DRAMATIS PERSONAE

THE OVERSIGHT

Sara Falk–keeper of the Safe House in Wellclose Square

Mr Sharp–protector and sentinel

Cook–once a pirate

The Smith–smith, ringmaker and counsellor

Hodge–Terrier Man and ratcatcher at the Tower of London

Emmet–a golem

Jed–an Old English Terrier

The Raven–an even older bird

IN LONDON

Lucy Harker–a lost girl

Bill Ketch–a ruffian

Issachar Templebane, Esq.–lawyer, broker and twin

Zebulon Templebane, Esq.–lawyer, broker and twin

Bassetshaw, Sherehog, Vintry, Undershaft, Coram and Garlickhythe

Templebane–adopted sons (unimpaired)

Amos Templebane–adopted son (mute but intelligent)

Reverend Christensen–pastor of the Danish Church in Wellclose Square

Lemuel Bidgood–parish magistrate

William George Bunyon–innkeeper and gaoler of the Sly House

Bess Bunyon–his daughter

The Wipers–cutthroat gang from the rookery at Seven Dials

Magor–their leader

Lily–a rentable girl from Neptune Street

RUTLANDSHIRE AND LONDON

Francis Blackdyke, Viscount Mountfellon–man of science turned supranaturalist

The Citizen–a sea-green incorruptible, thought dead

Whitlowe–a running boy

IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

Rose Pyefinch–travelling show-woman

Barnaby Pyefinch–travelling showman

Charlie Pyefinch–their son

Na-Barno Eagle–stage magician, self-styled Great Wizard of the South

Georgiana Eagle–his daughter, an entrancing beauty

Hector Anderson–stage magician, self-styled Great Wizard of the North

Charles John Huffam–a showman and owner of an Educated Pig

Harry Stonex–bargee

Ruby Stonex–bargess

The tinker–a larcenous pedlar

AT THE ANDOVER WORKHOUSE

M’Gregor–superintendent

Mrs M’Gregor–his wife

The Ghost of the Itch Ward–female inmate, real name unknown

BETWEEN THE WORLDS

John Dee–known as The Walker between the Worlds

BEYOND LAW AND LORE

Moleskin Coat, Woodcock Crown, Bicorn Hat, The Hunchback–Sluagh, also known as Shadowgangers or the Night Host.

The Alp–a breath-stealer from the Austro-German borderland

A Green Man–run mad