On Her Majesty's Secret Service characters

Appears from the start

A British Secret Service officer increasingly frustrated by the fruitless search for the escaped head of SPECTRE. Restless enough to consider leaving the service, he is diverted by a troubled young woman whose reckless behavior draws him into her life.

Also known as Tracy

Appears from the start

The estranged daughter of a powerful Corsican businessman, living under her married surname after a broken marriage and the death of her child. Beautiful, impulsive, and in profound distress, she first draws Bond's attention through dangerous driving, high gambling, and an apparent wish to die.

Appears from the start

The founder of SPECTRE and architect of the nuclear extortion plot defeated in Thunderball. He escaped that operation and has disappeared, leaving Bond with the long-running assignment of finding him.

Also known as The Capu

First appears in chapter 5

Tracy's father and the head of the Union Corse, a formidable European criminal network. He is devoted to his daughter, frank about both his power and his limitations, and convinced that Bond can give her a reason to live.

First appears in chapter 7

The head of the British Secret Service and Bond's superior. He tolerates Bond's impatience less readily than Bond expects, but he recognizes the importance of any credible lead to Blofeld.

First appears in chapter 7

M's trusted secretary and the familiar guardian of access to his office. She sees Bond during his frustrated return to headquarters and handles his unusual memorandum for the chief.

First appears in chapter 9

A leading officer at the College of Arms and an expert in genealogy. His work on a claimant seeking recognition of a noble title gives the Secret Service a possible route to the missing Blofeld.

First appears in chapter 12

The stern German administrator at Piz Gloria, the isolated Alpine clinic Bond enters under cover. She controls the patients and household with brisk efficiency and watches the visiting heraldic expert closely.

First appears in chapter 13

A young English patient at Piz Gloria being treated for an allergy to chickens. Friendly and eager for attention, she gives Bond an intimate view of the clinic's unusual methods.

First appears in chapter 16

A British agent placed near Piz Gloria to provide discreet local support. His attempt to learn more about the clinic becomes a warning of how thoroughly its security protects Blofeld's operation.