Beauty's Punishment
Beauty's PunishmentAnne RiceSleeping Beauty, book 2
Characters in Beauty's Punishment
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Beauty (Sleeping Beauty)
The heroine, sold at auction in the village and trained by the Captain of the Guard while she longs for Tristan.
Tristan
A rebellious slave prince and Beauty's love interest, who craves punishment and is put to work as a harnessed pony.
Supporting characters
Nicholas
The Queen's chronicler, who takes Tristan as his slave and falls in love with him.
Mistress Lockley
The innkeeper who buys Beauty at auction and runs the inn at the heart of the village's slave trade.
Laurent
A runaway slave who is publicly punished in the village.