V. | Characters
There are so many people in V. that it is difficult to designate a main character, but most of the action concerns three central figures: Herbert Stencil, Benny Profane, and V.
Herbert Stencil is the son of Sidney Stencil, a British agent during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century whose search, as described in his journals, for a mysterious woman, V., motivates his son to continue the quest. The journal material also provides the source for the flashback sections. The elder Stencil died at sea near Malta in 1919. Through the journals, Herbert Stencil learns...
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