Unveiling the Cast: Character Profiles

Key Characters and Their Roles

Pajarito de Soto

An anarchist journalist, noble, naive, and devoted to an ideal. He published in The Voice of Justice and was murdered after discovering Lepprince's plans.

Teresa

A bird-woman, passionate and helpless. She needs to be loved, as her husband focuses on his ideals rather than her, leading her to a romance with Miranda.

Maria Rosa Savolta

Delicate, fragile, quiet, a product of bourgeois education. She is a long-suffering wife, grieving the death of her father and her husband, and crumbles upon discovering his moral bankruptcy.

Claudedeu

A founding partner of the Savolta firm, known as "The Man with the Iron Fist." He is the personnel officer responsible for dismantling worker protests.

Parells

A founding partner of the firm. He is wary of Lepprince from the beginning and discusses his concerns on several occasions. He possesses high self-esteem due to his intelligence, education, distinctive personality, and courteous treatment of others.

Savolta

A founding member and later owner of the firm. He was murdered by order of Lepprince to prevent him from discovering his evil plan.

Cortabanyes

A vague and corpulent lawyer who conceals manipulative power. He founded the Savolta company along with Savolta, Claudedeu, and Parells. Upon the death of his wife, he abandons his family and sets up a new firm.

Cabra Nemesio Gomez

A mix of mystic, rogue, and the ridiculous. He comes from the suburbs and plays an important role in the story. Hired by Parells to watch Pajarito de Soto, he is the first to learn that the journalist wrote a letter before he died. Initially, he tries to tell the commissioner about this discovery, but the commissioner ignores him due to his appearance. He is later admitted to an asylum, where he eventually tells the commissioner everything.

Inspector Vázquez

Cunning and tenacious. He is the character who attempts to clarify the deaths of Pajarito de Soto and Savolta. He was assigned to Africa at Lepprince's behest, but he was determined to return and uncover the truth.

Víctor Pratz (Max)

He poses as a bodyguard for Lepprince, who is involved in arms smuggling. He speaks with a fake German accent, always wears a bowler hat, doesn't trust his own shadow, and is an excellent shooter. He is the perpetrator of the deaths of Pajarito de Soto, Savolta, Parells, and Claudedeu.

Other Relevant Characters

• The workers
• Rovira (company secretary)
• Doloretes and Sierramandriles (colleagues in Cortabanyes's office)
• Justice Davison Totorno
• Sgt. Miranda