The Moon Is Down
Doctor Winter - friend of Mayor Orden, beloved town doctor
Joseph - a servant of the Mayor
Annie - the cook
Alexander Morden - attacked and killed Captain Bentick with an axe and was sentenced to death.
Molly Morden - The attractive wife of Alexander Morden
Will & Tom Anders - flee town to England in order to escape the invaders and ask for foreign aid
(weapons and dynamite)
The "Invaders"::
George Corell - popular storekeeper, traitor, and spy. Colonel Lanser treats him poorly because he
is a traitor.
Colonel Lanser - the head of the local battalion.
Captain Bentick - old, Anglophile; loves dogs, Christmas and "pink children." Is killed by Alex
Morden in a fit of rage while trying to protect Captain Loft.
Major Hunter - the engineer; has a model railroad at home.
Captain Loft - young, ambitious; he lives and breaths the military.
Lieutenant Prackle - apparently a good artist; had five blonde sisters.