Castro

Castro is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft, who makes his first appearance in the 1928 short story "The Call of Cthulhu".
==Description==
He is an "immensely aged mestizo [...] who claimed to have sailed to strange ports and talked with undying leaders of the Cthulhu Cult in the mountains of China." Castro was arrested on November 1, 1907 during a New Orleans police raid on a cult ceremony in Louisiana.
==Behind the Mythos==
Robert M. Price believes that Castro's name is based on that of Adolphe de Castro–born Adolph Danziger–an author of "unbelievably bad fiction" who hired Lovecraft as a ghostwriter.Price, The Cthulhu Cycle, p. 24. Joshi and Schultz, however, report that Lovecraft did not become acquainted with DeCastro until late 1927, whereas "The Call of Cthulhu" was completed in 1926.Joshi and Schultz, "Call of Cthulhu, The", p. 29.
==References==
Category:Characters Originating From Lovecraft Circle Works
Category:Humans