| | | | Part I The King is Dead |
| 1 | Shek | Yeung | A Chinese pirate queen. |
| | Cheng | Yat | Shek Yeung's husband. |
| | Cheung | Po | Cheng Yat's second-in-command. |
| | Napoleon | Bonaparte | A French military commander and political leader. |
| | Ma-Zou | | A Chinese sea goddess. |
| | Binh | | A helmsman. |
| | Old Wong | | A navigator. |
| | Ahmad | | A boatman. |
| | Yan-Yan | | A purser. |
| 2 | Ying-Shek | | One of Cheng and Shek Yeung's sons. |
| | Hung-Shek | | One of Cheng and Shek Yeung's sons. |
| | Kwok | Po-Tai | Leader of the Black Banner Fleet. |
| | Wo-Yuet | | Shek Yeung's old friend. |
| | Madame Ko | | Shek Yeung's acquaintance. |
| 3 | Yu-Lan | | Shek Yeung's brother's wife. |
| 4 | Madame Lam | | Ma-Zou's mother. |
| 5 | Heung-Koo | | Shek Yeung's alias. |
| | Siu | Fa | One of Madame Ko's girls. |
| | Jung-Jung | | One of Madame Ko's girls. |
| | Old Lai | | Shek Yeung's acquaintance. |
| | Mei | | One of Madame Ko's girls. |
| | | | Part II Long Live the Queen |
| 9 | Choy | Hin | Commander at the Blue Banner Fleet. |
| | Li | | Leader of the Green Banner Fleet. |
| | Ba | | Leader of the White Banner Fleet. |
| | Lam | Yuk-Yiu | Choy Hin's wife. aka: Matron. |
| | Pak | Ling | An expert in suppressing piracy. |
| 10 | Old Tam | | Shek Yeung's acquaintance. |
| 11 | Qiu | Liang-Gong | Appointed as captain as favor to the emperor. |
| 12 | Cheng | Chi-Lung | A powerful pirate descended from a powerful family. |
| | Tagawa | Matsu | Cheng Chi-Lung's mother. |
| | Koxinga | | Lord of the Imperial Name. |
| 13 | Dawa | | Yan-Yan's friend. |
| | | | Part III Deep as the Sky |
| 15 | Hou-Hou | | A boy who wants to marry Shek Yeung. |
| | Fung-Wang | | One of a new crews. |
| | Master Tian | | A fortune-teller. aka:
Skymaster. |
| 17 | Kwun-Yam | | A bodhisattva. |
| | Lam | | A fisherman. |
| 18 | Tse | Po-Po | A midwife. |
| | Su | Shi | A Chinese calligrapher, essayist and port. |
| 19 | Fan | | A fortune-teller. |
| | Juan | | Shek Yeung and Cheung Po's acquaintance. |
| 21 | Old Chan | | A town magistrate. |
| | | | Part IV Red as the Sea |
| 23 | Empress Wu | | Former Empress of China. |
| 25 | Siu | Yuet | Cheung Po and Shek Yeung's daughter. |
| 27 | Wong | Tak-Luk | A Navy ships commander. |
| 28 | Yuen | | Kwok Po-Tai's body guard. |
| 31 | Tin-Hau | | An Empress of Heaven. |
| 36 | Tang | Sanzang | A Buddhist monk. |
| | Zongli | Quan | A Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals. |
| | Emperor Kangxi | | Emperor of China. |
| | Emperor Yongzheng | | Son of Emperor Kangxi. |
| | Emperor Qianlong | | Emperor Kangxi's grandson. |
| | Emperor Jiaqing | | Emperor Kangxi's great-grandson. |
| | Meng | Haoran | A major Tang Dynasty poet. |
| | Lam | Mak-Neung | A mortal girl. |
