The Moon Pool · Character

Edith Throckmartin

The vanished wife whose memory haunts the expedition and whose fate drives the men who loved her toward the Moon Pool's deadly threshold.

supporting

Also known as Throckmartin, Miss Edith

First appearance: II: “Dead! All Dead!”

As a supporting figure in The Moon Pool, Edith Throckmartin is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Throckmartin's wife; vanishes after being drawn to the moon pool's light.

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Edith Throckmartin is the woman whose disappearance with her husband's party first drew Goodwin into the mystery of the Moon Pool, her absence a wound that never quite closes. She exists in the narrative as a haunting presence, her name a caution and a goad, and the symbol of the rosy walls of the Moon Chamber is tied to her fate. Her story is the emotional engine that propels the early investigation and the reason the protagonists cannot turn back from the abyss.

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Aftermath
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Dr. Charles Stanton
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Dr. Charles Stanton
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Dr. Charles Stanton
professional · positive

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The Moon Pool
Throckmartin's wife; vanishes after being drawn to the moon pool's light.
The Thing on the Moon Path
Throckmartin's wife; mentioned as part of the expedition to Nan-Matal.
II: “Dead! All Dead!”
Reported by Throckmartin as dead or worse, taken by the Dweller in the Moon Pool.
III: The Moon Rock
Throckmartin's wife; she is sensitive to the eerie sounds and expresses unease, yet remains supportive.
IV: The First Vanishings
Throckmartin's wife; finds Thora's kerchief fragment at the slab and insists on staying.
V: Into the Moon Pool
Screams upon seeing the Dweller; pleads with Throckmartin to let the being take her instead; resolves to face the danger together with her husband.

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