The Da Vinci Code (The Young Adult Adaptation) characters

Appears from the start

A Harvard professor who studies religious symbols and sacred art. While visiting Paris to lecture, he is unexpectedly called to the Louvre late at night to help interpret the strange scene left by its murdered curator.

Appears from the start

The respected curator of the Louvre. Mortally wounded inside the museum by an attacker seeking a hidden object, he uses his final minutes to arrange an elaborate coded scene around his own body.

First appears in chapter 10

A cryptographer with the French judicial police and Jacques Saunière's granddaughter. Intelligent, resourceful, and experienced with the puzzles her grandfather taught her as a child, she intervenes when she realises that Captain Fache has secretly identified Langdon as his murder suspect.

First appears in chapter 3

The stern captain of France's Central Directorate Judicial Police. A devout Catholic known for forceful investigations, he brings Langdon to the Louvre and closely directs the inquiry into Saunière's murder.

First appears in chapter 8

A police lieutenant working under Captain Fache. He coordinates surveillance and field operations during the investigation at the Louvre and follows his captain's orders closely.

First appears in chapter 2

An albino monk associated with Opus Dei who practices severe forms of bodily penance. Acting under instructions from a hidden caller known as the Teacher, he kills members of a secret brotherhood while searching for an object he believes they protect.

First appears in chapter 5

The head of Opus Dei, a Catholic organisation whose new headquarters have placed it under financial pressure and public scrutiny. He has entered a secret arrangement with a caller known as the Teacher and believes it will strengthen the Church and secure Opus Dei's future.

First appears in chapter 55

A wealthy British historian living outside Paris, known for his lifelong study of the Holy Grail. Physically disabled and reliant on leg braces, he is witty, theatrical, and eager to explain his belief that the Grail tradition conceals a suppressed history of Mary Magdalene.

First appears in chapter 56

Teabing's French servant and driver. He helps manage the country estate and assists his employer when Langdon and Sophie arrive unexpectedly with the police in pursuit.

First appears in chapter 41

The president of the Depository Bank of Zurich's Paris branch. His institution protects clients through extreme secrecy, and he initially helps Sophie and Langdon leave with the item Saunière stored there before recognising how much risk they bring.

First appears in chapter 25

A nun and guardian of the Church of Saint-Sulpice who distrusts Opus Dei. Alerted that danger may be approaching, she watches Silas search the church and tries to warn the members of the secret group she serves.

First appears in chapter 30

The unidentified caller directing Silas and dealing privately with Bishop Aringarosa. The Teacher claims to know the secret guarded by Saunière's brotherhood and coordinates the effort to seize its keystone.

First appears in chapter 104

The elderly keeper of Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. She recognises Sophie and receives her with an emotion that suggests the chapel is the end of a personal search as well as a historical one.