned by Maskull as having been seen in his vision, prompting his awakening. ### [XIII: The Wombflash Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/xiii-the-wombflash-forest) Appears in the spectral procession, stabbing the phantom Maskull with a knife before vanishing. ### [Swaylone's Island](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/xv-swaylone-s-island) Mentioned in Gleameil's legend as a spirit that dogs Shaping's footsteps, joining love to death, sex to shame, etc., and without whom the world would lose its beauty. ### [Leehallfae](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/xvi-leehallfae) Referenced indirectly through Maskull's arm wound, which reacts to the life stream. ### [XX: Barey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/xx-barey) Hostile toward Gangnet, mocks pleasure, and ultimately announces Maskull's death, appearing in a vision striking a bloodred spot. ### [XXI: Muspel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/chapters/xxi-muspel) Krag guides Nightspore to the gate of Muspel, revealing himself as Surtur and the embodiment of pain. He waits outside as Nightspore enters, returning to the struggle against Crystalman. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters/krag - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voyage_to_arcturus_se/characters