Characters in The Devil's Novice

Brother Cadfael

A Benedictine monk and former soldier at Shrewsbury Abbey who is the only one convinced of Meriet's innocence.

Also in A Morbid Taste for Bones, One Corpse Too Many, Monk's Hood, Saint Peter's Fair, The Leper of Saint Giles, The Virgin in the Ice, The Sanctuary Sparrow, Dead Man's Ransom, The Pilgrim of Hate, An Excellent Mystery

Meriet

A proud, secretive nineteen-year-old novice whose violent nightmares make him the chief suspect when a king's emissary disappears.