Felix Taverner

Dudley Carston

Dudley and Felix share a bond of mutual respect and camaraderie, often acting as allies in their chaotic social circle.

Boris

Boris and Felix are close friends, often engaging in lively debates and shared escapades.

Ross

Felix and Ross are easygoing friends, frequently collaborating and joking together.

Picus

Felix and Picus are friendly but sometimes strained, with Felix acting as a grounding influence on Picus's obsessions.

Scylla Taverner

Felix and Scylla are siblings, sharing a close but occasionally contentious bond as brother and sister.

Picus

Felix and Picus are friendly but sometimes strained, with Felix acting as a grounding influence on Picus's obsessions.

Ross

Felix and Ross are easygoing friends, frequently collaborating and joking together.

Dudley Carston

Dudley and Felix share a bond of mutual respect and camaraderie, often acting as allies in their chaotic social circle.

Dudley Carston

Dudley and Felix share a bond of mutual respect and camaraderie, often acting as allies in their chaotic social circle.

Ross

Felix and Ross are easygoing friends, frequently collaborating and joking together.

Boris

Boris and Felix are close friends, often engaging in lively debates and shared escapades.

Scylla Taverner

Felix and Scylla are siblings, sharing a close but occasionally contentious bond as brother and sister.

Armed with Madness

Present in the household, involved in the group's discussions and events.

I

Brother of Scylla; swims out into the sea; wears pretty clothes; part of the trio that owns the house.

II

Felix is scared, brittle, angry, and unjust; Scylla tells him to collect mushrooms and not allow Ross to experiment.

III

Scylla's brother, who tells the story of finding the cup in the well.

IV

Explains the Grail and spear symbolism, expresses fear of his sister Scylla and Picus, and reveals his desire for fashionable routine over vision.

VI

Cues the doctor to talk; expresses hatred for the Celtic Twilight and Tennyson's treatment of the Grail.

VIII

Felix puts his foot down on antiquities and is mentioned as part of the group; he is asleep during Ross and Scylla's conversation.

IX

Complains about the walk, collects a plant for Ross, shrieks at a snake, and expresses a desire for a more reasonable life at Biarritz.

The Search for the Cup

Searches in the attic; his room contains leopard skins.

XII

Suggests big magic is cooking and later goes to see about dinner fish.

XIII

Cleaning fish in the scullery, he shares a moment of understanding and love with Scylla, expressing his lack of faith.

XIV

Sends Carston a farewell message along with Scylla and Ross.

XV

Mentioned in Carston's reflections on the group; his bookplate is referenced.

XVI

Burns the book, hides Carston in the attic, confronts Picus about the cup.

XVII

Breaks down sobbing, expresses his postwar disillusionment and selfishness, and confronts Ross.

XVIII

Feels alone and damns the scene; retrieves the charred book from the fire; comments on the situation as 'Thoroughly Rum'.

XIX

Mentioned in Scylla's thoughts regarding the meat problem.

XX

Deeply affected by seeing the drowned sailors, he confronts the group about their illusions and his own sense of emptiness.

Felix

Felix experiences a mix of exhilaration and alienation in Paris, grappling with his inferiority complex and longing for acceptance among a sophisticated crowd.

When We Were Very Young

Drunk and euphoric in a Paris taxi, Felix decides that Boris is the companion he came to find, feeling a romantic and purposeful connection.

Scylla

Mentioned as Scylla's brother and chaperone.

Felix

Drunk and hysterical, he cries about damnation and love-death unity, breaks a taxi window, and is carried home by Boris and the American.

In and Out

Wakes in Paris feeling healthy and determined to find Boris; searches through hotels for him.

Clarence and Scylla

Felix is mentioned as being partial to raspberry jam, which Nanna is making.