The Haunted Hotel · Character

Baron Rivar

A foreign nobleman with a role in the hotel's history.

minor

Also known as The Baron, Rivar, the Baron, The cautious Baron

Baron Rivar's tie to Countess Narona is one of the pressures that moves The Haunted Hotel—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

The Countess's alleged brother; acts as a witness at the wedding; his bold eyes briefly suspect Doctor Wybrow but he then smiles and leaves.

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With Countess Narona (psychological): Baron Rivar is the Countess's accomplice and lover, bound to her by a shared history of crime and mutual manipulation. With Countess Narona (psychological): Baron Rivar is the Countess's accomplice and lover, bound to her by a shared history of crime and mutual manipulation. With Countess Narona (psychological): Baron Rivar is the Countess's accomplice and lover, bound to her by a shared history of crime and mutual manipulation.

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Countess Narona
psychological · negative
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Countess Narona
psychological · negative
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Countess Narona
psychological · negative
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III
The Countess's alleged brother; acts as a witness at the wedding; his bold eyes briefly suspect Doctor Wybrow but he then smiles and leaves.
V
Lady Montbarry's brother; joins the couple in Rome; reportedly a gambler and engaged in chemical experiments in Venice.
VII
Believed to accompany Lady Montbarry to England; described as an enthusiastic student of chemistry interested in US discoveries.
VIII
Receives the Commissioners at the palace, shows them around, explains his chemical experiments in the vaults, and mentions his burnt hands.
IX
Mentioned as being in league with Lady Montbarry, controlling Lord Montbarry.
XIII
Accompanies the Countess to America for chemical research.
XIX
Mentioned as the Countess's brother who died of fever in America.
XXVII
Advises the Countess on bribing the Courier and suggests using chloroform to subdue Lord Montbarry.

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