The All Souls World
Characters
Here is a handy reference to “who’s who” in the books. SPOILER ALERT: Please note: if you haven’t read A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, The Book of Life, Time’s Convert, and The Black Bird Oracle, this list contains spoilers.
Agatha Wilson
Australian daemon, fashion designer, Congregation member. Sarah Bishop’s partner.
Andrew Hubbard
The ‘vampire king’ of Elizabethan London
Annie Undercroft
Young witch that Diana and Matthew adopt in 1591
Apollo
Philip Bishop-Clairmont’s familiar. A griffin, often disguised as a Labrador Retriever.
Baldwin Montclair
Matthew Clairmont’s brother, a vampire and son of Philippe de Clermont
Benjamin Fuchs
A vampire also known as Benjamin Fox, he is Matthew de Clermont’s son.
Bennu
Stephen Proctor’s familiar. A heron.
Blanca
Matthew’s wife in the sixth century before he was made a vampire.
Bridget Bishop
Ancestor of Diana Bishop, hanged in Salem in 1692. A witch.
Corra
Diana Bishop’s familiar. A fire drake.
Christopher Marlowe
English poet, playwright and also a member of the School of Night, Marlowe is a daemon and one of Matthew’s best friends in 1590-1591.
Christopher Roberts
Professor at Yale, a human and Diana’s friend.
Davy Hancock
Gallowglass’s friend in 1591
Diana Bishop
A historian of alchemy who teaches at Yale University. Her alma maters include Bates College and New College, Oxford. She prefers tea to coffee, and her favorite food is pizza. When she’s not in the library, she might be found on the river in a quite long, very narrow boat. Daughter of Rebecca Bishop and Stephen Proctor, and wife of Matthew Clairmont. Mother of Bright Born twins, Rebecca (“Becca”) and Philip (“Pip”). She also happens to be a witch, and a weaver.
Domenico Michele
Venetian vampire, member of the Congregation
Dorcas Galley Hoare (“Granny Dorcas”)
Diana Bishop’s ancestor. Accused in Salem panic. Witch.
Edward Kelley
English alchemist, living in Prague in 1591
Elizabeth I
Queen of England: monarch during Diana and Matthew’s time in England. Human.
Emily Mather
Partner of Sarah Bishop. A witch.
Ernst Neumann
Husband of Verin de Clermont. A human.
Fernando Goncalves
Vampire and the mate of Hugh de Clermont. Member of the Knights of Lazarus and godfather to Rebecca Bishop-Clairmont.
Francoise
Vampire. De Clermont family servant, particular protector of Ysabeau.
Freyja De Clermont
Vampire and daughter of Philippe De Clermont. Marcus Whitmore knows her as “Aunt Fanny”; he was the beneficiary of her relatively modern parenting ideas.
Gallowglass
Son of Hugh de Clermont. Vampire.
Gerbert of Aurillac
Former pope, neighbor of the de Clermonts, Congregation member, vampire.
Gillian Chamberlain
Classicist from Bryn Mawr. A witch. Was in league with Peter Knox
Godfrey de Clermont
A vampire, Godfrey was the third full-blooded son of Philippe de Clermont and stepbrother to Matthew. He was killed in battle in 1668, fighting in one of the French king Louis XIV’s wars.
Goody Alsop
The leader of Diana’s London coven. A witch and a weaver, like Diana.
Goody (Katrina/Siyu) Wu
The Chair of Divination and Prophecy of the Ipswich Coven. Witch.
Griselda Gowdie
Granddaughter of Isobel Gowdie and Benjamin de Clermont, Janet Gowdie’s mother. Witch.
Gwyneth Proctor
Diana Bishop’s great-aunt, Stephen Proctor’s aunt. Geologist, Mount Holyoke College professor. Witch
Hamish Osborne
Matthew’s best friend, former fellow of All Souls, daemon, and a financial genius
Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
An English aristocrat and Matthew’s human friend in 1590-1591, Henry Percy is not yet known as ‘the Wizard Earl’ when Diana meets him. Percy is a man with a formidable education, an impeccable lineage, and a generous heart.
Hugh de Clermont
A vampire, Hugh was Philippe de Clermont’s eldest son and stepbrother to Matthew. He was also blood sire to Gallowglass. His mate was Fernando Goncalves. He was executed by the French king in 1314.
Jack Blackfriars
Human orphan that Diana and Matthew adopted in London in 1591, later made a vampire by Andrew Hubbard.
Janet Gowdie
A modern witch and member of the Congregation, Janet is the granddaughter of the Bright Born Janet Gowdie (whose own mother was the weaver, Isobel Gowdie, and father was the vampire, Benjamin de Clermont).
John Proctor
Diana’s many-times great-grandfather. Geometer and farmer. Accused and executed in Salem panic. Weaver. Witch.
Julie Eastey
Diana Bishop’s cousin. Mistress of Coven Ceremonies of the Ipswich Coven. Witch.
Judah Ben-Loew
Rabbi in Prague, 1591. Human.
Juliette Durand
The beautiful vampire daughter of Gerbert d’Aurillac, who molded her into Matthew de Clermont’s perfect partner in an attempt to infiltrate and undermine the de Clermont family. For a time she and Matthew were romantically linked, but Matthew eventually uncovered her connection to Gerbert and left her. They met again when Juliette confronted Matthew and Diana in Madison, New York.
Louisa de Clermont
Daughter of Ysabeau de Clermont. Vampire.
Marcus Whitmore de Clermont
Matthew Clairmont’s son, vampire, Phoebe Taylor’s mate. A physician and scientist.
Margaret Wilson
A witch. Daughter of two daemons, Sophie and Nathaniel Wilson
Marthe
An ancient vampire, trusted and valued de Clermont family servant, close confidant of Ysabeau de Clermont, and godmother to Rebecca Bishop-Clairmont.
Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke
English poet and alchemist, friend of Diana in 1590-1591. A human.
Matthew Clairmont
Full name, Matthew Gabriel Philippe Bertrand Sebastien de Clermont, also known as Matthew de Clermont, Matthew Roydon, Shadow, Sebastian St. Clair, Gabriel ben Ariel, Matthew Chiaromonte. Matthew is the son of Ysabeau de Clermont, husband of Diana Bishop, father to Rebecca and Philip, and vampire father of Marcus Whitmore, among others. He is a geneticist, vampire, and fellow of All Souls College at Oxford University. His educational credentials are too extensive to list here. In addition to working in his laboratory, Matthew enjoys reading books written by old friends and collecting wine.
Margaret “Meg” Skelling
Member of the Ipswich Coven, barista at The Thirsty Goat. Witch.
Miriam Shephard
Matthew’s scientific colleague in Oxford. Vampire. Phoebe’s maker.
Morgana Proctor
Diana Bishop’s great-aunt. Gywneth and Taliesin’s sister. Witch.
Naomi Proctor
Diana Bishop’s aunt, Stephen Proctor’s twin sister. Witch.
Nathaniel Wilson
Daemon, computer whiz, son of Agatha Wilson, husband of Sophie Wilson, Margaret’s father, Marcus’s friend.
Peter Knox
Member of the Congregation. Witch.
Philip Bishop-Clairmont
Bright-born son of Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont (De Clermont). Twin brother of Rebecca Bishop-Clairmont, who calls him “Pip”. He has a familiar, a griffin named Apollo.
Philippe de Clermont
Ancient vampire. Husband of Ysabeau de Clermont, and former head of the de Clermonts.
Phoebe Taylor
Employee of Sotheby’s. Mate of Marcus Whitmore. Vampire.
Putnam “Put-Put” Mather
Son of Jonathan Mather and Constance Proctor. WWII veteran. The oldest living member of the Proctor family. Witch.
Ransome Fayrweather
Ransome is Marcus Whitmore’s eldest son from his lawless vampire brood in New Orleans. Matthew de Clermont is his grandsire.
Rebecca Bishop
Witch. Diana Bishop’s mother. Married to Stephen Proctor.
Rebecca Bishop-Clairmont
Also known as Becca. Bright-Born daughter of Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont (De Clermont). Twin sister of Philip Bishop-Clairmont. Doted on by her uncle Baldwin.
Ruby Addison
Diana Bishop’s paternal grandmother, married Taliesin Proctor. Human.
Sarah Bishop
Aunt of Diana Bishop, partner of Emily Mather and later, Agatha Wilson. A witch.
Satu Järvinen
Finnish witch who captured Diana Bishop. Congregation member.
Sean
Librarian at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Human.
Sidonie Von Borck
Member of the Congregation. Witch.
Sophie (Norman) Wilson
Daemon, Nathaniel Wilson’s wife, and mother of Margaret Wilson (witch)
Stephen Proctor
Diana Bishop’s father. A weaver, like his daughter.
Taliesin “Tally” Proctor
Diana Bishop’s paternal grandfather, married Ruby Addison. Tally served in Allied intelligence during WWII, later a newspaper editor. Witch.
Tamsin “Tamsy” Proctor
Dorcas Hoare’s granddaughter. Witch.
Thomas Harriot
An English mathematician and Matthew’s friend in 1590-1591, he’s a member of that group of radicals and free-thinkers, the School of Night. Like Marlowe, he is a daemon. But instead of imagining daring deeds and lost loves, Harriot is interested in mysteries of nature–especially those found in mathematics and the stars.
Thomas Lloyd
British intelligence colleague of Taliesin Proctor, Joanna Bishop’s lover, Diana Bishop’s maternal grandfather. Witch.
Thomas Paine
American patriot and author of “Common Sense” whose ideas shaped Marcus’ ideas about independence, democracy, and the obligations of fathers and rulers.
Tituba
Emily Mather’s ancestor. Enslaved person. Accused and accuser in Salem panic.
Tinima Toussaint
Satu’s replacement on the Congregation. Witch.
Timothy Weston
The latte-drinking, dachshund-loving daemon with the mis-matched eyes of the Bodleian Library and Chipping Weston.
Verin de Clermont
Vampire. Daughter of Philippe de Clermont and wife of Ernst Neumann
Walter Raleigh
English mariner and member of the School of Night, he’s one of Matthew’s close friends in 1590-1591. A poet, historian, and adventurer, Raleigh was one of the most admired–and envied–men of his time. Human.
Ysabeau de Clermont
Mother of Matthew Clairmont and wife of Philippe de Clermont. Vampire.