Characters


 * Jacques Mercier -
 * Jeanette Vignes - french daughter of Fleur and Lucien Vignes, a merchant in the Caribbean based from Trinidad. She plays at reading fortunes and is arrested by the inquisition
 * Inquisitor Ignacio Castillo - Spanish Inquisitor, real piece of work, dark hair but wears a white wig, more fashionable than you might expect of a priest. 42 years old. Fanatical. Also DEAD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agust%C3%ADn_Rub%C3%ADn_de_Ceballos Grand Inquisitor of the Inquisition in Spain
 * Thaddeus Petalas - (sam neill) blood sorcerer and enthusiastic explorer, vampire AUSPEX (mind reading), DOMINATE, BLOOD MAGIC
 * Jacob Martin - shape changing vampire with animalistic tendencies ANIMALISM (control animals), FORTITUDE tough (resist fire and sunlight), PROTEAN change form
 * Erik Odinson - strong, brutal vampire, captain of the Bloody Sunrise - PRESENCE charming, CELERITY fast, POTENCE strong
 * Lucien Vignes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Madras_(1795) type of ship he owns. Merchant in the Caribbean, moving raw goods to Europe and bringing back manufactured items. Has dealt in slaves, now prefers not to because his daughter pitched an unholy fit about it
 * Captain Marco Fernandez - of the merchant ship the Esmeralda
 * Paco and Miguel - ages 10 & 11, cabin boys on the Esmeralda.