# Jason Otter — Wolf Solent character guide

> Jason Otter in Wolf Solent by John Cowper Powys.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. Otter, Jason Otter, Otter, Mr. Jason Otter, Mister Otter

**First appearance:** 0002-the-face-on-the-waterloo-steps

## Snapshot

A landowner and poet who hides rhubarb leaves under his straw hat, Jason flinches from sunlight and from Urquhart with the same exquisite, masochistic sensitivity.

## Who they are

Jason employs Wolf, writes verse about pond-elves and teasing tadpoles, and submits to Mrs. Solent's liberties with a face that mixes physical repulsion and pleasurable surrender. His grey eyes hold a look Wolf calls that of a disguised, persecuted god among savages. His rivalry with Urquhart and his strange tenderness toward his brother Darnley make him the novel's most volatile emotional weather.

## Relationships

### [Mrs. Solent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/characters/mrs_solent)

_social_

Jason Otter is a local eccentric and acquaintance whose interactions with Mrs. Solent are marked by gossip and village social dynamics.

### [Darnley Otter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/characters/darnley_otter)

_family_

Darnley and Jason Otter are brothers, sharing a close but often quarrelsome bond within the village community.

### [Bob Weevil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/characters/bob_weevil)

_friendship_

Bob Weevil and Jason Otter are drinking companions and fellow villagers, sharing a rough camaraderie.

### [Mrs. Solent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/characters/mrs_solent)

_social_

Jason Otter is a local eccentric and acquaintance whose interactions with Mrs. Solent are marked by gossip and village social dynamics.

### [Mrs. Solent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/characters/mrs_solent)

_social_

Jason Otter is a local eccentric and acquaintance whose interactions with Mrs. Solent are marked by gossip and village social dynamics.

### [Darnley Otter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/characters/darnley_otter)

_family_

Darnley and Jason Otter are brothers, sharing a close but often quarrelsome bond within the village community.

### [Darnley Otter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/characters/darnley_otter)

_family_

Darnley and Jason Otter are brothers, sharing a close but often quarrelsome bond within the village community.

### [Bob Weevil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/characters/bob_weevil)

_friendship_

Bob Weevil and Jason Otter are drinking companions and fellow villagers, sharing a rough camaraderie.

### [Bob Weevil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/characters/bob_weevil)

_friendship_

Bob Weevil and Jason Otter are drinking companions and fellow villagers, sharing a rough camaraderie.

## In the story

### [Christ! I've Had a Happy Life!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/christ-i-ve-had-a-happy-life)

Mentioned as Darnley's elder brother, a poet who cannot bear Mr. Urquhart.

### [The Blackbird's Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/the-blackbird-s-song)

Jason is present at Pond Cottage dinner, making grim jokes about waiting and muttering about 'these secretaries.'

### [Bar Sinister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/bar-sinister)

Jason shows Wolf the pond, warns about Monk, and reveals his nervousness about the pond's association with James Redfern.

### [The Three Peewits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/the-three-peewits)

Jason provokes the farmers with pointed questions about Mr. Valley and young Redfern, and later confronts Mr. Manley directly.

### [The Horse-Fair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/the-horse-fair)

Approaches Wolf at the fair, offers to sell a demonic figure, reveals his poetry and his hatred of others, and speaks bitterly of Mr. Urquhart and Monk.

### [The Slowworm of Lenty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/the-slowworm-of-lenty)

Recites his poem 'The Slowworm of Lenty' to Wolf; becomes agitated and demands the return of his jade idol; appears drug-addicted and desolate.

### [Crooked Smoke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/crooked-smoke)

Jason emerges from a ditch and joins Wolf and Mr. Urquhart on their walk to Lenty Pond.

### [A Game of Bowls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/a-game-of-bowls)

Present at the bowling match; becomes suddenly silent during the gathering.

### [This Is Reality](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/this-is-reality)

Jason's earlier warning to Wolf about the Urquharts is recalled, contributing to Wolf's paranoid thoughts.

### [Slate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/slate)

His poetry volume is accepted under Lord Carfax's patronage; he argues with Urquhart at the gathering.

### [Forget](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wolf_solent_se/chapters/forget)

Jason makes cynical remarks about girls and evil, and discusses arrangements for the wedding.

## Links

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