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CHARACTERS RODRIGO Rodrigo Adventurer, strong-willed, good humoured, honest, with a high sense of fairness and particularly well-suited for fighting. He grows up in court next to the infantes, holding with them a especial friendship. His bravery and skill will allow him to overcome successfully any sifficulties he has to face. GIMENA Count Gormaz's daughter and the king's niece. Of strong character and great beauty, she was brought up at the court, and is Rodrigo's beloved. Although, after her father's tragic death, she tears apart from our hero and rejects him. COUNT OF GORMAZ Lieutenant to king Fernando I. He has a strong, aggressive and austere nature. Excellent warrior and loyal subject to the king. His excessive zeal in caring for his daughter Gimena, will confront him to Rodrigo. BEN YUSSUFF A terrible almoravide caliph. A mean, cruel and extremely dangerous tyran. The perfect villain feared by all his enemiesand his own men. Ben Yussuff represents the invading menace. He does not flinch when he has to finish off arab or christian kinglets as long as reaches his objective, the conquest of the peninsula. COUNT ORDOÑEZ A castilian nobleman at the service of the best suitor. Malicious, cynical, fearsome and envious. In love with Gimena, Ordoñez has Rodrigo as his main enemy and slanders him. An excellent swordsman, Ordoñez surrenders to Rodrigo inflexible nobility, and ends up fighting next to him. AL-MUTAMIN Son of Al-Mugtadir, emir of Zaragoza. Honest, extroverted, unruly, well know for his castilian customs. After a brief confrontation with Rodrigo, join forces whit him, becoming one of his best and most loyal men. SANCHO Fernando's eldest son. Stands apart from his brothers by his noble fair and honest nature, and by the special friendship he holds with Rodrigo. KING FERNANDO I King of Castile around the years 1037-1055. A relentess and daring warrior with enemy armies, tolerant, affable and good hearted with those around him. URRACA The young princess that surpasses her brothers in ambition, strategy and evilness. She influences her elder brother Alfonso, takes part in her brother Sancho's death to be able to reach the throne. She vents her anger over Rodrigo, because he doesn't correspond her love for him. ALFONSO King of Castile after the death of his brother Sancho. The strong personality and the ambition for power, darken this character, who is very influenced by his sister, Princess Urraca. DIEGO LAINEZ Rodrigo's father. A loveable and affable character. A former lieutenant to the king Fernando I. Thanks to his friendship with the king, his son Rodrigo will grow in court.