A rigid and idealistic revolutionary leader who rises to power during the Reign of Terror. Advocating virtue through terror, he becomes increasingly isolated, culminating in his downfall, arrest, and execution.
Early academic peers who share revolutionary ideals but eventually diverge politically.
Former allies who become bitter enemies as Danton advocates clemency and Robespierre enforces radical terror.
Monarch and radical revolutionary leader whose ideologies and political survival are mutually exclusive.
Allied radical figures who share a vision of extreme measures to secure the revolution.
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