Characters

Characters are listed alphabetically by their FIRST name:

Name	Role	History	Fictionalization	Posts	Sources*
?        .	Veronica’s mother	accused, tried, and executed for witchcraft in 1627	All information except the fact of her execution has been fictionalized based on early modern German stereotypes of female witches.	16 Jun 21 Jun 6 Jul 1 Aug 5 Aug 7 Aug	Apps and Gow
?     Braun	Judge in Junius’ trial; Veronica’s kinsman	Heavily involved in Bamberg trials, personally engaged in Junius’ trial.  Exact relationship unclear.	Minimal.	28 Jun 1 Aug	Junius’ letter in Apps and Gow
Anna Maria	Veronica’s sister; nun	Took vows at Convent of the Holy Sepulchre at Bamberg.	Minimal.  I estimated the degree of closeness between Veronica and Anna based on the assumption that Anna had been at the convent for several years.	16 Jun 6 Jul 5 Aug	Junius’ letter in Apps and Gow
Dorothea Flöckh	Wife of G.H. Flockh; witch	One of the last witches executed at Bamberg.  Her trial was accelerated and exceptionally brutal to secure a confession before her husband could force her release. Executed 17 May 1630.	N/A	Concl.	Behringer
Else	maid	N/A	Fully fictional character	21 Jun	N/A
Father			See: Johannes Junius
Friedrich Förner	Suffragan Bishop	Involved in a number of brutal witch hunts in southern Germany.	N/A	Intro.	Behringer
Georg Adam Haan	Georg Haan’s son; witch	Named by his father.  Tried 27 May 1628-13 July 1628.  Accused Johannes Junius.	Minimal.	Intro.	Apps and Gow
Georg Haan	Chancellor; witch	Bishop’s Chancellor until he became too vocal in expressing skepticism of the witch hunt, causing him to be suspected of witchcraft himself.  Tried December 1627- July 1628.  Forced to name his son as a witch.  Executed.	Minimal.	Intro. 21 Jun	Apps and Gow, Behringer
G.H. Flöckh	City councillor; husband to Dorothea	Fled to Nuremberg when his wife was arrested, joined with her family and other powerful families to pressure the Holy Roman Emperor and Pope to halt the witch hunt in Bamberg.	N/A	Concl.	Behringer
Hans Georg	Veronica’s brother	Junius’ false confession included a story of his demon ordering him to kill his son, Hans, but he he said he’d killed a horse instead.	Hans’ age was a complete guess based on the assumption that the letter would have been addressed to him if he assumed the position of head of household in Junius’ absence. As the letter was not addressed to him, I assumed he was too young to take on those responsibilities, yet I wanted him old enough to create tension with Veronica.  He is about 12 years old in the blog.	16 Jun 6 Jul 5 Aug 7 Aug	Junius’ letter in Apps and Gow
Johannes Junius (father)	Veronica’s father; burgomaster; witch	Long-time city councillor, age fifty-three, serving as burgomaster for the fourth time, accused by Georg Adam Haan.  Arrested 28 June, tortured 30 June, confessed 5 July, wrote letter 24 July, executed 6 August. Devout Catholic.  The letter reveals that he was very close to Veronica.	I guessed the degree to which he may have supported or rejected the witch hunt before his own arrest based on the tone of his letter.  This suggested that while he may have held some doubts, he was still shocked at the violation of legal procedure that occurred during his trial.	All	Apps and Gow, Behringer,
Johann II Fuchs von Dornheim	Prince-Bishop of Bamberg	Prince Bishop	N/A	Intro. 21 Jun Concl.	Behringer
Katerina	Veronica’s sister	N/A	Completely fictional, though given the rates of child mortality in the early modern period it is entirely likely that Veronica had siblings who died before reaching adulthood.	21 Jun	N/A
Stamer	Veronica’s cousin	The only person Junius authorized Veronica to show the letter to	Stamer became the necessary adult male guardian for Veronica and Hans once their father was arrested, but this event, and the entire relationship between Veronica and Stamer, is based on nothing more than the letter’s evidence that he was a trusted relative.	6 Jul 1 Aug 5 Aug 7 Aug	Junius’ letter in Apps and Gow
Veronica	narrator	Addressee of letter, Junius’ daughter, devout Catholic	Veronica’s experience is completely fictional, and very little is known about her aside from what is evident in the letter.	All	Junius’ letter in Apps and Gow

*See Sources page for full citations.