The Party
- WILSON MAYHEW, an Avalonian painter and
secret entomologist
- VENZI DAL VENTO, his bodyguard, a
swordsman
- NICCOLO, a gondolier
- GIANCARLO BERNINI, a Lord's Hand
- CHIARA VENTERRINI, a courtesan
- AMBER, her bodyguard, a Vocacce
fencer and former courtesan
House Falisci
- MEANDER VERDE DE FALISCI, the governor of Emelia and host of the
party
- LUDOVICA, his wife (a nervous type)
- CARINNA, their daughter (also nervous), engaged to Stefani DiTommaso
- QUIETO, their son, in Eisen currently (probably nervous but
hiding it)
- RICCALBANO, their other son
- MADAME DeLASSE, his nurse
- DOWAGER CONTESSA SEMPRONIA VERDE, his mother, probably a fate witch
(talks to us later)
- RIDOLFO, her servant of some kind (wearing a spider patch)
- Numerous unnamed spiders
- STEFANI DiTOMMASO, an elderly gentleman, his advisor and his daughter's fiancé
- FORTUNATO DE VERDE, head of his guards (drowns people in fish
ponds)
- {LIVIO}, his scientist (rumpled
clothes)
- {FELIPE}, a farmland manager, dead from unknown causes, probably poison
- GIUSTO, a guard, accomplished swordsman
Men of the Church
- SCIPIO MANCARI, Bishop
- TEODOR EDUARDO MARTINEZ, his
assistant (also a priest)
The Guilds
- The Vintner's Guild
- {UNNAMED}, a guild member (drowned)
- The Innkeeper's Guild
- SABATINO GRAZIANO, its head (fat and
jolly)
- The Banker's Guild
- LUDO DI ARGENTO, its head (very
well-dressed)
- ABRIELLE, a travelling courtesan
(slender and with a mask)
Foreigners
- SIR DIXON GUY, ambassador from Avalon
(a distinguished-looking young man)
- DANEL WILLIAMSON, his bodyguard
(beefy)
- ROSANELLA D'ANGELO, ambassador from
Bessarion (a statuesque older woman)
Various Folk
- MAFFEO AIELLO, a metalworker and swordsmith
- STENTOR, a local boy, stout swordsman
- Vendors, Breadsellers &c. &c.
Miscellaneous Seedy Characters
- {BATTISTA}, an assassin
- RENZINO "RIZZO" LOCRICCHIO, a moneylender, a prisoner
- Various LOITERERS
- GOBBI, a prisoner, accused of being a spy