# Allan Quatermain — Character guide

> Key figures in Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard.

- [Sir Henry Curtis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/sir_henry_curtis.md): Curtis is the expedition's steady center of gravity — a man whose calm, powerful face and vast shoulders make him seem less a traveler than a natural force. His loyalty to his missing brother Harry drives the journey, ye
- [Nyleptha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/nyleptha.md): Nyleptha shares the golden throne of Zu-Vendis with her twin Sorais, but her warmth and openness win the people's love in ways her sister's cold brilliance cannot. When the English strangers arrive, she finds herself dra
- [Umslopogaas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/umslopogaas.md): Old Umslopogaas is a warrior out of a vanished age, his body a map of wounds and his tongue quick with mockery even in the face of death. He calls his enemies 'women' and keeps his vows with a terrifying literalness — es
- [Sorais](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/sorais.md): Sorais rules beside Nyleptha with an impassive face and a slow, musical voice that conceals a will of iron. Where her sister is beloved, Sorais is feared — and her desire for Sir Henry, arriving too late, becomes the wou
- [Alphonse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/alphonse.md): Alphonse joins the journey less from courage than from necessity — a small indiscretion has made France unwelcome, and the wilds of Africa seem the lesser peril. He fusses over meals, panics at danger, and dreams of retu
- [Captain Good](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/captain_good.md): Good is the expedition's comic relief and its most socially adaptable member — short, dark, perpetually adjusting his eyeglass, and mortified by his expanding waistline. Sir Henry teases him about idleness and overfeedin
- [Mr. Mackenzie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/mackenzie.md): Mackenzie runs a remote mission station where the adventurers find shelter, and when a dawn attack on the Masai kraal is planned, he stands watch in hand, counting the minutes until it is light enough to strike. His iron
- [Agon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/agon.md): Agon is a high priest of the Zu-Vendi, a man whose flowing white beard and flowing robes conceal a ruthless will to see the outsiders destroyed. When the wall of marble block rises against him and his schemes near collap
- [Flossie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/flossie.md): The young daughter of Mr. Mackenzie, who befriends the explorers.
- [Allan Quatermain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/allan_quatermain.md): Quatermain narrates his own adventures with a dry, self-deprecating humour, describing himself as nine stone six and half-worn, while Sir Henry Curtis looms beside him as a magnificent specimen of English manhood. He has
- [Macumazahn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/macumazahn.md): The Zulu praise-name for Allan Quatermain, meaning 'watchful one'.
- [Bougwan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/bougwan.md): The Zulu name for Captain Good, meaning 'glass eye' due to his monocle.
- [Nasta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/nasta.md): Nasta is a great lord of the Zu-Vendi, powerful enough to command followers and proud enough to plot against the queen who refused him. When his conspiracy collapses on the temple stair, he alone among the fleeing assass
- [The Masai](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/the_masai.md): A group of fierce warriors encountered by the expedition.
- [Kara](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/kara.md): A Zu-Vendi character, possibly a servant or minor noble.
- [The Priests](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/the_priests.md): The religious caste of Zu-Vendis, serving in the Flower Temple.
- [Daylight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/characters/daylight.md): A horse belonging to the expedition, noted for its endurance.

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