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'''Raya:''': The owner of the carnival.<br>
'''Wortacha:''' The owner's partner and leader of the menagerie.<br>
'''Vaida:''' The carnival master.<br>
'''Gyorgi  Tobar:''' The carnival's uniformly disliked accountant and skinflint.<br>
'''Baxtalo:''' The carnival's main handyman and the lead roustabout.<br>
'''Drabarav:''' The carnival's resident palm reader; her gift is undeniable, despite her extreme youth and naivete.<br> 
'''Chokesarav:''' The carnival's blacksmith.<br>
'''Chovexani:''' The carnival's curvacious witch, she casts curses for angry people, creates love potions for the perpetually horny or lonely, and manufactures amulets for sale.<br>  
'''Spiuni:''' A small carny, usually, but not always a child or dwarf, who spots and marks out those who have money to spend.<br>
'''Trito Ursitori:''' The three chief actors; one specializes in heroes, one in villains and the third is the chief narrator of plays.<br>
'''Sap Romni:''' The ''wife of the serpent'' is the carnival's chief snake handler and performs nightly, her famous serpent dance.<br> 
'''Veshengo:''' The carnival's archer and knife thrower.<br>
'''Zoros:''' The Strongman.<br>
'''Yungxo:''' The most attractive young man in the carnival, who acts as the young hero in plays and skits; he is also the strongman in training and a roustabout.<br>
'''Pen Vala:''' The carnival's resident bearded lady and the carnival's primary gossip. <br>
'''Gilabno:''' The male virtuoso.<br>
'''Drabarno:''' An elderly male fortuneteller.<br>
'''Kirvi Ataman:''' The head animal groom.<br>
'''Meska:''' The smartest bear in the Balkans; he is a favorite of the gadje children for his seeming ability to understand spoken commands.<br>
'''Kesali:''' An orphaned Roma girl, who has been taken in by the carnival; she has recently become apprentice to the storyteller.<br>
'''Paguba:''' The supply crew, who make trips into Sofia proper and supplement their earnings with petty theft.<br>
'''Nano Bino:''' The carnival's resident huckster and pimp, he exudes a greasy charm and lies with a the best of them.<br>
'''Bara Chuchi:''' A big breasted, middle age gypsy woman who is the lead in the Gypsy Strip Show; she also acts as a madame for her daughters and Smentena.<br>
'''But Guli:''' Bara Chuchi's daughter by Nano Bino, she is beautiful young gypsy girl in the flower of womanhood, the second in the Gypsy Strip Show and a budding prostitute.<br>
'''Puterdea:''' Bara Chuchi's daughter by Zoros the Stongman, she is what they call a 'big girl'; she has no particlar talent for dancing, but dutifully 'turns tricks' at her mother's request.<br>
'''Smentena:''' ''Cream'' as she is known, is a Nordic beauty who is being trained to dance by Bara Cuchi and But Guli; her past remains a mystery, but no one asks in the carnival.<br>
'''Chorey:''' The carnival's official 'thief', a habitual drunkard who makes his living taking the blame for the carnival's less savory money making schemes. He usually spends more time behind bars than outside, but he is a integral part of the carnival way of life and as long as he has a bottle, he doesn't care.<br>
'''Yak:''' A large and very strong freak with a single eye in the middle of his forehead, essentially a cyclops; he rounds out the strongman act - and a roustabout.<br> 
'''Nivasi:''' The mermaid.<br>
'''Khan Khantino:''' A lowbrow comedian who makes his living through flatulent slapstick and vulgar jokes.<br>
'''Johai:''' A combination of geek and medium; a.k.a - Ghost Vomit.<br>
'''Cheeb:''' The carnival's professional lick-spittle who unceasingly compliments the gadje customers, but Cheeb's razor sharp wit can be purchased for equally offensive insults.<br> 
'''Dill:''' A strong, but retarded young man who makes his living as a roustabout and as the unwitting whipping boy of the crowd and the performers - especially Cheeb. <br>
'''Niamo:''' The families of the carnival members.<br>
'''Puyuria:''' Gadje gypsy-groupies.<br>
'''Shanglo:''' The lone Rom constable, who patrols the carnival, presumably to deter crime.<br>