# Willy Wisp — Lud-in-the-Mist character guide

> Willy Wisp in Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Willy, Wisp

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-the-beginning-of-trouble

## Who they are

A wandering peddler who brings news from the countryside.

## Relationships

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

_psychological_

Willy Wisp is a fairy trickster who manipulates and confounds Nathaniel, representing the chaotic influence of the fairy realm.

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

_psychological_

Willy Wisp is a fairy trickster who manipulates and confounds Nathaniel, representing the chaotic influence of the fairy realm.

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

_psychological_

Willy Wisp is a fairy trickster who manipulates and confounds Nathaniel, representing the chaotic influence of the fairy realm.

## In the story

### [III: The Beginning of Trouble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/iii-the-beginning-of-trouble)

The mischievous lad who gave Ranulph the fairy fruit and mocked him.

### [Endymion Leer Prescribes for Ranulph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/iv-endymion-leer-prescribes-for-ranulph)

Mentioned as the former servant who gave Ranulph the fairy fruit; has mysteriously disappeared. Leer claims to know him well.

### [XXI: The Old Goatherd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxi-the-old-goatherd)

Willy Wisp is mentioned as having been one of the Seneschal's grooms; Luke thinks he hears his mocking laugh after speaking with the goatherd.

### [XXVII: The Fair in the Elfin Marches](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lud_in_the_mist_se/chapters/xxvii-the-fair-in-the-elfin-marches)

Appears in Nathaniel's dream as the one selling the Crabapple Blossoms.

## Links

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