# The Grand Lunar — The First Men in the Moon character guide

> The Grand Lunar in The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Grand Lunar

**First appearance:** 0026-xxv-the-grand-lunar

## Snapshot

The Grand Lunar is the colossal, hyper-intelligent ruler of the Selenites, a being whose vast brain governs the Moon's entire hive from its deepest chamber.

## Who they are

Enormous in head and intellect, the Grand Lunar receives Cavor for a formal interrogation about the Earth and its peoples. He listens with unsettling patience, weighing human war, greed, and individuality against the Selenite ideal of perfect functional order. His judgment of humanity becomes the moral mirror at the heart of the novel's lunar society.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Cavor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/characters/mr_cavor)

_professional_

The Grand Lunar is the supreme ruler of the Moon who interrogates Cavor about Earth's warlike nature.

### [Phi-oo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/characters/phi_oo)

_professional_

Phi-oo serves as an interpreter and advisor to the Grand Lunar during Cavor's audience.

### [The Selenites](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/characters/the_selenites)

_professional_

The Grand Lunar is the absolute monarch commanding the Selenites, who obey him without question.

### [Tsi-puff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/characters/tsi_puff)

_professional_

Tsi-puff advises the Grand Lunar on matters concerning Cavor and Earth's knowledge.

### [Mr. Julius Wendigee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/characters/mr_julius_wendigee)

_professional_

Wendigee listens to the Grand Lunar's voice through Cavor's transmissions, documenting the encounter.

### [The Selenites](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/characters/the_selenites)

_professional_

The Grand Lunar is the absolute monarch commanding the Selenites, who obey him without question.

### [Tsi-puff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/characters/tsi_puff)

_professional_

Tsi-puff advises the Grand Lunar on matters concerning Cavor and Earth's knowledge.

### [Mr. Cavor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/characters/mr_cavor)

_professional_

The Grand Lunar is the supreme ruler of the Moon who interrogates Cavor about Earth's warlike nature.

## In the story

### [The First Men in the Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/the-first-men-in-the-moon)

The enormous, brain-like ruler of the Selenites who interrogates Cavor.

### [An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/xxiii-an-abstract-of-the-six-messages-first-received-from-mr-cavor)

Mentioned as the Master of the Moon, whom Cavor is eventually taken to see.

### [XXIV: The Natural History of the Selenites](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/xxiv-the-natural-history-of-the-selenites)

Mentioned as the quintessential leader at the head of the intellectual aristocracy.

### [XXV: The Grand Lunar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/xxv-the-grand-lunar)

The supreme ruler of the Moon, who questions Cavor about Earth's society, science, and warfare, showing both curiosity and horror.

### [XXVI: The Last Message Cavor Sent to the Earth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_men_in_the_moon_se/chapters/xxvi-the-last-message-cavor-sent-to-the-earth)

Implied to have deliberated on Cavor's admissions, leading to the final confrontation.

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