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List of Cast

In vaguely defined categories:

The Mad Doctor: Dr. Mads Søren (journal), future lord of Caspavova, schizophrenic alchemist medical doctor inventor, played by Berend Seur
The Butler: Iamus Graeme (journal), former mercenary turned house man after spell of boredom, played by John Cusack
The Actual Nobility: Lord Mogens Søren and wife Ulrike, Mads' parents
The Laywer: Lady Margarethe "Greta" or "Daisy" Blethys (journal), née Søren, sister of Mogens, aunt of Mads, played by Cate Blanchett
The Clumsy Farmholder: Herbert Blethys, Margarethe's husband
The Other Mad Genius: Elisabet "Lise' Blethys (journal), twelve-year-old future inventor of trigonometry, Herbert and Margarethe's oldest child
The Boys: Abel and Ferdinand Blethys, Margarethe and Herbert's other children

The Bartender: Leopold "Whit" Whitlock (journal), bartender at the Therion club where basically everyone masculine hangs out, played by Gael Garcia Bernal
The Necromancer: Lírít Ardleigh (journal), dancing girl and leader figure of the Tauley Streetrunners, masquerades as Lior Ash, played by Anne Hathaway
The Cook: Lamont Ardleigh, brother of Lírít, chef at Therion
The Housemistress: Larnat Ardleigh, twin of Lamont, takes care of the Tauley land

The Leader: Benson Tauley, actually deceased, name used by Dalton, Emery and Lírít; created the Tauley Streetrunners out of a whole bunch of misfits
The Other Leaders: Dalton Tauley and Emery Tauley, Lírít's cohorts in "parenting" the Tauley criminal street family
The Confectioner: Amelia "Mia" Tauley (journal), actual daughter of Benson, forger of all things documentary, played by Tamsin Egerton
The Sweet Face: Tani Tauley, expert at pretending to be an innocent young girl (actually a young girl; not actually innocent)
The Children: There are at least ten, including Pan Tauley, full biological sibling of Mia who thinks of Lírít as his mother