• Churillo Igorevich: Putscha’s dead father
• Dag Ringsson: a Norwegian noble, Harald’s mentor
• Dmitri: priest, chaplain and tutor in Yaroslav’s household
• Dyuk Osipovich: mayor of Novgorod
• Eilif: Jarl Ragnvald’s son, commander of Yaroslav’s druzhina
• Einar Tree-Foot: an old Jomsviking, Odd’s companion
• Eustaxi: Mstislav’s son
• Feodosy: abbot of the Caves Monastery
• Harald Sigurdsson (later called “Hardrada/ The Ruthless”): a prince of Norway, half-brother of Saint Olaf
• Ingigerd: Yaroslav’s wife
• Kalv Arnesson: a Norwegian jarl
• Kuchug: Mstislav’s bodyguard
• Leonidas: a Greek sea captain enslaved with Odd
• Lyudmila: Putscha’s mother
• Magnus (later called “The Good”): a prince of Norway, the son of Saint Olaf and a concubine and foster son of Yaroslav
• Mstislav Vladimirovich: Prince of Chernigov, Yaroslav’s brother
• Murad: a Turkish slave dealer
• Nenilushka: Putscha’s daughter
• Olaf “The Stout”: King of Norway, later canonized
• Putscha: Ingigerd’s dwarf
• Ragnvald: jarl of Aldeigjuborg, cousin of Ingigerd
• Stavko Ulanovich: a Rus slave dealer
• Teit Isleifsson: deacon, later priest, of the cathedral at Skalholt in Iceland
• Thordis: nursemaid to Yaroslav’s children
• Tyrakh: khan of the Pechenegs
• Ulf Ospaksson: a Varangian Guardsman
• Vladimir (Volodya) Yaroslavich: son of Yaroslav and Ingigerd
• Vorobey: a holy man in Yaroslav’s household
• Vyshata Ostromirovich: a Rus boyar
• Yaroslav Vladimirovich “The Wise”: Prince of Novgorod, later Grand Prince of Kievan Rus.
• Yefrem: bishop of Novgorod
• Yelisaveta Yaroslavna (Elisif in Norse): daughter of Yaroslav and Ingigerd
• Yngvar: a Swedish adventurer, Ingigerd’s nephew
