# Duke Aubrey — Lud-in-the-Mist character guide

> Duke Aubrey in Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Duke, Aubrey

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-the-duke-who-laughed-himself-off-a-throne-and-other-traditions-of-dorimare

## Who they are

The legendary ruler of Dorimare who laughed himself off his throne.

## Relationships

### [Master Nathaniel Chanticleer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/master_nathaniel_chanticleer)

_professional_

Duke Aubrey is the ruler of Lud-in-the-Mist, and Nathaniel serves as his mayor, creating a formal political relationship.

### [Master Nathaniel Chanticleer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/master_nathaniel_chanticleer)

_professional_

Duke Aubrey is the ruler of Lud-in-the-Mist, and Nathaniel serves as his mayor, creating a formal political relationship.

### [Master Nathaniel Chanticleer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/characters/master_nathaniel_chanticleer)

_professional_

Duke Aubrey is the ruler of Lud-in-the-Mist, and Nathaniel serves as his mayor, creating a formal political relationship.

## In the story

### [II: The Duke Who Laughed Himself Off a Throne and Other Traditions of Dorimare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/ii-the-duke-who-laughed-himself-off-a-throne-and-other-traditions-of-dorimare)

The last Duke of Dorimare, a poet and ruler who was overthrown by merchants; he vanished, possibly to Fairyland.

### [VII: Master Ambrose Chases a Wild Goose and Has a Vision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/vii-master-ambrose-chases-a-wild-goose-and-has-a-vision)

Appears as a vision in the window, identical to his portrait, holding a hunting horn and a skull.

### [X: Hempie's Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/x-hempie-s-song)

Referenced in Hempie's song and in the tradition that the Chanticleer chapel was originally one of his pleasure-houses.

### [XIV: Dead in the Eye of the Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xiv-dead-in-the-eye-of-the-law)

His portrait in the Senate chamber is described as faintly smiling, a mocking presence throughout the proceedings.

### [XXVIII: “By the Sun, Moon and Stars and the Golden Apples of the West”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxviii-by-the-sun-moon-and-stars-and-the-golden-apples-of-the-west)

Appears to Nathaniel in the Marches, reveals Nathaniel has unknowingly worked for him, grants a vision of Fairyland, then vanishes with mocking laughter.

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