# Domnei — Character guide

> Key figures in Domnei by James Branch Cabell.

- [Perion de la Forêt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/perion_de_la_foret.md): A young knight of Poictesme whose raids against the Emperor have made him notorious, and whose adoration of Melicent drives him toward impossible feats.
- [Melicent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/melicent.md): The beautiful lady whose hand Perion seeks and whose worth is measured, by her captors and suitors alike, in minae and in madness.
- [Demetrios](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/demetrios.md): A powerful heathen king whose desire for Melicent draws him into the tangled warfare of domnei, where even a proconsul's strength may stumble.
- [Ahasuerus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/ahasuerus.md): The Wandering Jew who buys Melicent for a hundred and two minae and speaks of his labours with a candour more chilling than any lie.
- [Callistion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/callistion.md): A woman of Demetrios's court whose hatred of Melicent and of the man who abandoned her becomes an instrument in Ahasuerus's patient design.
- [Orestes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/orestes.md): A soldier who wants only a frontier province and daily battle, and who trades Melicent to Ahasuerus for the promise of Messire de la Forêt's head.
- [King Theodoret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/theodoret.md): Theodoret rules as a Christian monarch whose marriage to Melicent is arranged and awaited at Bellegarde. His piety and royal authority stand in blunt contrast to the troubadour faith of domnei that Perion serves, so the 
- [Ambrogio Bracciolini](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/ambrogio_bracciolini.md): Bracciolini moves through the story as a scholar and companion to Demetrios, the figure whose over-passionate service Nicolas de Caen treats as domnei dragged dustward. Where Perion's devotion aspires, Bracciolini's asso
- [Mélusine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/melusine.md): A legendary fairy woman referenced in the narrative.
- [Nicolas de Caen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/nicolas_de_caen.md): A minor character associated with Perion's adventures.
- [Ayrart de Montors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/ayrart_de_montors.md): Ayrart de Montors serves as a knight and ally of Perion, standing with him in a life of singular violence where blood hangs scarlet before men's eyes like a tapestry. His loyalty places him among the few who share the pr
- [Comte de la Forêt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/comte_de_la_foret.md): Perion's father or relative, a nobleman.
- [Cardinal de Montors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/cardinal_de_montors.md): A church official and relative of Ayrart.
- [Count Emmerick of Poictesme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/count_emmerick.md): A ruler of Poictesme who interacts with Perion.
- [King Helmas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/king_helmas.md): A heathen king allied with Demetrios.
- [Fra Battista](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/fra_battista.md): A friar who aids Perion.
- [Euthyclos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/characters/euthyclos.md): A Greek philosopher or scholar mentioned in the narrative.

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