El Fili Characters
(Not yet complete...)
Ben Zayb
Cabesang Tales
- Real name is Telesforo Juan de Dios (Chap 10: Wealth and Misery).
Captain of the Ship TABO
- Chap 1 depicts him as a soft-spoken yet sarcastic fellow (see how he handles the questions of Doņa Victorina).
Capitan General
Don Custodio
- A politician who argues with Simoun in Chap 1 regarding the dredging of the Pasig river.
Don Tiburcio de Espadaņa
- Hen-pecked husband of Doņa Victorina. Lame. Went into hiding somewhere in Laguna after he (surprisingly) hit her with his crutch.
Doņa Victorina
- A contemptible Filipina who tries so hard to come across as European. As a result, her true race cannot be classified by Quatrefages (the French ethnologist) and Virchow (German ethnologist). Married to Don Tiburcio de Espadaņa.
Padre Camorra
Padre Irene
- "Ruddy, well-shaved face."
Padre Salvi
- A thin Franciscan with a ghoulish voice. He's in love/lust with Maria Clara.
Padre Sybila
- A Dominican. Vice-Rector of the University.
Paulita Gomez
- Beautiful, young, and rich orphan. Niece of Doņa Victorina.
Simoun
- The jeweller. He is Ibarra (Noli Me Tangere). Chap 1 describes him as having long, white hair, a black beard. He even wears blue-tinted sunglasses. Cool! ;-)
- Speaks with a mixed accent: English and Latin American
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