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DRAMATIS PERSONAE


The Narrator and Expounder of Cursed Revelations

Stefhen, Unfortunate in Love

Nicolas of Arrien, the Fallen

Rosalyn, the Tragic Beloved

The Black-Lidded Tome, an evil book

Amber, Ghwendolyn, Lisa, and Sue: A Group of happy but stupid village women trying to do Witchcraft

Isobel, An Herb-Wife and Apothecary, who is far more beautiful and wise than Ghwendolyn

O'Sheridan, A god-cursed sodomite, lover of Seamus

Kurth, a villain

Seamus, a villain

A Choir of Evil Trees who Hate Heaven

Janicot, an ancient Pagan God who appears as a Devilish Goat in an Oak Tree

Lucifer, Janicot's twin brother and Fallen Angel

Krishna, A Hindoo God

A choir of Krishna Virgins

A choir of Fallen Angels

A group of Christian Missionaries

Love, a universal power that appears in human shape

A Pack of Satyrs

Caitlin, A fickle-hearted dead girl

A Dark Throng of Heathens and Janicot Worshippers

The Death-Crone of Hecate

Lord Isadora's Incompetent Guards

The Night-Riding Witches of Woe

A Traveler



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