Character Relationship Map: The New Moon

Characters

• Prince Michail Koloyar (played by Pedro de Cordoba) — supporting

  Marie Pavlovna's fiancé, Michail fights to save her during the attack on the palace, then becomes separated from her while escaping. Disguised as a peasant courier, he searches for her, escapes after...

• Theo Kameneff (played by Charles K. Gerrard) — supporting

  A supposed Red who is secretly a paid agent of a foreign government intent on ruining Russia, Kameneff uses Orel Kosloff to carry out the palace attack. He later discovers Marie in Volsk, becomes enam...

• Vasili Lazoff (played by Marc McDermott) — supporting

  A potter whose daughter is raped by Orel Kosloff, Lazoff becomes an instrument of vengeance against the mob leader. When an ax-wielding Lazoff drives off a henchman who is attacking Marie, he also hel...

• Orel Kosloff (played by Stuart Holmes) — supporting

  A Bolshevik mob leader and an instrument of Theo Kameneff, Kosloff leads the assault that devastates the palace. Later, he rapes the daughter of Vasili Lazoff and is described as brutal. Lazoff eventu...

• Nadia Kameneff (played by Marguerite Clayton) — supporting

  Theo Kameneff's sister, Nadia is locked in a room by Marie to keep her away from one of Kameneff's lustful henchmen. Kameneff later executes a group of women that includes Nadia, making her one of the...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Theo Kameneff → Nadia Kameneff (Family Brother And Sister) — Their family bond is destroyed by Kameneff's brutality.

  The plot explicitly identifies Nadia Kameneff as Kameneff's sister, and Kameneff later executes a group of women including his own sister.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Vasili Lazoff → Prince Michail Koloyar (Alliance Rescue Allies) — Their actions converge during the final struggle against Kameneff's regime.

  Lazoff attacks Kosloff and later holds the pistol Kameneff uses for suicide, actions that help clear the way for Michail's rescue effort.

• Orel Kosloff → Prince Michail Koloyar (Conflict Revolutionary Enemies) — Kosloff's faction threatens Michail's life and social order.

  Kosloff leads the mob that destroys the palace where Michail is trying to protect the princess, and Michail later escapes from revolutionary custody.

• Theo Kameneff → Prince Michail Koloyar (Conflict Political Adversaries) — Their opposing loyalties place them on different sides of the revolution's violence.

  Kameneff controls the oppressive headquarters and orders executions, while Michail is captured, condemned to be shot, and later goes to rescue the imp...

• Vasili Lazoff → Nadia Kameneff (Alliance Indirect Protector) — Lazoff intervenes against violence threatening Nadia.

  Lazoff drives away the henchman attacking Nadia's room by wielding an ax, while the princess tries to keep Nadia safe inside.

• Orel Kosloff → Vasili Lazoff (Conflict Mortal Enemies) — Lazoff's personal revenge culminates in Kosloff's death.

  After Kosloff brutally attacks Lazoff's daughter, Lazoff becomes an instrument of vengeance and chokes Kosloff to death.

• Theo Kameneff → Orel Kosloff (Alliance Manipulator And Instrument) — Kameneff covertly directs Kosloff's destructive campaign.

  Theo Kameneff uses Orel Kosloff as a tool, paying him to lead the palace attack while secretly serving a foreign government.

Story Analysis

A royal couple is separated by revolutionary violence, oppressive power, and survival disguises before escaping toward freedom.

Plot Progression

1. The Palace Under Siege — A celebratory engagement ball is shattered when Kosloff's mob invades the palace. Michail fights to save the princess and sends her away, while Kameneff's hidden role becomes clear.
2. Disguises Across Volsk — Michail searches for the missing princess under a courier disguise and escapes execution. She uses her jewels to establish a grocery-store refuge and assumes the identity of Sonia Sazonoff.
3. The Mandate Of Possession — Kameneff discovers the princess and imposes registration orders on women. The second mandate exposes a system of sexual control, and Kameneff offers to revoke it if she accepts his protection.
4. Rebellion And Retribution — The princess secretly helps women reach the border while violence spreads through the community. Kosloff attacks Lazoff's family, and Lazoff answers with lethal vengeance.
5. Escape Beyond The Border — The princess is arrested and taken to Kameneff's headquarters, where Nadia is executed and Kameneff dies by suicide. Michail rescues the princess, and they cross the border toward freedom.