# Raphael Willings — The Crimson Circle character guide

> Raphael Willings in The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Willings, Willings, Mr. Raphael Willings, Raphael

**First appearance:** 0006-iv-mr-felix-marl

## Snapshot

A wealthy collector of antique armour and rare intaglios who receives a death threat from the Crimson Circle and responds with unnerving, theatrical calm.

## Who they are

Willings moves through London society as a man of exquisite taste, his Onslow Gardens house a showplace of armour, prints, and Italian servants. When the Crimson Circle marks him as its newest victim, he greets the news with a gaiety that unsettles his guest, Thalia Drummond, and he abruptly reroutes their tea to a country house. His composure in the face of announced murder makes him both fascinating and suspect, and his invitation draws Thalia deeper into the Circle's orbit.

## Relationships

### [Thalia Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/thalia_drummond)

_social_

Raphael Willings is a social acquaintance of Thalia Drummond, moving in the same circles.

### [Thalia Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/thalia_drummond)

_social_

Raphael Willings is a social acquaintance of Thalia Drummond, moving in the same circles.

### [Thalia Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/characters/thalia_drummond)

_social_

Raphael Willings is a social acquaintance of Thalia Drummond, moving in the same circles.

## In the story

### [Thalia Lunches with a Cabinet Minister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxv-thalia-lunches-with-a-cabinet-minister)

Cabinet minister threatened by the Crimson Circle; he invites Thalia to lunch and is targeted for manipulation by the Circle.

### [The Circle Meets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxvi-the-circle-meets)

A popular but distrusted Cabinet minister who escorts Thalia to the Merros Club and invites her to see his antique sword collection.

### [The Arrest of Thalia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxviii-the-arrest-of-thalia)

Hosts Thalia, reveals he is a Crimson Circle victim, attempts to assault her, and is stabbed.

### [A Prison Diet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xxxix-a-prison-diet)

Stabbed by Thalia; resigns from the Cabinet after the scandal.

### [The Story Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crimson_circle_se/chapters/xliii-the-story-continued)

Survived Yale's assassination attempt thanks to Thalia's intervention.

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