MAIN CHARACTERS
QUEXANA (DON QUIXOTE): a fifty year old gentleman who goes insane and decides to become a knight
ROCINANTE: Don Quixote’s steed
DULCINEA DEL TOBOSO: the new name Quixote gives to a woman he once loved named Aldonza Lorenzo, whom he makes his lady love at the beginning of his journey
MASTER LICENTIATE PEDRO PEREZ: curate of Quixote’s village
MASTER NICHOLAS: barber of Quixote’s village
MARITORNES: a servant at an inn
GINÉS DE PASAMONTE (later MASTER PETER): a criminal that Quixote frees who turns on him
CARDENIO (THE RAGGED ONE OF THE SORROWFUL FIGURE): an insane
nobleman that Quixote comes across
LUSCINDA: the woman Cardenio loves
FERNANDO: the second son of Duke Ricardo who becomes Cardenio’s good friend
DOROTHEA (PRINCESS MICOMICONA): the daughter of a farmer that Fernando had promised to marry but left
JUANA PANZA (called Teresa in second book): Sancho’s wife
SAMSON CARRASCO: a bachelor who encourages Quixote to continue his travels
MARÍ (usually called SANCHICA)—Sanchico’s twin sister
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS: hosts who play tricks on Don Quixote and Sancho
DOÑA RODRIGUEZ DE GRIJALBA: duenna of the duke and duchess
ALTISIDORA: handmaiden who pretends to be in love with Don Quixote
ANTONIA QUIXANO: Quixote’s niece
THE HOUSEKEEPER: Don Quixote’s housekeeper
DON HALDUDO: a master who is beating his servant when Don Quixote stops him
ANDREW (or ANDRES): a servant who was being beaten for losing sheep
PEDRO ALONSO: peasant and neighbor who finds Quixote when he is injured
FRESTON: Don Quixote’s imagined nemesis, an evil wizard
DUKE RICARDO: a man that hires Cardenio to be a companion for his son
SANCHICO—15 year old son of Sancho’s
LOPE TOCHO—Sancho’s neighbor who likes his daughter
KNIGHT OF THE WOOD: a knight that Quixote comes across
SQUIRE OF THE WOOD: Knight of the Wood’s squire, who has a frightful nose
CASILDEA DE VANDALIA: the lady Knight of the Wood is enamored with
TOM CECIAL: the Squire of the Wood’s real identity, a neighbor of Sancho’s
BASILIO: a lover who plans a strategy to win his love
CAMACHO: rich man marrying Basilio’s love
QUITERIA: Basilio’s love
CAMACHO’S COUSIN: shows Don Quixote the Cave of Montesinos
MONTESINOS: an elderly gentleman of myth that Quixote claims he saw at the bottom of the cave named after him
RICOTE: a man that lived in Sancho’s village that was banished for being a Moor
DON JUAN AND DON JERONIMO: two guests at an inn who are shocked to meet the real Don Quixote they have read about
ROQUE GUINART: Spain’s equivalent of Robin Hood
KNIGHT OF THE WHTIE MOON: another alternate personality of Samson’s which succeeds in vanquishing Quixote
DON ALVARO TARFE: a character that appears in an alternate story of Don Quixote
DON ANTONIO MORENO: a friend of Roque’s who welcomes Quixote to Barcelona
RUY PEREZ: a recently liberated Christian
ZORAIDA: the Moor wife of Ruy
THE JUDGE: Ruy Perez's brother
DONA CLARA: the Judge's daughter
DON LUIS: a boy that is in love with Clara
EUGENIO: goatherd
LEANDRA: Eugenio's love
ANSELMO: a rival of Eugenio's
VICENTE DE LA ROCA: a soldier Leandra loves
DON DIEGO DE MIRANDA: man Quixote meets on the road, known as the Knight of the Green Gaban
DON LORENZO: son of Don Diego
DONA CHRISTINA: Don Diego's wife
CORCHUELO: a student who invites Quixote and Sancho to a wedding
TRIFALDIN OF THE WHITE BEARD: squire to the Countess Trifaldi
COUNTESS TRIFALDI: the distressed duenna
DON CLAVIJO: seducer of Trifaldi
MALAMBRUNO: cousin of Queen Maguncia
MAGUNCIA: queen the Countess Trifaldi serves
ANTONOMASIA: Maguncia's daughter
CLAVILENO: wooden horse
EMERENCIA: Altisidora's friend
TOSILOS: fills in for a challenge and falls in love with Dona Rodriguez's daughter
CLAUDIA JERONIMA: daughter of Simon Forte
SIMON FORTE: friend of Roque Guinart
CLAUQULL TORRELLAS: enemy of Roque's
DON VICENTE TORRELLAS: Claudia's lover
ANA FELIX: Ricote's daughter
DON GASPAR GREGARIO: Ana Felix's love