Lord Rudolph, a Courtier, but friend to the Queen's party.
Laska, Steward to Casimir, betrothed to Glycine.
Pestalutz, an Assassin, in Emerick's employ.
Lady Sarolta, Wife of Lord Casimir.
Glycine, Orphan Daughter of Chef Ragozzi.
Between the flight of the Queen, and the civil war which immediately followed, and in which Emerick remained the victor, a space of twenty years is supposed to have elapsed.