Appendix
This novel has a cornucopia of borrowed characters from literature and film, virtually anyone who was created, by various writers, to live at that time.
The Beast of Gevaudan was an actual monster that preyed upon women and children in France during the 1760s. Although it was eventually hunted down and killed, its origins were never definitively discovered. It too has been fictionalized in the film Brotherhood of the Wolf, though my story gives a completely different account of its shape, origin and nature.
Some well known characters have appeared in this story without being named. They will be identified last. For some of these characters, I was tempted to put "Need you ask" at their entry.
Hawkeye - Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Chingachook - Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Jean Baptiste Grenouille - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Juliette - Juliette by The Marquis de Sade
Redmond Barry - The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackery
* Baron Munchausen - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe
Alan Breck - Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Joseph Curwen - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H P Lovecraft
Berthold - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe
Albrecht - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe
Gustavus - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe
Adolphus - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe
Captain Caproni - The Land that Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Candide - Candide by Voltaire
Fanfan la Tulipe - Fanfan la Tulipe (Film) by Christian Jaque
Fernand Wagner - Wagner the Wehrwolf by George W. Reynolds
Jean Villeneuve - The Patriot (Film) by Robert Rodat
Pamela Andrews B - Pamela by Samuel Richardson
Emile - Emile, or On Education by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Figaro - The Barber of Seville by Pierre Beaumarchais
Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Ezra Weedon The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H P Lovecraft
* Cagliostro The Affair of the Necklace (Film) by John Sweet
Nell Bowen - Bedlam (Film) by Val Lewton
Olympia - The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffman
* Werner von Kempelen The Chessplayer by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Thomas Danforth - The Crucible (Play) by Arthur Miller
Humphrey Clinker - The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker by Tobias Smollet
Viscomte de Valmont - Les Liasons Dangerouses by Chadlos de Laclos
Marquise de Meurtil - Les Liasons Dangerouses by Chadlos de Laclos
Guy Mannering - Guy Mannering by Walter Scott
Dirk Hatteraick - Guy Mannering by Walter Scott
The Marquis de St Evremonde - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Marquis de Praille - Orphans of the Storm (Film) by D W Griffith
Squire Thornhill - The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
James Durie - The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson
Secundra Dass - The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson
Francois Leroy - Fort Ti (Film) by Robert E Kent
Guy Loup - Sharpe's Battle by Bernard Cornwell
Thibault - The Wolf Leader by Alexandre Dumas pere
Cornelius Van Baerle - The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas pere
Yog Sothoth - The Dunwich Horror by H P Lovecraft
George Hastings - She Stoops to Conquer (Play) by Oliver Goldsmith
Jacques Forget Not - Orphans of the Storm (Film) by D W Griffith
Dr Benjamin Rathery - My Uncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier
Tristam Shandy - The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentlemen by Laurence Stern
Tom the Cat - The Life and Adventures of a Cat by Anonymous
Jack Absolute - The Rivals (Play) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Faust - Doctor Faustus (Play) by Christopher Marlowe
Lord John Grey - Lord John Book Series by Diana Gabaldon
Ivan Mironov - The Captain's Daughter by Alexander Pushkin
Langdon Towne - Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts
Unidentified Characters
Victim at start of novel
Little Red Riding Hood - Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault
Swaggering pirate with eye shadow
Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean (Film Series) by Ted Elliot Terry Rossio
Peg legged pirate leader
Long John Silver - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Pirate with straw in his sleeves and parson's collar
Dr Syn - Dr Syn: A Tale of Romney Marsh by Russell Thorndike
Indian pirates among the Calais rabble
Singh Brotherhood - Phantom Comics by Lee Falk
Shadowy purple figure attacking pirates. One of many multi-generational incarnations
The Phantom - Phantom Comics by Lee Falk
The Seven Virtues are an original creation as are Fritz and Karl. These I can do what I like with because there is no pre-established character life story to interfere with.
* These are actual historical figures whose lives have been fictionalized in the world of literature, thus making them fictitious creations to mingle with other unreal characters. The most prominent example of these is Baron Munchausen.