# Facing the Flag — Character guide

> Key figures in Facing the Flag by Jules Verne.

- [Captain Spade](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/captain_spade.md): A key figure at the Healthful House establishment, involved with the inventor Thomas Roch.
- [Thomas Roch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/thomas_roch.md): A brilliant but volatile inventor whose powerful weapon is sought by pirates.
- [Engineer Serko](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/engineer_serko.md): A cunning engineer and pirate lieutenant who advises Ker Karraje.
- [Ker Karraje](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/ker_karraje.md): The ruthless pirate leader who commands the island fortress of Back Cup.
- [Count d'Artigas](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/count_dartigas.md): A mysterious nobleman who is secretly the pirate Ker Karraje in disguise.
- [Simon Hart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/simon_hart.md): An American engineer and prisoner of the pirates, seeking escape.
- [Gaydon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/gaydon.md): A warder from the Healthful House who becomes a prisoner with Simon Hart.
- [Lieutenant Davon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/lieutenant_davon.md): A heroic French naval officer pursuing the pirates.
- [Ebba](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/ebba.md): The schooner used by Count d'Artigas for kidnapping and piracy.
- [The Sword](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/the_sword.md): A French torpedo boat that engages the pirates in battle.
- [Effrondat](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/effrondat.md): A boatswain serving under Lieutenant Davon on the Sword.
- [Gibson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/gibson.md): A driver at the Healthful House who assists in the kidnapping.
- [Back Cup](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/back_cup.md): The name of the pirates' hidden island fortress.
- [The Falcon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/facing_the_flag_se/characters/the_falcon.md): A ship mentioned in the narrative, possibly a pirate vessel.

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