The Grim Grotto characters

Appears from the start

The eldest Baudelaire, a fourteen-year-old inventor who ties back her hair to think. Reunited with her siblings and still hunted, she uses her ingenuity aboard a submarine as the children pursue the secrets of V.F.D.

Appears from the start

The middle Baudelaire, twelve, bespectacled, and endlessly well-read, whose research repeatedly saves the family. He continues to chase the mysteries of V.F.D. and a coveted object called the sugar bowl.

Appears from the start

The youngest Baudelaire, a small child who now speaks more clearly and has become a skilled little cook. Brave and quick-witted, she plays a growing part in the family's escapes.

Appears from the start

The murderous actor who hunts the Baudelaire fortune, marked by his single eyebrow and ankle tattoo. Now commanding his own submarine with his accomplice Esme, he chases the children and the sugar bowl beneath the waves.

Appears from the start

Count Olaf's fashionable girlfriend and accomplice, vain and cruel, who continues to aid his schemes against the children and their fortune.

Appears from the start

A menacing member of Count Olaf's troupe with metal hooks in place of hands, a longtime henchman who carries out the villain's orders and helps pursue the children.

First appears in chapter 2

The gruff, blustering commander of the submarine Queequeg, who lives by a personal philosophy that one must never hesitate, punctuating his speech with hearty exclamations. Loyal to V.F.D. and on a mission of his own, he takes the Baudelaires aboard and enlists them in the search for the sugar bowl.

First appears in chapter 2

Captain Widdershins's stepdaughter, a bright young mycologist fascinated by mushrooms and fungi, who serves aboard the submarine Queequeg. Kind and clever, she befriends the Baudelaires, growing especially close to Klaus, and her knowledge of fungi proves vital to the crew.

Also known as Cookie

First appears in chapter 3

The relentlessly optimistic man the children first knew as a worker at the lumbermill, now serving as the cook aboard the submarine Queequeg, where he is nicknamed Cookie. Cheerful as ever, he is glad to see the Baudelaires again and keeps finding the bright side of every hardship.

First appears in chapter 13

A member of the secret organization V.F.D. and the sister of Jacques Snicket, the man murdered in the village. She meets the Baudelaires as an ally, is expecting a child, and warns them of a crucial gathering to come, urging them toward the last safe place.