Dramatis Personae
ELLIOTT HENRY FLANDERS RAXHAM
Fleet Commander Raxham
14th Earl Tavendish
Captain Judas Iscariot
FATHER: Henry Raxham, 13th Earl Tavendish (deceased)
MOTHER: Mélisande Raxham, Countess Tavendish
SIBLINGS: Phillip “Flip” Raxham, Lord Raxham (deceased)
Lucille “Lucy” Raxham Kerr
Hugh Kerr (brother-in-law)
Niall Raxham
Lady Camille “Milly” Raxham
Lady Sophie Raxham
NEPHEW: Alexander “Sandy” Kerr
CREW & STAFF: Ian Yeardley, 1st lieutenant, HMS Iphigenia, Silver Shilling
Old Ben, master navigator, HMS Ocean, HMS Iphigenia, Silver Shilling
Piefke, bo’sun’s mate, HMS Iphigenia, Silver Shilling; Mélisande Gables valet
Lynch, ship’s master, HMS Iphigenia; Mélisande Gables butler
CELIA JACQUELINE BANCROFT KHERSIS
Captain “Calico” Jack
Captain Fury
FATHER: Captain James Dunham, Iron Maiden, Scots corsair of the Barbary Coast
MOTHER: Marianne Winslow Dunham Bancroft, Baroness Hylton, “Officer Mary”
STEPFATHER: Nathan Bancroft, 19th Baron Hylton, Admiral, HMRN
BROTHER: Captain Lucien Bancroft, HMRN
UNCLE: Charles Munro, 4th Marquess Rathbone, Rear-Admiral, HMRN
AUNT: Harriet Winslow Munro, Marchioness Rathbone
COUSINS: Edward Munro, Viscount Munro
Lady Sarah Munro (missing)
MENTOR: Dr. Rafael Covarrubias, 8th Conde Covarrubias
LATE HUSBAND: Talaat Khersis, Moneylender of Marrakech
CREW: Dr. Solomon al Ibrahim
Dooley “Smitty” Smith, 1st lieutenant, Thunderstorm
Cambridge Bull, 2nd lieutenant, Thunderstorm; captain, Black Demon
Paulo Papadakos, 2nd lieutenant, Thunderstorm
Bataar Khan, bo’sun, Thunderstorm
Adrian Croftwood, master carpenter, Thunderstorm
Dr. Orlando Telesca, ship’s surgeon, Thunderstorm
Gasparo di Silvestro, surgeon’s mate, Thunderstorm
Christopher (Kit) Marlowe, watchman, Thunderstorm
Georgina Mocksling, cabin girl, Thunderstorm
SAILING PARTNER: Maarten Gjaltema (“The Hollander”), captain, Mad Hangman
The Honourable Miss Celia Jacqueline Bancroft, Captain "Calico" Jack, Captain Fury
Fleet Commander Elliott Raxham , Earl Tavendish, Captain Judas Iscariot [and now you know where the ubiquitous Dunham ice blue eyes came from … ]
Marianne Winslow Dunham Bancroft, Baroness Hylton, “Officer Mary”
A VERY young James Dunham, would-be Laird Dunham of Clan Dunham, captain of the Iron Maiden, Scots corsair of the Barbary Coast
Dowager Lady Tavendish
Lucille “Lucy” Raxham Kerr
Niall Raxham
Lady Camille Raxham
Dr. Rafael Covarrubias, 8th Conde Covarrubias
Talaat Khersis, Moneylender of Marrakech
Dooley “Smitty” Smith, 1st lieutenant, Thunderstorm
Maarten Gjaltema (“The Hollander”), captain, Mad Hangman
Nathan Bancroft, 19th Baron Hylton, Admiral, HMRN
Captain Lucien Bancroft, HMRN
Charles Munro, 4th Marquess Rathbone, Rear-Admiral, HMRN
Alexander “Sandy” Kerr
Dr. Solomon al Ibrahim, who is usually not quite this happy (or ever) and a bit older. He wears a white kurta, white pajamas, and a white turban.
Suniyya al Ibrahim, née Lady Sarah Munro
Cambridge Bull, 2nd lieutenant, Thunderstorm; captain, Black Demon
Paulo Papadakos, 2nd lieutenant, Thunderstorm
Bataar Khan, bo’sun, Thunderstorm
Christopher (Kit) Marlowe, watchman, Thunderstorm
Georgina Mocksling, cabin girl, Thunderstorm
Dindi