# The Survivors of the Chancellor — Character guide

> Key figures in The Survivors of the Chancellor by Jules Verne.

- [Robert Curtis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/robert_curtis.md): The Chancellor's capable mate, a man of iron will and few words, who must hold a frightened crew together when disaster strikes.
- [André Letourneur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/andre_letourneur.md): A gentle, invalid young Frenchman whose delight in travel and lively imagination mask the fragility his devoted father can never forget.
- [M. Letourneur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/m_letourneur.md): A French father who has given up everything to shepherd his frail son André across the world, hiding his own anguish behind tireless cheerfulness.
- [Miss Herbey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/miss_herbey.md): The lone woman aboard the Chancellor, whose quiet composure and selfless nursing steady the passengers as conditions worsen.
- [Mr. Falsten](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/mr_falsten.md): An English engineer who meets catastrophe with a pocketbook of figures and memoranda, betraying no more emotion than a man balancing a ledger.
- [Mrs. Kear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/mrs_kear.md): A wealthy, ailing American passenger whose fretful complaints and helplessness test the patience of everyone around her.
- [Mr. Kear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/mr_kear.md): Kear belongs to the Chancellor's first-class passengers, a man of means whose instinct in danger is to retreat to his cabin and pack his cherished possessions rather than face the deck. His cold neglect of Mrs. Kear, who
- [Owen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/owen.md): Owen is the loudest voice of dissent among the sailors, caught by Kazallon warning his mates that he won't wait until the last minute and hinting darkly about the longboats. His agitation feeds the atmosphere of conspira
- [Walter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/walter.md): Walter serves as Curtis's right hand in the tense early weeks, summoned for hushed conferences and sent to fetch the boatswain when something is clearly wrong aboard. His terse exchanges with the mate — a shake of the he
- [Dowlas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/dowlas.md): Dowlas is a rough, capable tradesman whose skills keep the raft afloat but whose willingness to complete the barbarous work of the lottery reveals how thin civilization wears at sea. He stands ready with his hatchet unti
- [Hobart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/hobart.md): Hobart occupies the ambiguous middle ground of shipboard life, close enough to the crew to know their moods and close enough to the passengers to be trusted with small duties. As provisions shrink and discipline frays, t
- [Silas Huntly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/silas_huntly.md): Huntly begins the voyage as the ship's unquestioned master but soon withdraws into his cabin, haggard and disoriented, unable to recall the ship's course or name. His confession to Curtis — 'my brain is all in a whirl' —
- [Mr. Ruby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/mr_ruby.md): A passenger who is a wealthy and eccentric Australian.
- [Jynxstrop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/jynxstrop.md): A Black crew member on the Chancellor.
- [Flaypole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/flaypole.md): A crew member on the Chancellor.
- [Burke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/burke.md): A crew member on the Chancellor.
- [Mr. Kazallon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_of_the_chancellor_se/characters/mr_kazallon.md): Kazallon moves among the Chancellor's passengers and crew as an observant outsider, close enough to Captain Curtis to question his decisions and trusted enough by Miss Herbey to hear her quiet fears for Lieutenant Walter

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