# the girl — The King in Yellow character guide

> the girl in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0013-the-yellow-sign

## Who they are

A servant girl whose idle curiosity about a serpent-bound book costs her everything, and whose dazed eyes afterward see things no living woman should.

## Relationships

### [Hastings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/characters/hastings)

_romantic_

Hastings is deeply infatuated with the girl, who remains elusive and mysterious, driving much of his obsessive behavior.

### [Clifford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/characters/clifford)

_romantic_

Clifford is also drawn to the girl, creating a love triangle with Hastings that is marked by tension and unspoken rivalry.

### [Selby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/characters/selby)

_social_

Selby knows the girl through his circle of friends, but their interactions are casual and peripheral to the main drama.

### [Clifford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/characters/clifford)

_romantic_

Clifford is also drawn to the girl, creating a love triangle with Hastings that is marked by tension and unspoken rivalry.

### [Hastings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/characters/hastings)

_romantic_

Hastings is deeply infatuated with the girl, who remains elusive and mysterious, driving much of his obsessive behavior.

### [Hastings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/characters/hastings)

_romantic_

Hastings is deeply infatuated with the girl, who remains elusive and mysterious, driving much of his obsessive behavior.

### [Clifford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/characters/clifford)

_romantic_

Clifford is also drawn to the girl, creating a love triangle with Hastings that is marked by tension and unspoken rivalry.

### [Selby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/characters/selby)

_social_

Selby knows the girl through his circle of friends, but their interactions are casual and peripheral to the main drama.

## In the story

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

A small boy model who refuses to pose properly and is dismissed for the day.

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

A mysterious young woman who appears on the moors with her falconers; she invites the narrator to the Château d'Ys and offers him hospitality.

### [The Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/chapters/the-sacrifice)

The woman who cries out that she has killed her loved one and pours blood upon the flowers.

### [The Love Test](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/chapters/the-love-test)

The beloved who rejects the jewels and asks to be taught to wait.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/characters