The Beast Folk

Montgomery

Montgomery oversees and manages the Beast Folk, acting as their keeper and enforcer of Moreau's rules.

Doctor Moreau

Moreau is the cruel creator and tormentor of the Beast Folk, subjecting them to horrific vivisection and psychological manipulation.

Edward Prendick

Prendick observes the Beast Folk with horror and fascination, feeling both pity and fear toward their degraded state.

The Captain

The captain encounters the Beast Folk during delivery, viewing them as cargo or curiosities.

Montgomery

Montgomery oversees and manages the Beast Folk, acting as their keeper and enforcer of Moreau's rules.

Doctor Moreau

Moreau is the cruel creator and tormentor of the Beast Folk, subjecting them to horrific vivisection and psychological manipulation.

III: The Strange Face

The misshapen black-faced man, a Beast Folk, is cowering and abused, speaking with a queer hoarse voice.

At the Schooner's Rail

Referenced indirectly through the puma and other animals in cages; the puma is described as a black heap watching with shining eyes.

The Man Who Had Nowhere to Go

Briefly glimpsed as brown-faced men in the launch with Montgomery.

VI: The Evil-Looking Boatmen

The three brutish-looking boatmen with odd limbs and faces; also the grotesque creatures glimpsed scuttling into bushes.

VII: The Locked Door

The deformed men on the beach are noted for their odd gaits, uncanny voices, and furtive stares, hinting at their unnatural origins.

VIII: The Crying of the Puma

The attendant's pointed ears and fur hint at his non-human nature, linking to the Beast Folk.

IX: The Thing in the Forest

Three grotesque, swinish humanoid figures seen performing a ritual in a glade.

XI: The Hunting of the Man

Prendick encounters a simian Beast Man who leads him to the Beast Folk's huts.

XII: The Sayers of the Law

Chant the Law, pursue Prendick, and are described as misshapen and bestial.

XIII: A Parley

The beast folk gather to listen to Prendick's shouts, and some seem to try to remember their human past. They are driven back by Montgomery's whip.

Doctor Moreau Explains

Revealed to be animals surgically altered into human-like forms, with lingering animal instincts that Moreau struggles to suppress.

XV: Concerning the Beast Folk

Described in detail: over sixty creatures with varied animal origins, physical deformities, and a struggle between the Law and animal instincts; includes the leopard-man, hyena-swine, bull-creatures, and others.

XVI: How the Beast Folk Taste Blood

The satyr, ape-man, hyena-swine, wolf-women, swine folk, and bull-men all participate in the chase, showing their bloodlust.

XVII: A Catastrophe

Become increasingly aggressive and rebellious; two swine-men attack Montgomery, and an ocelot-man is shot by Montgomery.

XVIII: The Finding of Moreau

Report Moreau's death, are awestruck and puzzled, help carry the body, and later depart.

XIX: Montgomery’s Bank Holiday

Participate in Montgomery's drunken revelry, attack him, and flee in panic after Prendick fires his revolver.

Alone with the Beast Folk

Prendick attempts to command them, but they show signs of reverting to their animal natures.

XXI: The Reversion of the Beast Folk

Gradually revert to animalistic behavior; some become solitary and dangerous; Prendick notes their loss of speech and human traits.

XXII: The Man Alone

Prendick's memories of them fuel his fear that humanity might revert to bestiality.