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• Simoun


  Crisostomo Ibarra who reincarnated as a wealthy
• Basilio


  Sisa's son, now an aspiring doctor
• Isagani


  Poet and Basili's best friend; portrayed as emotional and reactive; Paulita Gómez' boyfriend before being dumped for fellow student Juanito Pelaez
• Kabesang Tales

  Telestoro Juan de Dios, a former cabeza de barangay (barangay head) who resurfaced as the feared Luzon bandit Matanglawin
• Don Custodio


  Custodio de Salazar y Sanchez de Monteredondo, a famous journalist who was asked by the students about his decision for the Academia de Castellano
• Paulita Gomez


  The girlfriend of Isagani and the niece of Doña Victorina, the old Indio who passes herself off as a Peninsular, who is the wife of the quack doctor Tiburcio de Espadaña
• Father Florentino

  Isaganis godfather, and a secular priest; was engaged to be married, but chose priesthood instead. He chooses an assignment in a remote place, living in solitude near the sea
• Huli


  Juliana de Dios, the girlfriend of Basilio, and the youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales
• Ben Zayb


  His real name is Abraham Ibañez; a journalist who thinks he is the only one thinking in the Philippines
• Placido Penitente


  A student of the University of Santo Tomas who is always miserable, and therefore controls his temper
• Quiroga


  A Chinese businessman who dreamt of being a consul of a Consulate of China in the Philippines. He hid Simoun's weapons inside his house
• Old Man Selo


  The father of Kabesang Tales. He raised the sick and young Basilio after his mother Sisa had died
• Father Fernandez


  The priest-friend of Isagani. He promised to sagani that he and the other priests will give in to the students' demands
• Attorney Pasta


  One of the great lawyers of mid-Hispanic Manila
• Captain General

  The powerful highest official of the Philippines
• Padre Sibyla


  Hernando de la Sibyla; a Filipino friar and vice-rector of the University of Santo Tomas (U.S.T.)
• Skipper


  The person who commands the boat, the master of the "Steamship Tabo"
• Dona Victorina


  First introduced as one of the main characters (the only female character mentioned) sitting on deck of Steamship Tabo. She is the only woman in her group, and is said to be going to Laguna to look for her husband Don Tiburcio
• Padre Irene


  He was introduced together with other priests. He is quiet when Tabo gets stuck in the mud, while the group argues over how to prevent it from happening again
• Padre Salvi


  He is on the deck of Steamship Tabo with other priests. He interrupts Ben Zayb's argument with Padre Camorra to ask for suggestions on how to straighten the river and develop ports
• Don Tiburcio


  He was mentioned as well in a conversation that happened inside the Steamship Tabo