> Age: 19 (at time of arrest)
> Occupation: First Mate, Pharaon
> Betrothed: Mercédès Herrera
> Father: Louis Dantès (starves to death during imprisonment)
> Character: Naïve, trusting, honorable, skilled navigator

> Titles: Count of Monte Cristo, Lord Wilmore, Abbé Busoni
> Residence: Château de Monte Cristo (Isle of Tiboulen)
> Chambers: Hôtel de Monte Cristo, Paris (Avenue des Champs-Élysées)
> Servants: Ali (Nubian mute), Baptistin, Bertuccio (steward)
> Character: Calculating, omniscient, wealthy beyond measure

> Crime: Treacherous denunciation, betrayal of childhood friend
> Motive: Unrequited love for Mercédès
> Fate: Becomes Count de Morcerf, General of French Army
> Sin: Sells Haydée's father to Turks, betrays Ali Pasha
> Downfall: Exposed as traitor, family ruined, ■■■■■■■ by pistol

> Crime: Forges denunciation letter, frames Dantès for Bonapartist plot
> Motive: Jealousy of Dantès' promotion to captain
> Fate: Becomes Baron, Director of Ministry of Finance
> Sin: Embezzlement, speculation, ruins families through debt
> Downfall: Bankrupted, daughter Eugénie elopes with pianist, robbed by Luigi Vampa

> Crime: Condemns Dantès to life imprisonment to protect father's Bonapartist secret
> Motive: Career advancement, reputation preservation
> Fate: Deputy Crown Prosecutor, later Attorney-General
> Sin: Buried infant alive (son with Madame Danglars), drives wife to serial poisoning
> Downfall: Wife and son poisoned, public disgrace, goes mad

> Waited 18 months for Edmond's return
> Married Fernand 2 years after Dantès' imprisonment
> Lives as Countess de Morcerf, mother to Albert
> Recognizes Dantès at first sight in Paris
> Lives as pauper after husband's ruin, enters convent

> Cavalry officer, friend to Franz d'Épinay and Beauchamp
> Saved by Count from bandits in Rome (Luigi Vampa)
> Introduces Count to Parisian society
> Challenges Count to duel after father's ruin
> Renounces name, joins army, reconciles with mother

> Daughter of Ali Pasha of Janina
> Sold by Fernand to Count as slave
> Testifies against Morcerf in House of Peers
> Loves Count with pure devotion
> Is rejected by Count (who sees himself as dead)
> Final hope for Count's redemption

> Imprisoned in Château d'If since 1807
> Italian priest, polymath (knows 5 languages, mathematics, physics)
> Digs escape tunnel, miscalculates Dantès' cell
> Bequeaths Spada treasure map and knowledge
> Dies of catalepsy in Dantès' arms (April 1829)
> Provides Dantès with education, purpose, and hope

> Dantès returns Pharaon to Marseille, earns captaincy
> Carries letter from Elba (Napoleon to Noirtier)
> Denounced by Danglars, Fernand, Caderousse at L'Escalier du Diable
> Arrested by Deputy Villefort on wedding day
> Imprisoned in Château d'If without trial
> Duration: 14 years of solitary confinement

> Faria reveals Spada family fortune
> Location: Monte Cristo isle (Cave of San Giovanni)
> Worth: 80 million francs in gold, jewels, diamonds
> Escape: Dantès swaps with Faria's shroud, thrown into sea
> Rescue: Picked by Genoese smugglers (Captain Jacopo)
> Journey: Disguised as Abbé Busoni in Italy (1829-1838)

> Arrives as Count of Monte Cristo (October 1838)
> Purchases Hôtel de Monte Cristo, establishes mystique
> Executes four-stage revenge plan
> Hosts infamous dinners and soirées
> Orchestrates downfall of enemies through their own vices
> Confronts Mercédès, spares Albert, adopts Haydée

> Maximilian Morrel's life saved (repayment for father's loyalty)
> Valentina Villefort saved from poison (by Abbé Busoni)
> Final confrontation at Monte Cristo isle
> Leaves Haydée and half fortune to Maximilien
> Departs with her on yacht for eternal voyage
> Final words: "Wait and hope"

> Publication of betrayal in newspaper (Beauchamp's journal)
> Haydée testifies before House of Peers (February 1839)
> Reveals sale of Ali Pasha to Turks, murder, treason
> Son Albert challenges Count to duel (defused by Mercédès)
> Family name disgraced, wealth confiscated
> Final blow: Mercédès and Albert abandon him
> ■■■■■■■: Shoots self in secluded garden, alone

> Creates false credit notes (5 million francs) via Cristo
> Danglars bankrupted through fraudulent telegraph message
> Daughter Eugénie elopes with pianist Louise d'Armilly
> Wife Hermine exposed for affair with Lucien Debray
> Kidnapped by Luigi Vampa, ransomed for 5 million francs
> Reduced to pauper, survives on 50,000 francs annuity
> Lives in shame, watches former peers' prosperity

> Poisons revealed: Wife Hermine's serial murders (6 victims)
> Son Édouard poisoned by mother (intended for Valentina)
> Public trial of Benedetto (Andrea Cavalcanti) reveals Villefort's past
> Exposes attempt to bury infant alive (his son with Hermine)
> Wife confesses, commits ■■■■■■■ with poison
> Villefort goes mad, attempts to dig up "treasure" in garden
> Final scene: Dantès witnesses his insanity, questions his vengeance

> Spared by Dantès (initially considered innocent bystander)
> Murders jeweler to steal diamond (50,000 francs)
> House burns down, kills wife (La Carconte) in process
> Escapes prison, becomes Benedetto's accomplice (Cacandrio Paternostro)
> Attempts robbery of Count's house (as Abbé Busoni)
> Stabbed by Benedetto, dies in Count's arms
> Provides final confession, reveals all conspirators' names