# Dr. Charles Stanton — The Moon Pool character guide

> Dr. Charles Stanton in The Moon Pool by A. Merritt.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Stanton, Charles

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-dead-all-dead

## Snapshot

A fellow scientist whose encounter with the Dweller leaves him a haunted messenger of forces beyond human comprehension.

## Who they are

Stanton was part of Throckmartin's expedition, a colleague whose scientific curiosity led him toward the Moon Pool's secrets. What he found there transformed him into something between victim and prophet — a man marked by an experience that shattered his grip on the ordinary world. His fate, glimpsed through Throckmartin's account, raises the stakes for everyone who follows and gives the Dweller a human face it has already claimed.

## Relationships

### [Edith Throckmartin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_pool_se/characters/edith_throckmartin)

_professional_

Dr. Stanton is a colleague and fellow scientist investigating the mysteries with Edith.

### [Edith Throckmartin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_pool_se/characters/edith_throckmartin)

_professional_

Dr. Stanton is a colleague and fellow scientist investigating the mysteries with Edith.

### [Edith Throckmartin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_pool_se/characters/edith_throckmartin)

_professional_

Dr. Stanton is a colleague and fellow scientist investigating the mysteries with Edith.

## In the story

### [The Moon Pool](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_pool_se/chapters/the-moon-pool)

Throckmartin's colleague; disappears along with Edith after the moon pool incident.

### [The Thing on the Moon Path](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_pool_se/chapters/i-the-thing-on-the-moon-path)

Throckmartin's associate; mentioned as part of the expedition.

### [II: “Dead! All Dead!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_pool_se/chapters/ii-dead-all-dead)

Mentioned as a fellow expedition member who has also been taken by the entity in the Moon Pool.

### [III: The Moon Rock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_pool_se/chapters/iii-the-moon-rock)

Throckmartin's colleague; he discovers the Moon Rock and shares in the scientific investigation.

### [IV: The First Vanishings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_pool_se/chapters/iv-the-first-vanishings)

Second to vanish; he steps into the curdled moonlight and disappears with a cry.

### [V: Into the Moon Pool](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_pool_se/chapters/v-into-the-moon-pool)

Previously taken by the Dweller; described as a 'thing of living light' with a tranced face and seven tiny moons above him; levitated away over the wall.

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