| 1 | | | LARK HOUSE |
| | Irina | Bazili | Protagonist. Immigrant from Romania. aka Elisabeta. |
| | Hans | Voigt | Director of the Lark House. |
| | Lupita | Farias | Head of the cleaning staff at the Lark House. |
| | Catherine | Hope | Doctor. Resident at the Lark House. aka Cathy. |
| | Alma | Belasco | One of the residents of the Lark House. aka Alma Mendel. |
| 2 | | | FRENCHIE |
| | Jacques | Devine | One of the residents of the Lark House. aka Frenchie. |
| | Jean | Daniel | Haitian aide at the Lark House. |
| 3 | | | ALMA BELASCO |
| | Neko | | Alma's tabby cat. |
| | Tim | | Irina's business partner. |
| | Seth | Belasco | Alma's grandson. |
| | Victor | Vikashev | Head gardener at the Lark House. |
| | Kirsten | | Works at Alma's Silk Screening Studio. Has Down Syndrome. |
| | Isaac | Belasco | Alma's father-in-law. Established the Belasco Foundation. |
| 4 | | | THE INVISIBLE MAN |
| | Ichimei | Fukuda | Alma's childhood friend. aka Ichi. |
| | Doris | Belasco | Alma's daughter-in-law. |
| | Larry | Belasco | Alma's son. Doris' husband |
| 5 | | | THE POLISH GIRL |
| | Samuel | Mendel | Alma's brother. |
| | Lillian | Belasco | Isaac's wife |
| | Miss | Honeycomb | Alma's English governess. |
| | Martha | Belasco | Lillian and Isaac's daughter. |
| | Sarah | Belasco | Lillian and Isaac's daughter. |
| | Nathaniel | Belasco | Lillian and Isaac's son. |
| | Baruj | Mendel | Alma's father. |
| | Takao | Fukuda | Gardener of the Belasco family. Ichimei's father. |
| | Heideko | Fukuda | Takao's wife. Ichimei's mother. |
| | Charles | Fukuda | Ichimei's oldest brother. |
| | James | Fukuda | Ichimei's older brother. |
| | Megumi | Fukuda | Ichimei's older sister. |
| 7 | | | IRINA BAZILI |
| | Pauline | Belasco | Seth's sister |
| | Costea | | Irina's grandfather |
| | Petruta | | Irina's grandmother |
| 8 | | | SETH BELASCO |
| | David | Belasco | Most famous ancestor of the Belasco's. Deceased. |
| 11 | | | IRINA, ALMA, AND LENNY |
| | Radmila | | Irina's mother. |
| | Lenny | Beal | One of the residents of the Lark House. |
| | Sophia | | Lenny's dog. |
| 12 | | | THE PRISONERS |
| | Boyd | Anderson | American soldier. |
| | Frank | Delillo | Doctor. Mentor of Megumi. |
| 13 | | | ARIZONA |
| | Miss | Brody | Principal at Ichimei's school. |
| 15 | | | THE RESURRECTION |
| | Anat | Rakosi | Mother of Samuel's child. |
| | Baruj | Mendel | Samuel's son. Named after his father. |
| 16 | | | THE SWORD OF THE FUKUDAS |
| | Kemi | Morita | Oomoto's Spiritual Leader. |
| 19 | | | LIGHT AND SHADOW |
| | Meili | | Gallery assistant. Chinese. |
| 20 | | | AGENT WILKINS |
| | Ron | Wilkins | FBI Agent. |
| | Jim | Robyns | Electrician. |
| 21 | | | SECRET |
| | Mike | | Ichimei's son. |
| 22 | | | THE CONFESSION |
| | | Kallet | Veterinarian. |
| 26 | | | GARDENIAS |
| | Helen | Dempsey | One of the residents of the Lark House. |
| 28 | | | THE PATRIARCH |
| | Delphine | Fukuda | Ichimei's wife. Primary school teacher. aka Delphine Akimura. |
| | Charles | | Megumi's son. |
| 29 | | | SAMUEL MENDEL |
| | Clotaire | Martineaux | Member of the Resistance during World War II. |
| 30 | | | NATHANIEL |
| | Peter | | Ichimei's younger son. |
