*Denotes a real person
Sorcha McIntyre: widow and fishwife
*Reverend Patrick Cowper: in charge of the Presbyterian kirk in Pittenweem and member of town council
*Nettie Horseburgh (Janet Horseburgh/White): fishwife and friend of Sorcha’s. Wife of Thomas White
*Janet Cornfoot: fishwife
*Nicolas Lawson: fishwife and healer
*Beatrix Laing: married to Thomas Brown; friend of the fishwives
*Mr Thomas Brown: fisherman and accused witch
Captain Aidan Ross: officer in Queen’s army, in charge of troops in Pittenweem, originally from Skye
Sergeant Stephen Thatcher: Captain Ross’s second-in-command in Pittenweem
Jamie Dyson: young soldier from Anster
Private Burne: soldier
*Isobel Adam: young seamstress and accused witch; friend to the fishwives
*Alexander McGregor: fisherman, known for his love of whisky and ale
Laird Nicholson: owns the estate outside St Andrew’s that Dagny’s husband Kennocht manages
Dagny McIntyre: Sorcha’s sister
Erik McIntyre: Sorcha’s brother (deceased)
Charlie McIntyre: Sorcha’s father (deceased)
Astrid Grimmsdatter: Sorcha’s mother/mor. Originally from Bergen, Norway (deceased)
Robbie McIntyre: Sorcha’s brother; prisoner of war, presumed dead
Andrew Watson: fisherman; Sorcha’s husband (deceased)
Davan Watson: Sorcha’s stillborn son
James Crawford: local fisherman; drowned at sea
Mrs Porter: local gossip
Moira Fraser: neighbour of Sorcha’s and owner of the Labrador, Crabby
*Bailie Robert Cook: member of Pittenweem town council
*Bailie William Bell: member of Pittenweem town council
*Bailie Robert Vernour: member of Pittenweem town council
*Jean Durkie: fishwife
*Lillie Wallace: fishwife
Mrs Oliver: Pittenweem local
Mr Browning: Pittenweem local
Cameron McDougall: Pittenweem local
Malcolm Moray: owns the local colliery
*Margie Strang: Pittenweem local raped by stationed soldiers
*Isobel Courie: fell pregnant to Corporal Robert Varner
*Corporal Robert Varner: disreputable soldier who impregnated Isobel Courie
Widow Adams: Pittenweem local
*William Brown/Laing: Beatrix’s husband
*Peter Morton: apprentice blacksmith and son of Patrick Morton. Grossly afflicted by a curse laid by Beatrix Laing
*Patrick Morton: Peter’s father and town blacksmith
McKenzie family: local Pittenweem family
Bailie Thomas Whyte: member of Pittenweem town council
Seumas Cowper: eldest son of Patrick Cowper
Mr Roberts: Pittenweem local
*Bailie Robert Cleiland: member of Pittenweem town council
Mr Baker: Pittenweem local
Hetty Collins: butcher’s wife
Mary Collins: her daughter
Rachel Johnson: Pittenweem local
*Mrs Dore: an accused witch from St Monan’s
*Christian Shaw: accused a group of her family’s servants of witchcraft in 1697. Eight of them were subsequently sentenced to death
*Margaret (Lillie) Wallace: fishwife
*Katherine Marshal: fishwife
Benjamin Brown: Pittenweem local
Therese Larnarch: fishwife
Mrs Robertson: Cooper’s second wife
Graham Donaldson: brewer
Michael Bruce: tavern owner
Widow Agnes: Pittenweem local
Mark Smith: constable of Pittenweem
Simon Wood: constable of Pittenweem
Gerard Stuart: constable of Pittenweem
Angus Stuart: constable of Pittenweem
Mr Frost: Pittenweem local
Alick Brigstowe: former fisherman who lost a hand and was given job of Tolbooth keeper
Mr Bollard: Bailie pro tempore
Mr Chifley: Pittenweem local
Burn: dog
Crabby: Moira Fraser’s dog
Bait: moggie
*Richard Dugdale: Fife man, accused of being a witch and put to death
*Margaret Jack: fishwife and accused witch
Camron MacGille: replacement Tolbooth keeper
Rab Burne: Pittenweem local and ne’er do well
Dr Duncan McLeod: Pittenweem doctor — only completed a year of training in Edinburgh, so uses the title under sufferance
Jen Hazell: fishwife
Angus Riding: local who fell asleep on a gravestone
*Mr Ker of Kippilaw: Advocate
*Mr Robert Cook(e): Advocate from Edinburgh (I added the ‘e’ to his name to distinguish him from Bailie Robert Cook)
*Earl of Rothes: Edinburgh aristocracy
*Laird Anstruther: local laird
Mrs Tyler: Pittenweem local
Mr Butterworth: Pittenweem local who drank Irish spirit and almost drowned
McDonald lads: Pittenweem locals
Ellie Brown: Pittenweem local
Colonel Leslie Johns: Captain Ross’s commanding officer and cousin to Earl of Rothes
*Duke of Marlborough: also a general and in charge of the Queen’s army in Europe
*General Overkirk: high-ranking officer in the Queen’s army
*Queen Ann: English monarch at time
Mr Donaldson: Pittenweem local
*Cotton Mather: New England minister and author of many books, including about the Salem witch trials
Callum Gregson: former councilman and mercer
Caitlin Gregson: Callum’s daughter
Brown family: Pittenweem locals
Thom Jack: Margaret’s husband, fisherman and owner of valuable longlines
Gavan Wright: lives near Alexander McGregor
Joanna Browning: Gavin’s wife
*Mr Iain Adam: Isobel’s father (Mr Adam existed, but I have given him a fictional first name)
*Rebecca White: Janet Horseburgh’s daughter with a fictional first name
Billy: Rebecca White’s husband
Cornelia Gurr: fishwife
*Laird Randerston: one of the officials who came from Edinburgh to speak to the accused witches
*Laird Lyon: one of the officials who came from Edinburgh to speak to the accused witches
*Laird Kellie: one of the officials who came from Edinburgh to speak to the accused witches
Mrs Gower: Pittenweem local
Private Smith: soldier
Corporal Inglis: soldier
*Reverend George Gordon: reverend in charge of Leuchar’s parish
Laird Barinscliff: Edinburgh aristocrat with land near Leuchars
Mr Craigieburn: wealthy landowner near Leuchars
Mrs Glaren: George Gordon’s housekeeper
*General Cutts: officer in Queen’s army, stationed in Europe
*General Orkney: officer in Queen’s army, stationed in Europe
*General Churchill: also known as the Duke of Marlborough
Reginald Foggerty: English captain of ship that brings letters from the front
Mr Murray: owns stables near Janet Cornfoot’s house
Clem Brady: Pittenweem local
Jenny Lawson: Nicolas’s sister and friend to Janet Cornfoot
Mimi Foster: cousin to Nicolas and friend to Janet Cornfoot
*Rob Dalzell: one of the locals accused of rousing the town and implicated in death of Janet Cornfoot
*Walter Watson: man from Burntisland implicated in death of Janet Cornfoot
Grayson Fleet: Pittenweem local, implicated in death of Janet Cornfoot
Mr Porter: Pittenweem local
Mrs Lentrow: Pittenweem local
*Mr Borthwick: bailie of Pittenweem
Mr Carter: a bailie of Pittenweem
Jon Durkie: Jean Durkie’s husband
Rachel Mowbray: local lass
*Andrew Bruce: minister Patrick Cowper replaced
*Alexander Griege: former bailie who called Nettie a witch against whom she brought charges of slander