Historical persons are marked with an *
Ledlinghe
Oswulf: son of an English ðegn
Osfrið and Æþelgifu: English nobles, Oswulf’s parents
Æðelflæd, Wassa, Wigstan, Oswine and Eda: Oswulf’s siblings
Ulfgar: son of Godric the smith, his friend and brother-in-arms
Godgifu: Oswulf’s fiancée/wife
Stígandr Olafsson: son of Olaf, the Norwegian shoemaker
Dunstan: an old Englishman
Erik and Wulfnoð: messengers
Wilburgfos
Edeva: English noblewoman, lady of the manor and healer
Kjetil: Edeva’s first husband
Geoffrey de Bernaium: Norman baron, Edeva’s second husband
William and Adelais (both from Geoffrey’s first marriage) and Roger/Hroðgar: Edeva’s step-children and child, respectively
English servants
Hild: healer woman
Cenhelm: seneschal during Kjetil’s time, cupbearer at the Norman manor
Cenric: Cenhelm’s son
Father Leofric: priest from Cattune
Norman inhabitants
Walchelin le Engleis: wealhstod (language master)
Thibault Braz de fer: master of arms
Frederic de Lisieues: seneschal
Hugues de Borre: bailiff
Jehan Colbert, Roul le Blanc, Eustace Landry, Eudo FitzRou and Jeannot Marteleau: squires assigned to Oswulf for training
Quentin de Lisieues: Roul’s uncle
Travellers
Morwenna: a Breton noblewoman
Solen: Morwenna’s daughter
Others
Morkere(eorl)*: Earl of Northumbria after the deposal of Tostig Godwinson*
Gospatric (eorl)*: Earl of Bernicia (northern part of Northumbria) and Earl of Northumbria (after Morkere’s capture)
Harold Godwinson (Harold cyning)*: son of the mightiest Earl in England; from January until October 1066, King of England
Willelm (eorl) of Normandig*: William I, “The Conqueror”, Duke of Normandy and vassal of the French King Philippe I; from December 1066 King of England.
Eadgar Æðeling*: Edgar Atheling, grandson of the English King Edmund Ironside and last descendant of the House of Wessex after the death of Edward the Confessor* (the brother of his grandfather) in 1066; chosen by the witan as king in October 1066, but never crowned
William “Als Gernuns” de Perci*: vassal of the Comte de Cestre, tenant in chief, Hugues d’Avranches* and Liege Lord of Geoffrey de Bernaium
Ælfred cyning*: Alfred the Great; from 871, King of Wessex, from 886, King of England
Hereward*: Hereward the Wake, English rebel