Fedallah

Ishmael

Fedallah is a mysterious and ominous figure, the harpooner of Ahab's secret boat crew, with whom Ishmael has limited and foreboding interactions.

Captain Ahab

Fedallah is Ahab's sinister, prophetic, and seemingly supernatural harpooner, serving as a dark familiar and manipulative influence on the captain.

Ishmael

Fedallah is a mysterious and ominous figure, the harpooner of Ahab's secret boat crew, with whom Ishmael has limited and foreboding interactions.

Captain Ahab

Fedallah is Ahab's sinister, prophetic, and seemingly supernatural harpooner, serving as a dark familiar and manipulative influence on the captain.

Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah

Introduced as the mysterious, turbaned leader of Ahab's secret boat crew. He is described as a phantom-like figure with an unaccountable influence, even authority, over Ahab.

LI: The Spirit-Spout

First to descry the mysterious silvery jet, serving as a nocturnal lookout and adding to the preternatural atmosphere surrounding the voyage.

LXXIII: Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Over Him

His reported superstition about the two whale heads motivates the hunt; Stubb and Flask extensively discuss his diabolical appearance and possible pact with Ahab; he is later seen calmly eyeing the right whale's head and his own hand lines, blending with Ahab's shadow.

Leg and Arm

Silently attends Ahab. He slides over to steer Ahab's boat without a word when commanded, demonstrating his silent, obedient role in Ahab's quest.

CXIII: The Forge

Silently passes by the forge, bowing over the fire as if invoking a curse or blessing on the work, adding an aura of supernatural prophecy.

CXVII: The Whale Watch

Crouches watchfully in the bow, reiterates his cryptic prophecies about the hearses and Ahab's death, and states that only hemp (the gallows) can kill Ahab.

CXVIII: The Quadrant

Kneels silently beneath Ahab during the observation, his face showing a 'sneering triumph' for Ahab and 'fatalistic despair' for himself before gliding away unobserved.

The Candles

Is seen kneeling silently at the base of the mainmast beneath the doubloon and the flame, with his head bowed away from Ahab, in an enigmatic, worshipful posture.

The Hat

Appears increasingly spectral and strange; he and Ahab share a silent, watchful bond, gazing at each other for hours as if one is the other's shadow.

The Symphony

Appears silently, his fixed gaze reflected in the water, acting as an ominous reminder of the fatal prophecy and Ahab's binding fate.

CXXXIII: The Chase—First Day

Remains eerily calm during the boat's destruction, gazing 'with unastonished eyes' as Ahab struggles in the water.

CXXXV: The Chase—Third Day

His corpse is discovered lashed to the whale's flank by the harpoon lines, fulfilling the first part of his prophecy about Ahab's hearse.

Epilogue

Mentioned in his 'disappearance,' which preceded the final chase.