Don Fernando Betrays his friend, Cardenio, by marrying Cardenio's lover, Lucinda. Don Fernando has also taken Dorothea's virginity, only to break his promise to marry her.
Innkeeper #1 He performs the dubbing ceremony n which Quixote is given his knightly name.
Innkeeper #2 An innkeeper whom Quixote patronizes in Chapter 16 and again in Chapter 32. Quixote believes that his inn is a castle and that Innkeeper #2 is the lord of the castle.
Innkeeper #2's daughter A beautiful young woman whom Quixote takes for a princess. At length, he convinces himself that she is romantically interested in him.
Maritornes A nearly blind, hunchbacked woman who works at Inn #2.
Friston The "sage enchanter" who figures as Quixote's arch-nemesis. Quixote accuses Friston of stealing his library and robbing him of a victory by transforming giants into windmills just as Quixote was on the verge of victory against them.
Marcella A beautiful young shepherdess who comes from a wealthy family. She refuses to be married or courted and lives in the wild, hoping to avoid the advances of men.
Galley slaves A chain-gang of violent criminals, are on their way to being executed. Quixote sees them as helpless victims and helps them escape. When Don Quixote suggests that the galley slaves present themselves to Dulcinea, the criminals beat the knight merciless and then escape in different directions.
Gines de Pasamonte One of the most violently ungrateful of the galley slaves, he steals Panza's mule, Dapple, in the Sierra Morena.
Holy Brotherhood Officer #2 An officer who intends to arrest Quixote for "setting at liberty" a group of "galley-slaves." The priest dissuades the officer on account of Quixote's insanity.
The canon A religious figure who once tried his hand at writing a tale of chivalry, though he now condemns this literary art form. After discussing literature with Quixote, the canon marvels at the knight's easy ramblings between lucid intellectualism and ridiculous foolishness.
