Princess Helena

Pan Skshetuski

Pan Skshetuski and Princess Helena are deeply in love, with Skshetuski devoted to rescuing and protecting her from Bogun.

Pan Zagloba

Pan Zagloba acts as a protective guardian and clever ally to Princess Helena, rescuing her from Bogun's clutches.

Bogun

Bogun is obsessively in love with Princess Helena, viewing her as a possession and pursuing her with violent jealousy.

Pan Volodyovski

Pan Volodyovski is a protective friend to Princess Helena, assisting in her rescue and safety.

Bogdan Hmelnitski

Bogdan Hmelnitski views Princess Helena as a pawn in his conflict with the Polish nobility, using her to manipulate Bogun.

Prince Yeremi Vishnyevetski

Prince Yeremi Vishnyevetski is Princess Helena's guardian and relative, fiercely protective of her honor and safety.

Pan Yanush Tishkyevich

Prince Yanush Tishkyevich is a noble acquaintance of Princess Helena, involved in the political and military affairs surrounding her.

Pan Skshetuski

Pan Skshetuski and Princess Helena are deeply in love, with Skshetuski devoted to rescuing and protecting her from Bogun.

Pan Zagloba

Pan Zagloba acts as a protective guardian and clever ally to Princess Helena, rescuing her from Bogun's clutches.

Pan Skshetuski

Pan Skshetuski and Princess Helena are deeply in love, with Skshetuski devoted to rescuing and protecting her from Bogun.

Pan Volodyovski

Pan Volodyovski is a protective friend to Princess Helena, assisting in her rescue and safety.

Bogun

Bogun is obsessively in love with Princess Helena, viewing her as a possession and pursuing her with violent jealousy.

Chapter III

Present in the carriage; she appears pale and terrified during the confrontation, and later weeps at the old princess's words.

Chapter IV

Accepts Skshetuski as her future husband after being asked in his presence.

Chapter V

Sends a letter to Skshetuski via Jendzian, reporting that Bogun has been sent away and that she is safe.

Chapter VI

Mentioned as the object of Skshetuski's love; he plans to bring her to Lubni for safety.

Chapter VII

Joyfully reunites with Skshetuski, reaffirms her love, and learns of his impending journey.

XIII

Appears in Skshetuski's feverish vision, crying for rescue from Bogun.

Chapter XV

Skshetuski worries about her safety and hopes she has reached Lubni.

Chapter XVI

Skshetuski's deep concern for her safety drives his journey to Rozlogi.

Chapter XVII

The object of Bogun's obsession; Skshetuski's letter addresses her as 'Halshko' and urges her to go to Lubni for safety.

Chapter XVIII

Appears at the door with blind Vassily during the massacre; her shriek is heard as she is captured by Cossacks.

Chapter XIX

Expresses grief and anger over her cousins' deaths and Bogun's pursuit; finds some comfort in the steppe.

Chapter XX

Disguised as a peasant boy after cutting her hair; flees with Zagloba through the wilderness.

Chapter XXI

Disguised as a minstrel boy, suffers from exhaustion and fear, witnesses atrocities, and is forced to drink vodka to avoid fever.

Chapter XXII

Mentioned as the likely victim of Bogun's attack on Rozlogi.

Chapter XXIII

Rescued by Zagloba, believed to be disguised as a young Cossack and possibly safe in Lubni.

Chapter XXIV

Not found in Lubni; Skshetuski hopes she escaped with Zagloba's help.

Chapter XXVIII

Reported safe in Bar under the care of Pani Slavoshevska and nuns, remembered fondly by Skshetuski.

XXXIV

Drugged with somniferous herbs; carried in a swing to Horpyna's mill; her wound is healing but she remains unconscious.

XXXV

Resists Bogun's advances, faints from terror and emotion, and asserts her will to die rather than submit.

Chapter XXXVI

Remains cold and defiant toward Bogun, refusing to show affection despite his pleas.

XXXVII

The subject of the knights' rescue efforts; believed to be alive and in Bogun's hands after the fall of Bar.

XLVI

The object of the search; her rescue is now more likely after Bogun's death.

XLVII

The object of the rescue mission; her hiding place is known only from Zagloba's overheard information.

XLIX

Skshetuski seeks her, believing she may be in Kiev or hidden by Bogun beyond Yampol.

LII

Skshetuski searches for her in Kiev; her fate is uncertain due to mob violence.

LIII

Reported murdered by suffocation in a monastery cell; her death is mourned by friends and relatives.

LV

The captive they aim to rescue; her fate is uncertain, and she is guarded by the witch Horpyna.

LVI

Travels with the group, exhausted and alarmed; her beauty attracts dangerous attention from Cossack mobs.

LXI

Mentioned with concern; Zagloba hopes Jendzian has taken her to safety.

LXIII

Safe under the care of Pani Vitovska; Skshetuski is overjoyed to learn of her survival.