General Zaroff

General Zaroff is the main antagonist of the 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game.

He was created by the late Richard Connell.

Victims

• Unnamed Man - Shot three times and once in the head by General Zaroff with a pistol off-page, gunshots heard and blood shown.
• At Least Two Lions - Killed and heads mounted on a wall by General Zaroff off-page, heads shown.
• At Least Two Tigers - Killed and heads mounted on a wall by General Zaroff off-page, heads shown.
• At Least Two Elephants - Killed and heads mounted on a wall by General Zaroff off-page, heads shown.
• At Least Two Moose - Killed and heads mounted on a wall by General Zaroff off-page, heads shown.
• At Least Two Bears - Killed and heads mounted on a wall by General Zaroff off-page, heads shown.
• Cape Buffalo - Killed and head mounted on a wall by General Zaroff off-page, head shown.
• At Least Two Turkeys - Shot by General Zaroff off-page, mentioned.
• Bear - Killed by General Zaroff off-page, mentioned.
• At Least Two Grizzly Bears - Killed by General Zaroff off-page, mentioned.
• At Least Two Crocodiles - Killed by General Zaroff off-page, mentioned.
• At Least Two Rhinoceroses - Killed by General Zaroff off-page, mentioned.
• At Least Ten Unnamed Men - Killed by General Zaroff off-page, mentioned.
• At Least Two Horses - Killed by General Zaroff off-page, mentioned.
• At Least Two Hounds - Killed by General Zaroff off-page, mentioned.
• Unnamed Man - Killed by hounds that were sent after him by General Zaroff off-page, mentioned.
• Unnamed Man - Drowned in quicksand during General Zaroff's hunt off-page, mentioned.
• Lazarus (Hound) - Drowned in quicksand after chasing an unnamed man during General Zaroff's hunt off-page, mentioned.

Kill Count

• Total - 39
  • 26 Animals
    • 5 Bears
    • 3 Hounds
    • 2 Crocodiles
    • 2 Elephants
    • 2 Horses
    • 2 Lions
    • 2 Moose
    • 2 Rhinoceroses
    • 2 Tigers
    • 2 Turkeys
    • 1 Cape Buffalo
  • 13 Humans
    • All Men

Death

• Eaten by hounds after being fed to them by Sanger Rainsford after losing a fight against him off-page, implied.