Short Fiction · Character
Randolph Carter
A dreamer and aesthete who walks impassive through modern cities, homesick for ethereal lands he can no longer find.
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Also known as Carter, Betty, Randy, Randolph
First appearance: The Statement of Randolph Carter
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The narrator and protagonist, who is questioned about the disappearance of his friend Harley Warren.
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Carter loves beauty alone, and the cheapness and squalor of modern freedoms sicken him; his reason rebels at their flimsy logic, yet he cannot believe in the old gods either. He served in the Foreign Legion, traveled…
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friendship · positive
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