# Master Josiah Chanticleer — Lud-in-the-Mist character guide

> Master Josiah Chanticleer in Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Josiah Chanticleer, the late Master Josiah

**First appearance:** 0003-i-master-nathaniel-chanticleer

## Who they are

Nathaniel's deceased father, a strict upholder of anti-fairy laws.

## 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)

Father of Master Nathaniel, a learned jurist who drew parallels between fairy things and the law.

### [XVII: The World-in-Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xvii-the-world-in-law)

Portrait hangs in the room; Nathaniel wonders if he too heard the Note and fled to the world-in-law.

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