# The Stranger — Star Hunter character guide

> The Stranger in Star Hunter by Andre Norton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the stranger, The stranger

**First appearance:** 0007-viii

## Snapshot

A figure whose identity the narrative withholds, glimpsed in flashes of light and half-read intentions, shaping events from behind the hunters' careful staging.

## Who they are

The Stranger exists in the story as a pressure rather than a presence: a flash of light Starns sights in the treeline, a suspicion Hume refuses to let the civs entertain, a name the reader is made to wait for. Whoever this figure is, their existence forces Hume to manage witnesses, feed Starns' curiosity, and keep the discovery of the L-B looking like accident rather than design. The withheld identity is the engine of the early arc's unease.

## Relationships

### [Vye Lansor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_hunter_se/characters/vye_lansor)

_psychological_

The Stranger is a mysterious figure who shadows Vye Lansor, creating an atmosphere of paranoia and hidden motives.

### [Rynch Brodie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_hunter_se/characters/rynch_brodie)

_rivalry_

Rynch Brodie and The Stranger are locked in a silent, deadly competition, each trying to outmaneuver the other.

### [Ras Hume](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_hunter_se/characters/ras_hume)

_rivalry_

Ras Hume and The Stranger are locked in a shadowy conflict, each suspecting the other of hidden agendas.

### [Vye Lansor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_hunter_se/characters/vye_lansor)

_psychological_

The Stranger is a mysterious figure who shadows Vye Lansor, creating an atmosphere of paranoia and hidden motives.

### [Vye Lansor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_hunter_se/characters/vye_lansor)

_psychological_

The Stranger is a mysterious figure who shadows Vye Lansor, creating an atmosphere of paranoia and hidden motives.

### [Ras Hume](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_hunter_se/characters/ras_hume)

_rivalry_

Ras Hume and The Stranger are locked in a shadowy conflict, each suspecting the other of hidden agendas.

## In the story

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

The man from the spacer camp who is trapped by a strong-jaws and then captured by Rynch.

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