![]() Sir Randolph had then emigrated to America and his son Edmund Carter later had to flee the Salem witch-trials. He is the descendant of Sir Randolph Carter, who had studied magic during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. At the age of nine, he underwent a mysterious experience at his great-uncle Christopher's farm and thereafter exhibited a gift of prophecy. Based on clues from various stories, he was probably born around 1874 and grew up in and around Boston. Randolph Carter is an antiquarian and one-time student of the fictional Miskatonic University. Lovecraft, the creator of Randolph Carter In Lovecraft's writings, Carter appears or is mentioned in the following tales, listed in the fictional chronology. But he can also be courageous, with enough strength of mind and character to face and foil the horrific creatures of the Dreamlands, as described in the stories of the Dream Cycle. ![]() A melancholy figure, Carter is a quiet contemplative dreamer with a sensitive disposition, prone to fainting during times of emotional stress. An American magazine called The Vagrant published the story in May 1920.Ĭarter shares many of Lovecraft's personal traits: He is an uncelebrated author, whose writings are seldom noticed. The character first appears in " The Statement of Randolph Carter", a short story Lovecraft wrote in 1919 based on one of his dreams. ![]() Lovecraft's fiction and is, presumably, an alter ego of Lovecraft himself. Randolph Carter is a recurring fictional character in H. ![]()
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