Post by Metoria on Apr 7, 2007 14:43:52 GMT -5
The Characters from Inkheart:
Meggie: The daughter of Mo and Resa, Now living with her parents and her mother's Aunt Elinor. Like her father, she can read characters out of books. But since she met Fenoglio the writer of Inkheart she hopes to write like him. She also hopes that she can learn to send characters back into books again after reading them out.
Mortimer "Mo" Folchart also known as Silvertongue: A Bookbinder refuses to read aloud from books after his awful experience of almost losing his wife forever and reading Dustfinger, Basta and Capricorn out of Inkheart. He is now worried about Meggie's Fascination with the world of Inkheart.
Resa also known as Theresa: Mo's Wife, Meggie's mother, and Elinor's Neice.Resa is now safley back with her family but still has to recover from the years she spent in the Inkworld, her time in serviceto Mortola, and losing her voice. She tells Meggie of her life on the other side of the pages scribbling down memories on paper.
Elinor Loredan: Resa's Aunt, a Book collector, also known as "the book worm. Elinor once preferred books to human company but is now happy to have Meggie, Mo and Resa living with her, Darius the book loving stammering story teller, is also now part of her household.
Darius: Formerly Capricorn's reader in the first book of Inkheart, Darius, like Mo and meggie, posses the ability to read characters out of stories- but damages then if he stutters over the words. He now helps Elinor with her library. Basta calls him Stumbletongue.
Fenoglio Also known as Inkweaver: Author of Inkheart, He, with the help of Mo, and Meggie, got rid of Capricorn once and for all. However he ended up disappearing into his own story as a result.
Dustfinger: A fire-eater whom Mo accidentally read out of the book, Inkheart. He is also known as Fire-Dancer. Dustfinger has lived in our world for ten years and would risk anything to go home again. At the end of the 1st book he stole the last remaining copy of Inkheart from Mo. He owes the three scars on his face to Basta and he is never seen without his tame horned Marten Gwin or his young Apprentice, Farid.
Farid: A boy read by Mo out of the Tales of the Arabian Nights, He is devoted to Dustfinger. Nimble and quick-witted, he has a talent for stealing and other robbers' arts, He also has a soft spot for Meggie.
Gwin: Dustfinger's pet horned marten intended by Fenoglio to plat a deadly part in his origial tale of Inkheart as Dustfinger's undoing and death.
Capricorn: Brutal leader of a gang of mercenary fire-raisers, he was read out of Inkheart by Mo. Unlike Dustfinger he enjoyed his time in our world. He made it his business to burn every remaining copy of Inkheart in an attempt to avoid returning to his original story. But eventually with the help of Meggie and Fenoglio he is destroyed by Mo.
Basta: One of Capricorn's most devoted henchmen. Superstitious and in love with his knife, he once slashed Dustfinger's Face. At the end of the 1st book he made his escape, followed by Capricorn's house keeper and mother, Mortola.
Mortola: Capricorn's mother, also known as Magpie. a poisoner, she kept Resa enslaved for many years as her servant. Her greatest wish is to see Mo punished for what he has done to her son.
Now in Inkspell
Orpheus also called Cheeseface by Farid: Discovered in our world by Dustfinger, he claims to be able to read and write characters in and out of books. He is an ardent but unreliable admirer of Inkheart.
In the Inkworld
The Motley Folk: A loyal band of strolling players (Entertainers) to which Dustfinger once belonged. The Motley Folk travel between Lombrica and Argenta, the two principalities of the Inkworld, led by their own Black Prince.
The Black Prince: A master knife-thrower, secretive champion of the poor, and Dustfinger's best friend from long ago. He is accompanied by a faithful Black Bear.
Cloud-Dancer: A crippled former tightrope-walker, now a messenger and an old friend of Dustfinger's.
Sootbird: An unconvinceing fire-eater.
Baptista: Actor andaccomplished mask maker, disfigured by pockmarks.
In Lombrica
Minerva: Fenoglio's kindly landlady.
Ivo: Minerva's Son
Despina: Minerva's Daughter.
Rosenquartz: A tiny glass man and Fenoglio's long suffering helper.
Nettle: a healer who uses herbs and potions to sure the sick.
At the Castle of Ombra
The Laughing Prince: Bereaved father of Cosimo the Fair; also known as the Prince of Sighs since his son's untimely death.
Violante "Her Ugliness": The unhappy wife of Cosimo, daughter of the Adderhead, mother of Jacopo- heir to the realms of both Lombrica and Argenta.
Balbulus: An illuminator (Illustrator), brought to the library of the Castle Ombra by Violante.
Brianna: The Willful daughter of Roxane and Dustfinger, maid to her Uglimess.
Cosimo the Fair: The deceased son of the Laughing Prince.
At Roxane's Farm
Roxane: Dustfinger's beautiful wife, formerly a minstrel who now grows herbs for the healers.
Jehan: the son of Roxane and her deceased second husband.
Jink: Another horned marten.
In Argenta
The Barn Owl: A physician who looked after Dustfinger when he was a child.
In the Castle of Night
The Adderhead also known as The Silver Prince: A warmongering tyrant who fears only death itself. Capricorn and his men were in his pay.
Slasher: Formerly Capricorn;s fire-raiser, now in the service of Adderhead.
The Piper also known as Silvernose: Formerly Capricorn's Fire-raiser, he too now sings his dark songs for Adderhead.
Firefox: Capricorn's successor, cheif body-guard and herald to the Adderhead.
Taddeo: The Librarian of the Castle of Night.
Meggie: The daughter of Mo and Resa, Now living with her parents and her mother's Aunt Elinor. Like her father, she can read characters out of books. But since she met Fenoglio the writer of Inkheart she hopes to write like him. She also hopes that she can learn to send characters back into books again after reading them out.
Mortimer "Mo" Folchart also known as Silvertongue: A Bookbinder refuses to read aloud from books after his awful experience of almost losing his wife forever and reading Dustfinger, Basta and Capricorn out of Inkheart. He is now worried about Meggie's Fascination with the world of Inkheart.
Resa also known as Theresa: Mo's Wife, Meggie's mother, and Elinor's Neice.Resa is now safley back with her family but still has to recover from the years she spent in the Inkworld, her time in serviceto Mortola, and losing her voice. She tells Meggie of her life on the other side of the pages scribbling down memories on paper.
Elinor Loredan: Resa's Aunt, a Book collector, also known as "the book worm. Elinor once preferred books to human company but is now happy to have Meggie, Mo and Resa living with her, Darius the book loving stammering story teller, is also now part of her household.
Darius: Formerly Capricorn's reader in the first book of Inkheart, Darius, like Mo and meggie, posses the ability to read characters out of stories- but damages then if he stutters over the words. He now helps Elinor with her library. Basta calls him Stumbletongue.
Fenoglio Also known as Inkweaver: Author of Inkheart, He, with the help of Mo, and Meggie, got rid of Capricorn once and for all. However he ended up disappearing into his own story as a result.
Dustfinger: A fire-eater whom Mo accidentally read out of the book, Inkheart. He is also known as Fire-Dancer. Dustfinger has lived in our world for ten years and would risk anything to go home again. At the end of the 1st book he stole the last remaining copy of Inkheart from Mo. He owes the three scars on his face to Basta and he is never seen without his tame horned Marten Gwin or his young Apprentice, Farid.
Farid: A boy read by Mo out of the Tales of the Arabian Nights, He is devoted to Dustfinger. Nimble and quick-witted, he has a talent for stealing and other robbers' arts, He also has a soft spot for Meggie.
Gwin: Dustfinger's pet horned marten intended by Fenoglio to plat a deadly part in his origial tale of Inkheart as Dustfinger's undoing and death.
Capricorn: Brutal leader of a gang of mercenary fire-raisers, he was read out of Inkheart by Mo. Unlike Dustfinger he enjoyed his time in our world. He made it his business to burn every remaining copy of Inkheart in an attempt to avoid returning to his original story. But eventually with the help of Meggie and Fenoglio he is destroyed by Mo.
Basta: One of Capricorn's most devoted henchmen. Superstitious and in love with his knife, he once slashed Dustfinger's Face. At the end of the 1st book he made his escape, followed by Capricorn's house keeper and mother, Mortola.
Mortola: Capricorn's mother, also known as Magpie. a poisoner, she kept Resa enslaved for many years as her servant. Her greatest wish is to see Mo punished for what he has done to her son.
Now in Inkspell
Orpheus also called Cheeseface by Farid: Discovered in our world by Dustfinger, he claims to be able to read and write characters in and out of books. He is an ardent but unreliable admirer of Inkheart.
In the Inkworld
The Motley Folk: A loyal band of strolling players (Entertainers) to which Dustfinger once belonged. The Motley Folk travel between Lombrica and Argenta, the two principalities of the Inkworld, led by their own Black Prince.
The Black Prince: A master knife-thrower, secretive champion of the poor, and Dustfinger's best friend from long ago. He is accompanied by a faithful Black Bear.
Cloud-Dancer: A crippled former tightrope-walker, now a messenger and an old friend of Dustfinger's.
Sootbird: An unconvinceing fire-eater.
Baptista: Actor andaccomplished mask maker, disfigured by pockmarks.
In Lombrica
Minerva: Fenoglio's kindly landlady.
Ivo: Minerva's Son
Despina: Minerva's Daughter.
Rosenquartz: A tiny glass man and Fenoglio's long suffering helper.
Nettle: a healer who uses herbs and potions to sure the sick.
At the Castle of Ombra
The Laughing Prince: Bereaved father of Cosimo the Fair; also known as the Prince of Sighs since his son's untimely death.
Violante "Her Ugliness": The unhappy wife of Cosimo, daughter of the Adderhead, mother of Jacopo- heir to the realms of both Lombrica and Argenta.
Balbulus: An illuminator (Illustrator), brought to the library of the Castle Ombra by Violante.
Brianna: The Willful daughter of Roxane and Dustfinger, maid to her Uglimess.
Cosimo the Fair: The deceased son of the Laughing Prince.
At Roxane's Farm
Roxane: Dustfinger's beautiful wife, formerly a minstrel who now grows herbs for the healers.
Jehan: the son of Roxane and her deceased second husband.
Jink: Another horned marten.
In Argenta
The Barn Owl: A physician who looked after Dustfinger when he was a child.
In the Castle of Night
The Adderhead also known as The Silver Prince: A warmongering tyrant who fears only death itself. Capricorn and his men were in his pay.
Slasher: Formerly Capricorn;s fire-raiser, now in the service of Adderhead.
The Piper also known as Silvernose: Formerly Capricorn's Fire-raiser, he too now sings his dark songs for Adderhead.
Firefox: Capricorn's successor, cheif body-guard and herald to the Adderhead.
Taddeo: The Librarian of the Castle of Night.