The Master and Margarita
Characters in The Master and Margarita
16 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Margarita
The Master's devoted lover, who becomes a witch and hosts Satan's ball to win him back.
The Master (Master and Margarita)
A persecuted writer confined to an asylum after burning his novel about Pontius Pilate.
Antagonists
Woland
A mysterious professor of black magic who is the Devil, arriving in Moscow with a chaotic retinue.
Supporting characters
Behemoth
An enormous, insolent, wisecracking black cat in Woland's retinue.
Pontius Pilate
The Roman prefect of the Master's novel-within-the-novel, tormented by his condemnation of Yeshua.
Koroviev
Also called Fagotto: Woland's fast-talking valet in a cracked pince-nez.
Azazello
The fanged hitman of Woland's retinue, who delivers Margarita her invitation.
Hella (The Master and Margarita)
The naked, red-haired witch who serves Woland's retinue.
Ivan Nikolayevich Ponyryov
The poet Bezdomny ("homeless"), who witnesses Berlioz's death and is committed to the asylum.
Yeshua Ha-Nozri
The wandering philosopher tried by Pilate in the Master's manuscript.
Lucifer
Behemot
Mikhail Alexandrovich Berlioz
Stephan Bogdanovich Likhodeyev
Natasha (The Master and Margarita)
Korovyev