The main characters

- Louix XV : King of France

- Mister d'Enneval father (Martin) and son: wolf hunters of the King.

- François Antoine, known as Monsieur Antoine or Antoine de Beauterne, Porte arquebuse of the King, Great Wolf hunter of the Kingdom, Knight of the order of Saint Louis.

- Jean-François-Charles de Morangiès, baron of Tournel and of Allenc: Count of Morangiès

- Mister Duhamel (or Du Hamel) : Captain Major of Clermont.

- Jean-Baptiste de Marin, Count of Moncan : lieutenant general of the King's army.

- Mister Jean Joseph de Chateauneuf-Randon : Marquess of Apcher or Apchier in Langue d'Oc.

- Jean Chastel : gamekeeper of the woods of Ténazeyre and his sons Pierre and Antoine.
- - Antoine : Has lived with the Huguenots of the Vivarais, been in close contact with the galley slaves of Toulon and the prisoners of the Barbaresques in north Africa who would have employed him to heal and tame some animals.

- The abbot Trocellier : Pries of Aumont

- Clément Charles de L'Averdy : finance controller.

- His Highness Gabriel Florent of Choiseul Beaupré : Bishop of Mende

- Lord of Ballainvilliers : Intendant ofAuvergne

- Marie Joseph of Guignard of Saint Priest : Intendant of Languedoc.

- Etienne Lafont : representative of the diocese of Mende since 1749.

- Georges Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon: Curator of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, Member of the Institute.

- Louis Phélypeaux, Count of Saint Florentin: State secretary of the King’s House

- Jacques Portefaix, audacious 11-year-old child who fought the Beast.