# The Golden Triangle — Character guide

> Key figures in The Golden Triangle by Maurice Leblanc.

- [Patrice Belval](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/patrice_belval.md): Belval moves through the mystery as a soldier first and a lover second: he storms Siméon's gatehouse demanding answers, keeps watch on quays and barges, and lets his temper outrun Don Luis's cautions. His devotion to Cor
- [Coralie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/coralie.md): Coralie is the woman whose portrait hangs curtained in Essarès's house and whose presence at the hospital has quietly captured Patrice's heart; she is also, to his anguish, another man's wife. In the garden scene she sta
- [Don Luis Perenna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/don_luis_perenna.md): Don Luis works by indirection: he books a ground-floor room at Mantes, tracks Siméon to the Belle Hélène, and refuses to let the hotheaded captain chase the veiled woman himself. His authority over Patrice is gentle but 
- [Siméon Diodokis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/simeon_diodokis.md): Siméon moves through the story as servant, conspirator, and — the porter insists — Patrice's father, a claim Patrice greets with disbelieving laughter. He is Essarès's man, escorting Coralie, meeting veiled women on quay
- [Ya-Bon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/ya_bon.md): Ya-Bon is strength in human form: he runs down fleeing attackers, holds a man by the throat even in death, and is the one presence Don Luis trusts without reservation. His loyalty is absolute and physical, the counterwei
- [Essarès Bey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/essares_bey.md): Essarès Bey is the power behind the Rue Lafayette bank and the house where seventeen hundred bags of gold are said to be buried, a man whose brain retains the impression of great and imminent danger. He is Coralie's husb
- [M. Masseron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/m_masseron.md): Masseron is the law in a case that keeps slipping past the law: bodies, ciphers, and a gold secret tangled in the war. He bristles at Patrice's refusal to name his informant, and his dry surprise at hearing old Siméon na
- [Bournef](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/bournef.md): A shady character and accomplice to the villains, involved in criminal schemes.
- [Colonel Fakhi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/colonel_fakhi.md): A Turkish colonel and ally of Essarès Bey, involved in the conspiracy.
- [Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/arsene_lupin.md): The legendary gentleman thief, who appears in disguise or is referenced as a mastermind.
- [M. Amédée Vacherot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/m_amedee_vacherot.md): A lawyer or notary involved in legal matters related to the case.
- [Grégoire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/gregoire.md): A minor character, possibly a servant or local informant.
- [Mustapha Rovalaïof](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/characters/mustapha_rovalaiof.md): A Russian or Turkish character, possibly an ally or enemy of Don Luis.

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