# Death Larsen — The Sea-Wolf character guide

> Death Larsen in The Sea-Wolf by Jack London.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Larsen, Captain Larsen

**First appearance:** 0014-xv

## Snapshot

Wolf Larsen's brother and rival sealing captain, whose name alone darkens the horizon of the Ghost like a coming storm.

## Who they are

Death Larsen commands the Macedonia and shares with his brother a reputation for ruthless efficiency on the sealing grounds, though the two are bitter rivals rather than allies. He exists in the novel first as a rumor and a threat, the one force Wolf Larsen seems to reckon with seriously. The feud between the brothers gives the Ghost's lawless world a larger geography of violence, hinting that even Wolf answers to someone.

## Relationships

### [Wolf Larsen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/characters/wolf_larsen)

_rivalry_

Death Larsen is Wolf Larsen's equally ruthless brother and rival captain, engaging in a bitter, violent competition at sea.

### [Wolf Larsen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/characters/wolf_larsen)

_rivalry_

Death Larsen is Wolf Larsen's equally ruthless brother and rival captain, engaging in a bitter, violent competition at sea.

## In the story

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

Mentioned by Wolf Larsen as his brother, master of the steamship Macedonia, a brutish and unlettered man.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxv)

Referenced as Wolf Larsen's brother, whose ship the Macedonia is approaching and whose hunting tactics Wolf Larsen plans to counter.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sea_wolf_se/chapters/xxxii)

Mentioned as having boarded the Ghost and bribed the crew and hunters to abandon Wolf Larsen.

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