# The Green Man — The Mystery of the Yellow Room character guide

> The Green Man in The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-a-man-has-passed-like-a-shadow-through-the-blinds

## Who they are

Mysterious figure seen near the château; possibly the murderer.

## Relationships

### [Joseph Rouletabille](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/joseph_rouletabille)

_rivalry_

Rouletabille pursues the mysterious Green Man as a prime suspect, creating a tense cat-and-mouse dynamic.

### [Mademoiselle Stangerson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/mademoiselle_stangerson)

_psychological_

Mademoiselle Stangerson is both terrified of and mysteriously connected to the Green Man, who stalks her.

### [Frédéric Larsan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/frederic_larsan)

_psychological_

Larsan and the Green Man share a hidden, manipulative connection that drives the central conflict.

### [Daddy Jacques](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/daddy_jacques)

_rivalry_

Daddy Jacques actively tries to expose and capture the Green Man, viewing him as a threat.

### [Mother Angenoux](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/mother_angenoux)

_social_

Mother Angenoux is a local woman who has peripheral encounters with the Green Man, adding to the mystery.

### [Joseph Rouletabille](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/joseph_rouletabille)

_rivalry_

Rouletabille pursues the mysterious Green Man as a prime suspect, creating a tense cat-and-mouse dynamic.

### [Frédéric Larsan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/frederic_larsan)

_psychological_

Larsan and the Green Man share a hidden, manipulative connection that drives the central conflict.

### [Mother Angenoux](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/mother_angenoux)

_social_

Mother Angenoux is a local woman who has peripheral encounters with the Green Man, adding to the mystery.

### [Joseph Rouletabille](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/joseph_rouletabille)

_rivalry_

Rouletabille pursues the mysterious Green Man as a prime suspect, creating a tense cat-and-mouse dynamic.

### [Mademoiselle Stangerson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/mademoiselle_stangerson)

_psychological_

Mademoiselle Stangerson is both terrified of and mysteriously connected to the Green Man, who stalks her.

### [Daddy Jacques](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/daddy_jacques)

_rivalry_

Daddy Jacques actively tries to expose and capture the Green Man, viewing him as a threat.

### [Daddy Jacques](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/characters/daddy_jacques)

_rivalry_

Daddy Jacques actively tries to expose and capture the Green Man, viewing him as a threat.

## In the story

### [We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/x-we-shall-have-to-eat-red-meat-now)

The château's forest-keeper, dressed in green velvet; described as handsome but arrogant and universally disliked; enters the inn after Mother Angenoux.

### [I Expect the Assassin This Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xiv-i-expect-the-assassin-this-evening)

Seen near the donjon; described as an odd, uncommunicative figure who lives like a bear and is paying attention to Madame Mathieu.

### [XXII: The Incredible Body](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xxii-the-incredible-body)

The keeper shot and killed; identified as the body, but death is from a knife wound.

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