Stretching Out
Cast of Characters
Story Abbreviations
AMAZ: Amazon Adventure
2STARTS: Second Starts
MARMISS: Maria’s Mission
BEYOND: Beyond the Line
TIGER: Riding the Tiger
KING: King of the Jungle
SUNMOON: Tears of the Sun, Milk of the Moon
Abbreviations
OTL: Original time line
NTL: New time line
HDT: Historical down-timer
A few characters are omitted. A complete cast of characters, with additional details for some characters, will be available online (see Afterword).
Adrienszoon, Dirck: Captain of the Eikhoorn, later commandant of Fort Lincoln, guarding approaches to Gustavus (Paramaribo). (TIGER, SUNMOON)
Afia: Young Ashanti woman. (SUNMOON)
Aka: Ndongo warrior. (KING)
Ama: Ashanti woman, Chief Antoa’s wife. (SUNMOON)
Antoa: Coromantee (Ashanti), leader of the Ashanti rescued by the Gustavans. (KING, SUNMOON)
Aossey, Leila “Lolly”: Middle school science teacher, girl scout leader, gardener. Friend and landlady of Maria Vorst. (2STARTS, mentioned in MARMISS, TIGER, SUNMOON)
Bartley, David: Precocious financier. (2STARTS)
Baum, Lorenz: Master carpenter, Gustavus colony, in early 1636. Not to be confused with the sawyer, Denys Zager. (SUNMOON)
Borguri: Imbangala leader. (KING)
Bender, Heinrich: Gustavus colonist from Heidelberg, blacksmith, later bauxite miner and member of colonial militia. (MARMISS, TIGER, KING, SUNMOON)
Berry, Edna: One of the “Plant Ladies.” (2STARTS, mentioned in MARMISS)
Blauveldt [Blauvelt, Bluefields], Abraham (HDT, d 1663?): Privateer and explorer, associated with Old Providence Island colony and exploration of coastal Honduras and Nicaragua. (BEYOND)
Claus, Carsten: Organizer for Committees of Correspondence, assigned to the USE’s Suriname colony founded in early 1634 at Paramaribo. Later, the acting governor. (MARMISS, TIGER, KING, SUNMOON)
Coqui (“Frog”): Manao Indian, Kasiri’s brother. (AMAZ, TIGER, KING, SUNMOON)
Cornelis: Lower steersman (second mate) of the Walvis. (BEYOND)
da Costa, Henrique Pereira: Portuguese criollo (born in Brazil but of European descent), orphan, Marrano (secret Jew), da Costa family factor in Belém do Pará, Estado do Maranhão (northern Brazil) and one of its first residents (which implies that he came there in 1616 or soon thereafter), backwoodsman, started first Hevea rubber tapping operation of NTL. (AMAZ, TIGER, KING, SUNMOON)
Dreeson, Elva: Middle school art teacher. (2STARTS)
Faye: Leader of the Mandinka rescued by the Gustavans. (KING)
Gentileschi, Prudentia [Prudenzia] (HDT): Daughter of Artemisia Gentileschi and Pierantonio Stiattesi, friend of Maria Vorst, sent to Grantville in August 1632, became part-time assistant in middle school and high-school art classes in Grantville. (2STARTS, MARMISS)
Gribbleflotz, Dr. Phillip Theophrastus: Alchemist and astrologer; searches for the “perfect aluminum pyramid . . .” (2STARTS)
van der Goes, Jan Adriaanszoon (HDT): Commander of Fort Kykoveral on the Essequibo. (AMAZ, TIGER)
Heesters, Kaspar: DeVries’s “facilitator” in Grantville. (2STARTS)
Jenkins, Phil: Son of Walt Jenkins, in canoe competition. Has interest in “forestry and forest management,” which leads to him working with Maria Vorst. (2STARTS, MARMISS, BEYOND)
Kasiri (“Moon”): Manao Indian. (AMAZ, TIGER, SUNMOON)
Kojo: Ashanti tribesman. (KING, SUNMOON)
Krueger, Michael: Gustavus colonist. (TIGER, KING)
Lawler, Irma: One of the “Plant Ladies.” (2STARTS, mentioned in MARMISS)
de Liefde, Heyndrick (HDT): David de Vries’ cousin. (2STARTS, MARMISS, TIGER, KING, SUNMOON)
Lowe, Hugh: In 1633, the former president of the Grantville Chamber of Commerce, and MC for the Grantville Investment Roundtable. (2STARTS)
Lucala: Leader of the Ndongo rescued by the Gustavans. (KING)
Marshall, Captain _____ (HDT): Leader of the 1630 English Puritan settlement at Marshall’s Creek, Suriname. (MARMISS, TIGER; mentioned in BEYOND)
Maurício: Henrique’s servant, African descent, son of one of Sergio da Costa’s housemaids, born into slavery, trained as an interpreter, manumitted by Henrique. (AMAZ, TIGER, KING, SUNMOON)
Mueller, Johann: Journeyman glassmaker from Lauschasent to Gustavus (Paramaribo, Suriname) colony. (MARMISS, TIGER, KING, SUNMOON)
Neilsen, Captain _____: Captain, Danish airship Sandterne. (SUNMOON)
Parente, Bento Maciel (the Younger) (HDT): Slaver-explorer, son of the Capitan General of Pará. (AMAZ, SUNMOON)
van Rijn, Dirck: Gustavus colonist. (SUNMOON)
Rishworth, Samuel (HDT): Minister to Old Providence Island colony, early European opponent of African slavery. To learn more about him, see Kupperman, Providence Island, 1630–1641: The Other Puritan Colony (1995). (BEYOND)
Schellinger, Jan Tiepkesz(oon): Captain of the yacht Eikhoorn in NTL December 1632. In OTL, commanded the Rensselaerwyck on its voyage from Amsterdam to New Netherland, September 25, 1636–April 7, 1637. (2STARTS)
Schooneman, Jakob: Captain of Koninck David. (BEYOND)
Scott, Francis: Captain Marshall’s second in command. (MARMISS)
Smoot, Jan: Gustavus colonist. Some kind of shopowner. (SUNMOON)
Soares, Captain Diogo: Captain of the garrison of Belém do Pará. (AMAZ)
von Sommersburg, Count August: Count (Graf) of Sommersburg county, an imaginary geographical entity, essentially Soemmerda and other territory north of Erfurt. USE Secretary of Transportation in 1633. (2STARTS)
de Sousa [Souza], Francisco: President of the Municipal Chamber of Belém. (AMAZ)
Stein, Erasmus: Bauxite miner in Gustavus, 1636. (SUNMOON)
Stull, Joseph: In 1633, managing transportation matters for NUS. (2STARTS)
Temakwei: Lenape Indian. (2STARTS)
Tetube: Woman from an Arawak-speaking tribe in northern Suriname. (KING, SUNMOON)
Vijch, Marinus: Captain of yacht Hoop. (BEYOND)
Vorst, Adolph [Vorstius, Adolphus] (HDT, OTL 1597–1663): Maria’s brother, son of Aelius Vorstius. (2STARTS)
Vorst, Maria: In 1632 she arrived in Grantville, a widow (husband lost at sea somewhere in Asia) and amateur artist with a botanical bent. (2STARTS, MARMISS, TIGER, KING, SUNMOON)
de Vries, Captain David Pieterszoon (HDT, c1593–OTL 1662): Sea captain, explorer, founder of the “Gustavus” (Paramaribo) colony in Suriname. (2STARTS, MARMISS, BEYOND, KING, SUNMOON; mentioned in TIGER)
Yost, Andrew: Manager of Grantville Freedom Arches, leader of local Committee of Correspondence. (2STARTS)
Zager, Denys: Master sawyer for Gustavus colony. (MARMISS, TIGER, KING)