# Crake — The Incredulity of Father Brown character guide

> Crake in The Incredulity of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** old Crake, Old Crake, Hickory Crake, old Hickory Crake, old Hickory, Mr. Crake, Mr. Hickory Crake

**First appearance:** 0009-the-doom-of-the-darnaways

## Snapshot

Old Hickory Crake, a weathered figure of the Darnaway country, carries the weight of an old family doom and its creeping superstitions.

## Who they are

Crake is part of the closed, decaying world of the Darnaways, where the family contract and the colonial husband are accepted as part of the Doom of the Darnaways. Like the others in that weedy den of superstitions, he does not so much think as dream and drift, half-resigned to a fate written long before him. His presence deepens the twilight atmosphere that greets any visitor, and his knowledge of the family's tangled past makes him a keeper of the very dread the story must unravel.

## Relationships

### [Father Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_incredulity_of_father_brown_se/characters/father_brown)

_professional_

Crake and Father Brown have a professional relationship, likely as a police officer or investigator assisting the priest.

### [Father Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_incredulity_of_father_brown_se/characters/father_brown)

_professional_

Crake and Father Brown have a professional relationship, likely as a police officer or investigator assisting the priest.

### [Father Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_incredulity_of_father_brown_se/characters/father_brown)

_professional_

Crake and Father Brown have a professional relationship, likely as a police officer or investigator assisting the priest.

## In the story

### [The Arrow of Heaven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_incredulity_of_father_brown_se/chapters/the-arrow-of-heaven)

An old veteran who tells a story about an Indian throwing a knife, which provides a clue.

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