# Lake — At the Mountains of Madness character guide

> Lake in At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** poor Lake

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

The expedition's biologist, whose restless drilling and reckless hunger for older fossils push the team past the edge of known geological time.

## Relationships

### [Danforth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/danforth)

_professional_

Danforth and Lake are colleagues on the expedition, with Danforth later reporting Lake's grisly death.

### [Moulton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/moulton)

_professional_

Moulton is a member of Lake's field party, assisting in the excavation and discovery of the Old Ones.

### [Atwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/atwood)

_professional_

Atwood is a fellow scientist who works with Lake on the geological and biological analysis of the discoveries.

### [Gedney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/gedney)

_professional_

Gedney is a member of Lake's team who disappears during the expedition's exploration.

### [Sherman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/sherman)

_professional_

Sherman assists Lake with camp operations and the transportation of discovered specimens.

### [Moulton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/moulton)

_professional_

Moulton is a member of Lake's field party, assisting in the excavation and discovery of the Old Ones.

### [Danforth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/characters/danforth)

_professional_

Danforth and Lake are colleagues on the expedition, with Danforth later reporting Lake's grisly death.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/i)

Biology department member and part of the expedition's core team.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/ii)

Leads the subexpedition northwestward, discovers the mountain range and ancient fossils, and sends increasingly excited messages.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as the leader of the subexpedition whose camp is found destroyed; his earlier messages are referenced.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/iv)

His camp is the site of the massacre; his earlier bulletins and fossil prints are referenced.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned as having previously seen the complete outlines of the Old Ones before his death.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned in passing regarding the mirage seen as the party approached his ill-fated camp.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/viii)

His dissected specimens are referenced as being from an earlier era, and his camp's missing eight perfect specimens are a source of unease.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/ix)

Referenced in connection with the dissected horror whose odor is now detected.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/xi)

Mentioned as a victim of the Shoggoths, his dissection findings recalled.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/xii)

Mentioned in relation to his earlier mistaken observation of volcanic mist.

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