The Carnivorous Carnival characters

Appears from the start

The eldest Baudelaire, a fourteen-year-old inventor who ties back her hair to think. Still a hunted fugitive, she leads her siblings as they hide near Count Olaf himself, hoping to learn the truth about V.F.D. and whether one of their parents survived the fire.

Appears from the start

The middle Baudelaire, twelve, bespectacled, and endlessly well-read, whose knowledge steers the family. He is desperate to uncover the secret of V.F.D. and to find any answer about his parents' fate.

Appears from the start

The youngest Baudelaire, a small child who speaks in short exclamations and bites with four sharp teeth. Increasingly resourceful, she takes on her own disguise as the children hide among performers.

Appears from the start

The murderous actor who hunts the Baudelaire fortune, marked by his single eyebrow and ankle tattoo. Traveling with his troupe and his accomplice Esme, he is now searching for a hidden location tied to the secret V.F.D.

Appears from the start

Count Olaf's fashionable girlfriend and accomplice, cruel and vain, who takes an eager part in his schemes against the children and their fortune.

First appears in chapter 2

The fortune-teller of Caligari Carnival, who gazes into a crystal ball and speaks in a heavy, put-on accent, claiming to foresee the future. She has been supplying Count Olaf with information about where to find things he seeks, including the Baudelaires, which makes her a figure the children both fear and hope to learn from.

First appears in chapter 4

A performer in the carnival's House of Freaks, a hunchbacked man displayed for the amusement of visitors. Resigned to being treated as an oddity, he works alongside the disguised Baudelaires among the other performers.

First appears in chapter 4

A performer in the carnival's House of Freaks, a contortionist who can bend and twist her body into unusual shapes. She is one of the carnival workers the children come to know while hiding among the performers.

First appears in chapter 4

A performer in the carnival's House of Freaks who is ambidextrous, equally skilled with both hands, and is put on display for it. Ashamed of being treated as a freak for his ability, he works with the other performers alongside the disguised Baudelaires.