# The Wolf-Leader — Character guide

> Key figures in The Wolf-Leader by Alexandre Dumas.

- [Thibault](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/thibault.md): Thibault is a village craftsman nursing a lifetime of small humiliations—stolen game, a public beating, a woman who laughs at him—and each one sharpens his appetite for revenge. When a black wolf offers him power over th
- [Agnelette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/agnelette.md): Agnelette moves through the village with a candor that unsettles everyone around her—she tells Thibault plainly that she saw him poach, and she refuses the Baron's invitation to the castle because she'd rather face a wol
- [Satan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/satan.md): He arrives at Thibault's hut in the form of an immense black wolf, sits, and speaks with the easy irony of a seasoned negotiator. His terms are precise and his honesty unnerving: he can grant only the power to harm, neve
- [Mocquet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/mocquet.md): Mocquet arrives at the powder shop with a wink and a wolf to track, and talks a nervous mother into letting her son come along by swearing on his own life that no harm will touch the boy. He is comic, boastful, and utter
- [Madame Magloire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/madame_magloire.md): Madame Magloire is the pretty wife of Maître Magloire, and Thibault's pursuit of her—hunting game for her table, hiding behind her curtains, being discovered and turned out—is one of his early abuses of the wolf's power.
- [Landry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/landry.md): Landry is the kind of relative everyone is glad to see—bright as his mill wheel, singing at his work—until love for the widow Polet grinds him down to melancholy. He confides in Thibault as a cousin and a friend, never s
- [Baron de Vauparfond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/the_baron_de_vauparfond.md): A young nobleman whose pursuit of Agnelette sets him on a collision course with the wolf-leader Thibault, turning courtship into a war waged across the forest.
- [Maître Magloire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/maitre_magloire.md): A cuckolded notable whose discovery of his wife's affair with Thibault turns a private humiliation into one of the many grudges that feed the wolf-leader's vengeance.
- [François](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/francois.md): A friend or acquaintance of Thibault.
- [Madame Polet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/madame_polet.md): A widow in the village.
- [Lisette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/lisette.md): A young woman, possibly a servant or villager.
- [The Priest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/the_priest.md): The local priest who interacts with Thibault and the villagers.
- [General](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/general.md): A military figure mentioned in the narrative.
- [Countess Jane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/jane.md): A noblewoman, possibly connected to the Baron de Vauparfond.
- [Lord of Vez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/lord_of_vez.md): A legendary figure known for swearing, mentioned in the narrative.
- [Mother Durand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/mother_durand.md): An older woman in the village.
- [Lestocq](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/lestocq.md): A historical figure mentioned in the narrative.
- [Comte de Mont-Gobert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/comte_de_mont_gobert.md): A nobleman, possibly the Baron's superior.
- [Bailiff Népomucène Magloire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/bailiff_magloire.md): The local bailiff, a figure of authority.
- [Master Wolf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wolf_leader_se/characters/master_wolf.md): A wolf, possibly the titular wolf leader.

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