# Bellarion the Fortunate — Character guide

> Key figures in Bellarion the Fortunate by Rafael Sabatini.

- [Bellarion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/bellarion.md): A young adventurer of fortune, cunning and resourceful, who becomes entangled in the wars of northern Italy.
- [Facino Cane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/facino_cane.md): A formidable condottiero and lord of Alessandria, a key player in the Milanese power struggles.
- [Valeria of Montferrat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/valeria_of_montferrat.md): The proud and spirited princess of Montferrat, whose fate becomes intertwined with Bellarion's.
- [Francesco Busone da Carmagnola](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/carmagnola.md): A boastful and ambitious condottiero, a rival and later ally to Bellarion.
- [Theodore of Montferrat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/theodore_of_montferrat.md): The Marquis of Montferrat, a shrewd and calculating ruler, father of Valeria.
- [Countess of Biandrate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/countess_of_biandrate.md): A noblewoman and ally of Facino Cane, involved in the political intrigues of Milan.
- [Filippo Maria Visconti](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/filippo_maria_visconti.md): Filippo Maria Visconti rules Milan through craft rather than charisma, and his court is a chessboard where favors are gambits and loyalty is always contingent. He greets the unknown Bellarion with the same gracious compo
- [Giovanni Pusterla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/giovanni_pusterla.md): Giovanni Pusterla of Venegono belongs to a family marked for extermination by Gian Maria's paranoid vengeance, and he has survived by wit and fury where his kin did not. Slight but vigorous, with dark eyes that flash wit
- [Count Enzo Spigno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/enzo_spigno.md): Count Enzo Spigno moves through Facino's camp wearing the mask of a reckless nobleman, and the mask fits well enough that few bother to look beneath it. His true value lies in the gap between what he appears to be and wh
- [Messer Barbaresco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/barbaresco.md): Messer Barbaresco commands the remnants of a Guelphic faction that has thrown its lot in with the Princess Valeria against the Marquis Theodore's regency. Plethoric and quick to anger when his inaction is questioned, he 
- [Werner von Stoffel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/stoffel.md): Werner von Stoffel leads Swiss arbalesters in Facino Cane's service, a foreign captain whose worth is measured in the men who follow him and the ground he holds. He is sent to recover Bellarion's body and instead marches
- [Ottone Buonterzo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/ottone_buonterzo.md): Ottone Buonterzo belongs to the professional class of captains whose swords are hired but whose reputations are earned, and he has tied his fortunes to Facino Cane's. His presence in the Alessandria campaign places him a
- [Girolamo Vignate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/girolamo_vignate.md): Vignate commands a formidable faction of his own, and his feud with Facino Cane shapes the shifting alliances of Lombardy's wars. Captured at Pavone after a ferocious breakout attempt, he rages at Bellarion as a 'filthy,
- [Gabriello Maria Visconti](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/gabriello_maria_visconti.md): A son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, involved in the dynastic struggles of Milan.
- [Ercole Belluno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/ercole_belluno.md): A captain serving under Facino Cane, known for his strength.
- [Squarcia Giramo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/squarcia_giramo.md): A fierce and loyal captain serving under Facino Cane.
- [Casella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/casella.md): A fierce captain in the service of Facino Cane.
- [Ugolino da Tenda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/ugolino_da_tenda.md): A condottiero and captain, a rival to Carmagnola.
- [Lorenzaccio da Trino](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/lorenzaccio_da_trino.md): A cunning and treacherous captain in the service of Facino Cane.
- [Messer Corsario](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/corsario.md): A captain in the service of Facino Cane.
- [Marshal Boucicault](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/boucicault.md): The French Marshal and governor of Genoa, a political player.
- [Fra Sulpizio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/fra_sulpizio.md): A Grey Friar who provides sanctuary and counsel to Bellarion.
- [Castruccio da Fenestrella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/castruccio_da_fenestrella.md): An exquisite and cunning condottiero, a rival to Bellarion.
- [Dionara](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/dionara.md): A lady of the court of Montferrat, attendant to Princess Valeria.
- [Koenigshofen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/koenigshofen.md): A brawny German mercenary in Facino Cane's service.
- [Messer Francesco Lonate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/francesco_lonate.md): A captain and envoy serving Facino Cane.
- [Beatrice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/beatrice.md): A noblewoman, possibly the Countess of Biandrate or a Visconti duchess.
- [Giasone Trotta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/giasone_trotta.md): A Piedmontese captain in the service of Facino Cane.
- [Antonio della Torre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/antonio_della_torre.md): A member of the della Torre family, rivals to the Visconti.
- [Fra Serafino da Imola](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/fra_serafino.md): A Franciscan friar and scholar, a friend to Bellarion.
- [Lungo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/lungo.md): A white-haired captain in Facino Cane's service.
- [Niccolò Macchiavelli](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/niccolo_macchiavelli.md): The Florentine historian and political philosopher, mentioned as a source.
- [Bertino Mantegazza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/characters/bertino_mantegazza.md): A captain in the service of Facino Cane.

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