| Tommy |
The hero of the novel, from the 21st century |
| Tommy’s mobile phone |
Another hero of the story |
| Mum and Dad |
Tommy’s parents |
| Eloise de Narbonne |
The heroine, a Countess from the year 1599 |
| The Count and Countess of Romolue |
The heads of the noble family of Romolue |
| Thomas de Romolue |
The adopted son of the family of Romolue |
| Jasper |
The chief servant at the Château de Romolue in 1599 and known as Jacques in his role as chief servant of Ellie-la Forêt, the name of the Château de Romolue in modern times |
| Old Marie |
The old nurse and confidante of the family |
| Drogo de Montfort |
The murderous priest whose shadow falls on Eloise |
| Henri de Montfort |
His powerful brother, Bishop of Toulouse |
| Richard de la Courtablaise |
Husband of Eleonora, the murdered sister of the Countess of Romolue |
| Jean of Aulnay |
Maker of leather in the town of Aulnay les Bois |
| Joncilond |
An outlaw of a special nature in the band who inhabit Town, the outlaw stronghold |
| Bossilot |
a pageboy in the Bishop’s palace in Toulouse |
| Cheri |
a massive mastiff in 1599 and an ornamental miniature poodle in the modern day |
| Clarice |
the daughter of the Count and Countess of Toulouse |
| Closette |
the Head of the Inquisition |
| Diane |
a villager of Romolue as plump and round as her famous poupelins |
| Fat Henri |
on the staff in Chamblay |
| Father Baldwin |
the unwashed librarian at the nunnery of Aulnay |
| Flore |
a servant in the Château of Romolue, an admirer of Thomas de Romolue and of Tommy |
| Florence |
a nun of whom the Bishop has loving memories |
| Georges |
leader of the Bishop’s guards |
| Gerard |
father of Marguerite and admirer of Eloise in the 21st century |
| Gerome |
fashion conscious outlaw of Town |
| Gilbert |
a pirate off the Robber, Richard’s ship |
| Goslin |
an outlaw, friend of Gilbert |
| Greebles |
the Bishop’s cat |
| Harry |
Tommy’s best friend in England |
| Henrietta |
Jacques the Tailor’s wife |
| Isabelle |
the wife of Robert de Toulouse |
| Jacques the Tailor |
clumsy, foolish, loveable outlaw from Town |
| Jean de Faussebarre |
prominent and rotund member of the Parliament of Toulouse |
| Jerome |
shop assistant in the Super-E-Market |
| Louis |
Thomas de Romolue’s personal and thick-headed guard |
| Marguerite |
a girl of the 21st Century and admirer of Tommy |
| Maurice |
a guard and the boyfriend of Sophie |
| Natalie |
a novice nun |
| Penelope |
Thomas de Romolue’s horse |
| Peter and Paul |
Eloise’s pet rats |
| Rabelais |
a villager of Romolue, with a brain the size of the village |
| Robert of Toulouse |
Count of Toulouse |
| Roger |
an outlaw of Town |
| Roland |
accomplice of Drogo |
| Scrotile |
the mole man |
| Sister Bethany |
a nun, of sorts |
| Sophie |
Eloise’s ladies maid before she ran off with Maurice |
| The Quarter |
storekeeper in the Castle of Chamblay, the Bishop’s stronghold |
| The Emp |
Emperor of the Marsh, the leader of the outlaws of Town |
| The Shovel |
a treacherous undertaker in the pay of Jean of Aulnay |
| Victor |
the cricket playing picture restorer |
| William Shakespeare |
an unknown playwright in France of 1599 |
| Romolue les Bains Romains de Saint Etienne Just |
The modern village where the Château of Ellie-la Forêt stands today. It was called plain Romolue in 1599 |
| The Château of Romolue |
The name of the château in 1599 |
| Chamblay |
The Bishop’s stronghold on the coast where the fateful oubliette is found |
| The Virgin and the Old Lady |
The two towers of Chamblay |
| Toulouse |
The town near Romolue where the Bishop and Robert of Toulouse have their palaces and where the Great Fruit Salad Mass took place in Book 1 |
| The nunnery of Aulnay-les-Bois |
Where Eloise was sent for her protection and Tommy, bursting from his coffin, found her once more in Book 2 |
| Town |
The outlaw stronghold |
| The Robber |
Richard’s ship |
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