Cast List
Baldwin, Hawker – head lifeguard at the Grantville pool
Blackwell, Scott – State of Thuringia-Franconia National Guard colonel
Boekhorst, Josyntjie – sent to Grantville when the Spanish invaded the Netherlands, part of the aqualator/fountain project, see “The Researchers Spiritual and Temporal,” Grantville Gazette 84
Bracht, Jakob – Catholic, a NUS Army recruit looking for another chance, carries lockpicks, NESS agent from July 1634 on Team Two
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 on Team Two – his specialty is being the invisible man
D’Ambrosi, Giovanni – representative of Duchy of Castro in the Italies, see “The Researchers Spiritual and Temporal,” Grantville Gazette 84
Deibert, Johan “Hans” – Lutheran, a member of his village’s militia, came to Grantville early on and fought against the Croat raid, NESS agent since July 1634 on Team One
Dobbs, Nona – up-timer, a Grantville High School student, a member of the Bibelgesellschaft, see “Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide,” Ring of Fire IV and “Remember Plymouth,” 1637: The Coast of Chaos
Drehmann, Cecilia – seven-year-old daughter of Peter Johann Drehmann and Maria Stengerin
Drehmann, Peter Johann – one of the men Astrid hired to be a decoy in Operation Schale, Catholic
Drehmann, Peter – ten-year-old son of Peter Johann Drehmann and Maria Stengerin
Drehmann, Regina – fourteen-year-old daughter of Peter Johann Drehmann and Maria Stengerin, very attractive but totally focused on horses
Drehmann, Theobald – five-year-old son of Peter Johann Drehmann and Maria Stengerin
Eggers, Klaus – a CoC team leader during Krystalnacht
Engelsbergin, Marta – a Grantville High School student, Brethren (i.e., Anabaptist), member of the Bibelgesellschaft, focused on church history
Ennis, Carrie Leigh – James and Leigh Ann’s daughter, born in 1633
Ennis, Leigh Ann Haun – married to James Marvin Ennis, daughter of Fred & Julia Haun, mother of Julia, James Frederic, and Carrie; record keeper/scheduler for her mother-in-law, manages a strip of commercial property for her parents
Ennis, James Frederic – James and Leigh Ann’s son, born in 1999
Ennis, James Marvin – married to Leigh Ann Haun, USE Army Engineering Corps
Ennis, Julia – James and Leigh Ann’s daughter, born in 1996
Gebhard, Friedrich – CoC member, part of a Krystalnacht team
Goschin, Ursula – Lutheran (committed Flacian), married to Stefan Kirchenbauer, mother of Johann, a very good cook with definite opinions on childrearing
Green, Albert “Al” – an up-timer, pastor of First Baptist Church in Grantville, member of the Bibelgesellschaft
Groenewold, Gertrude “Trudi” – a prostitute who was working in Erfurt
Grooms, Lane – State of Thuringia-Franconia National Guard colonel
Hans – CoC member, part of a Krystalnacht team
Haun, Frederic – 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 Frederic 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, recovering from being shot during an attempted train hijacking
Helgerson, Arne – a Norwegian woodcarver and carpenter
Hofmann, Peter – a farmer in Kleinjena and one of the Saale Levies, see “Occupied Saxony,” Grantville Gazette 55 and “The Saale Levies,” Grantville Gazette 56
Hudson, Eric Glen – up-timer, graduated from Calvert 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), married to Gena Kroll
Kaufmännin, Anna – Magdalena’s sister, being courted by Klaus, from Saxony
Kaufmännin, Magdalena – Anna’s sister, teenager
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, training to become the first down-time criminal profiler
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
Kirchenbauer, Margareta “Greta” – daughter of Stefan Kirchenbauer and Ursula Goschin, twin of Niklas, born August 24, 1634
Kirchenbauer, Niklas “Claus” – son of Stefan Kirchenbauer and Ursula Goschin, twin of Margareta, born August 24, 1634
Kirchenbauer, Stefan – born 1593, Lutheran, married to Ursula, father of Johann, Margareta, and Niklas, 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 on Team One, the pessimist
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, member of the Bibelgesellschaft and part of the aqualator/fountain project
Klaus – courting Anna Kaufmännin
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
Kräusin, Anna – married to Wolfram Kuntz, not long before the Battle of Dessau Bridge, Lutheran, several years older than Astrid, a skilled seamstress
Kuntz, Kristina – daughter of Anna Kräusin and Wolfram Kuntz, born September 20, 1634
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 on Team Two, field medic as of May 1635
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, dating Astrid Schäubin
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
Mestermann, Hippolyta – daughter of Johann, bookkeeper for the livery stable, came up with the idea of selling shares in a pool of horses to frequent renters
Mestermann, Johann – owner of the livery stable across the road from the high school; NESS owns shares in various pools of horses there, also appears in David Carrico’s The Private Casefiles of Archie Gottesfreund
Moritz, Karen – Sunshine’s mother
Moritz, Susan Diana “Sunshine” – up-timer completing her junior year of high school, was focused on finding a way out of Grantville, applies to be a lifeguard
Moritz, Ted – Sunshine’s father, runs Happy Acres Construction
Moritz, Thad - Sunshine’s brother
Moser, Eberhard – a lieutenant in the SoTF National Guard assigning mercenaries/contractors to supply convoys
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 four 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, NESS agent from July 1634 on Team Three
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 on Team Two
Rice, Alicia – up-timer, a Grantville High School student, Methodist, a member of the Bibelgesellschaft, see “Clique, Clique, Boom,” Grantville Gazette 82 and “Remember Plymouth,” 1637: The Coast of Chaos
Richards, Melanie Burroughs – an up-timer, a special education teacher who became a child protection officer in the summer of 1634, married to Preston
Richards, Preston “Press” – an up-timer, Grantville Police chief from March 1634 on, married to Melanie
Rowland, Mimi – an up-timer, one of the Grantville Police Department dispatchers
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, field agent as of June 1634, Team Three leader as of May 1635, dating Georg Meisner
Schlinck – captain of Schlinck’s Company, one of the seven mercenary companies in the Grantville area, big on brute force
Schmidt, Lieutenant – a persona used by several intelligence personnel in the SoTF National Guard and the USE Army; some of them might even be lieutenants. They include:
∼a short, stocky, gray-haired man who wears captain’s insignia, see Missions of Security
∼a blond young man, see Security Threats
∼a dark-haired, average-looking man, perhaps Slavic, see Michael Lockwood’s “A Puritan Voice”
∼a woman in USE Army uniform with a lame foot, see Security Threats
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, later hired by Schlinck’s Company where he works as a guard overseeing prisoners on the tannery contract
Sprunck, Tobias – a Saxon from Chemnitz who came to Grantville in the fall of 1633, see “The Researchers Spiritual and Temporal,” Grantville Gazette 84
Stieff, Hermann Peter – State of Thuringia-Franconia National Guard colonel, handles Reserve component reconnaissance missions, see “Duty Calls” and “Horse Thieves,” in Karen Bergstralh’s The Horsewoman
Stengerin, Maria – married to Peter Johann Drehmann, mother of Regina, Peter, Cecilia, and Theobald, Catholic
Stoltz, Horst – Grantville Police Department sergeant
Stroh, Richart – Lutheran (Philippist), a big, unyielding man, NESS agent from July 1634 on Team One
Syborg, Matthias – proprietor of Syborg’s Book Store in the Magdeburg exurb, carries the latest science fiction, horror, mystery, etc.; see David Carrico’s Letters From Gronow
Traudermännin, Agathe – married to Phillip Pfeffer, mother of Wilhelm and Elisabetha, Lutheran, works for NESS as a cook
Václav – a Praemonstratensian monk assigned to the order’s brewing operation in Grantville, see “The Researchers Spiritual and Temporal,” Grantville Gazette 84
von Hessler, Hans Heinrich the Younger – colonel of the Saale Levies, see “Occupied Saxony,” Grantville Gazette 55 and “The Saale Levies,” Grantville Gazette 56
von Kardorff, Friedrich – a ritter from Westphalia, half-brother of Krystal, sixteen years old as of July 1635
von Kardorff, first name not disclosed – half-sister of Friedrich, of the niederadel in Westphalia, adopts the name Krystal
Weiner, Gunther – Grantville Police Department sergeant
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
Wolfe, Hans – a sergeant in Bretagne’s Company
Woodruff, Mathew – historical English down-timer, in the Original Timeline in Connecticut by 1640 but in the New Timeline came to Grantville in the fall of 1633, see “The Researchers Spiritual and Temporal,” Grantville Gazette 84 and Michael Lockwood’s “A Puritan Voice,” Parts 7–9 in Grantville Gazette 92–94
Želivský, Eva – Hussite from Bohemia, an ancestor was a wagon line commander under Jan “Zizka” Trocnova, see “The Researchers Spiritual and Temporal,” Grantville Gazette 84