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