Jean Baptiste Carrier

Citizen Chauvelin

Chauvelin and Carrier are ruthless revolutionary colleagues, collaborating on brutal political repression.

Fleury

Fleury serves as a subordinate to Carrier, assisting in his brutal revolutionary activities.

Pierre Adet

Carrier and Adet are fellow revolutionaries who collaborate on political purges and executions.

Yvonne de Kernogan

Carrier views Yvonne as an enemy of the revolution and actively seeks her arrest and death.

Citizen Chauvelin

Chauvelin and Carrier are ruthless revolutionary colleagues, collaborating on brutal political repression.

Citizen Chauvelin

Chauvelin and Carrier are ruthless revolutionary colleagues, collaborating on brutal political repression.

Fleury

Fleury serves as a subordinate to Carrier, assisting in his brutal revolutionary activities.

Yvonne de Kernogan

Carrier views Yvonne as an enemy of the revolution and actively seeks her arrest and death.

Pierre Adet

Carrier and Adet are fellow revolutionaries who collaborate on political purges and executions.

Yvonne de Kernogan

Carrier views Yvonne as an enemy of the revolution and actively seeks her arrest and death.

Fleury

Fleury serves as a subordinate to Carrier, assisting in his brutal revolutionary activities.

Pierre Adet

Carrier and Adet are fellow revolutionaries who collaborate on political purges and executions.

III

Mentioned as the instigator of the mass drowning, described as a wild beast.

IV

Referenced as the proconsul in Nantes who will deal with the duc and Yvonne once delivered by Martin-Roget.

The Coast of France

Mentioned as the Proconsul who has suspended navigation of the Loire for his nefarious noyades.

III

Mentioned as the Proconsul who suspended Loire navigation for his nefarious noyades.

Book II: Nantes, December, 1793

Proconsul of Nantes, orchestrates the Terror.

I: The Tiger's Lair

The proconsul of Nantes, inventor of the Noyades, who plots with Martin-Roget to disgrace the Kernogans.

I

The proconsul sent to Nantes to exterminate counterrevolutionaries; he invents the Noyades and Republican marriages.

II

The proconsul who rules Nantes with terror, living in luxury and isolation in the Hôtel de la Villestreux, constantly planning executions and fearing assassination.

III

Paces in his boudoir, exulting in his cruelties; orders the confiscation and execution of fifty-three priests.

Chapter IV

Proconsul who demands the Kernogans be removed from Nantes, threatening to break his promise if Martin-Roget delays.

V

Brutal and overbearing proconsul who threatens Martin-Roget and accepts a bribe for further assistance.

Chapter VI

Proconsul of Nantes, devises a plan to send criminals to Paris to justify his atrocities, and agrees to raid the Rat Mort to trap Yvonne and the Duc.

II: Le Bouffay

Mentioned as having suggested flinging the Kernogans into the Loire; his earlier conversation with Martin-Roget is referenced.

III

Mentioned as the proconsul who suggested marrying an aristo and the Rat Mort plan.

III: The Fowlers

Referenced as the proconsul who devised the scheme to arrest inhabitants of the Rat Mort and deport them; his Marats will be involved.

IV

Mentioned as the architect of the scheme to arrest everyone in the Rat Mort and send them to Paris as convicts, though he has left Martin-Roget without armed support.

V

Mentioned as the Proconsul in Nantes whom Chauvelin plans to use against Blakeney.

The Net

Torn between terror of assassination and greed for the reward, ultimately agrees to support Chauvelin's scheme.

I

The proconsul, initially reluctant and fearful, is swayed by greed and fear to listen to Chauvelin's proposal.

Chapter II

Terrified of the Scarlet Pimpernel but arrogant; he reluctantly leans on Chauvelin for advice.

III

Proconsul who reluctantly agrees to Chauvelin's plan, motivated by the reward and the capture of the English spies.

IV

Gives his support to Chauvelin's scheme and orders Fleury to cooperate.

IX: The Proconsul

The proconsul; his coach departs at high speed, but it is later revealed he never left his room—the departure was a hoax.

II

In a state of extreme terror, he flees Nantes in his coach, shouting about an English assassin and threatening Commandant Fleury.

IV

Referenced as the proconsul who is supposedly upstairs in his room.

V

Carrier is mentioned as having been impersonated; he later searches for Chauvelin.

I

Furious and fuming over the failure; receives the bribe from Martin-Roget and vents his wrath on Commandant Fleury.