Ysabeau de Clermont and Baldwin Montclair Lindsay Duncan deploying her steely glare as Ysabeau de Clermont son Baldwin is played by Trystan Gravelle. Watch out for him as his backstory is to be fully revealed in Deborah Harkness’ new novel, Time’s Convert. Marcus is more affable, and is also son (in the vampire sense) to Matthew. Miriam, however, is less than impressed with Diana and disapproves of the relationship developing between her and Matthew. Scientific colleagues of Matthew’s, Marcus and Miriam are also interested in the survival of their race. Marcus Whitmore and Miriam Shepherd Marcus Whitmore is played by Edward Bluemel Miriam Shepherd is played by Aiysha Hart. He hopes this manuscript - and Diana - may hold the key. As a geneticist, he is concerned for the future of his and other magical species, amid reports of failed vampire transformations. He is also a charming, handsome, 1,500-year-old vampire, most interested in Diana’s discovery of Ashmole 782. Matthew is an elusive genius, affiliated with Oxford Neuroscience at the John Radcliffe hospital. Matthew Clairmont Matthew Goode as vampire Matthew Clairmont. They tend to hide in the solitary careers of scientists, where it is easier to disguise immortality. Vampires are cold, focused, dangerous - and, of course, devastatingly attractive. Satu Järvinen Malin Buska as Satu Järvinen: it looks like she means business.Īnother member of the shadowy Congregation, this Finnish witch decides to try to find and capture Diana after learning of her importance. He believes they will help protect and restore witches to their former glory. He warns - and threatens - Diana over her association with Matthew, and is desperate to know the secrets of Ashmole 782. Knox is a powerful wizard and member of the Congregation. Peter Knox Here is Owen Teale as Peter Knox - not pictured in brown tweed, sadly. She also works alongside Knox after the discovery of Ashmole 782. Gillian Chamberlain You may recognize actress Louise Brealey from 'Sherlock', but here she is as a witch called Gillian.Ī witch and a classicist from Bryn Mawr, Gillian is keen for Diana to embrace her sisters and powers and join the local coven in Oxford. Emily is her partner, a children’s librarian and a witch too. Sarah is Diana’s fiercely protective aunt, who acted as her guardian and raised her from a young age. Sarah Bishop and Emily Mather Alex Kingston portrays Diana's aunt, Sarah Valarie Pettiford is her partner, Em. Due to her exceptional witchcraft pedigree, Diana holds gifts that she is only just about to discover. She is a descendant of Bridget Bishop, who was executed during the Salem witch trials. She is reluctant to use her powers as a witch after rejecting her magical heritage following her parents’ deaths when she was seven years old. Diana Bishop Teresa Palmer as Diana Bishop in 'A Discovery of Witches'.Ī talented academic researching 17th-century alchemy at Oxford, Diana has gained tenure at Yale young. WITCHESĬharms, spells, potions, mind-reading and precognition are all possible for witches, although many tend to have leanings towards one or two gifts over the others. Want to know more? Read on for a human’s guide to the characters of A Discovery of Witches. Here, at the prestigious Bodleian Library, Diana Bishop stumbles across a curious manuscript, Ashmole 782, which attracts the interest of many of her fellow magical beings, including the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, and sets her on a path of discovery and danger, which will take her far beyond her faculty at Oxford. What distinguishes this fantasy universe from others is real-life professor Harkness’s decision to immerse her story in the academic sphere at the University of Oxford. This also means strictly no inter-species mingling. The Congregation, a committee of representatives from each of the magical races, protects everyone by ensuring no supernatural being attracts the attention of humans. Living silently alongside humans, around one in ten people is a magical being. Based on the popular novel by Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches is the first book in the All Souls Trilogy - so there’s plenty of material to mine if this eight-part drama is well-received.Ī Discovery of Witches deals with, yes, witches, but also incorporates other supernatural beings, including vampires and daemons. Those words welcome you to the world of A Discovery of Witches, which has just made its television debut in the UK and will be available via streaming services in the US at a later date. SPOILER ALERT: Warning, this article contains links that contain spoilers from the All Souls novel trilogy which may appear in the screen adaptation.
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