| | Eivor | Minervudottir | A 19th century polar hydrologist. |
| | Crabby | | Ro's nurse. Dr. Kalbfleisch's assistant. |
| | Roberta Louise | Stephens | Eivor Minervudottir's biographer. A teacher. Aka: Ro. |
| | Flo | | Ro's aunt. |
| | Dr. | Kalbfleisch | Ro's handsome ob-gyne. |
| | Mr. | Fivey | The principal at Central Coast High. |
| | Boadicea | | The Queen of a Celtic tribe. |
| | Matilda | Quarles | Ro's star student. Young pregnant girl. Aka: Mattie. |
| | | | ACME - A grocery, hardware, and drugstone combined. |
| | Orlando | Stephens | Ro's Father. |
| | Penny | | The English teacher in Central Coast. Ro's co-teacher. |
| | Susan | M. Korsmo | Didier's exhausted wife. Ro's friend. Aka: The Wife. |
| | The Mender's | Mother | Ginny's mother. |
| | Ginny | Percival | The mender. A drop out student. Aka: The Mender, Gin. |
| | Malky | | Ginny's goat. |
| | Hnas | | Ginny's goat. |
| | Ephraim | | Mattie's boyfriend. The father of Mattie's baby. |
| | Bjartur | | Eivor's uncle. |
| | Bex | Korsmo | Susan and Didier's daughter. |
| | John | Korsmo | Susan and Didier's son. aka: Pliny, The Younger. |
| | Mrs. | Costello | Bex's babysitter. Ash's grandmother. |
| | Didier | Costello | Roberta's co-teacher. Susan's husband. |
| | Clementine | | Ginny's client. |
| | Pinka | | Ginny's goat. |
| | Temple | Percival | Ginny's aunt. Aka: The Mender's Aunt. |
| | | | NILF - Nazi I'd like to f..k. |
| | Ash | | Clementine's sister. Mattie's bestfriend. |
| | Mr. Bryan | Zakile | A former soccer player. Mrs. Fivey's cousin. |
| | Yasmine | Salter | Mattie's bestfriend. |
| | Shell | | Bex's friend. |
| | Jessica | | Shell's mother. |
| | Blake | | Jessica's husband. A nutritionist. |
| | Gunni | Minervudottir | Eivor's brother. |
| | Pete | Xiao | Ro's co-teacher. A math teacher in Central Coast. |
| | Sam | Bellamy | Pirate. Aka: Black Sam. |
| | Maria | Hallett | A woman who was inlove to Sam. |
| | Goody | Hallett | Maria's husband. |
| | | | Whydah - Captain Black Sam's stolen ship. |
| | Cotter | | Ginny's only friend. |
| | Nouri | Whiters | One of Ro's students. |
| | Renzo | | The widower's nephew. |
| | Euphrosyne | | Renzo's girlfriend. |
| | Sarah Dolores | Fivey | The principal's wife. Aka: Lola. |
| | Bernadette | | Mattie's aunt. |
| | Jolly | | Ro's nurse. |
| | Archer | Stephens | Ro's brother. Aka: Archie. |
| | Officer | Whiters | A police officer. |
| | Officer | Smith | Officer Whiters's colleague. |
| | Harry | Rattray | Eivor's young tutor. The Scottish author. |
| | Jupiter | | The last man that Ro had sex with. |
| | Edward | Tilghman | Susan's former classmate in Law School. Ginny's lawyer. |
| | Chad | | Susan's ex-lover. |
| | Captain | Holm | Harry Rattray's boss. |
| | Delphine | Gray | Mattie's friend. |
| | Erica | Salter | Representative from Portland (District 43). Yasmine's mother. |
| | Stoughton | | The judge in Ginny's case. |
| | Adolphus | Greely | The American explorer. |
| | George Gabriel | Stokes | Physical Science Secretary at The Royal State. |
| | L. | | Mattie's nurse. |
| | Dr. | V. | Mattie's doctor. |
