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Robert Olmstead is the narrator of [[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]] and a member of the[[The Marsh Family| Marsh family]]. His home is in Toledo. It is remarked that his eyes have the same, [http://lovecraft.wikia.com/wiki/Deep_One#The_.22Innsmouth_Look.22 strange quality] seen in descendants of [[Obed Marsh]]. In the story's final pages he learns he is the great-great-grandson of Obed Marsh and a [[Deep Ones|Deep One]] and in time will become one of the amphibious monsters he witnessed in [[Innsmouth]].
 
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'''Robert Olmstead''' is the narrator of "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]" and a member of [[the Marsh Family]. His home is in Toledo. It is remarked that his eyes have the same, [[Deep_One#The_.22Innsmouth_Look.22|strange quality]] seen in descendants of [[Obed Marsh]]. In the story's final pages he learns he is the great-great-grandson of Obed Marsh and a [[Deep One]] and in time will become one of the amphibious monsters he witnessed in [[Innsmouth]].
   
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==Behind the Mythos==
 
His name is never given within the story, but Lovecraft did give it in one of his letters.
 
His name is never given within the story, but Lovecraft did give it in one of his letters.
 
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Revision as of 16:45, 24 February 2018

Robert Olmstead is the narrator of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" and a member of [[the Marsh Family]. His home is in Toledo. It is remarked that his eyes have the same, strange quality seen in descendants of Obed Marsh. In the story's final pages he learns he is the great-great-grandson of Obed Marsh and a Deep One and in time will become one of the amphibious monsters he witnessed in Innsmouth.

Behind the Mythos

His name is never given within the story, but Lovecraft did give it in one of his letters.