Roger Chillingworth
- Hester's husband
- Doctor Roger Chillingworth is his alias. And he's not actually a doctor.
- He sent Hester to America from their home in England before he went. Once he arrived, he was captured by Native Americans.
- Set on finding the father of Hester's illegitimate child
- Still loves Hester
- Breaks Dimmesdale
- Old, scholarly, manipulative, cold
- Self-absorbed, monstrous, single-minded, malevolent