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Blue text  are persons known by the Jammers to be working for the Ascended; red text are actual members of the Ascended (or the equivalent groups in the 1900 Juncture). Green text are other persons aware or part of the Secret War.

Chinese officials and nobility

• His Imperial Majesty of the Great Qing Dynasty, the Son of Heaven, Lord of Ten Thousand Years, Guangxu. Born 1871, enthroned 1875, imprisoned by the Dowager Empress in 1898. A would-be reformer, who now spends his time repairing clocks.
• The Current Divine Mother Empress Dowager of the Great Qing Empire, Tz'u-Hsi T'ai-hou. Born 1835; aunt of the Emperor. Very conservative, stern and manipulative.
• Prince Tuan, head of the Tsungli Yamen (the Imperial Foreign Office), a major Boxer sympathizer in the Imperial court, and virulently anti-foreign. He is married to a niece of the Dowager Empress.
• Prince Pu Chun, son of Prince Tuan. Age mid-teens, very spoiled. Has been recently named heir to the Emperor (the Emperor has no sons).
• Prince Tsai Lan, brother of Tuan. Sometimes called Duke Lan; also a reactionary anti-foreigner.
• Prince Ching, an Imperial diplomat, previously head of the Tsungli Yamen (foreign ministry, more or less). Age, early 60s. Commands the Manchu guards (police force, in essence) at Peking.
• Li Hung-Chang, born about 1840, an experienced diplomat and China's foremost statesman. Currently in semi-banishment at Canton.
• General Tung Fu-hsiang; a Moslem and a Boxer sympathizer, in command of the Moslem "Kansu Braves" in and around Peking.
• General Nieh Shih-ch'eng; a Boxer sympathizer, in command of "The Tenacious Army" between Peking and Tientsin.
• General Sung Ch'ing; a Boxer sympathizer, in command of "The Resolute Army" near Peking.
• General Yuan Shih-K'ai; a Boxer sympathizer, governor of Shantung province, and in command of "The Pacification Army" near Peking. A shrewd and unscrupulous man, and one of the Dowager Empress's tools.
• General Jung Lu, a Boxer sympathizer, senior Army officer at Peking. Longtime friend of the Dowager Empress.
• Li Lien-Ying, grand eunuch of the Imperial court

foreigners in Peking

Austrian

• Baron Czikann von Walhborn, minister to China.
• Dr. Arthur von Rosthorn, secretary to the Austrian legation; and his wife, Paula. von Rosthorn is wounded (in the head) on July 9th (and loses an eye) while defending the French legation. The legation is guarded by 2 officers and 30 men.
• R. Natiesta, vice consul of the Austrian legation.
• Captain von Thomann, commander of the cruiser Zenta, and originally in charge of the legation's defenses until a total funk-out on 22 June. Killed by cannon fire on July 8th.

 American

• Edwin Conger, American minister plenipotientary to China; former Congressman, Civil War veteran, friend of Pres. McKinley. Arrived Peking late 1898; his wife is Sarah, and one daughter is Laura; his other daughter is still in the US. Born 1843, age 57. The legation has seven officers and 56 soldiers.

• Captain Jack Myers, USMC. Age 28, a native of Georgia. Commands the American legation guards until wounded, and later hospitalized with typhoid. Very hard working. See Boxer Rebellion pg. 154.

• Captain Newt Hall, USMC. A Texan, age about 30. Ill with typhoid through much of the siege, he commands the American legation guards when Captain Myers is ill or wounded.

• Herbert Squiers, first secretary at the American legation, and (after July 16th) chief-of-staff for Sir Claude. Athletic, a linguist (French, Mandarin, German, and others), an ex-cavalry officer (1876-1891) with many Washington and New England social connections. Has collected tons of antiques and artifacts to be sent home. His wife Harriet is a grand-daughter of John Jacob Astor. His sons W. G. Fargo (see below), Bard and Herbert are present also, plus a 4-year-old son (name unknown). The Squiers family spend the siege living in the bungalow of Dr. Poole at the British Legation.

• W. G. Fargo Squiers, son of Herbert Squiers. Age 15, he is acting as an orderly to Captain Strouts. Educated at Eton, he arrived in China just before the siege. He dies in Cuba in a shooting accident in 1904. Considered to be handsome, brave, modest, athletic, a good shot, a skilled horseman, etc.
  

• William E. Bainbridge, second secretary of the American legation. Born 1862, age 38. His wife Mary is in Peking also.

• Fleming Cheshire, interpreter for the American legation. Age 43.

• Dr. Robert Coltman, surgeon and correspondent for the Chicago Record. His wife and six children are also present.

• Dr. Frank Gamewell, missionary and engineer; largely responsible for the planning of the legation defenses. Much praised for bravery and omnipresence - he bicycles around, checking the defenses, and planning countermines. His wife Mary is present, also.

British (and British Empire)

• Sir Claude M. MacDonald, KCMG, British minister to China since 1895. Age 48, Scots, tall and with a really long moustache; a major in the Highland Light Infantry (entered in 1872), and a veteran of wars in Egypt and the Sudan (including the failed relief of Chinese Gordon). Reserved, patient, tactful, can be charming. Said to have evidence as to the true identity of Jack the Ripper. His wife and two daughters are present in Peking. The legation is guarded by 3 officers and 72 men.

• Meyrick Hewlett, appointed by Sir Claude as temporary personal secretary during the seige.

• Mr. G. H. O. Bax Ironside, first secretary of the British legation.

• Mr. H. G. N. Dering, second secretary of the British legation.

• Henry Cockburn, secretary to the British legation.

• Clive Bingham, honorary British attache. Born 1872, age 28. Spent 3 years as an officer in the Grenadier Guards.

• Lieutenant Colonel G. F. Browne, military attache at the British legation.

• Dr. Bushel, official doctor of the British legation.

• Dr. Wordsworth Poole, surgeon at the British Legation; in charge of the hospital set up in the British legation.

• Captain Halliday, a British officer, originally in charge of the British troops. Killed early in the seige, and replaced by Captain Strouts.

• Captain Bernard Strouts, Royal Marines; assigned from HMS Centurion as part of the legation guards, and in charge from Captain Halliday's death until mortally wounded himself on July 16th.

• Captain Edmund Wray, Royal Marines; assigned as part of the legation guards, and takes command after the death of Captain Strouts. Not a brave man nor an effective leader.

• Captain Francis Poole, a British soldier (and brother of Dr. Poole), in Peking to learn Mandarin. Experienced in colonial warfare; in charge of the non-military volunteers defending the legation quarter.

• Sergeant H. Bourne, senior NCO of the British legation guards.

• Charles Scott, Anglican bishop at Peking, and chaplain to the British legation. Born 1847, age 53; in China since about 1874.

• Sir Robert Hart, inspector-general of the Chinese customs service. Born 1835, age 65. The best-informed Westerner in China.

• George Morrison, Times correspondent in Peking, the most respected journalist in China, and a thoroughgoing imperialist in Kipling's manner. Handsome, rugged (survived the bubonic plague and native spears - CON 21) and very athletic (STR 18, DEX 18), adept at exploring and outdoorsmanship. Very well informed, but knows only rudimentary Mandarin; trained as a medical doctor. Australian, born 1863. Wounded on July 16th, in the same incident that kills Capt. Strouts.

• Professor Bailie, instructor in English at the Imperial University. Immensely strong, pining for "manual labor or bloodshed."

Dutch

• F. M. Knobel, resident minister from Holland. Very short-sighted, and does not know how to shoot.

• W. J. von Duysberg, secretary and interpreter for the Dutch legation.

Italian

• Marquis Salvago Raggi, resident minister from Italy. His wife is also present. The legation is guarded by 3 officers and 39 men.

• Livio Caetani des duchi di Sermoneta, Italian attache.

• Baron Vitale di Pontaggio, Italian attache.

• Lt. Olivieri, age 22, in charge of the Italian troops at the cathedral.

• Lt. Paolini, in charge of the Italian troops at the legations.

Portuguese

• F. H. Galhardo, minister plenipotentiary from Portugal.

• M. P. M. Baudeira de Lima, secretary to the Portuguese legation.

Spanish

• B. J. de Cologan, minister plenipotentiary from Spain. Very ill during the siege; he is the senior member of the diplomatic corps in Peking.

• F. Solivores, first secretary to the Spanish legation.

Russian

• Mikhail Giers, minister plenipotentiary from Russia. Born 1855, age 45. His wife and two children are also in Peking; they spend the siege in the Second Secretary's house at the British Legation. Madame Giers is considered quite an energetic, compassionate nurse (and very graceful and good-looking). The Russian legation is guarded by 4 officers and 71 men.

• B. Kroupensky, first secretary of the Russian legation.

• B. Evreinow, second secretary of the Russian legation.

• Colonel Wogach, military attache at the Russian legation.

• Dr. Vladimir Korsakow, doctor at the Russian legation.

• Baron von Rahden, a captain in the Russian army, and cynical commander of the Russian legation guards, "perhaps the best shot in the Far East."

• Dimitri Pokotilov, manager of the Peking branch of the Russo-Chinese Bank.

Belgian

• E. de Cartier de Marchienne, first secretary of the Belgian legation. The Belgian minister, Baron de Vinck de deux Orp is on leave.

• Chevalier de Melotte, a big, blonde, bearlike Belgian attache.

Japanese

• Baron Nishii, minister plenipotentiary from Japan. Besides Japanese, he only knows Russian, and thus doesn't have much conversation with the other ministers. The legation is guarded by 2 officers and 24 men.

• Ishii Kikoujiro, first secretary of the Japanese legation.

• Nakashima Takeshi, second secretary of the Japanese legation.

• Marumo Naotosi, third secretary of the Japanese legation.

• Captain Takikawa Tomokazu, naval attache at the Japanese legation.

• Major Aoki Nobouzumi, military attache at the Japanese legation.

• Dr. Nakagawa, physician at the Japanese legation.

• Colonel Goro Shiba, a Japanese army officer assigned to assist in guarding the legations.

French

• Stephen Pichon, French minister plenipotentiary to China. Born 1856, age 44, plump and nervous; his wife is also present. He is later France's chief negotiator for the Versailles Treaty. The legation is guarded by 3 officers and 72 men.

• Baron Albert d'Anthouard, secretary of the French legation. Born 1861, age 39.

• Msr. M. F. Berteau, chancellor of the French legation.

• Commandant [major] Vidal, military attache at the French legation.

• Commandant (major) Darcy, head of the French legation guards.

• Dr. Detheve, physician at the French legation.

• Bishop Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier, apostolic vicar to Peking. Immensely strong, energetic, trained as an architect, has lived in China for over thirty years. Born 1837, age 63.

• Lt. Paul Henry, 23 years old, in charge of French troops at the cathedral. Breton.

• Captain Labrousse, of the Infanterie de Marine. Had been sight-seeing in Peking when the siege began.

German

• Dr. de Prittwitz, secretary of the German legation. In charge since Ketteler's assassination. The legation is guarded by two officers and 35 men.

• Heinrich Cordes, interpreter. He was present at von Ketteler's death, and was shot through both thighs at that time.

• Dr. von Bergen, second secretary of the German legation.

• von Below, another secretary at the German legation. Very soldier-like appearance, but pessimistic.

• Dr. Velde, physician of the German legation, serving at the hospital set up in the British legation. Short, thick-set, blue-eyed, fair-haired; very capable and cheerful.

• the German military attache at Peking. Rather effeminate, wears jewelry.

• Baroness von Ketteler, widow of the German minister. Fairly young, and born (as Maud Ledyard) in Michigan. Very despondent.

• O. Fenselau, chancellor of the German legation.

• Oberleutnant Graf von Soden, in charge of 50 German Seebatallion troops in Peking, and effectively in charge of the defense of the German legation.

Danish

• Count Norboff, the nominal Danish representative in Peking, on the staff of the Russian embassy.

• Mr. Andersson, manager of the northern Chinese operations of the Danish Great Northern Telegraph Company.

others

• Auguste Chamot, manager of the Hotel de Pekin. Swiss, born 1867. Operating a bakery in his hotel during the siege.

• Annie Chamot, wife of Auguste. American, from Chicago.

• Nestergaard, an eccentric and possibly insane Norwegian missionary - and in fact NOT the 'real' Nestergaard, but an agent of the REDACTED.

foreigners elsewhere in China

• Herbert Hoover, and his wife Lou. He is a mining engineer, currently in Tientsin. He later becomes President of the United States.

• Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Seymour, commander of British naval forces in China. Age 60.

• Captain John Jellicoe, Seymour's chief-of-staff.

• Vice-Admiral Iakov Hildebrandt, commander of Russian naval forces in China.

• Count Sergei Witte, Finance Minister of Russia.

• Erich von Falkenhayn, a German officer. Loyal, honest and punctilious; born 1861, age 39. He later becomes Chief of Staff of the German Army during the Great War.

Boxers (Ye He Tuan, or "Righteous Harmony League") and allies

• Lin Hei'er, a leader ("Yellow Lotus Holy Mother") among the Hung-teng-chao (Red Lanterns) at Tientsin. A former prostitute in Tientsin, born about 1880; captured by the Relief Force on July 14th, 1900. The Red Lanterns are believed to have the ability to protect the Boxers in combat situations, to heal wounds, to restore life to the dead, to fly, and to control the wind. More rational descriptions, created during the Cultural Revolution in the early 1970s, state that they maintained public order, gathered military intelligence, offered first aid to the wounded, aided in arson activities, and fought alongside male Boxers during battles.

• Cui Yun Jie ("Azure Cloud" -- her real name is unknown), the Red Lantern leader at Peking. Born 1883; very beautiful, and skilled in martial arts

• Li Chung-ching -- age about 30. One of the few Boxer priests/leaders whose name is known. Operating around Peking, he urged the Boxers to attack the Relief Expedition several times -- always with disastrous results.

Dao Gung ("The Guiding Hand")

• Quan Lo, the "Perfect Master", leader of the Guiding Hand. Born 1810, a skilled Kung Fu master and Neo-Confucian philosopher.

• Yung Chang, the most skilled master of feng shui in the 1900 Juncture. Born 1812.

• Wong Fei Hong, a famous martial artist and doctor. Born 1847, a son of one of the "Ten Tigers of Canton", and famed for his "No-Shadow Kick". He is also a skilled and experienced soldier, having been part of Chinese armies fighting against the French and Japanese. He's normally found in southern China.

   

Jammers

• Louis, guarding the portal near Tchang-Phing. He's from the 2056 Juncture.

• Moray Murray, also guarding the portal near Tchang-Phing. Moray has several arcanowave implants and attachments; he's from the 2056 Juncture.