Editing Candide (section)

=== Main characters ===
* Candide: The title character. The illegitimate son of the sister of the Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh. In love with Cunégonde.
* [[Cunégonde]]: The daughter of the Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh. In love with Candide.
* Professor Pangloss: The royal educator of the court of the baron. Described as "the greatest philosopher of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]".
* The Old Woman: Cunégonde's maid while she is the mistress of Don Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor of Portugal. Flees with Candide and Cunégonde to the New World. Illegitimate daughter of [[Pope Urban X]].
* Cacambo: Born from a [[Mestizo]] father and an [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous]] mother. Lived half his life in Spain and half in Latin America. Candide's valet while in America.
* Martin: Dutch amateur philosopher and [[Manichaeism|Manichaean]]. Meets Candide in [[Suriname]], travels with him afterwards.
* The Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh: Brother of Cunégonde. Is seemingly killed by the Bulgarians, but becomes a [[Jesuit]] in Paraguay. Disapproves of Candide and Cunégonde's marriage.