# Hartman — The King in Yellow character guide

> Hartman in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-the-repairer-of-reputations

## Who they are

A character in The Repairer of Reputations.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/chapters/i)

Hartman is referenced as someone Fallowby has distanced himself from, with suspicion of rotten dealings.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/chapters/ii)

Accused by West of being a spy and a traitor, attacked, and threatened.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/chapters/iii)

Hartman is the prisoner Trent confronted; his ashen, grinning face haunts Trent throughout the chapter.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/chapters/iv)

Seen being led to execution by a platoon, his death is implied by the volley heard.

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