* HoYay: Richard II and Robert de Vere
** Katherine is in awe of Blanche of Lancaster from their first meeting, and she comments on how beautiful, kind, and elegant the older woman is. Even after her death, she looks to the duchess for guidance.
** Nirac de Bayanne is devoted to John of Gaunt to a ridiculous extent. He looks after the woman he assumes is John's mistress loyally and later [[spoiler: murders her husband in order to free her for John. John's ignorance of this and therefore his "ingratitude" drive Nirac insane.]]
* JerkassWoobie: Hugh Swynford was rough and inelegant, but his personality was well-suited for a knight fighting in the Hundred Years. Then he saw Katherine and developed romantic feelings for the first time. He couldn't cope, and he ended up making himself, Katherine, and later John of Gaunt miserable. And then, [[spoiler: he was murdered for his trouble]]. Still, it's a little difficult to feel sorry for him after he tried to rape Katherine when they first met and then bullied her into marrying him.