The House on the Borderland · Character
The Dead
Ghostly or spectral figures encountered in the house or visions.
minor
First appearance: ix in the cellars
The Dead's tie to Hush is one of the pressures that moves The House on the Borderland—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Referenced as the 'Dead' whose shoon tread the lost aeons.
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With Hush (psychological): Hush and the Dead are both spectral entities that share a silent, menacing presence in the Recluse's haunted…
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See The Dead in ix in the cellarsCharacter Web
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Relationship types
- Psychological
- Other
Character groups
- Cosmic and Supernatural Entities
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Hush
psychological · negative
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See The Dead in ix in the cellarsIn the story
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See The Dead in ix in the cellars