Cast List
Augustus – herr of Neustatter’s home village, married to Frau Sophia
Bracht, Jakob – Catholic, a NUS Army recruit looking for another chance, carries lockpicks
Bretagne, Giulio – captain of Bretagne’s Company, one of the seven mercenary outfits in the Grantville area, runs a well-trained and well-supplied organization
Brenner, Otto – born 1603, Lutheran, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, NESS agent, the invisible man
Carroll, Sara – an up-timer, a NUS Army recruiter, scheduled to teach horsemanship
Carstairs, Joel – assistant manager, Sommersburg and Carstairs construction
Claussen – Lutheran (Flacian) pastor in Neustatter’s home village
Deibert, Johan “Hans” – Lutheran, a member of his village’s militia, came to Grantville early on and fought in the Croat raid
Ennis, Leigh Ann Haun – married to James Marvin Ennis, daughter of Fred & Julia Haun, mother of Julia, James Frederic, and Carrie
Ennis, James Marvin – married to Leigh Ann Haun, USE Army Engineering Corps
Felke, Horst – Grantville High school student, Catholic, the leading advocate of the Critical (Alexandrian) text of the New Testament within the Bibelgesellschaft
Forster, Josef – a friend of Johann Kirchenbauer, shortstop on his Little League team, lives in Spring Branch
Frost, Dan – up-timer, Grantville Police chief, up-time through March 1634
Gerhard, Johann – historical down-timer, Lutheran (Flacian), theology professor and dean of the theology faculty at the University of Jena, considered the third most important Lutheran theologian ever (behind Luther and Chemnitz)
Goschin, Ursula – Lutheran (committed Flacian), married to Stefan Kirchenbauer, mother of Johann, a very good cook
Green, Albert “Al” – an up-timer, pastor of First Baptist Church in Grantville, member of the Bibelgesellschaft
Groenewold, Gertrud “Trudi” – a prostitute in Erfurt
Grönloh – a sergeant in Schlinck’s Company
Haun, Fred – an up-timer, married to Julia Gunderson, owns land east of Grantville High School on both sides of Buffalo Creek
Haun, Julia Gunderson – an up-timer, married to Fred Haun, from Minnesota. Mother of Johnny F. (Hearts & Minds team in 1634: The Ram Rebellion), Walter, and Leigh Ann Ennis
Heidenfelder, Lukas – born 1602, Lutheran, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, NESS agent, partier, carries a knife
Heinrich – an older teamster based out of Saalfeld
Holz, Pankratz – Flacian Lutheran pastor holding services in a storefront church in Grantville, critical of the Bibelgesellschaft
Hudson, Eric Glen – up-timer, graduated from Grantville High School in 1631, NUS Army assigned to military procurement in Erfurt, then SoTF National Guard stationed in Halle as a railroad scheduler, member of the dinner-and-a-movie club (“Breaking News,” Jay Robison, Grantville Gazette 5), and occasional 250 Club patron (“The Baptist Basement Bar and Grill,” Terry Howard, Grantville Gazette 32), dating Gena Kroll
Huffman, Maxwell “Max” – up-timer, NUS drill sergeant, see “Greetings!” Mike Watson, Grantville Gazette 68 for his further adventures as an SoTF Marshal
Kellarmännin, Barbara – a Grantville High School student, Brethren (i.e., Anabaptist), a member of the Bibelgesellschaft, quiet and observant, see “The Observer,” Grantville Gazette 78 and “Clique, Clique, Boom,” Grantville Gazette 82 for her further adventures
Kirchenbauer, Johann – son of Stefan Kirchenbauer and Ursula Goschin, born not long before the Battle of Dessau Bridge in 1626, delighted to be in Grantville, the pessimist
Kirchenbauer, Stefan – born 1593, Lutheran, married to Ursula, father of Johann, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, NESS agent
Kircher, Athanasius – historical down-timer, Catholic, Jesuit, priest assigned to Grantville, omni-disciplinary scientist: Paula Findlen’s up-time biography of him (2004) is titled Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew Everything
Kraft, Heinrich “Heinz” – married to Helene Olbrichtin, a farmer in Kleinjena, Saxon County; introducing up-time foods and crops, see “Occupied Saxony,” Grantville Gazette 55 and “The Saale Levies,” Grantville Gazette 56 for his further adventures
Kräusin, Anna – married to Wolfram Kuntz, not long before the Battle of Dessau Bridge, Lutheran, several years older than Astrid, a skilled seamstress
Kroll, Gordon – up-timer, married to Maurine, works in military procurement in Erfurt
Kroll, Jennifer “Gena” – up-timer, graduated from Grantville High School in 1634, martial artist—see “American Past Time,” Deann Turner and Mike Turner, Ring of Fire II, dating Eric Glen Hudson
Kroll, Maurine – up-timer, married to Gordon, mother of Gena, works in the medical clinic in Erfurt
Kuntz, Wolfram – born 1594, married to Anna Kräusin, Lutheran, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, took care of the sick and wounded, NESS agent
Lorenz – a teamster based out of Saalfeld
Mehler, Johann – an SoTF National Guard lieutenant in the Fulda Barracks Regiment
Meisner, Georg – Grantville High School student, Brethren (i.e., Anabaptist), member of the Bibelgesellschaft, took the forensics course while his sister stayed late to read Al Green’s books, one of the first CSIs down-time
Meisnerin, Katharina – Grantville High School student, Brethren (i.e., Anabaptist), member of the Bibelgesellschaft, within it the leading advocate of the Majority (Byzantine) text of the New Testament
Moser, Eberhard – a lieutenant in the SoTF National Guard assigning mercenaries/contractors to supply convoys
Musaeus, Johannes – historical down-timer, with Katharina Meisnerin and Horst Felke becomes one of the leaders of the Bibelgesellschaft
Neustatter, Edgar – born 1604, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, Lutheran, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge (1626) as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, leader of Neustatter’s European Security Services
Pfeffer, Elisabetha – daughter of Phillip Pfeffer and Agathe Traudermännin, about 4 years old
Pfeffer, Phillip – married to Agathe Traudermännin, father of Wilhelm and Elisabetha, Lutheran (Philippist—named for Melanchthon, has lived in Grantville since mid-1632 doing day labor
Pfeffer, Wilhelm – son of Phillip Pfeffer and Agathe Traudermännin, roughly the same age as Johann Kirchenbauer
Recker, Karl – born 1600, Lutheran, formerly a blacksmith’s apprentice in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, NESS agent
Richards, Preston “Press” – an up-timer, Grantville Police chief from March 1634 on
Rowland, Mimi – an up-timer, one of the Grantville Police Department dispatchers
Rummel, Maria – Wilhelm’s sister
Rummel, Wilhelm – leader of a group of thirty-one refugees forced out of their Franconian village in 1633 for supporting the NUS
Schaub, Ditmar – born 1604, Hjalmar and Astrid’s cousin, Lutheran, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, leader of NESS Team One
Schaub, Hjalmar – born 1608, Astrid’s brother and Ditmar’s cousin, Lutheran, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, leader of NESS Team Two
Schäubin, Astrid – born 1612, Hjalmar’s sister and Ditmar’s cousin, Lutheran, one of Herr Augustus and Frau Sophia’s maids in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, NESS secretary
Schlinck – captain of Schlinck’s Company, one of the seven mercenary companies in the Grantville area, big on brute force
Schrödinger, Herr – a NESS client, manufactures something for the USE military that allows him to stay in really good inns
Seidelman, Gottlieb – a NUS Army recruit, went into the Reserves and is taking classes to go into law or perhaps police work, considered an intellectual in the ranks
Sophia – Frau, married to Herr Augustus
Sperzel, Dietrich – a NUS National Guard sergeant in the Fulda Barracks Regiment
Stroh, Richart – Lutheran (Philippist), a big, unyielding man
Stull, Dennis – up-timer, works in military procurement in Erfurt, Noelle Murphy Stull’s father
Thomas, Jr., Harley – an SoTF Marshal, formerly a NUS Army drill sergeant, served with Max Huffman and Archie Mitchell in both jobs
Traudermännin, Agathe – married to Phillip Pfeffer, mother of Wilhelm and Elisabetha, Lutheran
Wesner, Casimir – a library researcher in Grantville on behalf of Saxe-Altenburg and the von Hessler family, see “The Researchers Spiritual and Temporal,” Grantville Gazette 84) for more about him
Wolf, Hans – a sergeant in Bretagne’s Company
Zeithoff, Bernhardt – amtmann (administrator) of the village of Flieden