# The Charwoman’s Shadow — Character guide

> Key figures in The Charwoman’s Shadow by Lord Dunsany.

- [Ramon Alonzo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/ramon_alonzo.md): A young swordsman who trades his father's tower for the House in the Wood, where he learns alchemy and swears to win back a charwoman's stolen shadow.
- [Father Joseph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/father_joseph.md): A priest and alchemist whose patient teaching steadies Ramon Alonzo's hand, though his own purposes in the House in the Wood stay carefully unspoken.
- [The Charwoman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/the_charwoman.md): Once the beauty of Aragona, now a withered drudge scrubbing stone floors, she has lost her shadow to the Master and waits for someone bold enough to steal it back.
- [Gulvarez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/gulvarez.md): A small squire of meagre lands and noted pigs, whose sudden fortune in hosting the Duke of Shadow Valley sets every neighboring household scheming about marriage.
- [Anemone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/anemone.md): A maiden of Aragona whose name the charwoman answers to, she knows the shadow-box is long and thin and has long since stopped believing anyone will find it.
- [The Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/the_master.md): The venerable magician of the House in the Wood, who buys a girl from her parents with a flute-note and a handful of uncounted gold, and keeps what he takes.
- [Gonsalvo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/gonsalvo.md): Gonsalvo moves between the bright world of Provence's newest verses and the shadow-haunted house where the Master works, a young man whose charm and generosity outrun his judgment. He begs the magician to fashion a shado
- [Peter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/peter.md): A character mentioned in the narrative, possibly a servant or associate.
- [Hope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/hope.md): A personified or named figure, possibly a maiden or allegorical character.
- [Aragona](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/aragona.md): A location or person associated with the maidens and the faith strike.
- [The Duke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/the_duke.md): A nobleman referenced in the story, possibly a local ruler.
- [Lolun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/lolun.md): A named character with limited appearances in the narrative.
- [Ariona](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_charwoman_s_shadow_se/characters/ariona.md): A character mentioned among the maidens or folk of Aragona.

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