The Familiar
Characters in The Familiar
10 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Luzia Cotado
A scullion in the Ordoño household in Madrid whose hidden talent for small miracles draws her into a royal tournament, and whose Jewish ancestry puts her within reach of the Inquisition.
Supporting characters
Guillén Santángel
An embittered immortal familiar bound to the service of Víctor de Paredes, sent to tutor Luzia for the tournament; he carries secrets of his own.
Víctor de Paredes
A nobleman called the luckiest man in Spain, Santángel's master, who backs Luzia in the tournament.
Antonio Pérez
The king's disgraced former secretary, who runs the secret tournament hoping to find a holy champion and win back royal favour.
Valentina Ordoño
Luzia's mistress, who discovers her scullion's gift and sees in it a chance to raise the household's standing.
Marius Ordoño
Luzia's master and Valentina's husband, head of a household of dwindling fortune.
Hualit
Luzia's aunt, living in Madrid under the Christian name Catalina de Castro de Oro.
Teoda Halcón
A rival in the tournament, known as the Holy Child, who receives strikingly accurate visions of past and future.
Fortún Donadei
A rival in the tournament, known as the Prince of Olives; a farmer's son whose magic works through song and his lute.
Gracia de Valera
A rival in the tournament, known as the Beauty, who is said to speak with the dead.