Characters

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 =**﻿Yann Margoza- Born with a gift of knowing what people were thinking, and an uncanny ability to throw his voice. He has a sharp, intelligent face, olive skin, a mop of jet- black hair, and eyes dark as midnight, with two stars shining in them. He was a solitary boy who enjoyed nothing better than being left alone to explore whatever the city or town he was in, until it felt to him like a second skin. He is 14 years old.** = = = =Tetu- a dwarf. Acted as assistant to his old friend Topolain the magician. Without ever appearing on stage, he could move objects at will like a sorcerer, while Topolain fronted the show and did tricks on his own. Tetu's age was anyone's guess. He compensated for his small size and his strange high- pitcheed voice with a fierce intelligence. Nothing missed his canny eye. He could speak many languages, but he would never say where it was he came from... = = =

**Count Kallivoski - An evil, murderous nobleman and the main antagonist/ villain of the novel. He frequently distributes vast loans to the poor or financially troubled aristocrats of France, asking them for their most incriminating secrets in return, and using these to blackmail/ threaten his debtors into obeying him. He joins the revolution as "Citizen Kalliovski", and uses his connections with the Marquis de Villeduval to intimidate him into giving the Count Sido for a wife.** = =

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= = **The Marquis de Villeduval- Sido's insensitive father who has bankrupted himself due to his incessant squandering of the family fortune, and owes an immense sum to Count Kalliovski, who threatens to reveal the Marquis' darkest secrets to the police unless the Marquis gives Sido to him. The Marquis, caring nothing for Sido, wants rid of her, but also wishes to claim the inheritance left to her by her late grandfather in order to clear his debts. He is later driven to insanity after a mob of revolutionaries burn down his manor, and he meets his end shortly after being arrested.** **By Gabi Drummond** = = = = = =