Those noted thus * acknowledged by historians.
Diana Bishop, a witch
Matthew de Clermont, known as *Roydon, a vampire
* Christopher Marlowe, a daemon and maker of plays
Françoise and, Pierre, both vampires and servants
* George Chapman, a writer of some reputation and little patronage
* Thomas Harriot, a daemon and astronomer
* Henry Percy, the Earl of Northumberland
* Sir Walter Raleigh, an adventurer
Joseph Bidwell, senior and junior, shoemakers
Master Somers, a glover
Widow Beaton, a cunning woman
Mister Danforth, a clergyman
Master Iffley, another glover
Gallowglass, a vampire and soldier of fortune
* Davy Gams, known as Hancock, a vampire, his Welsh companion
* Cardinal Joyeuse, a visitor to Mont-St-Michel
Alain, a vampire and servant to the sieur de Clermont Philippe de Clermont, a vampire and lord of Sept-Tours Chef, a cook
Catrine, Jehanne, Thomas, and Etienne, servants Marie, who makes gowns
André Champier, a wizard of Lyon
* Robert Hawley, a shoemaker
* Margaret Hawley, his wife
* Mary Sidney, the Countess of Pembroke Joan, her maid
* Nicholas Hilliard, a limner
Master Prior, a maker of pies
* Richard Field, a printer
* Jacqueline Vautrollier Field, his wife
* John Chandler, an apothecary near the Barbican Cross
Amen Corner and Leonard Shoreditch, vampires
Father Hubbard, the vampire king of London
Annie Undercroft, a young witch with some skill and little power
* Susanna Norman, a midwife and witch
* John and Jeffrey Norman, her sons
Goody Alsop, a windwitch of St. James Garlickhythe
Catherine Streeter, a firewitch
Elizabeth Jackson, a waterwitch
Marjorie Cooper, an earthwitch
Jack Blackfriars, a nimble orphan
* Doctor John Dee, a learned man with a library
* Jane Dee, his disgruntled wife
* William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the Lord High Treasurer of England
* Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex
* Elizabeth I, Queen of England
* Elizabeth (Bess) Throckmorton, maid of honor to the queen
Karolína andTereza, vampires and servants
* Tadeáš Hájek, physician to His Majesty
* Ottavio Strada, Imperial librarian and historian
* Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia
Frau Huber, an Austrian, and Signorina Rossi, an Italian, women of Malá Strana
* Joris Hoefnagel, the artist
* Erasmus Habermel, maker of mathematical instruments
* Signor Miseroni, who carves in precious stones
* Signor Passetti, his majesty’s dancing master
* Joanna Kelley, a woman far from home
* Edward Kelley, a daemon and alchemist
* Rabbi Judah Loew, a wise man
Abraham ben Elijah of Chelm, a wizard with a problem
* David Gans, an astronomer
Herr Fuchs, a vampire
* Melchior Maisel, a prosperous merchant of the Jewish Town
Lobero, a Hungarian dog sometimes mistaken for a mop, probably just a Komondor
* Johannes Pistorius, a wizard and theologian
* Vilem Slavata, a very young ambassador
Louisa de Clermont, a vampire and sister to Matthew de Clermont
* Master Sleford, who watches over the poor souls of Bedlam
Stephen Proctor, a wizard
Rebecca White, a witch
Bridget White, her daughter
Sarah Bishop, a witch and aunt to Diana Bishop
Ysabeau de Clermont, a vampire and mother to Matthew de Clermont Sophie Norman, a daemon
Margaret Wilson, her daughter, a witch
Rima Jaén, a librarian of Seville
Emily Mather, a witch and partner to Sarah Bishop
Marthe, housekeeper to Ysabeau de Clermont
Phoebe Taylor, very proper, who knows something about art
Marcus Whitmore, Matthew de Clermont’s son, a vampire
Verin de Clermont, a vampire
Ernst, her husband
Peter Knox, a witch and member of the Congregation Pavel Skovajsa, who works in a library
* Gerbert of Aurillac in the Cantal, a vampire and ally of Peter Knox
* William Shakespeare, a scrivener and forger who also makes plays