Characters

Abbe Etienne Duplessis

Priest, Order of St. Aelfric operative

Abbe Ferrant

Priest of St. Nizier Church, cult evangelist

Abrar

Footman, Cavendish household

Abu Yusef

Keeper of the Wadi al-Tih caravanserai

Acharya Devendra Ghosh

Acharya (Hindu religious teacher and ritual leader), Cult Leader

Agnes Hartley

English businessman's wife; ambitious matchmaker

Alan

East India Company man at Suez

Alastair Glennie

EIC writer, shipping office

Albert Lambert

Antiquarian scholar

Albin Herzfeld

Professor of Music Theory, University of Vienna; Cult Leader

Andrei Volkonsky

Major, Russian Imperial Guard; Intelligence Officer

Anna Lindqvist

Opera Singer; Swedish Soprano

Anne Pelham

Memsahib; wife of the Sudder Dewani Adalat judge

Annika Laughton

Academy Student (Vocal Theory, Sacred Music)

Antoine Lefevre

Civil Clerk in Lyon city offices

Anton Adler

Kapellmeister (Music Director) at Vienna Conservatory; Cult Lieutenant

Apoo

Driver, Cavendish household

Arabella Fitch

None — out with the fishing fleet, husband-hunting season

Asif

Footman, Cavendish household

Aziza

Maid, Locanda del Leone

Baijnath Mullick

Merchant (banian — Indian broker for European commerce)

Bakar Ali

Khansama (head servant) of the Garden Reach household

Baronin von Kessel

Diplomat's wife

Basak

Shopkeeper, owner of Basak & Nephew's Curiosities and Arms

Bennie Hanna

Leader of a group of local youths, informal hire

Benoit Chasseloup

Silkweaver Contact / Former Guild Member

Bimal

Former temple servant at Baranagar; draughtsman

Capitaine Thibault

Retired French officer (Armée d'Orient); merchant

Capitano Luca Ferrante

Mercenary Captain; Former Piedmontese Army

Capitano Niccolo Zanier

Master, merchant brig La Speranza

Captain King

Revolutionary / Air Loom Gang Leader (posing as Royal Navy Captain)

Captain Richard Forsyth

Military officer, Order operative

Captain Robert Ord

Commandant of Chandernagore, East India Company

Captain Thomas Keene

Packet boat captain

Captain von Straussen

Austrian Army Officer

Caroline Hartley

Gentlewoman; daughter of an English businessman

Cecile Vaillant

Translator, scholar, Order operative

Charles Ashworth

District Magistrate, East India Company

Charles Duval

Driver (Carriage)

Charlotte Thorne (Keeper NPC)

Archaeologist, Author (writes under a male pseudonym)

Clara Fen

Former Vocalist, Coffeehouse Singer

Clara Maitland

Officer's wife, newly arrived

Clementine Delaroche

Cult Agent / Former Musician

Collarbone Jack

Coffeehouse Regular

Colonel Alastair McCrae

Retired military officer, veteran

Colonel Arthur Blackwood

Senior garrison officer, Fort William

Colonel Fittlewick

Retired Military Officer

Colonel Henri Moreau (in Lyon)

Former Imperial artillery officer (half-pay); civic observer

Colonel Maarten van Hoorne

Dutch military officer

Commissaire Jules Delaroche (in Lyon)

Police Commissioner

Comte Henri Vallin

Aristocratic patron, occult financier

Crispin Pargeter

Company factor and agent, managing private accounts

Diana Lockhart

Widow of an EIC civilian; independent

Doctor Emile Carreau

Surgeon, composer, cult experimenter

Domingo Rozario

Topass of the Shah Alam

Dr Ambrose Hargreaves

Naval Surgeon (retired)

Dr Erasmus Hume

Composer, Theorist, High Conductor of the Orphean Society

Dr Heinrich Voss

Physician, Josefstadt district

Dr Odilon Mercier

Occultist, critic

Dr Thornton Beamish

Physician / Occultist

Drago

Able seaman

Duchesse de Brissac

Hostess, widow

Edmund Courtney

EIC civilian, revenue department

Edna Greaves

Pawnshop Clerk

Edward Renwick

Major, Bengal Engineers

Elbert Fenwick

Head Clerk

Eli Barlow

Building Caretaker, Watchman

Eli Tadcombe

Custodian, Orphean Society

Elias Thorncroft

Coachman to the Hamptons

Eliza Sharpe

Actress

Elizabeth Ashby

Traveller to Calcutta (cover: widow; truth: her father's avenger)

Emeric de Puyrault

Aristocrat, swordsman

Emile Fouchard

Ephraim Colley

Night Watchman

Ernst Falkner

Geologist, Naturhistorisches Institut

Etienne Lagarde

Merchant and householder

Fanny Drury

Officer's wife

Faraj

Bhandary (ship's cook) of the Shah Alam

Father Jeremiah Creel

Nonconformist Preacher

Francois Barbier

Driver (Carriage)

Franz Huber

Sergeant, Vienna Police (Geheimpolizei)

Frederick Cavendish the Younger

Child

Friedrich von Gentz

Political writer; Secretary to the Congress of Vienna

George

East India Company agent at Suez

George Drury

Artillery officer, Fort William

Gerald Hewitt

Factor, Honourable East India Company

Ghulam Rasul

Sepoy, Bengal Native Infantry, detached to the Cavendish compound guard

Giles Mercer

Actor, Theatre Royal Drury Lane; cultist of the Æternum Choir

Gopal Chowkidar

Watchman (chowkidar), the burial ground on the Circular Road

Gottfried Reiner

Chemist, University of Vienna

Gregor Zorab

Son of Hovhannes Zorab; runs the firm of Zorab & Sons

Gustav Metzger

Master Instrument Maker, Vienna

Harriet Courtney

Memsahib; chairs the Charitable Ladies' Committee

Harry Ord

English gentleman, family business interest in Calcutta

Hassan al Rashidi

Caravan master and guide, Cairo–Suez overland road

Hawthorne Surlish

Free merchant; partner and operator, the Strand godown syndicate

Hector Dunmore

Captain, Assistant to the Town Major, Fort William

Henri Marchand

Innkeeper's son, staff

Herr Grillparzer

Innkeeper, Gasthof zum Weissen Ochsen

Hovhannes Zorab

Patriarch of Zorab & Sons, Armenian merchants of Calcutta

Hugh Cavendish

Senior East India Company factor, opium division

Imogen Bellamy

Order Field Agent, Linguist, Vocalist

Ingrid Sperl

Housekeeper; Sealed Theatre Maintenance

James Hatcherly

Lieutenant, Bengal Engineers (sapper officer)

James Pelham

Lieutenant, Honourable East India Company

Jasper Endicott

Antiquarian dealer

Jonathan Pike

Locksmith; information broker

Josiah Hartley

English businessman

Josiah Venn

Retired Company surgeon; collector of philosophical apparatus

Jules Steward

Steward

Julian Wentworth

Formerly Captain of Foot, Peninsular Army. Now nothing in particular

Jumman

Lascar (ordinary seaman) of the Shah Alam

Kalu Chowkidar

Watchman (chowkidar), the burial ground on the Circular Road

Klaus Bauer

Grave-Robber; Hired Muscle

Klemens von Metternich

Austrian Foreign Minister; Prince

Krikor Bedrossian

Forwarding agent — books passage across the desert to Suez

Lady Arabella Wentworth

Society lady

Lady Ashworth

Society hostess (Congress of Vienna)

Lady Bagtonbury

Dowager Duchess

Lady Bletchley

Lady

Lady Euphemia Langridge

Debutante

Lady Honoria Lyndhurst

Investigator & Field Agent, Order of St. Aelfric

Lady Moira

Countess of Loudoun, wife of the Governor-General

Lady Octavia Danforth

Society Hostess, Deputy Conductor, Vocal Harmonics Specialist

Lady Rowena Calthorpe

Society Matron

Lady Wilhelmina Danvers

Order's Mistress of Social Etiquette & Discretion

Lemuel Tibbett

Clerk to Hawthorne Surlish

Leopold Fischbein

Lawyer, Vienna

Leopold von Trautmannsdorff

Nobleman; Financier; Cult Backer

Leutnant Gruber

Police Lieutenant, Polizeidirektion

Liesel Hartmann

Nurse; Engine Support

Lieut John Orville

Admiralty Clerk

Lieutenant Jonathan Pellam

Military engineer

Lord Cosgrove

Nobleman

Lord Digby Wycombe

Retired Colonial Officer

Lord Felix Montroy

Viscount

Lord Moira

Governor-General of Bengal (the Earl of Moira)

Lord Percival Harcourt

Earl of Wrexham / Order of St. Aelfric Commander

Lord Ratcliffe

Nobleman

Lord William Cavendish

3rd Baron Cavendish of Stanmere; landowner; East India proprietor

Luc Fouchard

Cultist lieutenant, enforcer, leader of Blue Sash militia

Luca Mancini

Merchant, bound for Aden

Lucas Pyke

Antiquities dealer

Lucien Goupil

Inherited aristocrat, amateur occult patron

Lucien Stablehand

Stablehand and groundskeeper

Lucienne Moreau

Debutante

Ludwig Vogel

Captain, Geheimpolizei (Secret Police)

Luka

Able seaman

Lydia Hartley

Gentlewoman; daughter of an English businessman; amateur pianist (practises every afternoon)

Madame Beauregard

Modiste / Dressmaker

Madame Delacroix

French widow seeking a pension; society fixture in Countess von Thun's circle

Madame Elodie Marchand

Innkeeper, widow

Madame Hortense Vallier

Widow, householder on the Strand

Madame Rosa Vukovich

Widow; dealer in information, introductions, and discreet arrangements

Madame Sylvie de Noyelles

Aristocratic socialite

Magistrate Beraud

Magistrate in Lyon courts

Maitre Anselme Godinot

Greffier (keeper of the records) of the old French council

Major Lionel Ashcombe

Military officer

Malati

Runs cargo on the Hooghly with the Dasi boats

Manoug Aratoon

Master and part-owner of the country ship Shah Alam

Mansour

Veteran (formerly Armée d'Orient, water-carrier)

Marcus Hale

Cavalry officer, Bengal Army

Margaret Cavendish

Wife and household manager

Maria von Thun

Society Hostess; Salon Owner

Mariam Zorab

Runs the Zorab household and half the business

Marquise Eloise de Camberonne

Hostess, widow, Order sympathizer

Mathieu Durand

Innkeeper (cover), bandit leader

Mathilde Savarin

Composer, cult leader (Présidente of Société Harmonique)

Maximilian von Sternberg

Count; Austrian Cavalry Officer (4th Hussars)

Miriam Doyle

Royal Academy Student

Miss Alice Wetherby

Lady's Maid

Miss Aurelia Fairchild

Gentlewoman

Miss Beatrice Harrow

Order Field Investigator & Duellist

Miss Bridget Clarke

Housemaid

Miss Dorothea Bexley

Occultist & Symbologist (Order of St. Aelfric)

Miss Edith Talbot

Senior Housemaid

Miss Eleanor Finch

Lady's Maid / Order Informant

Miss Eleanor Mortimer

Gentlewoman

Miss Eugenia Cartwright

Poet

Miss Isabel Glossop

Gentlewoman

Miss Mary Glossop

Gentlewoman

Miss Penelope Dunsmore

Society hostess and philanthropist

Miss Theodosia Dawes

Gentlewoman

Mlle Marie Lucile Dumain

Natural Philosopher / Inventor

Monsieur Bernard

Factor, Maison Roux (French trading house)

Movses Zorab

Late Zorab & Sons agent in the Himalayas; his brain lies dead in a Mi-Go cylinder

Mr Alfred Smythe

Linguist & Cryptologist (Order of St. Aelfric)

Mr Aurelian Dean

Academic / Antiquarian

Mr Benedict Fairfax

Tactical Instructor (Retired Officer / Occult Field Operative)

Mr Berkley

Gentleman of independent means

Mr Bernard Hathaway

Butler

Mr Edwin Fairchild

Innkeeper, The Fox & Hound

Mr Gideon Crow

Former Bedlam Inmate

Mr Hampton

Gentleman

Mr Horatio Fairbourne

Antiquarian

Mr Jameson

Factory Worker

Mr Oliver Hawksley

Military Officer (Lieutenant)

Mr Rupert Blackwood

Merchant

Mr Thomas Wickes

Coachman & Stablemaster

Mr Tipple

Coffeehouse Owner

Mr Tobias Whitmore

Historian & Occult Scholar (Order of St. Aelfric)

Mrs Agnes Rothwell

Housekeeper

Mrs Charlotte Mortimer

Vicar's wife (formerly)

Mrs Hampton

Gentlewoman

Mrs Margaret Fairchild

Innkeeper's Wife

Mrs Pemberton Brighton

Matron / Society figure

Mrs Winifred Fowler

Cook

Ms Amelia Cooper

Village resident

Ms Hannah Shibden

Village resident

Nathan Pryce

Cult Guard

Nathaniel Rooke

Order Agent, Antiquarian, Former Magistrate

Nell Coker

Pickpocket; Fence; Confidence Trickster

Nikhil Dasi

Head of the Dasi boat family; cargo on the Hooghly

Nikolai Volkonsky

Count; Cavalry Officer, Russian Imperial Guard

Old Jenkins

Publican

Otto von Kaunitz

Baron (retired officer); Cult Sympathizer; Society Patron

Patience Wright

Former nurse; surgeon's wife

Pemberton

Tutor (hired to keep an eye on Freddy)

Percy Cartwright

Free merchant; Surlish's junior partner

Pere Ignace Remusat

Parish priest, Church of St Louis

Petar Boskovic

Nostromo (bosun)

Pew

East India Company man, lately returned from Calcutta

Phineas Lang

Administrator, Academy of Music

Professor Cyrus Elliston

Classical Scholar / Professor

Prudence Middleham

Landlady

Rajan

Formerly personal servant to Gerald Hewitt (deceased)

Ram Adhin Tiwari

Sepoy, Bengal Native Infantry, detached to the Cavendish compound guard

Ram Mohan Roy

Polymath, rationalist philosopher, anti-idolatry campaigner

Ramkanta Sett

Banian and registrar to the merchant consortium's godown syndicate

Ratan

Palanquin bearer to the Pelham household

Reis Ibrahim al Rashidi

Reis (captain) of a Nile dahabiya

Reis Salah

Coastal boatman (djerm captain)

Rev Henry Mortimer

Vicar of Osney Grange

Reverend Arthur Jessop

Senior Chaplain of the Bengal Presidency; Parish priest of St. John's Church, Calcutta

Reverend Chambers

Missionary couple, bound east

Roderick Pelham

EIC judge, Sudder Dewani Adalat

Russian Officers Volkonsky Detail

Sabine

Serving maid (cover), knife-fighter

Sabine Lambert

Music Tutor (cover)

Sam

Clerk, East India Company agency at Suez

Samuel Wright

Surgeon, military hospital

Sarala Dasi

Widow in all but law; formerly the bibi of the indigo trader Silas Ashby

Serang Ismail

Serang (boatswain) of the country ship Shah Alam

Sergeant Bruyere

Innkeeper, proprietor of the Auberge du Muski

Sheikh Karim Bakhsh

Master armorer

Signor Morosi

Diplomatic Secretary, Kingdom of Sardinia

Silas Ashby

Indigo trader, Calcutta (outside the Company monopoly)

Silent Nun

Unknown (spectral entity)

Sir Andrew Duncan

Junior Government Minister

Sir Jasper Dulfrey

Gentleman

Sir Lionel Peregrine

Gentleman (Widower)

Sir Nathaniel Wentworth

Baronet, of Hawthorne Grange, Tarryford

Sir Percival Ashcroft

Gentleman of fashion

Sitt Nafisa

Proprietor of the Auberge du Muski (by inheritance)

Sitt Zaynab

Wife of a Levantine cloth merchant; mistress of a respectable haramlik

Slade

Character actor (cast as 'Snake' in The School for Scandal); novice of the Æternum Choir

Sona Mia

Seacunny (helmsman) of the Shah Alam

Sophia Surlish

Wife

Squire Anthony Goodwin

Squire / County Magistrate

Stavros

Ship's cook

Stelios the Taverner

Tavern-keeper (Greek kapelio)

Tadeusz Kossowski

Professor (academic, institution in Krakow — unspecified)

Tariq

Camel driver's apprentice, Hassan al-Rashidi's caravan

Therese

Cook and maid

Thomas Huntley

Viscount

Thomas Wyndham

Honorary Cornet, Light Dragoons (formerly Captain; cashiered)

Thomlin Kerridge

Street Fiddler

Tobias Greaves

Pawnmaster, Antiquarian

Umm Salma

Bath-mistress of the Hammam al-Yasmin

Valentine Frome

Captain, 67th Bengal Native Infantry

Vicomte Henri Lavigne

Impoverished music patron

Victoire Lefevre

Music critic, salon philosopher

Victoire Lenoir

Soprano, performer, cultist-in-training

Viscount Theodore Renshaw

Peer and investor

Walter Baines

Cult Guard, Veteran

Walter Pennyman

Stablemaster, Body Disposal Specialist

Werner Bauer

Grave-Robber; Hired Muscle

Wetherall

Clerk, Bank of England (Alexandria branch)

Wilhelm Brenner

Surgeon (formerly University of Vienna)

Wilkins

Factory Foreman

William Maitland

Lieutenant, infantry, Fort William

William Thurner

Major, Austrian Army; Order Operative

Yaqub ben Ezra

Sarraf (money-changer / banker)

Young Alfred

Volunteer

Yusuf al Maghribi

Dragoman (interpreter-fixer-guide)

Adrien de Montferrand

Viscount of Montferrand / Former Cavalry Officer / Naturalist

Augustus Bolt

Gentleman

Charlotte Thorne

Gentlewoman; Order Investigator (retired Session 7)

Colonel Henri Moreau

French Colonel; Order operative

Commissaire Jules Delaroche

Police Commissioner of Lyon

Emma Wentworth

Gentlewoman (Tarryford, Wiltshire)

Freddy Cavendish

Gentleman (Second Son)

Georgiana Dillwyn

Gentlewoman

Georgiana Wentworth

Gentlewoman Researcher (Tarryford, Wiltshire)

Havildar Pratap Singh

Havildar (Sergeant), 67th Bengal Native Infantry

Jacob

Coachman / Former Military

James Bennet

Gentleman Poet

Jane Radcliffe

Con Artist

Katherine Ward

Spy / Order operative / Companion-Chaperone (cover)

Marina Garrick

Gentlewoman

Nathaniel Holt

Lieutenant, Royal Navy (assigned to La Speranza as ship's doctor — actually an officer, not a doctor)

Varrio Harrowmont

Order of St. Aelfric consulting surgeon