# Walden Slater — The Place Called Dagon character guide

> Walden Slater in The Place Called Dagon by Herbert Gorman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Walden, Slater, III Walden Slater, the silent Walden Slater

**First appearance:** 0001-the-place-called-dagon

## Snapshot

A laconic Marlborough farmer who whittles instead of talking, answers questions with questions, and carries a revolver under his coat when the night demands it.

## Who they are

Walden Slater is the still center of the town's taciturn surface, a man whose opaque eyes and mild 'Umph' deflect every inquiry Dreeme makes. Yet he is the one who wakes Dreeme in a downpour and leads him into the storm, armed and wordless, toward whatever waits. His silence is not ignorance but discipline, and his willingness to act marks him as one of the few villagers Dreeme can trust.

## Relationships

### [Doctor Dreeme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/characters/doctor_dreeme)

_professional_

Doctor Dreeme employs Walden as a trusted but morally conflicted assistant, often using him to carry out dubious tasks.

### [Deborah Morton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/characters/deborah_morton)

_friendship_

Deborah and Walden share a cautious friendship, bonded by their mutual concerns about Doctor Dreeme's activities.

### [Doctor Dreeme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/characters/doctor_dreeme)

_professional_

Doctor Dreeme employs Walden as a trusted but morally conflicted assistant, often using him to carry out dubious tasks.

### [Doctor Dreeme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/characters/doctor_dreeme)

_professional_

Doctor Dreeme employs Walden as a trusted but morally conflicted assistant, often using him to carry out dubious tasks.

### [Deborah Morton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/characters/deborah_morton)

_friendship_

Deborah and Walden share a cautious friendship, bonded by their mutual concerns about Doctor Dreeme's activities.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/iii)

Eats greedily, with a long upper lip and cabbage grease on his chin. He leaves the table abruptly after finishing his meal.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/i)

Seen resting on the porch, embodying the weariness of the rural community.

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

Upset and eating meagerly, he seems troubled and uncertain.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/iv)

Sits on his porch, taciturn and brooding, hinting at deeper thoughts.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/iii)

Sits brooding in a rocker, whittling a piece of wood, and responds with indifference to Dreeme's announcement.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/iv)

Urgently fetches Dreeme and leads him toward Dagon, armed with a revolver.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/i)

Leads the search, reveals the meaning of the goat-head signal and the Esbat, and knows the location of Dagon.

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

Guides Dreeme through the wood, silent and sturdy, providing physical and moral support.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/iii)

Leads Dreeme through the swamp, warns of the muck, and identifies the location of Dagon.

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/x)

Accompanies Dreeme to the secret meeting, moving cautiously.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_place_called_dagon_se/chapters/i)

Carries Deborah in his arms, maintaining a relentless dogtrot, revealed as a determined and resourceful force for justice.

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

Stands with Dreeme, observes the fire and the men, and instructs Lucinda to take Deborah to Lathrop's.

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