# The Wind in the Willows — Character guide

> Key figures in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

- [Mr. Toad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wind_in_the_willows_se/characters/toad.md): Toad is the riverbank's richest and most incorrigible neighbor, a host of lavish luncheons and a menace behind the wheel of anything with an engine. His friends stage an intervention when a shiny red motorcar arrives at 
- [Rat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wind_in_the_willows_se/characters/water_rat.md): Rat is the steady center of riverbank life, a poet in his spare hours and a loyal friend who knows every bend of the stream. He is torn between his love of home and his inability to disappoint Mole, whose wistful longing
- [Mole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wind_in_the_willows_se/characters/mole.md): Mole has just left his underground home for the riverbank, and everything—boats, picnics, the canary-colored cart—strikes him as thrilling and new. His loyalty to Rat wars with his susceptibility to Toad's glowing descri
- [Badger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wind_in_the_willows_se/characters/badger.md): Badger lives deep in the Wild Wood and hates society, invitations, and dinner, yet his unseen influence is felt by every animal along the river. When he strides into Rat's parlour to declare that Toad's hour has come, th
- [Otter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wind_in_the_willows_se/characters/otter.md): Otter is one of the riverbank's established regulars, at home in the water and comfortable among Rat and Mole's circle. His identity is bound up with his son Portly, and his quiet paternal watchfulness contrasts with Toa
- [Portly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wind_in_the_willows_se/characters/portly.md): Otter's young son who goes missing and is found by Mole and Rat in a mystical encounter.
- [Sea Rat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wind_in_the_willows_se/characters/sea_rat.md): Wandering seafaring rat who tells Rat tales of distant ports and adventures.
- [Chief Weasel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wind_in_the_willows_se/characters/chief_weasel.md): Leader of the weasels who take over Toad Hall while Toad is away.
- [Billy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wind_in_the_willows_se/characters/billy.md): Young rabbit who helps deliver messages and assists the animals in their plans.

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