Editing That Hideous Strength (section)

===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.