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| Vicar Feofil governs Ladoga for Novgorod, operating under the auspices of Archbishop Dalmat |  |
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| Boroda is the most prominent smith at Ladoga, a master who has several journeyman and apprentices working at his smithy |  |
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| Ravil is a merchant from Novgorod |  |
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Widow Devora is widow of Ilya, the former shipwright
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| Sergey is son-in-law of Widow Devora, and the current principle shipwright at Ladoga |  |
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Hans of Hamburg is a German merchant, originally from Hamburg, who now resides in Ladoga
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Havlock is a Swedish ship captain who trades  between Ladoga and Gotland; his wife Dobryna manages his affairs in Ladoga when he is away |
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| Fyodor is a Russian sailor who has fallen on hard times |  |
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adoga lies about one hundred miles south-southeast of Insula Valaamis, on the Volkhov river near the southern shore of Lake Aldoga. First settled centuries ago, it remains primarily a trading center, with a wooden fortress overlooking the river, and a small plotbische (shipyard) capable of repairing most ships and building lodyi.