The Place Called Dagon · Character
Martha Westcott
A Westcott woman whose white throat and listening silences draw Dreeme to a burned mill, Martha Westcott trades in promises of revelation and the lure of the name Dagon.
supporting
Also known as Martha, Westcott
First appearance: the place called dagon
As a supporting figure in The Place Called Dagon, Martha Westcott is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The dedication is addressed to Martha, calling her a mystery among mysteries.
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Martha Westcott is the woman Dreeme suspects wears an invisible chain of complicity, and whose rendezvous at the burned mill he cannot quite resist. She offers to tell him 'a great many things,' and the word Dagon…
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Relationship types
- Psychological
- Family
- Romantic
- Other
Character groups
- Central characters and witnesses
- Historical and supernatural references
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Dreeme’s deliberate rejection of the Leeminster Road—the magnetic pull toward the site of trauma, the Westcott…
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- Doctor Dreeme
psychological · negative
Doctor Dreeme uses Martha as a pawn in his schemes, controlling her through fear and… How this plays out →
- Jeffrey Westcott
family · negative
- Humphrey Lathrop
romantic · ambivalent
- Wagner
psychological · negative
- Humphrey Lathrop
romantic · ambivalent
- Doctor Dreeme
psychological · negative
Doctor Dreeme uses Martha as a pawn in his schemes, controlling her through fear and… How this plays out →
- Doctor Dreeme
psychological · negative
Doctor Dreeme uses Martha as a pawn in his schemes, controlling her through fear and… How this plays out →
- Jeffrey Westcott
family · negative
- Jeffrey Westcott
family · negative
- Wagner
psychological · negative
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