A list of character that appear in John Devil
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Main Characters
Compt Henri De Belcamp
The main Villain Protagonist of the novel. Son of a French Nobleman and an English Classy Cat-Burglar
- Anti-Villain: or maybe Anti-Hero
- Arch-Enemy: to Gregory Temple
- Big Bad
- The Chessmaster: He's always one step ahead
- Manipulative Bastard: He's great at pulling people's strings
- Master of Disguise: Even his father was convinced Percy Balcomb was a different person
- Secret Identity: he has many
- Super Villain: one of the first
Gregory Temple
Former Chief Superintendent of Scotland Yard, and an early Great Detective before even Sherlock Holmes
- Go Mad from the Revelation: Henri's goal for Gregory
- Great Detective: Not quite the Ur-Example, but still before the Trope Codifier. Yet he clearly played an important yet now forgotten link in developing this archetype.
- Master of Disguise: As any good detective should be
Sarah O'Neil
Henri's right hand Woman
- The Dragon: to Henri
- Femme Fatale: Perhaps one of the first to foreshadow the Film Noir sense of the term
- Secret Identity: has a few
Ned Knob
A short London Criminal who becomes to Henri's mission
- The Artful Dodger
- Expy: May be modeled after Rocambole as he was before his Heel–Face Turn and becoming Dragon Ascendant. Who was himself originally an Expy of Totilard of The Mysteries Of Paris
Armand De Belcamp
Henri's Father, a French Nobleman
Helen Brown
Henri's Mother
- Classy Cat-Burglar
- Femme Fatale: of a very different type then Sarah
Other Characters
Mr.Wood
- Bat Family Crossover: Possibly related to the Wood on the Council of The Gentlemen of The Night in The Mysteries of London Stage Play version.
