Members of the Court | Saint-Cyr staff | Louise and her entourage | Charlotte and her entourage | Hortense and her entourage | Isabeau and her entourage | Éléonore and her entourage | Henriette and her entourage | Gertrude and her entourage | Olympe and her entourage | Adélaïde and her entourage | Jeanne and her entourage | Victoire and her entourage | Gabrielle and her entourage | Diane and her entourage
The characters who appear in Book 9, Olympe Comédiennenote .
Olympe de Bragard / Olympias
The main character of ‘’Olympe Comédienne’’. She uses her boldness to hide her trauma and dreams of freedom and theater.
- Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder: Inverted. She realizes the depth of her feelings for Roman when he is gone.
- The Ace: Even professionals have to give her that she has great innate talent as an actress, both in comedic and dramatic roles.
- Dark and Troubled Past: So much in fact that she does not remember it. As far as she is concerned, her life started in Saint-Cyr at age 7. Actually, her father was gruesomely murdered in front of her.
- Fainting: When she finds out what happened to her family, twice.
- Meaningful Rename: In her vision, Marie saw her as a girl named Olympias. When Olympe joins the company, she takes it as her stage name.
- Parental Abandonment: After her father was murdered by an angry mob, her mother gave her to the Royal House to join a convent.
- Spirited Young Lady: Amongst the Esther actresses who moved into the Blue Class, she is the one most animated by justice and expressive of it with Gertrude.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Eventually learns that she is this with Roman, as he killed her father.
- Unwanted False Faith: After Marie's vision designates her as a God-appointed savior, several people start treating her like a saint, much to her embarrassment.
- Whole-Plot Reference : In the retelling of Corneille's Le Cid, she is Chimène. When the troupe actually puts on the play, though, she plays Elvire.
François d'Aubeterre
Joséphine d'Aubeterre
Marie d'Aubeterre
Roman
A brilliant young actor who loves to make others laugh, but clearly hides secrets.
- The Ace: He is an excellent actor, both in comedic and dramatic roles.
- Attention Whore: Of the class clown sort.
- The Casanova: He likes to flirt; he does not always mean anything by it.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Grew up in poverty, was Promoted to Parent at a young age, and committed manslaughter at age fifteen while trying to protest peacefully, due to which he had to leave his home and family forever.
- Heroic BSoD: When Olympe reveals the truth to him. He soon leaves the company without a word.
- Meaningful Name: Roman means novel in French; he's a man who wrote a different story and character over his own. He is also the epitome of a romantic hero.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Roman is a stage name.
- Sad Clown: His funny, light-hearted façade is directly lifted from his comedic roles and serves to hide the trauma of his Dark and Troubled Past.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Eventually learns that he is this with Olympe, as he killed her father.
- Those Two Guys: With Dupuis.
- Whole-Plot Reference: The charismatic young hero who holds the heart of the leading lady but has to go redeem himself in her eyes when he kills her father against his will: he is Rodrigue in the retelling of Corneille's Le Cid.
- Working-Class Hero: Grew up in misery and despises the aristocracy after the abuse he suffered at the hands of his corrupt lord.
Michel Baron
The director of the company. He is an actor, producer and playwright.
- Historical Domain Character: One of the greatest actors of his time and Molière's protégé at the end of his career.
- Last-Name Basis: His company calls him Baron.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: His priority is the cohesion of the company, and while he will snap at his actors if they endanger his plays, he cares for all of them on a personal level.
- Shipper on Deck: Supports Roman in his wooing of Olympe.
- Team Dad: Is a Parental Substitute to both Olympe and Roman, and seems to be this to the rest of the troupe as well.
- Whole-Plot Reference: A Reasonable Authority Figure who acts as a Parental Substitute for both of the leads while arguing for them to get together in spite of what opposes them: he is King Fernand in Corneille's Le Cid.
Camille Voinon
The leading lady of most of the company’s plays.
- Alpha Bitch: Averted. Despite her blond hair, position as the lead lady in most of the plays, and possible crush on the love interest, she is nothing but friendly and helpful to Olympe.
- Shipper on Deck: Somewhat begrudgingly, when Olympe and Roman's UST starts affecting the cohesion of the company. Olympe believes that it is because she has a crush on Roman herself.
- The Tease: She is very comfortable in her body and not afraid to play around lust a little.
- Whole-Plot Reference: The beautiful, successful, better positioned lady with a crush on the leading man but too close a friend to the leading lady to take him from her: she is the Infanta in the retelling of Corneille's Le Cid. She actually plays Chimène when the troupe puts on the play, however.
Vignerelle
An actor of the company, who specializes in playing cuckolds. Armande’s husband.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: With Armande. They're always snapping at each other, but left to their own devices, they can act like young lovebirds.
- Last-Name Basis: This, or Only Known by Their Nickname. Baron points out that half the company uses stage names.
- Silver Fox: Maybe not old enough for silver yet, but he did get more popular with the ladies as he grew older.
Armande Vignerelle
An actress of the company, who specializes in tragedy. Vignerelle’s wife.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: With Vignerelle. They're always snapping at each other, but left to their own devices, they can act like young lovebirds.
- I Was Quite a Looker: She used to be the leading lady of every play and seduce every man who came by, but as she grew older, Camille started getting the lead roles more often, and her suitors grew scarcer as her husband started sleeping around.
- Jaded Professional: She is a good actress, but she resents the way she is treated because of it by good society, and it participates in her general bitterness.
Mademoiselle Debrie
An actress of the company, who specializes in bigoted mothers.
- Camp Cook: The one who cooks for the company when they're not staying in an inn, and she's good at it.
- Cool Old Lady: She is witty, and more importantly wise.
- Insistent Terminology: Despite her age, she is called "Mademoiselle" and not "Madame" by acting convention.
Maxence Dupuis
An actor of the company, who specializes in playing pranksters.
- Classically-Trained Extra: In-universe. According to Baron, he was given the chance to join the illustrious Comédie-Française company, but preferred the lifestyle and camaraderie of a wandering actor.
- Last-Name Basis
- Those Two Guys: With Roman.
Françoise Guérande
An actress who needs to be replaced in the company.
Taupier
A former actor of the company who returns on stage at Baron’s request.
- Rags to Riches: After years as a wandering actor, he married a wealthy widow and lives a bourgeois lifestyle. He yearns for the rags, however.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: He’s not too heartbroken to leave his wife and six children behind to return to his old acting life.
- Whole-Plot Reference: He is objectively good at what he does but the comparison only makes the heroine yearn for his rival more: he is Don Sanche in the retelling of Corneille’s ‘’Le Cid’’.
Madame de Bragard
Olympe’s mother.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Both Roman and eventually Olympe remember her begging for her and her daughter's lives when the mob murdered her husband.
- Mommy Had A Good Reason For Abandoning You: She left her daughter in the care of Madame de Maintenon in order to join the orders, so that Olympe might receive a proper education. The reason she never wrote is that Madame de Maintenon advised her to let Olympe forget her trauma, and she was too ashamed of her husband’s crimes to protest. She still loves Olympe deeply.
- The Ghost: She is teased at the end of the book, but doesn't actually appear on-page.
- Last-Name Basis: Her given name is never revealed.
- Taking the Veil: What she did after an angry mob killed her husband. She claims she did it to atone for her husband's sins.
Charles de Bragard
Olympe’s father.
- Corrupt Politician: He overtaxed his tenants and embezzled the rest of the money, forcing the people in his charge to live in misery.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: He was stabbed to death in full view of his wife and seven year old daughter.
- Doting Parent: For all his flaws, Olympe remembers him as a pair of safe, loving arms, and the scent of leather and tobacco.
- Posthumous Character: He died 10 years prior to the story.
- Whole-Plot Reference: The heroine’s morally questionable but still doting father who gets unwillingly killed by the hero: he is Don Gormas in the retelling of Corneille’s ‘’Le Cid’’.
