# Baron Rivar — The Haunted Hotel character guide

> Baron Rivar in The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0001-the-haunted-hotel

## Who they are

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

## Relationships

### [Countess Narona](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/characters/countess_narona)

_psychological_

Baron Rivar is the Countess's accomplice and lover, bound to her by a shared history of crime and mutual manipulation.

### [Countess Narona](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/characters/countess_narona)

_psychological_

Baron Rivar is the Countess's accomplice and lover, bound to her by a shared history of crime and mutual manipulation.

### [Countess Narona](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/characters/countess_narona)

_psychological_

Baron Rivar is the Countess's accomplice and lover, bound to her by a shared history of crime and mutual manipulation.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/chapters/v)

Lady Montbarry's brother; joins the couple in Rome; reportedly a gambler and engaged in chemical experiments in Venice.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/chapters/vii)

Believed to accompany Lady Montbarry to England; described as an enthusiastic student of chemistry interested in US discoveries.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/chapters/viii)

Receives the Commissioners at the palace, shows them around, explains his chemical experiments in the vaults, and mentions his burnt hands.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned as being in league with Lady Montbarry, controlling Lord Montbarry.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/chapters/xiii)

Accompanies the Countess to America for chemical research.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/chapters/xix)

Mentioned as the Countess's brother who died of fever in America.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_haunted_hotel_se/chapters/xxvii)

Advises the Countess on bribing the Courier and suggests using chloroform to subdue Lord Montbarry.

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