Cossar

Professor Redwood

Cossar and Redwood are close allies and collaborators in the development and promotion of the Food of the Gods.

Young Redwood

Cossar is a mentor and ally to Young Redwood, supporting him in the struggle for the giants' rights.

Flack

Cossar employs Flack as a practical engineer and assistant in his giant-building projects.

Jane

Cossar and Jane are acquaintances through their connection to Professor Redwood, though Jane dislikes Cossar's influence.

Professor Redwood

Cossar and Redwood are close allies and collaborators in the development and promotion of the Food of the Gods.

Professor Redwood

Cossar and Redwood are close allies and collaborators in the development and promotion of the Food of the Gods.

Flack

Cossar employs Flack as a practical engineer and assistant in his giant-building projects.

Flack

Cossar employs Flack as a practical engineer and assistant in his giant-building projects.

Jane

Cossar and Jane are acquaintances through their connection to Professor Redwood, though Jane dislikes Cossar's influence.

Young Redwood

Cossar is a mentor and ally to Young Redwood, supporting him in the struggle for the giants' rights.

Book I: The Dawn of the Food

Joins the fight against the giant pests; leads an expedition to destroy them.

III: The Giant Rats

Leads an expedition to the Experimental Farm to destroy the giant wasps and rats.

III

Takes command of the crisis, organizing the purchase of guns and supplies, and cutting through bureaucratic red tape.

IV

Leads the expedition with decisive, practical action, commandeering horses and directing the men.

V

Leads the expedition, kills a giant rat and earwigs, and organizes the defense.

VI

Leads the expedition against the giant wasps and rats, demonstrating bravery and tactical ingenuity by entering the rat holes himself.

VII

Leads the destruction of the farm with energetic determination, moving among the men like a god.

IV: The Giant Children

Urges Bensington to continue his work, dismissing doubts about serious consequences.

I

Urges Bensington to continue his work, dismissing any hesitation as wicked; insists on the necessity of serious consequences.

IV

Urges Bensington and Redwood to proceed boldly with the Food, dismissing their concerns as irrelevant.

VI

Cossar helps build the giant nursery and provides toys for the giant children, showing his practical support for the experiment.

The Minimificence of Mr. Bensington

Helps Bensington escape by dressing him in women's clothing and guiding him through the crowd.

I

Mentioned as being concerned about the timing of the outbreak relative to the Royal Commission's report.

Chapter II: The Flight of Mr. Bensington

Rescues Bensington from the mob, dressing him as an old woman and guiding him to safety.

I: The Coming of the Food

His three sons are mentioned as giant children performing feats of strength.

I

Referenced in relation to his three sons, who are growing into giant children and performing feats of strength.

Book III: The Harvest of the Food

The practical engineer who gave the Food to his sons and now leads efforts to manage the giant offspring.

I: The Altered World

Mentioned as the father of the three giant sons; his sons follow his orders to dig trenches.

I

Mentioned as the father of the giant sons; his house and the giants' playground are seen from the train.

III

Father of the three giant boys; he reproves them but laughs and seems happy about their endeavors.

IV

Father of the three giant sons, appears at the end of the chapter returning with urgent news.

V

Mentioned as the father of the giant sons and a target of the young man's criticism.

II: The Giant Lovers

Referenced by young Redwood as one of the Brethren who has thought about the coming conflict.

II

Mentioned as a leader among the giants; his sons are the only Brethren still reachable.

IV: Redwood’s Two Days

Cossar is referenced as having been arrested, and his sons are among the Giants fighting.

I

Also targeted for arrest by Caterham, though not present in this scene.

Chapter II

Mentioned in Redwood's memories of the early days at the Experimental Farm; Redwood assumes Cossar has also been arrested.

The Prisoner and the Parley

Mentioned as being at the Chislehurst camp with the surviving Giants, and credited with the poison shell strategy.

V: The Giant Leaguer

Guides Redwood through the pit and remains confident and resolute.

I

Meets Redwood on the road, reports that the giant children are safe after the fight.

II

Cossar leads Redwood through the pit and articulates the philosophy that each generation's work ends with death.

The Gathering of the Giants

Present at the assembly, prompts Redwood to deliver the terms and later oversees preparations.