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
• BERNOULLI, his Prince
• 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)
• Numerous Guards
• {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
• {His Men}
• RENZINO "RIZZO" LOCRICCHIO, a moneylender, a prisoner
• Various LOITERERS
• GOBBI, a prisoner, accused of being a spy