KEY:
BS=Burton & Swinburne
RS=A Red Sun Also Rises
MF=The Somewhat Singular Mr. Macallister Fogg
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Adams, Frederick: A member of the Battersea Brigade, he married Virginia Jones and they had a daughter, Tilly (see: Tew nee Adams, Tilly). BS
Adams (nee Jones), Virginia: Wife of Frederick Adams and mother of Tilly (see: Tew, Tilly). BS
Aitken, A. E. (Major General): Commander of British operations in East Africa during the Great War, and, later, captain of the S. S. Britannia. BS
Al-Masloub: An Arabian musician of Sir Richard Francis Burton's acquaintance. BS
Al-Manat: The leader of a band of female guerrilla fighters during the Great War. Her true identity is shrouded in mystery. BS
Al-Mustazi: The Commissioner of the Egyptian police. BS
Alexander, Sir James: A member of the Royal Geographical Society. BS
Alsop, David: Member of the Battersea Brigade. He married Jemma Bucklestone and fathered Jane Alsop (see: Pipkiss, Jane). BS
Am-Heh, Devourer of Millions: A god of Ancient Egypt. MF
Anubis: Ancient Egypt's god of death. MF
Applebaum, Mr.: Head of staff at Richard Monckton Milnes' country house, Fryston Hall. BS
Arkwright, Stationmaster: He is in charge of Paddington Railway Station. BS
Arundell, Henry: The father of Isabel Arundell. BS
Ashworth, Constable: A London policeman. BS
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Babbage, Sir Charles: A reclusive Technologist who specialises in the creation of advanced probability calculators. Due to his abhorrence for noise and "common people," Babbage seeks to replace the masses with intelligent machines. BS
Bailey, Gordon: A waiter-for-hire. BS
Baker, Frank: A pseudonym used by Sir Richard Francis Burton. BS
Baker, Samuel: An explorer and member of the Royal Geographical Society. BS
(El) Balyuz, Mohammad Gooled: Chief Abban (guide) during Burton's 1855 Berbera expedition. BS
Baxter, Aubrey: A chimney sweep. BS
Beadle, Thomas: A stoker aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Belljar, Henry: The individual who took ownership of Darkening Towers after the death of Henry de la Poer Beresford. BS
Bellslant Jangle, Baroness: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Bendyshe, Thomas: A member of the Cannibal Club. A famous atheist. BS
Beresford, Henry de la Poer, 3rd Marquess of Waterford: Notorious for a youthful prank that led to the expression "to paint the town red," Beresford was know as the "Mad Marquess." Escaping the Irish famine, he set up home at Darkening Towers in 1837. He inspired Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who set up the Technologists, but was himself responsible for the establishment of the Libertine movement. Later, though, he broke away from the main group to form the more extreme Rakes faction, which he led until his death from a horse riding accident in 1859. BS
Betsy: A London prostitute. BS
Biddulph, Anthony Wright: A distant cousin of Sir Roger Tichborne and a witness for The Claimant during the Tichborne trials. BS
Bingham, Arthur: Meteorologist aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Bismarck, Emperor Herbert von: The ruler of the Greater German Empire prior to the rise of Friedrich Nietzsche. BS
Bismarck, Otto Eduardo Leopold von: A Prussian statesman who unites the Germanic states, creating the Greater German Empire, which is ruled over by his son, Herbert, until the entire Bismarck dynasty is murdered by agents of Friedrich Nietzsche. BS
Blavatsky, Madam Helena Petrovna: A Russian clairvoyant. BS
Bliss, Carrington: Second editor of Detective Force Weekly at Consolidated Press. He later transformed it into The Baker Street Detective. MF
Bloodman, Harold: An engineer aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Blue, Freddy: A pawnbroker. BS
Bogle, Andrew: A Jamaican who served as butler first to Sir Henry Tichborne and, latterly, to Sir Alfred. BS
Bolling, James: An engineer aboard the rotorship HMR Orpheus. BS
Bombay, Sidi Mubarak: An East African guide who assists Sir Richard Francis Burton on both his expeditions. BS
Boswell, Bertram "Bingo" (Captain): Husband to Emma Boswell, he was lost at sea when his ship, HMS Gallant, vanished under mysterious circumstances. MF
Boswell, Emma: Assistant to Mr. Macallister Fogg of Baker Street. She is responsible for the fictionalised version of him that became a hit with readers of the penny dreadful, The Baker Street Detective. MF
Brabrooke, Sir Edward: A member of the Cannibal Club. BS
Bradlaugh, Charles: A member of the Cannibal Club. BS
Brady, Cyril (aka "The Fly"): A safecracker. BS
Breeze, Christopher: An actor in Finlayson's Travelling Theatre and a murder victim. MF
Brock, Mr.: Henry de la Poer's valet and butler. BS
Brundleweed, Edwin: A diamond dealer with a shop on St. Martin's Lane, London. BS
Burton, Edward: Sir Richard Francis Burton's younger brother. He was savagely beaten in India after natives objected to his hunting of elephants. Severe head injuries caused brain damage. He became entirely silent and unresponsive, and was placed in an asylum. BS
Burton, Sir Richard Francis: Explorer, scholar, expert in the art of the sword, mesmerist, and linguist, Burton, after completing a number of dangerous expeditions in Arabia and Africa, is assigned as the King's Agent. While serving in this capacity, he becomes one of the very few people aware that history has somehow diverged from what it should be. BS
Butler, Frederick: Quartermaster aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
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Camberwick, Sister Patricia: A nurse at the Bethlem Royal Hospital ("Bedlam"). BS
Carlyle, Constable: A London policeman. BS
Carpenter, Elsie: Sir Richard Francis Burton's maid. BS
Castro, Pedro: The son of Tomas Castro (1). BS
Castro, Tomas (1): A Chilean prospector. BS
Castro, Tomas (2): The name The Claimant says he used while living in Australia. BS
Champion, Gordon: Chief Rigger aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Chapman, Annie: One of Jack the Ripper's victims. RS
Charlie: An orphan and chimney sweep. BS
Claimant, The: A hugely obese and semi-moronic individual, with a taste for raw meat, who claims to be the long lost Sir Roger Tichborne. BS
Cornish, Willy: An orphan, chimney sweep, and a Funnel Scrubber aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Cornewall Lewis, Sir George: Secretary for War in Lord Palmerston's government. BS
Cribbins, Inspector: A pseudonym used by Sir Richard Francis Burton. BS
Crockery Clattersmash, Mademoiselle (Formerly Tsillanda Ma'ara): An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. Of the order of Magicians. RS
Croon, Gideon F. (later J.): Pen name used by Emma Boswell for her stories featuring Macallister Fogg. MF
Crowley, Aleister (Colonel): Chief Medium of the British Armed Forces, the "Wizard of Wizards." BS
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D'Aubugny, Walter: Assistant Helmsman aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Darwaas, Jemadar: The leader of a band of Balochi bandits known as the Sons of Ramman. They raid caravans on the Arabian peninsular. BS
Darwin, Charles Robert: Both celebrated and reviled as "the Man Who Killed God," Darwin is a brilliant scientist who formulated the Theory of Natural Selection, giving rise to the Eugenicist (and later the Geneticist) faction of the Technologist movement. BS
de Tichborne, Lady Mabella: The wife of Sir Roger de Tichborne, she was reputedly a witch. When she was forced by her husband to crawl around fields on the estate, she cursed the family, then died. Her ghost is said to haunt Tichborne House. BS
de Tichborne, Roger: The son of Walter de Tichborne, Roger inherited the estate in the mid-tenth century. He was a soldier, womaniser, and brute. Married to Lady Mabella, he forced her, while she was sick with a wasting disease, to crawl around fields in order to mark out the amount of grain that should be, at her behest, donated to the poor. It killed her, but not before she cursed the Tichbornes. BS
de Tichborne, Walter: He was granted the Tichborne Estate in 1135 by the Bishop of Winchester. He was the father of the notorious Roger de Tichborne. BS
Dennis the Dip: A pickpocket in London, circa 1840. BS
Dentworth Frosty, Mr.: A working class Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Devil's Dictator, The: The title given, unofficially, to Kaiser Friedrich Nietzsche. BS
Dexter, Marcus: A safecracker. BS
Digby, Jane: The bandit queen of Damascus. A notoriously promiscuous English woman who had four husbands and countless lovers before eventually settling with an Arabian sheikh who was 20 years her junior. BS
Disraeli, Benjamin: A Conservative politician. BS
Doe, Winfred: A rigger aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Doré, Paul Gustave: A French artist famed for his paintings and sketches of the squalor in London's East End. BS
Doughty, Sir Edward: The son of Sir Henry Tichborne, Sir Edward became the eighth baronet. He had to change his surname under the terms of an inheritance. Married to Katherine Arundell, he fathered Kattie Doughty. BS
Doughty, Kattie: Daughter of Sir Edward Doughty and Katherine Arundell, she is Henry Arundell's cousin. She was romantically linked to Roger Tichborne before he was lost at sea. BS
Doyle, Charles Altamont: A book illustrator from Edinburgh, Doyle is a Rake and a chronic alcoholic. He is obsessed with fairies. He has a number of children, including Arthur Conan Doyle. BS
Doyle, Richard: Charles Doyle's brother. A successful artist. BS
Drake, Michael: A funnel scrubber dismissed from HMA Orpheus after damaging ventilation pipes. BS
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Eddowes, Catherine: One of Jack the Ripper's victims. RS
Edmonton, Lady Elizabeth A victim of the criminal, Doctor Cyrus Fogg. MF
Emery, Norman: Landlord of Robin Hood's Rest Bed & Breakfast in the village of Thorpe Willoughby. BS
Ernest Augustus of Hanover: But for Lord Palmerston's "amendment" of the constitution, the almost certainly insane Ernst Augustus would have become King of England and the British Empire after the assassination of Queen Victoria. BS
Etheridge, Peter: A fireman aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
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Fairweather, Albert: Husband to Mary Fairweather and father to Connie. Emigrated to Australia. BS
Fairweather, Connie: Daughter of Albert and Mary Fairweather. Emigrated to Australia. BS
Fairweather (nee Stevens), Mary: Spring Heeled Jack's first recorded victim. The daughter of Bartholemew Stevens and Elisabeth Pringle. She later married Albert Fairweather and had a number of children, including Connie. Emigrated to Australia. BS
Faithfull, Inspector: A pseudonym used by Damien Burke. BS
Falldown Bruisebad, Lady: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Fidget: Sir Richard Francis Burton's basset hound, formerly owned by Ted Toppletree. BS
Findley, Arthur: A member of the Royal Geographical Society. BS
Finlayson, Tobias: Proprietor of Finlayson's Travelling Theatre. MF
Flanagan, Constable Timothy: The village policeman at Thorpe Willoughby. BS
Flapper, Guardsman: A working class Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. A member of the City Guard. RS
Fleischer, Gregory James Mortimer (Reverend): Father of Aiden Mortimer Fleischer. RS
Fleischer, Aiden Mortimer (Reverend): Vicar of the parish of Theaston Vale in Hampshire, England. He vanished in 1888, aged 25. RS
Fletcher, Tobias: A consumptive safecracker. BS
Flowers, Christina: A maid at Tichborne House. BS
Fogg, Bartholomew Charles (Doctor): Macallister Fogg's great great great grandfather. His experiments caused one of his sons, Rev. Leonard Fogg, to be the epitome of good, and the other, Doctor Cyrus Fogg, of evil. MF
Fogg, Brass Man: A mechanical man designed to house Macallister Fogg's displaced soul. MF
Fogg, Cyrus Brentwood (Doctor) Macallister Fogg's great great grandfather and a notoriously evil murderer and highwayman. He poisoned his own brother, Rev. Leonard Fogg. MF
Fogg, Leonard Thomas (Reverend) The son of Doctor Bartholomew Fogg, he was the epitome of good but was murdered by his brother, Doctor Cyrus Fogg. MF
Fogg, Macallister Edwin: A consulting detective resident in Baker Street. A fictionalised version is the star of the penny dreadful, The Baker Street Detective. MF
Fogg, Miriam May: Macallister Fogg's great great great great great granddaughter. She is Xavier Macallister Fogg the Second's sister, and, like him, is a scientist from the future. MF
Fogg, Xavier Macallister the Second: Macallister Fogg's great great great great great grandson. He is Miriam May Fogg's brother, and, like her, is a scientist from the future. MF
Forsyth-Worthington, Lord Gregory: Owner of Consolidated Press, which publishes The Baker Street Detective, starring Mr. Macallister Fogg. MF
Fraser, Edwin: A member of the Battersea Brigade, died of natural causes. He was married to May Wells and had a daughter, Lizzie. BS
Fraser (nee Wells), May: Widow of Edwin Fraser and mother of Lizzie. BS
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Galton, Francis: The cousin of Charles Darwin and the founder of the Eugenicist faction of the Technologists. A brilliant scientist but with questionable ethics. BS
Garnier, Lieutenant Marie Joseph François: A French Army officer and explorer who discovered the "Choir Stones" in Cambodia. BS
Gerrard, Walter: A fireman aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Gladstone, William: The Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Palmerston's government. BS
Goha: P'hazi (chief) of the village of Ziwa in East Africa. BS
Gooch, Daniel: A prominent Technologist and famous designer of rotorships, Gooch permanently wears a pair of mechanical arms to supplement his own. He is Chief Engineer aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Goodenough, Cyril: An engineer aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Goodkind, Carl: A member of the Battersea Brigade, he passed away from natural causes, leaving a widow, Emily Goodkind, and a daughter, Deborah. BS
Goodkind, Deborah: One of Spring Heeled Jack's victims. After being attacked, she went insane and was committed to Bedlam, where she died some years later. BS
Goodkind, Emily: Widow of Carl Goodkind and mother of Deborah. BS
Gracious Whipstripes, Sir: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Grant, Lieutenant James: A soldier and Technologist with some ability as a mesmerist, Grant accompanied John Speke during the latter's second expedition in search of the source of the Nile. Grant never returned, having, according to Speke, succumbed to fever. BS
Grenfell, Lord Edgar: Father of the missing Jason Grenfell. MF
Grenfell, Jason: The son of Lord Grenfell. He went missing with his friend, Gerald von Horst. MF
Grub, Mr.: A street vendor who has his pitch on the corner of Montagu Place.
Grub, Daniel Bertram: A street vendor in Bermondsey Square. MF
Guilfoyle: Groundsman at Tichborne House. BS
H
Hamed, Sheikh: An Arabian trader, resident on the west bank of Lake Tanganyika. BS
Hammer Thewflex, Baron: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. A politician and supporter of Aiden Fleischer and Clarissa Stark. RS
Harkness, Donald: Husband of Sarah Lovitt (see: Harkness (nee Lovitt), Sarah) and father of Lucy. BS
Harkness, Lucy: A victim of Spring Heeled Jack. BS
Harkness (nee Lovitt), Sarah: One of Spring Heeled Jack's victims. She later married Donald Harkness and had three children, including a daughter, Lucy Harkness. BS
Harry Flopsoon, Mr.: A working class Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Haverleigh, Lord: One of Swinburne's "Society" friends. BS
Hawkins, Henry "Hanging": The Tichborne family lawyer. BS
Hawksby, Vice Admiral: One of Macallister Fogg's clients. MF
Henderson, Charles: An engineer aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Henson, Willliam Samuel: First Officer aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Herne, Lieutenant G. E: A member of Burton's 1855 Berbera expedition. BS
Hoare, Constable Samuel: A London policeman and the proud possessor of a remarkably large moustache. BS
Hobson: Valet to Roger de Tichborne. BS
Honesty, Thomas Manfred (Detective Inspector): A prominent Scotland Yard man, he is one of Sir Richard Francis Burton's staunchest allies. With regard to Detective Inspector Trounce, Honesty started out as an enemy but eventually became one of his colleague's best friends. Honesty is a fussy and meticulous man who secretly yearns to be a gardener. BS
Honesty, Vera: Detective Inspector Honesty's wife. BS
Hufferton, Lady Constance Elizabeth: Wife of Lord Philip Hufferton. A refugee from an Eastern European princedom, she is rumoured to be a vampire. Lady Hufferton died while giving birth to her son, Rupert. (See also, Lacusta, Constanta Elisabeta). MF
Hufferton, Lord Philip: Owner of Hufferton Hall near Edinburgh, he is an enthusiastic mechanic and founder of the famous Museum of Mechanical Marvels in his home's west wing. RS. MF.
Hufferton, Rupert: Son of Lord Hufferton, he is a wastrel and a blackguard. RS. MF.
Hunt, Doctor James: A member of the Cannibal Club. BS
Hunt, William Holman: A Pre-Raphaelite artist and the leader of the True Libertines, a more palatable branch of the Libertines and Rakes. BS
Huxley: A boy—and friend of H. G Wells—who was killed when the Germans destroyed London. BS
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Jackyl, Mrs.: A housekeeper. MF
Jambory, Mr.: An East End poulterer. BS
Jane Cough-Cough, Miss: A working class Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Jankyn, Doctor: A descendent of Physician Jankyn, he is Sir Alfred Tichborne's doctor. BS
Jankyn, Physician: The doctor and companion of Roger de Tichborne, and first of a long line of Jankyns to occupy that position over the subsequent centuries. BS
Jeb: A rioter. BS
K
Kapoor, Constable: A London policeman. BS
Kata: A Koluwaian woman transported to the planet Ptallaya. RS
Kaundinya: A figure of myth and legend, Kaundinya was a human emissary sent to the prehistoric Nãga race to broker peace. In truth, though, he was a weapon, and used his remarkably trained mind to destroy all the Nãga on the continent of Kumari Kandam. BS
Keller, Matthew: A landlord in Leeds. His tenant was Peter Pimlico. BS
Kelly, Mary: One of Jack the Ripper's victims. RS
Kelly, Paul: An orphan and chimney sweep. BS
Kenealy, Doctor Edward Vaughan Hyde: The Claimant's lawyer, and a poet, literary critic, prophet, would-be politician, and Rake. BS
Kidogo: A native of Ziwa village in East Africa. BS
King Albert (formerly Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha): The King of England and the Greater British Empire. Widower of Queen Victoria. He is a recluse. BS
Kitchener, General: A British military officer. It's not known whether he is dead or alive. BS
K'k'thyima (aka Ruhanga or M'tassaya): The Nãga High Priest BS
Kreppler, Gordon (Professor): A famous Egyptologist. MF
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Lacusta, Constanta Elisabeta: Wife of Lord Philip Hufferton. A refugee from an Eastern European princedom, she is rumoured to be a vampire. Lady Hufferton died while giving birth to her son, Rupert. (See also, Hufferton, Lady Constance Elizabeth). MF
Lacusta, Dragoslav Marinko: a distant relative of Lady Constance Hufferton, Lacusta is an ages old vampire. MF
Lampwick, Constable: A London policeman. BS
Lawless, Captain Nathaniel: Commanding Officer of the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Lenoir, Étienne: Inventor of the famous Hippomobile. RS
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul Emil von (Generalmajor): Commander of the Greater German Empire's forces in East Africa. BS
Lily Wheelturner, Guardswoman: A working class Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. A member of the City Guard. RS
Lincoln, President Abraham: President of the United States and leader of the Union forces. BS
Lister, Joseph: A world famous surgeon. RS
Livingstone, Doctor David: A well-respected African explorer and member of the Royal Geographical Society. BS
Lovitt, Arnold: A member of the Battersea Brigade, he married June Dibble and they had a daughter, Sarah (see: Harkness (nee Lovitt), Sarah). BS
Lushington, Colonel Franklin: A friend to the Tichborne family, he was asked by Lady Henriette-Felicité to look after the family estate after her youngest son, Alfred, frittered away a fortune. BS
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Magomba: A Wagogo chief. BS
Maizan: A French naval officer who explored the coast of East Africa opposite Zanzibar. He was tortured and murdered by natives in 1844. BS
Malady: An African parakeet. BS
Mamud Atum: An actor in Finlayson's Travelling Theatre and an ancient Egyptian sorcerer. MF
Markham, Clement: A member of the Royal Geographical Society. BS
Mason, James: A Confederate diplomat from Virginia who became involved in the Trent Affair. BS
Mayne, Sir Richard: The Chief Commissioner of Scotland Yard. BS
Maxwell, William: An Englishman who is searching for his brother in South America. Burton meets him in Buenos Aires and they experience The Case of the Wayward Wendigo. BS
M'Cann, James: A former Carabineer who served with Sir Roger Tichborne. BS
Menders, Constable: A London policeman. BS
Metzger, Berthold (Oberstleutnant): Commandant of the Stalag IV P.O.W. camp near Myombo in German East Africa. BS
Michaels, Private: An Askari soldier killed at the Battle of Madege Madogo. BS
Millais, John Everett: A Pre-Raphaelite artist and True Libertine. BS
Milligan, Constable: A member of Commander Krishnamurthy's Flying Squad. BS
Monroe, Doctor Henry: Director of the Bethlem Royal Hospital ("Bedlam"). BS
Momentous Spearjab, Colonel (Formerly Yazziz Yozkulu): An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Mordant Reverie, Father: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. Leader of the Order of Magicians. RS
Mtyela Kasanda (aka Mirambo): A Wanyamwezi warlord. BS
Murchison, Sir Roderick: President of the Royal Geographical Society. BS
el Murgebi (aka Tippu Tip): A notorious slave trader based in Zanzibar. BS
Murray, Captain Henry: A member of the Cannibal Club. BS
Mystery Hero, The: A man who tackled Queen Victoria's assassin before fleeing from the scene. BS
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Napier, General Sir Charles: Lieutenant Richard Burton's commanding officer in the East India Army. BS
Napoleon III: The ruler of the Second French Empire. BS
Ned: An orphan and chimney sweep. BS
Nelson, Admiral Lord: Sir Richard Francis Burton's clockwork valet. A man built of brass operated by a babbage device. BS
Nesting Beardgrow, Earl: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Nicholas II: Tsar of Russia and head of the Romanov dynasty, he and his entire family were murdered by agents of Grigori Rasputin. BS
Nichols, Polly: One of Jack the Ripper's victims. RS
Nicely Lookout, Miss: A working class Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Nietzsche, Friedrich: The Chancellor in Herbert von Bismarck's government, he is profoundly clairvoyant, and plots with Russia's Grigori Rasputin to overthrow the Bismarck and Romanov dynasties. In this he is successful. He then betrays Rasputin and has him killed. Nietzsche begins a near-century-long reign of terror that earns him the sobriquet "The Devil's Dictator." BS
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Old Carter the Lamp-lighter: An elderly resident of Old Ford village, a retired soldier, and an ex-lighter of gas lamps. BS
Oliphant, Lawrence : A successful lawyer, journalist, author and economist, Oliphant also became the leader of the Rakes after the death of Henry Beresford in 1859. He later overindulged in an opium den and almost died, but was rescued by Eugenicists. Nurse Florence Nightingale saved the functioning parts of his brain by fusing them with his humanised pet white panther. BS
Onslow, Guildford: A liberal member of parliament and witness for The Claimant. BS
Orsini, Olivia: A socialite and opium addict. MF
Orton, Arthur: A fat butcher from Wapping, London, who emigrated to Wagga Wagga in Australia. BS
Oxford, Edward John: Born in 2162, Oxford was a brilliant physicist, engineer, historian and philosopher, who became unbalanced after exposure to a black diamond. It causes him to obsess about a perceived stain on his family name, placed there by a distant ancestor of the same name who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria. BS
Oxford, Edward: Born in 1822, the son of a brutal alcoholic, and with madness running in his family, Oxford began to lose his mind after being accosted by Spring Heeled Jack. He started working as a barman, a job he was very good at, but became increasingly insane after Lucy Scales was attacked by the stilt man around the corner from the pub where he worked. Forming the idea that he must be remembered throughout history, he purchased a couple of pistols and, in 1840, set off for Green Park, intent on assassinating the Queen. BS
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Parkes, Colin: A hired waiter at Richard Monckton Milnes' country house, Fryston Hall. BS
Patterson, Constable: A London policeman. BS
Pelletier, Jean: A Frenchman, Technologist, and friend of Lieutenant Marie Joseph François Garnier, who gave him two of the seven Cambodian Choir Stones. Pelletier died of a heart attack after apparently seeing a ghost. BS
Penniforth, Montague: A cab driver, of enormous build, who aided Burton's initial inquiries into the East End werewolf phenomenon. The king's agent considered taking him on as an assistant, but events conspired to prevent it. BS
Pepperwick, J. D.: A clerk at Scotland Yard. BS
Peters, Constable: A London policeman. BS
Petherick, John: An explorer and member of the Royal Geographical Society. BS
Phelps, John: The driver of Lord Palmerston's mobile castle. BS
Picklethorpe, Mrs.: The cook at Tichborne House. BS
Pimlico, Peter: A hired waiter at Richard Monckton Milnes's country house, Fryston Hall. Also a petty thief and murderer. BS
Piper, Sergeant: A London policeman. BS
Pipkiss, Alicia: Daughter of Benton and Jane Pipkiss. BS
Pipkiss, Benton: Married to Jane Alsop, father to Alicia. BS
Pipkiss (nee Alsop), Jane: One of Spring Heeled Jack's victims. She later married Benton Pipkiss and they had a son, and a daughter, Alicia. BS
Playfair, Cedric: Navigator aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
POX JR5 (aka "Pox"): Sir Richard Francis Burton's messenger parakeet. BS
Prentiss, Ben: An orphan and chimney sweep. BS
Pretty Wahine: A Koluwaian woman on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Priestly, Alexander: A rigger aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Pringle, R. K.: General Napier's successor in the East India Army. A man who damaged Burton's career and reputation. BS
Prosper Possibly, Lord: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Pryce, Wordsworth: Second Officer aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
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Quaint, Doctor Barnaby: Serves as Steward and Surgeon aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Quayle, Gordon: One of Macallister Fogg's fellow Baker Street detectives. MF
Queen Victoria: The Queen of England, she was assassinated on the 10th of June, 1840 by Edward Oxford. BS
Queensbury, Colonel: A British Airforce officer. BS
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Rasputin, Grigori Yefimovich (aka "The Mad Monk"): A Russian clairvoyant who plots with Friedrich Nietzsche to overthrow the German and Russian dynasties. Rasputin is betrayed and assassinated in 1916, although he is thought to have died in 1914 in at least one other version of history. BS
Rattleclap, Viscount: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. A politician. RS
Reece-Jones, Gwyn: A stoker aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Rickett, Thomas: Inventor of an early steam powered carriage. RS
Rigby, Lieutenant Christopher Palmer: The consul at Zanzibar, Rigby was in the East India Army with Burton, and has hated him since losing out to him in language exams. Rigby is one of Burton's most implacable enemies. BS
Rivers, Lord: A Rake and witness for The Claimant. BS
Robinson, Joseph: Former owner of the Hog in the Pound, where the True Libertines and the Rakes were formed, and where Edward Oxford was employed. Robinson now owns The Tremors in Battersea. Back in 1837, he formed the Battersea Brigade to oppose the building of the power station. BS
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel: A Pre-Raphaelite artist and True Libertine. BS
Russell, Lord John: Britain's Foreign Secretary. BS
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Saíd bin Sálim el Lamki, el Hináwi: Wazir to Prince Sayyid Majid, the Sultan of Zanzibar. BS
Sally Furniture, Miss: A working class Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Sanderson, Lofty: An orphan and chimney sweep. BS
Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid: The first Sultan of Zanzibar, he consolidated his power around the slave trade. BS
Scales, Lisa: The younger sister of Lucy Scales, and a victim of Spring Heeled Jack. BS
Scales, Lucy: The elder sister of Lisa Scales and one of Spring Heeled Jack's victims. BS
Schuyler, Matthijs: Author of De Mythen van Verloren Halfedelstenen. BS
Sepik: A Koluwaian man. Aide to the Prime Minister of New Yatsillat on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Seymour, Edward: First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Palmerston's government. BS
Shoemaker (nee Shepherd), Jennifer: One of Spring Heeled Jack's early victims. She later married Thomas Shoemaker and had a daughter, Sarah. The family emigrated to South Africa. BS
Shepherd, Martin: Married to Louisa Buckle, he is the father of Jennifer Shepherd (see: Shoemaker (nee Shepherd), Jennifer), and a member of the Battersea Brigade. BS
Sheridan, Commissioner: The head of the Police Force in Leeds. BS
Shoemaker, Sarah: Daughter of Thomas Shoemaker and Jennifer Shepherd (see: Shoemaker (nee Shepherd), Jennifer), granddaughter of Martin Shepherd. BS
Skylark, Inspector: A pseudonym used by Gregory Hare. BS
Slaughter, Sergeant Sidney: A London police officer. BS
Slidell, John: A Confederate diplomat from Louisiana who became involved in the Trent Affair. BS
Smike, Ebenezer: A landlord, in the pay of The Beetle. BS
Smith, A. W.: A pseudonym used by Henry de la Poer Beresford. BS
Smith, Mickey: An orphan and chimney sweep. BS
Smithers: A Rake. BS
Sneed, Vincent: A Master Sweep and, later, a Funnel Scrubber, Sneed is a small, brutish man with a nose so huge that it has earned him the nickname: "The Conk." BS
Sparrow, Cock: A child pickpocket. BS
Speaker-Judge, Lord: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. Chairman of the House of Lords. RS
Spearing, Detective Inspector: A Scotland Yard detective. BS
Spooner, Fred: An inhabitant of London's East End. BS
Spratt, Jacob: A chimney sweep. BS
Spreadflower Meadows, Father: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. A Magician who specialises in medicine. RS
Spruce, Richard: A botanist, member of the Royal Geographical Society, and a Eugenicist. He is the author of The Hepaticae of the Amazon and the Andes of Peru and Ecuador. When Spruce works with the Eugenicists to solve the Irish famine, he accidentally covers the entire island in carnivorous plants, causing thousands of deaths and a mass exodus. This leads, via political manoeuvring, to Britain's involvement with the American Civil War. Spruce is blamed and leads a mass defection of Eugenicists to Prussia. BS
Stanley, Henry Morton: A journalist with The Empire newspaper, Stanley claims to be American but is thought to be Welsh. He initially supported Speke when the latter clashed with Burton after their African expedition. Later, though, he took a more balanced view, probably to curry favour with Sir Roderick Murchison. When his newspaper financed an expedition to solve the Nile problem, Stanley was chosen to lead it. He and the entire expedition vanished in Central Africa. BS
Stark, Clarissa: The daughter of servants at Hufferton Hall, she later became sexton and companion to the Rev. Aiden Fleischer. Hunchbacked, crippled, and extremely sensitive to light, she is forced to wear dark lensed goggles at all times. RS
Steephill, Desmond: Married to Lizzie Fraser and father to Marian, Steephill was poisoned to death by his wife. BS
Steephill (nee Fraser), Lizzie: Daughter of Edwin and May Fraser, Lizzie experienced a mental breakdown at the age of fourteen and is suspected to have been one of Spring Heeled Jack's victims. She later married Desmond Steephill and had a daughter, Marian. After finding evidence that Marian might have also been attacked by Spring Heeled Jack, Lizzie poisoned to death her daughter, herself, and her husband. BS
Steephill, Marian: The daughter of Desmond Steephill and Lizzie Fraser, Marian may have been attacked by Spring Heeled Jack. She was then poisoned to death by her mother. BS
Steinhaueser, Doctor: Sir Richard Francis Burton's physician. BS
Steinrück, Otto: A fat strangler from Germany. BS
Stevens, Bartholomew: Married to Elisabeth Pringle and father of Mary Stevens (see: Fairweather (nee Stevens), Mary). Member of the Battersea Brigade. BS
Stevens (nee Pringle), Elisabeth: Wife of Bartholomew Stevens, mother of Mary Stevens (see: Fairweather (nee Stevens), Mary). BS
Stirpot Quickly, The Right Honourable: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Stokes, Bingo: A chimney sweep killed by Count Zeppelin. BS
Stretch, Guardsman: A working class Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. A member of the City Guard. RS
Stride, Elizabeth: One of Jack the Ripper's victims. RS
Stroyan, Lieutenant William: A member of Burton's ill-fated Berbera expedition in 1855, Stroyan was killed during an attack by natives. BS
Sultan bin Hamid: The grandfather of Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, he coined the term Askari for African soldiers. BS
Summervale, Henry (Colonel): A wealthy socialite. MF
Swatt-Godfrey, Theodore (Professor): A chemist who helped Macallister Fogg develop an anti-gravity formula. He later became the leader of the Gravity Pirates. MF
Swinburne, Algernon Charles: A poet, closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Swinburne suffers from a condition that causes his brain to misinterpret pain as pleasure. Inspired by the work of the Marquis de Sade, he enjoys floggings. He also has a very poorly developed sense of danger. Swinburne is assistant to the King's Agent, Sir Richard Francis Burton. BS
Sykes, Colonel William: A member of the Royal Geographical Society. BS
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Tanner, Oliver: A blacksmith in Theaston Vale. With his daughter, Alice, he cooked up a scheme to bribe Rev. Aiden Fleischer. RS
Tanner, Alice: Beautiful but wicked, she first tempted then bribed Rev. Aiden Fleischer. RS
Tamworth, Constable: A London policeman. BS
Tattleworth, Mr.: A tobacconist in Leeds. BS
Tendency Clutterfuss, Father: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. A Magician who specialises in medicine. RS
Tew, Angela: One of Spring Heeled Jack's victims. BS
Tew, Edward: Father of Angela Tew. BS
Tew (nee Adams), Tilly: Daughter of Frederick Adams and Virginia Jones. She was one of Spring Heeled Jack's victims, though she kept quiet about it. She later married Edward Tew and had a daughter, Angela. BS
Thakarta, Rajish: A chimney sweep. BS
Threadneedle, Tobias: A Funnel Scrubber aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
Tichborne, Lady Henriette-Felicité: The French wife of Sir James Tichborne and mother of Roger and Alfred. Her marriage was unhappy and she lived apart from her husband. She doted on her eldest son. BS
Tichborne, Sir Alfred: The younger of two sons, he took over the Tichborne estate when his brother, Sir Roger, was lost at sea. A gambler and wastrel, Alfred was ill-suited to his position, and almost ran the estate into the ground. BS
Tichborne, Sir Henry: The seventh baronet and the first Tichborne to stop the traditional dole and thus incur Lady Mabella Tichborne's curse. He fathered seven sons, including James and Edward. BS
Tichborne, Sir James: Sir Henry's third son. He married Henriette-Felicité, and was father to Roger and Alfred. He became the ninth baronet but died within days, passing the title to his eldest son. BS
Tichborne, Sir Roger Charles Doughty: Heir to the Tichborne estate, he was educated at Stonyhurst Jesuit School, then joined the Sixth Dragoon Guards and served in Ireland. He was romantically linked to his cousin, Kattie Doughty, but this ended when he was lost at sea while sailing from South America. He reappeared ten years later to claim the family estate. BS
Timothy Slightly, Mr.: A working class Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Tokula Pathamay: A Yatsill killed by an Amu'utu in the Caves of Immersion on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Toppletree, Ted: A customer at The Tremors and a former member of the Battersea Brigade. BS
Trace, Doctor: A pseudonym used by Doctor Cyrus Fogg. MF
Trip, Ed: An orphan and chimney sweep. BS
Trounce, William (Detective Inspector): As an 18-year-old constable, William Trounce witnessed the assassination of Queen Victoria and saw Spring Heeled Jack at the scene. Upon reporting the latter, he became the laughing stock of Scotland Yard. Unable to convince his superiors that the mythical creature was real, and banned from pursuing an official inquiry, he conducted his own private investigation, which eventually led to him allying himself with the King's Agent, Sir Richard Francis Burton. BS
Tsillanda Ma'ara (Later Mademoiselle Crockery Clattersmash): An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. Of the order of Magicians. RS
Tuckey, James: Explorer and author of Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire. BS
Tupper, Billy: An orphan and chimney sweep. Murdered by Lawrence Oliphant. BS
Tupper, Harry: First editor of Detective Force Weekly at Consolidated Press. MF
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Upright Brittleback, Lord: An aristocratic Yatsill. Prime Minister of New Yatsillat on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Usaama, Private: An Askari soldier. BS
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Venables, Constable: A London policeman. BS
Verne, Jules: A French writer of fantastic fiction, killed during the fall of Paris. BS
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Waite: A Rake. BS
Welbergen, Ronald: A funnel scrubber dismissed from HMA Orpheus after damaging ventilation pipes. BS
Wells, Herbert George ("Bertie"): A War Correspondent in Africa, working for The Tabora Times. BS
Wenham, Francis H.: Helmsman aboard the rotorship HMA Orpheus. BS
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Yarvis Thayne: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. A politician who opposes Aiden Fleischer and Clarissa Stark. RS
Yazzuku Iriputiz: Witch doctor on the Melanesian island of Koluwai. RS
Yazziz Yozkulu (Later Colonel Momentous Spearjab): An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. RS
Yissil Froon, Father: An aristocratic Yatsill on the planet Ptallaya. A Magician who opposes Aiden Fleischer and Clarissa Stark. RS
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