# The Servants — Short Fiction character guide

> The Servants in Short Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the servants

**First appearance:** 0022-the-rats-in-the-walls

## Who they are

Generic household staff in various stories.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_professional_

The Servants are household staff who interact with the narrator in a subordinate role, often conveying information or reacting to supernatural occurrences.

## In the story

### [The Alchemist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/the-alchemist)

Mentioned as finding young Godfrey and as menials who chatter about the events.

### [Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/facts-concerning-the-late-arthur-jermyn-and-his-family)

Witnesses to Arthur Jermyn's frantic flight and self-immolation; the butler Soames provides the most coherent account.

### [The Music of Erich Zann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/the-music-of-erich-zann)

Implied by the mention of the paralytic concierge Blandot, who manages the house.

### [The Cats of Ulthar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/the-cats-of-ulthar)

The old cotter and his wife who trap and kill cats, later found as skeletons in their cottage.

### [The Moon-Bog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/the-moon-bog)

The servants brought from the North, including the fat cook, are among those who vanish into the bog during the supernatural procession.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/iii)

Suydam could afford no servants, living in absolute solitude.

### [Cool Air](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/cool-air)

Mrs. Herrero, the Spanish landlady, and her son Esteban, who assist Dr. Muñoz but later refuse to help.

### [The Other Gods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/the-other-gods)

The villagers and burgesses of Ulthar, Nir, and Hatheg who warn against climbing the mountain and later search for Barzai.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/ii)

The furtive, shambling creatures and silent knots of youngish people seen on the sidewalks, representing the strange inhabitants of Innsmouth.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/iv)

The townsfolk of Innsmouth, including furtive whisperers and the night clerk, are implied to be part of the monstrous population.

### [The Struggle for Identity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/5)

Innsmouth servants who are loyal to Asenath and later extort money from Edward.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/v)

A blend of servant visages appears among the faces in the liquefying form of the uncle.

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