# Lon McFane — The Son of the Wolf character guide

> Lon McFane in The Son of the Wolf by Jack London.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lon, McFane

**First appearance:** 0005-the-priestly-prerogative

## Snapshot

An Irish prospector whose honor is as sturdy as his constitution, Lon McFane belongs to the circle of men Malemute Kid trusts with the North's delicate business.

## Who they are

Lon McFane moves among the Yukon's prospectors as a man whose word carries weight, his Irish temperament tempered by the trail's long silences. He is the sort Malemute Kid calls into conference when a matter requires both discretion and backbone — a man who understands that in the North, a hasty word is the father of much evil. His presence in the story's early arc signals the web of loyalty and obligation that holds the frontier's rough society together.

## Relationships

### [Bettles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/bettles)

_friendship_

Bettles and Lon McFane are close friends and fellow adventurers, often seen together in the Yukon camps.

### [Bettles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/bettles)

_friendship_

Bettles and Lon McFane are close friends and fellow adventurers, often seen together in the Yukon camps.

### [Bettles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/bettles)

_friendship_

Bettles and Lon McFane are close friends and fellow adventurers, often seen together in the Yukon camps.

## In the story

### [The Men of Forty-Mile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/chapters/the-men-of-forty-mile)

Challenges Bettles to a duel after feeling insulted; ultimately backs down due to Malemute Kid's threat.

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