Willoughby

Willoughby serves as a crewman aboard the 19th-century brigantine Mary Celeste under Captain Briggs and the Bosun. He carries out routine shipboard duties like searching for stowaways in the aft section. Loyal to chain of command, he follows orders promptly yet cracks under extreme terror, abandoning ship at the sight of otherworldly threats. His superstition frames unnatural dangers as mythical horrors like the white terror of Barbary, revealing a mindset rooted in maritime folklore and raw survival instinct.