It was never buried. It was never lost.
The Key has resurfaced.
And now… people are dying for it.
You are not here by accident.
You now have access to classified case files connected to a centuries-old curse.
What you uncover… was meant to stay hidden.
Meet the characters
Fictional Characters
Behind every legend stand those who were never meant to be remembered.
Explore the lives of the fictional heroes, villains, scholars, warriors, and conspirators who shape the events of The Curse of the Crusader Universe. Though born from imagination, their stories are deeply rooted in the history, mysteries, and traditions of medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, Bulgaria, and the Mediterranean world.
Every character has a secret.
Every secret has a price.
Boris Ognen
Book 1 - A Legacy of Shadows and Redemption and Book 2 - The Echoes of a Cursed Vow.
Nikola Vella
Book 1 - A Legacy of Shadows and Redemption and Book 2 - The Echoes of a Cursed Vow.
Celeste Attard
Book 2 - The Echoes of a Cursed Vow
Maria – The Bulgarian Madonna
The Scholar and the Fourth Language
Matteo Albrizzi
The Scholar and the Fourth Language
Petar Popov
Book 1 - A Legacy of Shadows and Redemption
Brother Matthias of the Hospital
The Prequel - The First Key
Detective Inspector Chetcuti
Book 1 - A Legacy of Shadows and Redemption and Book 2 - The Echoes of a Cursed Vow.
Elena Kostova Ognen
Book 1 - A Legacy of Shadows and Redemption and Book 2 - The Echoes of a Cursed Vow.
Lazar
The Scholar and the Fourth Language
Petko
The Scholar and the Fourth Language
Maria
Book 1 - A Legacy of Shadows and Redemption
Duchess Vitale — Lily Vitale
Book 1 - A Legacy of Shadows and Redemption
Ralitsa
The Scholar and the Fourth Language
Sir Augustin Camilleri
Book 1 - A Legacy of Shadows and Redemption
Dr. Marcello Grech
Book 1 - A Legacy of Shadows and Redemption and Book 2 - The Echoes of a Cursed Vow.
Sir Guillaume
The Prequel - The First Key
Katerina from Marmaris
The Scholar and the Fourth Language
Sir Adrien de Villiers
The Prequel - The First Key
The Scholar and the Fourth Language
Vladislav Ivanov
Book 1 - A Legacy of Shadows and Redemption and Book 2 - The Echoes of a Cursed Vow.
Jack Pieter de Villiers
Book 2 - The Echoes of a Cursed Vow.