CHARACTERS

In this hypertext we have four main characters. For their descriptions I have used extracts directly out of the hypertext:

- Lord Nikolich of Rudna

He was a knight of the Golden Fleece, rector of the Serbian schools in Osek and a court judge in the Torontal and Srem bishopric. During the war with the French and Turks, he gave the Austrian Empire interest-free loans, and for the sum of 52,028 forints bought the Rudna wasteland. In private life, Nikolich was a sensitive man - who got drunk as soon as he saw a glass and grew fat at the thought of more than two dishes on the table. He had no male heirs, but one daughter by the name of Attilia.

- Miss Attilia

The young Miss Nikolich flew into her fifteenth year with a copy of Orfelin's Eternal Calendar under her arm and the impression that time was at a standstill. She liked watching birds flying through a snowstorm, had spotted eyes and breasts like snakes' eggs, and had already learned to slip a ring onto her left hand in no time at all without using her right. She wore dresses in the Viennese style, high-waisted and strewn with tiny embroidered herbs, while her bosom, according to the current fashion, was covered with only a transparent veil, so that her two fly-like nipples were quite visible.

- John the Ladder

One of the two greatest builders among the Johns are John the Ladder, named after the Holy Father who built ladders to the sky. He was the elder John and he builds the Church.

- John the Damascene

The other of the two greatest builders among the Johns are John the Damascene, named after John of Damascus, who built in men's hearts. That is why he is called Damascene. He was the younger John and he builds the Palace.

We also find secondary characters as:

- Dimitriye Shuvakovich, a mason descended from many generations of excellent left-handed constructors.

- Yagoda, the coachman

- Lieutenant Alexander, Attilian fiancé