# Cup of Gold — Character guide

> Key figures in Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck.

- [Henry Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/henry_morgan.md): A Welsh farm boy who claws his way into buccaneer legend, only to sit alone in a conquered hall wondering what his hunger ever wanted.
- [Old Robert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/old_robert.md): Henry's stern Welsh grandfather, a farmer whose plain, unbending honesty stands as the quiet rebuke to every gilded ambition his grandson will chase.
- [Coeur de Gris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/coeurl_de_gris.md): A young French buccaneer with a rapier like silver fire and a trail of broken hearts, chosen by a lonely captain to be his one friend.
- [Elizabeth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/elizabeth.md): A tenant farmer's daughter whose sudden, unspoken womanhood turns Henry's boyhood longing into a torment of desire, disgust, and dreams he can never confess.
- [Young Henry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/young_henry.md): The restless Welsh boy who listens to an old prophetess foretell his future, then slips away from his mother's table toward the Indies before dawn.
- [Ysobel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/ysobel.md): A Spanish noblewoman ransomed from Panama, whose brief, searching confession to her captor leaves him staring at his own bewildered reflection.
- [Merlin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/merlin.md): An old Welsh bard and storyteller in Henry's childhood village.
- [Paulette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/paulette.md): A French tavern girl who becomes involved with Henry Morgan.
- [James Flower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/james_flower.md): A buccaneer companion of Henry Morgan on his early voyages.
- [Tim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/tim.md): A servant or companion to Henry Morgan in his youth.
- [Mother Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/mother_morgan.md): Henry Morgan's mother, a quiet presence in his Welsh childhood.
- [The Cockney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/the_cockney.md): A talkative English buccaneer in Morgan's crew.
- [Emil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/emil.md): A young boy who befriends Henry Morgan in his youth.
- [Gwenliana](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/gwenliana.md): An old Welsh woman who tells stories to the village children.
- [Sir Edward Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/sir_edward_morgan.md): Henry Morgan's uncle, a British governor in the Caribbean.
- [Grippo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/grippo.md): A black buccaneer serving under Henry Morgan.
- [Don Juan Perez de Guzman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/don_juan_perez_de_guzman.md): The Spanish governor of Panama who opposes Morgan.
- [Dafydd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/dafydd.md): A Welsh friend or relative from Henry Morgan's youth.
- [L'Ollonais](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/lollonais.md): A notorious French buccaneer mentioned as a predecessor.
- [Mansveldt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/mansveldt.md): A Dutch buccaneer leader who influences Morgan.
- [The Burgundian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/the_burgundian.md): A mysterious buccaneer with a grudge against Morgan.
- [Bristol Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/bristol_girl.md): A woman from Bristol who briefly appears in Morgan's story.
- [Governor Moddyford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/governor_moddyford.md): The English governor of Jamaica during Morgan's time.

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