Editing That Hideous Strength (section)

==Characters==
*'''Mark Gainsby Studdock''' – Protagonist; sociologist, and ambitious to the point of obsession with reaching the "inner circle" of his social environment.
*'''Jane Tudor Studdock''' – Protagonist; Mark's wife. Jane is supposedly writing a PhD thesis on [[John Donne]], but since her marriage she has become effectively a housewife. In the course of the book she discovers herself to be [[clairvoyant]].

===Bracton College===
*'''Sub-Warden Curry''' – Leader of the "Progressive Element" at Bracton College, a well-organised cabal that manipulates the college into welcoming the N.I.C.E. He is in fact a very gullible and shallow sort of man, who himself is easily manipulated by the N.I.C.E.
*'''James Busby''' – A former clergyman and bursar at Bracton College and another member of the 'Progressive Element'.

===N.I.C.E.===
*'''John Wither''' – Long-winded bureaucrat and Deputy Director of the N.I.C.E. He is the true leader of the N.I.C.E. and a servant of the Macrobes. Long association with them has "withered" his mind, and his speech and thinking are characterised by thought-deadening vagueness and jargon. 
*'''Professor Augustus Frost''' – A psychologist and assistant to Wither, he is the only other N.I.C.E initiate who knows the true nature of the Head and of the [[Demon|Macrobes]].  He is coldhearted and unemotional and he has an exact, precise manner of speech and thinking.
*'''Miss Hardcastle''' (a.k.a. "The Fairy") – The sadistic, cigar-chewing head of the N.I.C.E. Institutional Police and its female auxiliary, the "Waips". Torture is her favourite interrogation method, and she takes special, sexual pleasure in abusing female prisoners.
*'''Dr Filostrato''' – An obese Italian [[eunuch]] physiologist. His ultimate goal is to free humanity from the constraints of organic life.
*'''Lord Feverstone (Dick Devine)''' – A politician, recently ennobled businessman, and nominal academic who lures Mark into the N.I.C.E. Feverstone (with [[Professor Weston]]) kidnapped Ransom in ''Out of the Silent Planet'' and was responsible for getting Mark Studdock his fellowship at Bracton. He is an amoral political chameleon, loyal to no one, always angling to build his social position, wealth, and comfort, though capable of great energy and physical courage when necessary.
*'''Reverend Straik''' – the "Mad Parson". He believes that any sort of power is a manifestation of God's will. It is noted that "he was originally a good man" and that he was warped by grief over the death of his daughter. 
*'''Horace Jules''' – A Cockney novelist, tabloid reporter, and pseudo-scientific journalist who has been appointed Director of the N.I.C.E. 
*'''William (Bill) Hingest''' – A distinguished chemist who is recruited by the N.I.C.E. but soon decides to resign.

===St Anne's===
*'''Dr [[Elwin Ransom]]''' (also known as "the [[Pendragon]]" and "the [[Spiritual direction|Director]]") – A former Cambridge don who heads the community at St Anne's. He alone communicates with the benevolent ''eldila'' (angels),  whom he met during his earlier voyages to Malacandra and Perelandra ([[Mars]] and [[Venus]]). He has changed his surname to [[Fisher King|Fisher-King]] and has a wound in his foot, received on Venus, that will not heal until he returns there. His heavenly experiences have made him a kingly figure among his small band of followers, and he attributes his following to a divine Power, presumably [[Maleldil]] ([[Jesus Christ]]).
*'''Grace Ironwood''' – The seemingly stern but kind psychologist and doctor who helps Jane interpret her dreams. 
*'''Dr Cecil Dimble''' – Another academic, an old friend of Ransom, and close adviser on matters of Arthurian scholarship and pre-Norman Britain. 
*'''Margaret "Mother" Dimble''' – The wife of Cecil Dimble and a close friend of Jane. 
*'''Ivy Maggs''' – Formerly a part-time maid for Jane Studdock; now driven out of the town by the N.I.C.E. and living at St Anne's. 
*'''Merlinus Ambrosius''' – The wizard [[Merlin]], awakened and returned to serve the Pendragon and save England. Receives the powers of the [[Oyarsa|Oyéresu]]. He has been in a deep sleep since the time of King Arthur, and both sides initially believe he will join the N.I.C.E. 
*'''Andrew MacPhee''' – A scientist, sceptic and rationalist who is a close friend of Dr Ransom and joins him at St Anne's. 
*'''Arthur Denniston''' – An academic at Edgestow and a former friend of Mark Studdock from student days. 
*'''Camilla Denniston''' – The wife of Arthur Denniston.
*'''Mr Bultitude''' – A large brown bear.