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| Character | Description | Traits |
|---|---|---|
| Quasimodo | Quasimodo is the half-blind, disfigured bell-ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Having lived a solitary life separate from society, he finds compassion and human connection with a sensitive dancer who has also been wronged by society. Read More | compassionate, kind, strong |
| Claude Frollo | The archdeacon of Notre-Dame, Claude Frollo spirals ever deeper into his intellectual endeavors, dark arts, and obsessive lust for a young dancer, which ultimately destroy him. Read More | smart, secretive, manipulative |
| Esmeralda | Esmeralda is a loving and kind dancer who is adored by the public until a Catholic priest, who is obsessed with her, turns society against her, and she is sentenced to death. Read More | beautiful, kind, innocent |
| Pierre Gringoire | A frustrated poet and floundering playwright, Pierre Gringoire becomes a friend of Esmeralda and a truant in the Court of Miracles, living ultimately for balance, philosophy, and pleasure. Read More | philosophical, naive, gullible |
| Phoebus de Châteaupers | Phoebus de Châteaupers is a high-ranking captain of the king's officers. He appears outwardly honorable but proves to be a coward and a rogue. Read More | manipulative, coarse, arrogant |
| The Recluse | Esmeralda's long-lost mother, the Recluse, lives in self-imposed exile in a cell under the street in the public square. She is also known as Sister Gudule, the Sachette, and Paquette la Chantefleurie (the flowersong). Read More | obsessive, broken, depressed, vengeful, repentant |
| Jehan Frollo | Jehan Frollo is Claude Frollo's younger brother and a rowdy, spoiled student who later gives up his studies and becomes a truant. He dies one night while storming Notre-Dame Cathedral with the truants. Read More | lazy, greedy, manipulative |
| Maître Florian Barbedienne | Maître Florian Barbedienne is the deaf judge who sentences Quasimodo to be beaten in the public square. | dishonest, unfair, cranky, mean |
| Marc Cenaine | Marc Cenaine is a magician Jacques Charmolue and Claude Frollo torture for practicing witchcraft while they try to pry alchemy secrets from him. | strong-willed, stubborn |
| Bérangère de Champchevrier | Bérangère de Champchevrier is Fleur-de-Lys de Gondelaurier's friend. | young, beautiful, sweet |
| Jacques Charmolue | Jacques Charmolue is Crown Prosecutor in the Ecclesiastical Court; thus, he is Esmeralda's prosecutor and torturer. | vindictive, cruel, sadistic |
| Jacques Coictier | Jacques Coictier is King Louis XI's physician. | ambitious, manipulative |
| Diane de Christeuil | Diane de Christeuil is Fleur-de-Lys Gondelaurier's friend. | judgmental, cruel, insecure |
| Maître Jacques Coppenole | Maître Jacques Coppenole is the ambassador from the town of Ghent and part of the visiting Flemish embassy who attends the mystery play. | humorous, impatient, sympathetic |
| Djali | Djali is Esmeralda's talented goat. | playful, loyal, talented |
| Robert d'Estouteville | Robert d'Estouteville is chamberlain to the king. He is in a bad temper the day Quasimodo is pilloried, and he does not realize Quasimodo and the judge on duty are both deaf. | grouchy |
| Eustache | Eustache is Demoiselle Mahiette's young son, who eats the Recluse's maize cake. | impatient, greedy |
| La Falourdel | La Falourdel is the innkeeper of the hotel where Phoebus and Esmeralda meet. | naive, oblivious |
| Colombe de Gaillefontaine | Colombe is Fleur-de-Lys Gondelaurier's friend. | judgmental, cruel, insecure |
| Demoiselle Gervaise | Demoiselle Gervaise is Demoiselle Mahiette's friend. | judgmental, argumentative, sharp |
| Aloïse de Gondelaurier | Aloïse is Fleur-de-Lys Gondelaurier's mother. | nervous, pushy |
| Fleur-de-Lys de Gondelaurier | Fleur-de-Lys de Gondelaurier is an aristocrat who is engaged to Phoebus. | self-centered, snobby, naive |
| Guillaume de Harancourt | Guillaume de Harancourt is a prisoner who begs King Louis XI for mercy. | penitent, miserable, hopeful |
| King Louis XI | The king of France, Louis XI, goes by the name Compère Tourangeau when he meets Claude Frollo. | greedy, uncaring, selfish |
| Demoiselle Mahiette | Demoiselle Mahiette is a young woman who brings a cake to the Recluse of Tour Rolande and tells her story along the way. | kind, impatient, imaginative |
| Amelotte de Montmichel | Amelotte de Montmichel is Fleur-de-Lys Gondelaurier's friend. | cruel, insecure |
| Demoiselle Oudarde Musnier | Demoiselle Oudarde Musnier is Demoiselle Mahiette's friend. | impatient, argumentative |
| Maître Olivier | Maître Olivier is King Louis XI's barber. | loyal, greedy |
| Gieffroy Pincebourde | Gieffroy Pincebourde is one of the truants who is arrested and brought before King Louis XI. | trusting, loyal, obedient |
| Mathias Hunyadi Spicali | Mathias Hunyadi Spicali is one of the leaders of the truants and is known as the duke of Egypt and Bohemia. | confident, bold |
| Guillaume Rym | Guillaume Rym is the Flemish ambassador, Pensioner of Ghent, who meets with King Louis XI. | shrewd, severe |
| Robin Poussepain | Robin Poussepain is a student and Jehan Frollo's friend. | mischievous, troublemaker, bored |
| Pierrat Torterue | Pierrat Torterue is a sworn torturer at the Châtelet who pillories Quasimodo. | grim, cruel, vindictive |
| Clopin Trouillefou | Clopin Trouillefou is the "king" of the truants at the Court of Miracles. | cruel, brave, arrogant |
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