Cast List
Anke – Herr Augustus and Frau Sophia’s cook, friend and housemate of Astrid
Augustus – herr of Neustatter’s home village, married to Frau Sophia
Beattie, Shane – an up-timer, a NUS Army recruit, scheduled for the Engineering Corps
Bracht, Jakob – Catholic, a NUS Army recruit looking for another chance, carries lockpicks
Bretagne, Giulio – captain of Bretagne’s Company, one of the seven mercenary outfits in the Grantville area, runs a well-trained and well-supplied organization
Brenner, Otto – born 1603, Lutheran, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, NESS agent, the invisible man
Carroll, Sara – an up-timer, a NUS Army recruiter, scheduled to teach horsemanship
Claussen – Lutheran (Flacian) pastor in Neustatter’s home village
Ennis, Leigh Ann Haun – married to James Marvin Ennis, daughter of Fred and Julia Haun, mother of Julia, James Frederic, and Carrie
Ennis, James Frederic – married to Leigh Ann Haun, USE Army Engineering Corps
Forster, Josef – a friend of Johann Kirchenbauer, shortstop on his Little League team, lives in Spring Branch
Frost, Dan – up-timer, Grantville Police chief through March 1634
Gessel – one of Herr Augustus and Frau Sophia’s maids, friend and housemate of Astrid
Gordon, John Voss “Voss” – an up-timer, a lieutenant in the NUS Army, legal officer, studying law with Tom Riddle
Goschin, Ursula – Lutheran (committed Flacian), married to Stefan Kirchenbauer, mother of Johann, a very good cook
Grönloh – a sergeant in Schlinck’s Company
Haun, Fred – an up-timer, married to Julia Gunderson, owns land east of Grantville High School on both sides of Buffalo Creek
Haun, Julia Gunderson, an up-timer, married to Fred Haun, from Minnesota. Mother of Johnny F. (Hearts & Minds team in 1634: The Ram Rebellion), Walter, and Leigh Ann Ennis
Heidenfelder, Lukas – born 1602, Lutheran, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, NESS agent, partier, carries a knife
Heinrich – an older teamster based out of Saalfeld
Helga – Herr Augustus and Frau Sophia’s laundress, friend and housemate of Astrid
Hudson, Eric Glen – up-timer, graduated from Grantville High School in 1631, NUS Army assigned to military procurement in Erfurt, then SoTF National Guard stationed in Halle as a railroad scheduler, member of the dinner and a movie club (“Breaking News,” Jay Robison, Grantville Gazette 5), and occasional 250 Club patron (“The Baptist Basement Bar and Grill,” Terry Howard, Grantville Gazette 32), dating Gena Kroll
Huffman, Maxwell “Max” – up-timer, NUS drill sergeant, see “Greetings!”, Mike Watson, Grantville Gazette 68 for his further adventures as an SoTF Marshal
Keller, Rudi – a sergeant in the NUS Army, see “The Red Lion Regiment” in Grantville Gazettes 58-60 for his later adventures
Kirchenbauer, Johann – son of Stefan Kirchenbauer and Ursula Goschin, born not long before the Battle of Dessau Bridge in 1626, delighted to be in Grantville
Kirchenbauer, Stefan – born 1593, Lutheran, married to Ursula, father of Johann, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, NESS agent, the pessimist
Kraft, Heinrich “Heinz” – married to Helene Olbrichtin, a farmer in Kleinjena, Saxon County introducing up-time foods and crops, see “Occupied Saxony,” Grantville Gazette 55 and “The Saale Levies,” Grantville Gazette 56 for his further adventures
Kräusin, Anna – married to Wolfram Kuntz, not long before the Battle of Dessau Bridge, Lutheran, several years older than Astrid, a skilled seamstress
Kroll, Gordon – up-timer, married to Maureen, works in military procurement in Erfurt
Kroll, Jennifer “Gena” – up-timer, graduated from Grantville High School in 1634, martial artist—see “American Past Time,” Deann Turner and Mike Turner, Ring of Fire II, dating Eric Glen Hudson
Kuntz, Wolfram – born 1594, married to Anna Kräusin, Lutheran, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, took care of the sick and wounded, NESS agent
Lorenz – a teamster based out of Saalfeld
Lynch, Jenny – an up-timer, secretary at Grantville High School; In 1632, she was the driver who ran into the Ring Wall
Neustatter, Edgar – born 1604, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, Lutheran, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge (1626) as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, leader of Neustatter’s European Security Services
Olbrichtin, Helene – married to Heinz Kraft, see “Occupied Saxony,” Grantville Gazette 55 an “The Saale Levies,” Grantville Gazette 56 for her further adventures
Pfuster, Hermann – unofficial mayor of “Calvert Hill,” the refugee housing on the hill behind the high school
Recker, Karl – born 1600, Lutheran, formerly a blacksmith’s apprentice in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, NESS agent
Richards, Preston “Press” – an up-timer, Grantville Police chief from March 1634 on
Rowland, Mimi – an up-timer, one of the Grantville Police Department dispatchers
Rummel, Maria – Wilhelm’s sister
Rummel, Wilhelm – leader of a group of thirty-one refugees forced out of their Franconian village in 1633 for supporting the NUS
Schaub, Ditmar – born 1604, Hjalmar and Astrid’s cousin, Lutheran, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, leader of NESS Team One
Schaub, Hjalmar – born 1608, Astrid’s brother and Ditmar’s cousin, Lutheran, farmed in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, fought at the Battle of Dessau Bridge as part of the village militia, captured and incorporated into Wallenstein’s army, leader of NESS Team Two
Schäubin, Astrid – born 1612, Hjalmar’s sister and Ditmar’s cousin, Lutheran, one of Herr Augustus and Frau Sophia’s maids in a village in Holstein-Gottorp, NESS secretary
Schlinck – captain of Schlinck’s Company, one of the seven mercenary companies in the Grantville area, big on brute force
Schrödinger, Herr – a NESS client, manufactures something for the USE military that allows him to stay in really good inns
Seidelman, Gottlieb – a NUS Army recruit, went into the Reserves and is taking classes to go into law or perhaps police work, considered an intellectual in the ranks
Sophia – Frau, married to Herr Augustus
Stull, Dennis – up-timer, works in military procurement in Erfurt, Noelle Murphy Stull’s father
Thomas, Jr., Harley – an SoTF Marshal, formerly a NUS Army drill sergeant, served with Max Huffman and Archie Mitchell in both jobs
Trehar – a captain in Colloredo’s Regiment of Wallenstein’s army
Wesner, Casimir – a library researcher in Grantville on behalf of Saxe-Altenburg and the von Hessler family, see “The Researchers Spiritual and Temporal,” Grantville Gazette 84) for more about him
Wolf, Hans – a sergeant in Bretagne’s Company
Wylich – a sergeant in Colloredo’s Regiment of Wallenstein’s army
Yost, Carl – up-timer, NUS drill sergeant
Zibarth, Eve – an up-timer, one of the physics teachers at Grantville High School, Jewish