These are the characters in the book for further reference:
- Salvador Monsalud (21) is one of the main characters in the book. At the beginning of the book Salvador has been living in Madrid for some time. He joined the French army because he was in a desperate situation and didn't even have money for food. Now he is considered a traitor. His mother lives in a village in Burgos; she is a good woman, but she had Salvador without a husband. When Salvador comes to her in her French uniform, she is totally ashamed because she sees him as a traitor. Salvador is in love with Genara, but when she discovers that he is on the French side, she tells him not to talk to her, and she turns to her other suitor, Carlos Navarro. Salvador is actually son of Fernando Navarro, Carlos's father, who took advantage of his mother and never bothered to worry about the boy who he had fathered. Salvador becomes Fernando's jailer when he is apprehended by the French troops, and when a mob is about to torture Fernando to death, Salvador gives him a gun so that he can die by his own hand. At the end of the book Carlos challenges Salvador, and the latter injures Carlos.
- Genara is the woman Salvador loves. However, she despises him as soon as she learns that he is a member of the French army. She turns to Carlos, agreeing to marry him, but it is obvious that she has feelings for Salvador.
- Carlos Navarro has fought in the guerilla and has courted Genara even though she loved Salvador. When after the victory in Vitoria he asks her to marry him, she says yes. When he finds Salvador, he threatens to kill him as a traitor. The two men fight, and Salvador wounds Carlos.
- Fermina Monsalud is Salvador's mother. She gave her heart to the wrong man (Fernando) and got pregnant. So she has raised Salvador on her own. When she discovers that her son has changed sides and is part of the French army, she is very upset and ahsamed.
- Doña Perpetua (100) is an old woman who has supported Fermina when she arrived in the city with her son. Doña Perpetua is harsh and has influenced in the way Fermina doesn't forgive her son for becoming a French soldier.
- Fernando Navarro alias Garrote is Salvador's father, but Salvador has never known he is his father. Fernando is apprehended by the French army when he and a priest kills a French soldier. Fernando kills himself with a gun Salvador provides to escape the horrible way that Don Aparicio died.
- Juan Bragas is Salvador's friend and he works for Mauro Requejo.
- Miguel de Baraona is Genara's grandfather, and he has always disapproved of Salvador.
- Aparicio Respaldiza is the priest in the village where Salvador comes from. He and Fernando kill a French soldier, and that is why they are apprehended. A mob kills Aparicio in the most horrible way.
- Andrés Monsalud is Salvador's uncle. He tries to talk Salvador into leaving the French army, but Salvador refuses, so Andres calls him a traitor.
- Serafina is Andres's wife.
- Mauro Requejo is the boss of Juan Bragas. He is a character that appeared in the first series of the episodes as one of the relatives of Ines, who kept her locked and pretended to marry her.
- Licenciado Lobo is a lawyer in Madrid. In the first series he was a friend of Mauro Requejo.
- Lino Paniagua is one of the characters that the main character talks to when he is in Madrid.
- Narciso Pluma is another man living in Madrid who Salvador knows.
- Reverend Salmón also knows Salvador, and this character also appeared in the first series.
- Bartolomé Canencia is another man who Salvador knows in Madrid.
- Gil Carrascosa is the boss in the office where Bragas works.
- Ambrosia de los Linos is a friend of Andres and his wife.
- Dominguita is Ambrosia's daughter. She is married.
- Jean Jean is a fellow soldier of Salvador's.
- Plobertin is another French soldier.
- Pepita is a woman who was travelling with the French army when it was defeated, and she begged Salvador to help her.
- Urbanito is Pepita's husband.
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