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Principal Characters
- Aldanto, Caesare:
- Sellsword, spy, Milanese of aristocratic family, formerly a Montagnard agent.
- Bespi, Fortunato (Harrow):
- Formerly Montagnard assassin.
- Dorma, Petro:
- Head of the commercially powerful House Dorma, head of the centrist faction, member of the Council of Ten, one of the Lords of the Nightwatch.
- Dorma, Angelina:
- Petro Dorma's younger sister.
- Lopez, Eneko:
- A Basque cleric and magician.
- De Chevreuse, Francesca:
- Courtesan, formerly of Orleans.
- Dell'este, Enrico, Duke of Ferrara:
- The Old Fox. One of Italy's leading tacticians. Grandfather of Marco and Benito.
- Garavelli, Maria:
- Boat-girl, part of one of the Arsenalotti clans.
- Marina, Luciano (Chiano):
- Strega Master Mage.
- Montescue, Lodovico:
- Head of the formerly powerful House Montescue. Sworn enemy of the Valdosta.
- Montescue, Katerina (Kat):
- Lodovico's granddaughter.
- Montescue, Alessandra:
- Lodovico's widowed granddaughter-in-law.
- Valdosta, Benito (Benito Oro):
- Grandson of the Duke of Ferrara, illegitimate son of Carlo Sforza.
- Valdosta, Marco (Marco Felluci):
- Grandson of the Duke of Ferrara.
- Manfred, Prince, Earl of Carnac, Marquis of Rennes, Baron of Ravensburg:
- Nephew to the Holy Roman Emperor.
- Hakkonsen, Erik:
- An Icelander, and bodyguard and mentor to Manfred.
Minor characters
- Aleri, Francesco:
- The head of the Milanese trade delegation, also the spymaster-in-chief of the Montagnard faction.
- Badoero, Count:
- A pro-Montagnard noble.
- Bartelozzi, Antimo:
- Agent and adviser to Enrico Dell'este.
- Belgio, Father:
- Cleric and healer.
- Boldoni, Ugo:
- Pastor of a poor parish in Venice.
- Brunelli, Lucrezia:
- "The most beautiful and courted woman in Venice," sister to Ricardo.
- Brunelli, Ricardo:
- Head of the pro-Rome faction.
- Calenti, Lord:
- One of the Lords of the Nightwatch, one of Lucrezia's admirers.
- Capuletti, Bishop:
- A pro-Pauline bishop.
- Chernobog:
- A Slavic demon.
- Destre, Giuliano (Jewel):
- Minor thug, Dandelo bullyboy.
- Evangelina, Sister:
- A Hypatian Sibling.
- Foscari, Doge Giorgio:
- Doge of Venice. Elderly.
- Frescata, Aldo:
- Venice's condottiere.
- Von Gherens, Ritter:
- A Prussian knight.
- Giaccomo:
- Owner of a tavern, connected with smuggling.
- Gianni:
- One of the "loco" in the Jesolo marshes.
- Guiseppe:
- Trusted elderly servant at the Casa Montescue.
- Jagiellon:
- Grand Duke of Lithuania and Poland, possessed by a demon (see Chernobog).
- Laivetti, Mercutio:
- A flashy young thief.
- Valdosta, Lorendana:
- Deceased. Mother of Benito and Marco, daughter of Enrico Dell'este. Headstrong, loyal Montagnard.
- Madelena:
- Trusted servant and former nursemaid at the Casa Montescue.
- Maggiore, Father:
- Head of Servants of the Holy Trinity in Venice
- Matteoni, Alberto, Stephano, Luciano, Giovanni:
- Enforcers, debt collectors and rent-a-beating boys.
- Pellmann:
- Erik's batman.
- Hohenstauffen, Charles Fredrik:
- Holy Roman Emperor.
- Sforza, Carlo:
- The Wolf of the North, Milan's chief condottiere. A military legend.
- Sophia:
- The partner of Chiano, a Jesolo marsh healer.
- Von Stublau:
- Knight-Proctor.
- De Tomaso, Raphael:
- Artist and friend of Marco Valdosta. A Strega initiate.
- Della Tomasso, Captain:
- Master of a smuggling coaster.
- Trolliger, Baron Hans:
- One of the Holy Roman Emperor's courtiers and advisers.
- Uriel, Brother:
- Straight-laced monk, one of the Servants of the Holy Trinity.
- Valentina & Claudia:
- Thieves, musicians, Strega.
- Ventuccio:
- Commercial House which gives shelter to Marco and Benito.
- Visconti, Filippo, Maria:
- Duke of Milan.
- Sachs, Abbot Hans:
- Head of the Servants of the Holy Trinity mission to Venice, in charge of the Knights of the Holy Trinity there, too.
- Sister Ursula:
- A nun and one of the leading experts in Christian magic, accompanying the Servants and Knights.
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