# After London — Character guide

> Key figures in After London by Richard Jefferies.

- [Sir Felix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/sir_felix.md): Felix moves through the Baron's halls as a hearth-friend's son — entitled to a seat, denied the one he wants — while his father's fallen fortunes make him a suitor no one will name aloud. He broods on slights both real a
- [Sir Oliver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/oliver.md): Oliver is the family's glittering surface — handsome, quick-tongued, trailed by young nobles eager to swell his train — while Felix carries its shabbier name. He chafes at poverty with theatrical rage, flinging his spear
- [Lady Aurora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/lady_aurora.md): Aurora sits at the centre of her father's court, courted by Lord Durand and watched by a Baron who looks higher for her than a landless hearth-friend's son. She dares not meet Felix's eyes lest her father take it as caus
- [Lord Durand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/lord_durand.md): Durand arrives at the Baron's table as an instrument of Earls and alliances, placed next to Aurora as a hint to Felix and a compliment to her father. He came for the fine weather and his father's diplomacy, yet finds him
- [Pike](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/pike.md): Pike belongs to the shadowed country beyond the castle walls, the world of Bushmen, throw-clubs, and whispered magic that Felix's book of Romany signs describes. He moves at the edge of the narrative as a reminder that t
- [Sir Constans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/sir_constans.md): Constans Aquila was once the strongest arm and sharpest mind among the nobles, designing a stone-throwing engine that promised the old Prince a swift victory. The hereditary artillerymen, seeing their prestige threatened
- [Lord John](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/lord_john.md): A nobleman with a role in the political or military events.
- [Baron Thyma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/baron_thyma.md): Baron Thyma earned his name defending Thyma Castle against a gipsy invasion, and the privileges that followed drew him into a court life his modest estate could never fund. Mortgaged, outmaneuvered by jealous courtiers, 
- [Baron Ingulph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/baron_ingulph.md): A baron with a minor but notable role in the narrative.
- [Prince Louis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/prince_louis.md): A prince involved in the larger political conflicts.
- [Silvester](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/silvester.md): A minor character, possibly a servant or local figure.
- [Philip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/philip.md): A named character with limited but distinct appearances.
- [Anker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/anker.md): A minor character, possibly a craftsman or guide.
- [Felix Aquila](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/after_london_se/characters/felix_aquila.md): Felix Aquila rides an unremarkable horse beside his brother Oliver's splendid Night, carrying a yew bow while others carry lances, and the contrast quietly defines him. He loves Lady Aurora of Thyma Castle, an attachment

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