Laird Nicholson: owns the estate outside St Andrew’s that Dagny’s husband Kennocht manages

Dagny McIntyre: Sorcha’s sister

Erik McIntyre: Sorcha’s brother (deceased)

Charlie McIntyre: Sorcha’s father (deceased)

Astrid Grimmsdatter: Sorcha’s mother/mor. Originally from Bergen, Norway (deceased)

Robbie McIntyre: Sorcha’s brother; prisoner of war, presumed dead

Andrew Watson: fisherman; Sorcha’s husband (deceased)

Davan Watson: Sorcha’s stillborn son

James Crawford: local fisherman; drowned at sea

Mrs Porter: local gossip

Moira Fraser: neighbour of Sorcha’s and owner of the Labrador, Crabby

*Bailie Robert Cook: member of Pittenweem town council

*Bailie William Bell: member of Pittenweem town council

*Bailie Robert Vernour: member of Pittenweem town council

*Jean Durkie: fishwife

*Lillie Wallace: fishwife

Mrs Oliver: Pittenweem local

Mr Browning: Pittenweem local

Cameron McDougall: Pittenweem local

Malcolm Moray: owns the local colliery

*Margie Strang: Pittenweem local raped by stationed soldiers

*Isobel Courie: fell pregnant to Corporal Robert Varner

*Corporal Robert Varner: disreputable soldier who impregnated Isobel Courie

Widow Adams: Pittenweem local

*William Brown/Laing: Beatrix’s husband

*Peter Morton: apprentice blacksmith and son of Patrick Morton. Grossly afflicted by a curse laid by Beatrix Laing

*Patrick Morton: Peter’s father and town blacksmith

McKenzie family: local Pittenweem family

Bailie Thomas Whyte: member of Pittenweem town council

Seumas Cowper: eldest son of Patrick Cowper

Mr Roberts: Pittenweem local

*Bailie Robert Cleiland: member of Pittenweem town council

Mr Baker: Pittenweem local

Hetty Collins: butcher’s wife

Mary Collins: her daughter

Rachel Johnson: Pittenweem local

*Mrs Dore: an accused witch from St Monan’s

*Christian Shaw: accused a group of her family’s servants of witchcraft in 1697. Eight of them were subsequently sentenced to death

*Margaret (Lillie) Wallace: fishwife

*Katherine Marshal: fishwife

Benjamin Brown: Pittenweem local

Therese Larnarch: fishwife

Mrs Robertson: Cooper’s second wife

Graham Donaldson: brewer

Michael Bruce: tavern owner

Widow Agnes: Pittenweem local

Mark Smith: constable of Pittenweem

Simon Wood: constable of Pittenweem

Gerard Stuart: constable of Pittenweem

Angus Stuart: constable of Pittenweem

Mr Frost: Pittenweem local

Alick Brigstowe: former fisherman who lost a hand and was given job of Tolbooth keeper

Mr Bollard: Bailie pro tempore

Mr Chifley: Pittenweem local

Burn: dog

Crabby: Moira Fraser’s dog

Bait: moggie

*Richard Dugdale: Fife man, accused of being a witch and put to death

*Margaret Jack: fishwife and accused witch

Camron MacGille: replacement Tolbooth keeper

Rab Burne: Pittenweem local and ne’er do well

Dr Duncan McLeod: Pittenweem doctor — only completed a year of training in Edinburgh, so uses the title under sufferance

Jen Hazell: fishwife

Angus Riding: local who fell asleep on a gravestone

*Mr Ker of Kippilaw: Advocate

*Mr Robert Cook(e): Advocate from Edinburgh (I added the ‘e’ to his name to distinguish him from Bailie Robert Cook)

*Earl of Rothes: Edinburgh aristocracy

*Laird Anstruther: local laird

Mrs Tyler: Pittenweem local

Mr Butterworth: Pittenweem local who drank Irish spirit and almost drowned

McDonald lads: Pittenweem locals

Ellie Brown: Pittenweem local