Wildwood Dancing - Notable Characters

Notable Characters

  • Tatiana: (16) "Tati". The eldest sister, she is known as the beautiful sister. She falls in love with Sorrow, "captive" of the night people.
  • Jenica: (15) "Jena". The second sister, and main character, she is known as the sensible sister. The story is told from her point of view.
  • Iulia: (13) Jena's younger sister. She is a bit of a flirt.
  • Paula: (14) The scholar of the family. Jena's younger sister.
  • Stela: (5) The youngest sister.
  • Gogu: The frog who is Jena's best friend, and most trusted advisor. He is actually Costi under an enchantment.
  • Teodor: Jena's father. He is a widower, as his wife Bianca died giving birth to Stela.
  • Nicolae: Teodor's brother and business partner, he is very kind to all of the sisters.
  • Bogdana: Nicolae's wife, the epitome of propriety.
  • Costin: (20) "Costi". Eldest son of Nicolae and Bogdana. He was believed to have drowned in the Deadwash ten years prior to the events of the book.
  • Cezar: (18) Younger son of Nicolae and Bogdana. He is the main antagonist of the book.
  • Ileana: The faerie Queen and ruler of the Other Kingdom.
  • Marin: Ileana's consort.
  • Grigori, Sten, and Anatolie: Friends of the sisters from the Other Kingdom.
  • Sorrow: A young man who wandered into the Other Kingdom and was trapped by the Night People. His younger sister's name is Silence.He falls in love with Tatiana.
  • Tadeusz: The leader of the Night people who is attracted to Jena.
  • Anastasia: A woman of the Night People, referred to as Tadeusz's 'lover, sister, and friend'.
  • DraguĊ£a: The witch of the Wildwood. Cezar blames her for Costi's death.
  • Florica and Petru: Jena's family's beloved and elderly servants.

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