Caradog Prichard is a red-haired Welsh farmer in Susan Cooper's book, The Grey King. He is also a poet like the real Caradog Prichard, but he is crazy. He became crazy by staying overnight on a mountain in Wales that either makes one crazy or turns one into a great poet. He has the role of shooting Bran's dog and of getting in the way of Will Stanton. Caradog is a mortal that serves the Dark.