Characters in Rubinrot

Gwyneth Shepherd

Sixteen-year-old Londoner who discovers she, not her groomed cousin Charlotte, carries the family's time-travel gene.

Also in Saphirblau

Gideon de Villiers

A fellow time traveler assigned to train and guard Gwyneth; initially dismissive of her, he becomes essential to her as their partnership grows into romance.

Also in Saphirblau

Charlotte Montrose

Gwyneth's cousin, raised her whole life to believe she was destined to carry the time-travel gene, and resentful when it turns out to be Gwyneth's instead.

Lesley Hay

Gwyneth's best friend and confidante at school, who helps her investigate the secret society she has been pulled into.

Also in Saphirblau

Thomas George

A member of the Guardians' Inner Circle, known to Gwyneth as Mr. George, who was her grandfather's mentor and closest friend and helps guide her into the Lodge.

Falk de Villiers

Gideon's uncle and grandmaster of the Guardians' Lodge, wary of Gwyneth's unforeseen arrival and protective of the secret society's workings.

Count Saint-Germain

The mysterious 18th-century founder of the time-traveling secret society, whom Gwyneth encounters on one of her journeys into the past.

Also in Smaragdgrün

Xemerius

A demon in the shape of a stone gargoyle, invisible and inaudible to everyone but Gwyneth, who attaches himself to her near the story's end.

Also in Saphirblau