Armand-Jean Duplessis de Richelieu, Prime Minister of France and the true power behind King Louis XIII. He governs France's domestic and foreign policy with an iron fist. Suspecting the Queen of political infidelity, he seeks to trap her through her love for the Duke of Buckingham, the English ambassador. With his secret police and spies such as La Porte, Rochefort, and Milady, he has established an intelligence network capable of turning the country upside down. He has a contentious relationship with the King based on outward respect. Through his own guards, he is an enemy to Monsieur de Tréville's musketeers.
Beyond his identity as a cleric, he is a master statesman who has calmed storms since his youth and achieved great military victories solely for a powerful Europe and a subdued monarchy.
He is described as a man of thirty-six or thirty-seven years, with graying thick hair, a noble facial expression, a proud bearing, piercing eyes, a broad forehead, and a goatee. Contrary to the image of him being remembered as old and frail, in the work, he is vigorous and dangerous.
Rochefort
The right-hand man he uses for his dark affairs.
Kral XIII. Louis
A leader who knows how to play the King, both controlling and provoking him.
Mösyö Bonacieux
One of the ordinary pawns he uses.