# Mr. Swales — Dracula character guide

> Mr. Swales in Dracula by Bram Stoker.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Mr. Swales, poor old Mr. Swales

**First appearance:** 0008-vi

## Who they are

An old sailor in Whitby who shares local legends.

## In the story

### [Chapter VI: Mina Murray's Journal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/vi)

An old, skeptical sailor nearly a hundred years old. He dismisses local legends and tombstones as lies, and engages Mina in conversation.

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

Found dead on the seat with a broken neck, a look of fear on his face.

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