Characters in the Lymond Chronicles
Here are some figures from Dorothy Dunnett's book series. I tried to get portraits for those who actually existed; but anyway, they have stars by their names.Everyone else is just as I visualized them. Paula, if you're reading this and I get it wrong, please don't flay me.
The Crawfords
Mariotta Crawford Richard's tempermental wife. She's supposed to be this sophisticated black Irish beauty, but she comes off as a childish twit.
Lord Richard Culter Stouter, browner, and older than his brother. A guy-next-door, family man.
The Dowager Lady Culter Sybilla, Lymond's mom. Like her son, she is blond and blue-eyed. She also shares his taste for incest.
Francis Crawford of Lymond and Sevigny
Dorothy described him as fair, with an indulgent, impersonal look about him. Possibly a pansy.
The Good (Lymond's Men)
Danny Hislop
The smartass member of Lymond's troupe. Not attractive, apparently.
Adam Blacklock   One of Lymond's soldiers. Swarthy, with a stutter and a limp.
  Jerott Blyth   You would call him Lymond's friend, except that he has none. Dark, dramatic, and often drunk.
Archie Abernathy Menagerie-keeper and Lymond's nursemaid during his bouts of withdrawl. (This is an actual portrait done by D.D. of Archie. Awesome.)
Graham Reid Mallett    This guy is like the cat who came back, or maybe the energizer bunny; you cannot kill him. He is the brother of Joleta-the-Child-Whore, so you can imagine the merits of his character.
The Bad (Lymond's Women)
Lady Christian Stewart   Lymond's friend - just friend, really - blind, kind-hearted, red-haired, kind of saintly.
*Lady Margaret Lennox
A bitch to put all other bitches to shame. Lymond's greatest enemy.
Kate Somerville   Another friend of Lymond's. Twenty-something, "plain as a brown hen", sensible as all hell.
Joleta Reid Mallett About 15 in her appearence in Knights. Lymond's bona-fide child whore.
Philippa Somerville Goes from being Lymond's biggest nuisance to his muse or whatever. Here she is, pre- and post-harem. Just read the book and this will all make sense.
Oonagh O'Dwyer       "She was not young, and not less than beautiful." She's also a woman with serious intimacy  issues. Probably the most humorous thing that ever happens to her occurs in her last scene in Pawn.
Marthe   Appears in Pawn. And it's just coincidence that she has Lymond's colouring and temperment and photogenic mind .... ha ha ha.
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