List of The Da Vinci Code characters
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This is a list of characters from Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.
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[edit] Robert Langdon
Robert Langdon is the main protagonist of The Da Vinci Code. He is a respected professor at Harvard university. Together with Sophie, he unravels the mystery of the Jesus bloodline.
[edit] Sophie Neveu
Sophie Neveu is the granddaughter of Jacques Sauniere, grandmaster of the Priory of Sion. She is revealed to be a part of the Jesus royal bloodline.
[edit] Sir Leigh Teabing
Sir Leigh Teabing is a fictional character in the popular 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and the 2006 film based on it. In the film, he was portrayed by Ian McKellen. He is a grail researcher.
[edit] Silas
Silas is a fictional character in the popular 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and the 2006 film based on it. In the film, he was portrayed by Paul Bettany. He is an albino monk, a devotee of the Catholic organization Opus Dei, who practices severe corporal mortification.
[edit] Jacques Saunière
Jacques Saunière is a character in the novel, The Da Vinci Code. Saunière is the curator of the Louvre, head of the secret Priory of Sion and grandfather of Sophie Neveu. Before being murdered by Silas (an albino monk) in the museum, he reveals false information to Silas about the Priory's keystone, which contains information about the true location of the Holy Grail. After being shot in the stomach, he uses the last minutes of his life to arrange a series of clues for his estranged granddaughter, Sophie, to unravel the mystery of his death and preserve the secret kept by the Priory of Sion. Sophie had apparently seen Saunière perform a sex ritual named Hieros Gamos with her grandmother Marie Chauvel, so Sophie is furious at him. Although his granddaughter's rage makes her never talk to him again, she understands the truth afterwards. Although his part is small in the novel, he is the one that sets the events that follow in motion. Saunière's name may be based on Bérenger Saunière, a real person who was extensively mentioned in Holy Blood, Holy Grail. In the film, he was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Marielle.
[edit] Marie Chauvel
Marie Chauvel is a character in the novel, The Da Vinci Code. She is the Guardian of the Rosslyn Trust, as well as the wife of Jacques Saunière and Sophie Neveu's grandmother. The docent is Sophie's brother. Believing that they had been targeted for assassination by the Church for knowing the powerful secret of the Priory of Sion, she and Saunière agreed that she and Sophie's brother should live secretly in Scotland. Only Sophie's parents were in the car at the time even though the whole family was supposed to be there. Saunière told the authorities that Sophie's grandmother and her brother were in the car. She tells Neveu and Robert Langdon that although the Holy Grail and the secret documents were once buried in the vault of Rosslyn Chapel, they were removed to France by the Priory of Sion only several years ago. Reading the parchment inside the second keystone, she realizes where the Grail is now hidden, but refuses to tell Langdon, saying he will figure it out eventually on his own. According to her, the Priory of Sion never intended to reveal the secret of the Grail according to any set timetable. She believes that such a revelation is unnecessary anyway, since the true nature and spiritual power of the Grail is emerging into the world without the location of the actual artifact being revealed. She also informs Sophie Neveu of her true identity through her bloodline.
[edit] Bishop Aringarosa
Bishop Manuel Aringarosa is a fictional character in the popular 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and the 2006 film based on it. In the film, he was portrayed by Alfred Molina.
[edit] Bezu Fache
Bezu Fache is a fictional character in the popular 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and the 2006 film based on it. In the film, he was portrayed by Jean Reno.
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