# Brood of the Witch-Queen — Character guide

> Key figures in Brood of the Witch-Queen by Sax Rohmer.

- [Antony Ferrara](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/antony_ferrara.md): Ferrara moves through London society as a wealthy, charming man about town, heir to Sir Michael's fortune and trusted as a brother by Myra Duquesne. Yet Robert Cairn senses something wrong—why does Ferrara need a fire on
- [Dr. Bruce Cairn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/dr_bruce_cairn.md): Dr. Cairn belongs to the generation that remembers things better left forgotten, and when his son brings him tales of spiders and bats and secret incense, he does not laugh. He is the one who understands that a vampire's
- [Robert Cairn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/robert_cairn.md): Robert Cairn returned from Egypt with lines on his face that tell of fires passed through, and now he works at the British Museum on articles while hunting Antony Ferrara through London. He loves Myra Duquesne, who still
- [Dr. Sime](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/sime.md): Sime is the skeptical medical man, the one who laughs gruffly at native superstitions about khamsin and demons, who tells Cairn they will get out of their depth. Yet he watches his friend covertly and sees the nervous di
- [Myra Duquesne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/myra_duquesne.md): Myra has been brought beneath Dr. Cairn's roof as a feudal baron gathers those he must protect, and she is grateful without knowing why. She dreams—of a barn-like building, a silver lamp she has seen in Antony's rooms, a
- [Lord Lashmore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/lord_lashmore.md): Lord Lashmore carries the name Dhoon, and with it a doom: a headless ancestress whose spirit hungers still, and a family line that has dwindled to him alone. He is the target of a possession he cannot see coming, the wea
- [Sir Michael Ferrara](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/sir_michael_ferrara.md): Deceased father of Antony Ferrara, a former occultist.
- [Lady Lashmore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/lady_lashmore.md): Wife of Lord Lashmore, affected by supernatural events.
- [Mr. Saunderson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/mr_saunderson.md): Acquaintance involved in the occult circle.
- [Sir Elwin Groves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/sir_elwin_groves.md): Patient of Dr. Cairn suffering from supernatural affliction.
- [Mirza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/mirza.md): Spirit or entity summoned in occult rituals.
- [Ali Mohammed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/ali_mohammed.md): Egyptian mystic who recounts a tale of dark magic.
- [Crombie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/crombie.md): Minor character assisting in the investigation.
- [Miss Saunderson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brood_of_the_witch_queen_se/characters/miss_saunderson.md): Daughter of Mr. Saunderson, briefly appears.

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