Characters

Acerronia Polla: servant and friend of Empress Agrippina. Murdered in an attempted drowning of the Empress by her son, Emperor Nero.
Agrippina: Roman Empress, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero. Intelligent, beautiful, deadly, ill-fated.
Andraste: Iceni war goddess, worshipped by Boudicca.
Anicetus: tutor of Nero, and executioner of his mother, Empress Agrippina.
Arminius: German rebel leader who destroyed three Roman legions.
Asiaticus: Roman military leader, killed by Empress Messalina as part of a plot to seize a garden.
Atrebates: ancient British tribe, living in the Thames valley.
Baduhenna: Germanic war goddess.
Boudicca: Queen of the Iceni tribe. Indomitable rebel.
Brigantes: ancient British tribe living in northern England.
Britannicus: Son of Roman Emperor Claudius. Younger step-brother to Nero, poor kid.
Caligula: cruel Emperor of Rome. ‘Caligula’ means ‘Little boots’.
Caratacus: Prince of the Catuvellauni tribe. Silver-tongued resistance leader.
Catus Decianus: Procurator of Britannia. Tax collector, rent collector, and paymaster.
Celer: Servius Asinius Celer, Roman senator who paid eight thousand sesterces for a fish.
Cerialis: Commander of the Ninth Legion, in eastern Britannia.
Cernunnos: Celtic god, with antlers on his head.
Claudia Acte: Nero’s mistress.
Claudia Octavia: Daughter of Roman Emperor Claudius, unfortunate wife of Emperor Nero.
Claudius: Emperor of Rome. Limping, stuttering, and sickly. Bad at choosing wives. Hates druids.
Corbulo: Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Roman general, served in Germania and in the Parthian War.
Domitia Lepida: beautiful, rich, Empress Messalina’s mother and wife of Silanus.
Gamo: The Emperor Nero’s personal bodyguard. A man not to be messed with.
Gaius Silius: lover of Empress Messalina.
Halotus: Chief Steward of the Imperial Palace in Rome. Food taster for the Emperor.
Imperial German Bodyguard / Germanii: Bodyguard of the Emperor, responsible for protecting the imperial family in the palace.
Marcus Vinicius: Roman military commander in the invasion of Britannia, executed on Messalina‘s orders.
Messalina: Empress of Rome, wife of Claudius. Mother of Claudia Octavia and Britannicus.
Mnester: actor, lover of Messalina. Claudius would whip anyone who interrupted his performances.
Narcissus: Ex-slave and Secretary to the Roman emperor Claudius. Powerful and intelligent.
Nero: Emperor of Rome. Son of Agrippina. Adopted by Claudius. Husband of Claudia Octavia. Poet, musician, singer, actor, chariot-racer, athlete, murderer, adulterer.
Pallas: Treasurer to Emperor Claudius. Extremely rich. Rumoured to be Agrippina’s lover.
Plautius: Aulus Plautius, commander in the invasion of Britannia, first governor of Britannia.
Polybius: secretary to Claudius, probably executed by Messalina after she tired of him as a lover.
Publius Ostorius Scapula: second governor of Britannia, captor of Caratacus.
Publius Suillius Rufus: notorious lawyer, convicted of taking bribes.
Rufrius Crispinus: Prefect of the Praetorian guard. Rich, powerful, and dangerous.
Seneca the Younger: Philosopher, statesman, and dramatist. Tutor and adviser to Nero.
Sextus Afranius Burrus: Praetorian Guard Prefect after Rufrius Crispinus. Adviser to Nero.
Silanus: Appius Junius Silanus, husband of Messalina‘s mother Domitia Lepida, executed by Claudius.
Suetonius: Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, Governor of Britannia. Killer of druids.
Tigranes VI, King of Armenia.
Togodumnus: Prince of the Catuvellauni tribe. Brother of Caratacus.
Verica: King of the Atrebates.
Vespasian: Commander of the Second Legion in the invasion of Britannia, later Emperor.
Vigiles: firefighters and police of ancient Rome.
Xenophon: Gaius Stertinius Xenophon, personal doctor of Claudius, and possibly his killer.
Zorsines: King of the Siraces.

Amergin: Druid and first teacher of Cassibelanus. Cunning, expert with plants and animals.
Andoco: one of Teuhant’s warriors, tries to kill Caz.
Caicer: Boudicca’s Druid. Royal adviser and loyal friend.
Cassibelanus / Caz / Decimus: Druid and warrior. Narrator of the tale.
Dervalon: Boudicca’s war leader. Able to turn good advice into victory.
Dubhtach: Druid to King Verica of the Atrebates, and teacher of Cassibelanus.
Eppilus: Comrade of Cassibelanus and cavalry leader. Expert horseman and loyal friend.
Gamus: Centurion of the Imperial Palace Guard, who were known as the Germanii.
Ganna: Druid and Priestess of the War Goddess Baduhenna. Dreamer and seer.
Hospes: Senior member of the Imperial Palace Guard. Kills on command.
Irgaine: Daughter of Prince Caratacus. Loved by many, lover of none.
Lukon: Comrade and loyal friend of Cassibelanus, and ballista expert.
Melanipa: Princess and commander of Sarmatian cavalry. Takes ears as trophies.
Micipsa: Elephant belonging to the Emperor of Rome. Giant intelligent tusker. Named after a King of Numidea.
Segnorix: Assistant to the High Druid, and later High Druid.
Surus: Rider of the elephant Micipsa, from the Roman province of Syria.
Tenvantius: Boudicca’s tattooed and grey-bearded war chief. Suspicious and argumentative.
Teuhant: War leader and charioteer of the Catuvellauni tribe.
The High Druid: chief of all the druids in Britannia.
Trasadasyus: one of the forest people, saves Caz’s life.
Trenus: Comrade and loyal friend of Cassibelanus, engineer.