THE COVENANT OF WATER
Characters - Alphabetical
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Ranjan | Georgie's twin brother. | |
| BeeYay | Achen | The priest who founded Bethel Ashram. |
| Broker | Aniyan | The marriage broker. |
| Celeste | Arnold | Claude's wife. |
| Claude | Arnold | Civil surgeon. Digby's boss. |
| Everett | Arnold | Governor of Bombay Presidency. Claude's brother. |
| Toby | Arnold | Claude's brother. |
| Richard | Baptist D Lima III | Philipose's boss. |
| Sister | Birgitta | Rune's guardian. |
| Professor | Brattlestone | The school principal. |
| Honorine | Charlton | The matron. |
| Anna | Chedethi | Big Ammachi's new maid. |
| George | Cherian-Kurian | Jaipur Baby. |
| Joseph | Chirayapamb-George | George's uncle. |
| Sree | Chithihara-Thirunal | The Maharajah. |
| Vasco | Da Gama | A Portuguese Explorer. |
| Alan | Elder | Digby's mentor. |
| Lenin | Evermore | Kora and Lizzi's son. |
| Mar | Gregorios | The only saint of the Saint Thomas Christians. |
| A.J | Gropal | Philipose's teacher. |
| Salomon | Halevi | Jewish merchant and banker. |
| Armaeur | Hansen | The man who discovered the bacteria of lepers. |
| Sarry | Heid | The publican. |
| Dr. T.T | Kesavan | Mariamma's new colleague. |
| P.K | Khrishnamurthy | Mariamma's professor. AKA: Gargoylemurthy. |
| Archie | Kilgour | Digby's father. |
| Digby | Kilgour | A surgeon. One of the protagonists. |
| Odat | Kochama | Thamb'ran's cousin. |
| Decency | Kochamma | Ranjan's wife. |
| Dolly | Kochamma | Georgie's wife. |
| Georgie | Kochamma | Thankamma's nephew. |
| Manager | Kora | An estate writer. |
| Uplift | Master | Big Ammachi's new neighbor. |
| Pius | Mathew | The internal examiner. |
| Rory | McGillicutty | The right reverend of Corpus Christi. |
| Gregor | Mendel | An Austrian Biologist. |
| Joseph | Merrick | The famous elephant man. |
| Baby | Mol | Big Ammachi and Thamb'ran's daughter. |
| Bernard | Muller | Gerhard's son. |
| Gerhard | Muller | The head of Muller's madness. |
| Franz | Mylin | Lena's husband. |
| Lena | Mylin | One of Digby's patients. |
| Govind | Nair | Ruler of Travancore. |
| Kuttapan | Nair | Thamb'ran's old friend. |
| Mohan | Nair | Uplift Master's friend. |
| Rune | Orqvist | A Cochin physician. |
| Sultan | Pattar | A renowned maker of the sweet jalebi. |
| Jeb | Pellingham | Jennifer's brother. |
| Arjun | Railways | Philipose's train seatmate. |
| Uma | Ramamsamy | A doctor at Department of Pathology. Mariamma's professor. |
| Dr. | Ravinchandran | The first Indian professor in surgery. |
| Dr. Jamsetji | Rustomji-Cowper | The first and only Indian HOA. |
| Saaji | Saar | A football coach and mathematics professor. |
| Brijmohan | Sarkar | The external examiner. AKA: Brijee. |
| Koshy | Sarr | Philipose's mentor. |
| Ida | Scudder | White Missionary Physician. |
| Dr. | Seshaya | ENT doctor. Philipose's professor. |
| Benedict | Shaw | Eleanor's husband. Advisor to the Cochin maharajah. |
| Eleanor | Shaw | One of Orqvist's former patients. |
| Ann | Simonds | Wife of a district collector. |
| Isaac | Singer | An American inventor and actor. |
| J.B | Thorpe | Gita and Veda for cost-accounting. |
| Jennifer | Tuttleberry | Owen's wife. |
| Owen | Tuttleberry | Honorine's Anglo-Indian friend. |
| Mrs. | Yellow Sari | One of Philipose's co-passengers. |
| Aavudainayaki | The woman with a goiter. | |
| Akila | A senior staff nurse. | |
| Ammachi | Molay's mother. | |
| Ammini | Joppan's bride. | |
| Anita | Mariamma's classmate. | |
| Appa | Molay's father. Deceased. | |
| Arikkad | An Activitist. | |
| Baby Ninan | Philipose and Elsie's son. | |
| Banerjee | The barrister. Digby's friend. | |
| Basu | Digby's translator. | |
| Bessie | Owen's dame. | |
| Bhava | One of the lepers. | |
| Big Appachen | Big Ammachi's husband. AKA: Thamb'ran. | |
| Blossom | The woman that Uplift Master likes. | |
| Bristow | A marine engineer. | |
| C.T | A businessman who took Kochu's land. | |
| Caesar | Big Ammachi's new dog. | |
| Chandy | A contractor for the British Army. Rune's patient. | |
| Cherian | Mariamma's neighbor. | |
| Chinnah | Mariamma's class president. | |
| Cowasjee | The British cart driver who was captured by Tipi Sultan's army. | |
| Cromwell | The Mylins's driver. | |
| Damodaran | The elephant. | |
| Denzil | The prince. | |
| Dr.Das | A neurology doctor. | |
| Druva | Mariamma's classmate. | |
| Elsie | Chandy's daughter. Philipose's bride. AKA: Young Miss. | |
| Esmeralda | Owen's old car. | |
| Gopal | Mariamma's driver. | |
| Hannah | Anna's son. | |
| J.J Gilbert | Uplift Master's boss. | |
| Jana | A bookseller. | |
| Janaki | Celeste's long-time maid. | |
| Johnny | The ticket seller. | |
| Jojo | Thamb'ran's son. | |
| Joppan | Shamuel and Sara's son. | |
| Kaniyan | A teacher. | |
| Karuppamma | Digby's patient. | |
| Kochu | The church grounds keeeper. Lenin's friend | |
| Krishnan | Digby's associates. | |
| Leelamma | Chandy's wife. | |
| Lizziamma | Kora's wife. AKA: Lizzi. | |
| Mar Paulos | The Bishop. | |
| Mariamma (1) | The priest's daughter. AKA: Big Ammachi, Molay. Young Bride. | |
| Mariamma (2) | Philipose and Elsie's daughter. | |
| Mary | Jen's ex-girlfriend. | |
| Meena | One of Philipose's co-passengers. | |
| Mehr | Rune's former professor. | |
| Muhutsamy | Digby's cook and housekeeper. | |
| Nana | Digby's grandmother. | |
| Ousep | Joppan's assistant. | |
| Pathrose | One of Thamb'ran's ancestors. | |
| Peter | Digby's associates. | |
| Philip | Big Ammachi's father. | |
| Philipose | Big Ammachi's and Thamb'ran's son. AKA: The ordinary man. | |
| Podi | Mariamma's best friend. | |
| Raghavan | The watchman. | |
| Raghu | The banker. | |
| Rose | Jeb's new girl. | |
| Sankar | The leper that Rune met. | |
| Sara | Thankamma's maid. | |
| Senthil | One of the patients. | |
| Shamuel | Parambil's foreman. | |
| Shanthama | Thamb'ran's aunt. | |
| Shoshamma | Upliift Master's wife. | |
| Shyla | Kora and Lizzi's daughter. | |
| Sivaraman | Arrikad's old friend. | |
| Skaria | The compounder. | |
| Suja | A nurse. | |
| Thankamma | Thamb'ran's sister. | |
| Unni | Damodaran's caretaker | |
| Yakov | Joppan's assistant. | |
| Yohannan | Shamuel's father. | |
| Zachariah | Thamb'ran's father. |
