Dr. Spencer Black

This person was born to a surgeon who asked him to help corpses for medical research. This person been developed an unhealthy interest in abnormalities and evolutionary oddities in humans.

Bernard Black

This is the doctor’s elder brother, a renowned scientist in his own right.

Elise Chardelle Black

This is the wife of the infamous doctor. She is burned and blinded in a fire she starts to destroy the doctor’s unholy work.

Joseph Warren Denkel

This person is a professor at the Philadelphia Academy of Medicine and mentor to the main character of the novel.

Jean DeLain

This person is the botanist and traveler for whom the main character does illustrations of specimens.

Dr. Joab C. Holace

This person is a colleague of the main character’s at Ward C. When the main character begins to dabble in unusual theories about mutations and deformities...