Character Guide: Tadeo’s Townmate
Name: Unknown (Tadeo’s Townmate) Sex: M Race: Indio Occupation: Student Aliases: Affiliations: Background Not much is known about Tadeo’s townmate. He is from the same province as Tadeo, though the province is not specified. He is currently living in Manila, staying in Macaraig’s house. Story Chapter 21: Tadeo’s townmate only appears in one chapter […]
Character Guide: Tadeo
Name: Tadeo Sex: M Race: Indio Occupation: Student Aliases: Affiliations: Students’ Association Background Not much is known about Tadeo other than that he is currently a student who is a member of the Students’ Association. He is originally from the province (though his province isn’t revealed) but currently lives in Manila and is a […]
Character Guide: Sandoval
Name: Sandoval Sex: M Race: Spanish Occupation: Student Aliases: Affiliations: Students’ Association Background Sandoval is a Spaniard who traveled from Spain to the Philippines and is currently a student. Story Chapter 14: Sandoval is first introduced as one of the students attending the meeting at Macaraig’s house concerning the petition for the Academy for Spanish. […]
Character Guide: Placido Penitente
Name: Placido Penitente Sex: M Race: Indio Occupation: Student (at UST) Aliases: Placido Soplon, Tattle-tale, Placido Soplado, Swellhead Affiliations: Background Placido Penitente was originally from Batangas. He was considered a very good student and was so smart that the parish priest called him a subversive. His father passed away though it is unclear what […]
Character Guide: Pecson
Name: Pecson Sex: M Race: Indio Occupation: Student Aliases: Affiliations: Students’ Association Background Pecson’s past is not mentioned. He is currently a student and lives in Manila. Story Chapter 14: Pecson is first introduced as one of the students visiting Macaraig’s house to discuss the petition for the Academy for Spanish. Sandoval is trying […]
Character Guide: Macaraig
Name: Macaraig Sex: M Race: Indio Occupation: Student (law) Aliases: Affiliations: Students’ Association Background Not much is known about Macaraig’s family or past other than the fact that he comes from a wealthy family, that has multiple large houses in the Philippines. At some point, Macaraig joined the Students’ Association and decided to help start […]
Character Guide: Isagani
Name: Isagani Sex: M Race: Indio Occupation: Student (Ateneo de Municipal) Aliases: “The Poet” Affiliations: Students’ Association, Ateneo de Municipal Background Isagani grew up an orphan. His parents are not mentioned, as he was adopted as a child by his uncle Padre Florentino. Their precise family relationship remains unclear. There are rumors that Isagani […]
Character Guide: Juanito Pelaez
Name: Juanito Pelaez Sex: M Race: Indio (with Spanish blood) Occupation: Student of UST Affiliations: Students’ Association, University of Santo Tomas Background Juanito Pelaez is said to have been born an Indio with mestizo blood. The identity and whereabouts of his mother are unknown as she is not mentioned. It is suggested that his Spanish blood […]
Character Guide: Fat Student
Name: Unknown (only referred to as a “Fat Student”) Sex: M Race: Unknown Occupation: Student Affiliations: Unknown Background Not much is known about the fat student other than the fact that he studies in The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas. One of his classes is Physics. Story Chapter 13: Fat student yawns […]
Character Guide: Basilio
Sex: M Race: Indio Occupation: Student (medicine) Affiliation: Students’ Association Background Basilio is a character who was first introduced in Noli Me Tangere as a child. In El Filibusterismo, he is an orphan following the deaths of his mother, Sisa, and brother, Crispin. Chapter 6 of El Filibusterismo explains what happened to him after Noli Me Tangere, revealing […]