# Howard Tempest — The Monster character guide

> Howard Tempest in The Monster by Edgar Saltus.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Tempest, Howard, Lord Howard Tempest, Lord Howard, the late Lord Howard

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A lord who answers fate with Madeira and a dead philosopher, gloved in silk and absent when the glass sweeps the house.

## Relationships

### [Leilah Verplank](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/characters/leilah_verplank)

_romantic_

Howard is a suitor or lover caught in Leilah's romantic orbit, with tension and desire.

### [Violet Silverstairs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/characters/violet_silverstairs)

_social_

Howard and Violet are acquaintances or fellow socialites, with polite but limited interaction.

### [Madame Barouffska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/characters/madame_barouffska)

_social_

Howard and Madame Barouffska are social acquaintances, likely moving in the same aristocratic circles.

### [Madame Barouffska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/characters/madame_barouffska)

_social_

Howard and Madame Barouffska are social acquaintances, likely moving in the same aristocratic circles.

### [Violet Silverstairs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/characters/violet_silverstairs)

_social_

Howard and Violet are acquaintances or fellow socialites, with polite but limited interaction.

### [Leilah Verplank](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/characters/leilah_verplank)

_romantic_

Howard is a suitor or lover caught in Leilah's romantic orbit, with tension and desire.

### [Leilah Verplank](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/characters/leilah_verplank)

_romantic_

Howard is a suitor or lover caught in Leilah's romantic orbit, with tension and desire.

### [Violet Silverstairs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/characters/violet_silverstairs)

_social_

Howard and Violet are acquaintances or fellow socialites, with polite but limited interaction.

## In the story

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

A red-haired Englishman with a scarred face, cynical and observant, attending his cousin's dinner.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/chapters/vi)

Quoted for his logical discourse on karma and past lives, which influences Leilah's spiritual reflections.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/chapters/xi)

Arrives late at the Opéra; accompanies Violet.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_monster_se/chapters/xii)

Observes the tension, engages in banter about poets, and notes Leilah's excessive behavior.

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