Young poet known as Homeless, author of anti‑religious poem, debates with Berlioz and the stranger. Appears as a ghost‑like figure on the veranda, brandishing a candle and demanding the capture of the foreign consultant. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in a psychiatric clinic; ages himself 23; denounces Riukhin and seeks the foreign consultant; attempts to call police; sedated and moved to private room 117. Now a university researcher who annually walks to Patriarch’s Ponds on the spring full moon, follows a ritual route, and experiences a recurring dream involving a mysterious figure ‘number 1‑18’ and a woman who kisses his forehead.

Editor of a Moscow literary journal, engages in debate about Jesus and meets the mysterious stranger. His decapitated and mutilated body is discovered in a morgue room; his death is confirmed.

Tall, well‑dressed foreigner, claims to be a historian and specialist in black magic, offers consultation and predicts Berlioz's death. Claims personal presence at Pilate's balcony and garden, displays one green insane eye and one black dead eye, asserts he arrived moments ago and seeks to prove the devil exists Identified by Ivan as the foreign consultant who killed Berlioz; his name is only known to start with ‘W’. Foreign professor of black magic who arrives in Stypha's apartment, presents a contract, food, and a supernatural retinue. Revealed his past as a museum historian who won 100,000 roubles, retired to a basement near Arbat, wrote a novel about Pontius Pilate, suffered hostile newspaper attacks, burned his manuscript, and lives with a secret lover; now a patient in the clinic

High priest of Yershalaim who debates Pilate over which condemned man should be spared; insists Bar‑Rabban be released.

Roman legate who receives Pilate’s orders, coordinates troop movements to Bald Mountain.

Centurion of the Twelfth Lightning legion, extremely tall and disfigured, executes the whipping of Yeshua and escorts prisoners.

Former tax collector who met Yeshua at Bethphage, initially hostile, later follows him. Attempts to intervene in the execution, writes on a stone tablet, curses God, steals a knife, fails to save Yeshua, later frees the dead bodies before disappearing

Records the trial, writes down sentences, delivers messages, and notes Pilate’s orders.

Roman procurator of Judea, afflicted by a severe headache and a hatred of rose oil; conducts Yeshua's trial.

Commander of a Syrian cavalry unit that escorts the condemned to Bald Mountain.

Vagrant from Galilee, accused of inciting rebellion; claims innocence, teaches anti‑authority philosophy, knows Greek, associated with Matthew Levi.

Appears at the Bronnaya/Yermolaevsky Lane exit, offers directions and tries to sell a pint, described with a chicken‑feather moustache and tiny eyes

Critic who repeatedly notes the time and the need to keep the meeting on schedule.

Young poetess who dances at midnight.

Representative of the poetry section who dances at midnight.

Quiet, decently dressed writer who notes the time and comments on the heat of the meeting.

Poetry‑section member who dances at midnight.

Writer of sea‑battle stories who boasts about dachas and criticises envy.

Dancer in the midnight revelry.

Member who shouts about Lavrovich’s dacha and the river.

Dancer in the midnight revelry.

Poet lounging with his feet in yellow rubber‑treaded shoes, expresses boredom.

Scenarist who interrupts the argument and comments on dacha allocations.

Novelist who bitterly complains about his wife’s goitre and the unfairness of the system.

Writer from Kronstadt attending the midnight celebration.

Orphan writer who remarks on the meeting’s schedule and mentions the Klyazma.

Doorman who, after the chaos, is taken away with the police and the poet.

Member who joins Deniskin in shouting about Lavrovich.

Poet who, together with the doorman, is carried out of Griboedov’s during the turmoil.

Architect who dances with a stranger in white canvas trousers.

Poetry‑section member who dances at midnight.

Poetry‑section member who dances at midnight.

Poetess who dances with Glukharev during the chaotic midnight dance.

Visitor from Rostov who joins the midnight revelry.

Author of sketches who argues for tea on the balcony.

Berlioz’s assistant who arrives from the morgue, takes over Berlioz’s office and summons the board.

Novelist who dances with a movie actress in a yellow dress.

Master of ceremonies at Griboedov’s who greets Riukhin with wine and watches him drink alone.

White‑coated psychiatrist who examines Ivan, orders sedation, and assigns a private room.

Woman in a white coat who fills paperwork, holds a broken candle and icon, and administers the sedative injection to Ivan.

Agitated poet present in the clinic; later transported by truck back to Moscow and ends up drinking alone at Griboedov’s.

Red‑haired supernatural attendant in Woland's retinue, comments on Stypha's role as director. Azazello transports Margarita, appears in both the grand hall and the bedroom, and assists Woland during the chess game. Arrives carrying the Master and Margarita, joining the farewell procession on Sparrow Hills.

Giant black cat serving Woland, holds vodka and a pickled mushroom. Whistles a powerful note that triggers the catastrophic upheaval of Moscow during the farewell ride.

Housekeeper of the apartment, mentioned but absent during the chaotic events.

Director of the Variety Theatre who awakens in cursed apartment No. 50 on Sadovaya Street and encounters Woland and supernatural beings.

Chief of the psychiatric clinic who interrogates Ivan and orders him to stay and write a report. Administers calming injection to Ivan, assuring him his distress will pass.

Delivers telegrams from Yalta to Rimsky and Varenukha

Appears in Styopa's apartment hall, kisses Varenukha before he collapses

Financial director of the Variety Theatre, office on Sadovaya Street

Administrator of the Variety Theatre, central to telegram plot Appears in Rimsky's office, tells a fabricated story about Styopa Likhodeev, shows an unexplained bruised face, pallor, old scarf, and casts no shadow; later transforms and disappears after a dead girl opens the door.

Nurse who comforts Ivan, closes blinds, gathers his pages and brings them to the doctor.

Chairman of the Acoustics Commission who demands exposure of Woland's tricks.

Master of ceremonies who is decapitated by Behemoth and later restored.

Checkered clown‑assistant of Wolond, later identified as Koroviev. Koroviev greets Margarita, explains the fifth‑dimension space, informs her about the ball, and leads her through the hall to the bedroom. Comments on the quality of the whistle, stretches his body, and produces his own magical whistle during the farewell scene. Reappears as a dark‑violet knight with gloomy face, riding beside Woland

Wife of Arkady Sempleyarov, present in his box.

Promising debutante from Saratov, relative of Sempleyarov.

Foreign magician who stages a chaotic seance at the Variety Theatre. Woland appears in the bedroom, hosts a chess game with Margarita, shows a magical globe, and summons Abaddon. Leads the farewell procession, declares the end of Moscow, uses his cloak to cover the sky, and summons the final disappearance of the city.

Editorial secretary who returned Professor W.'s manuscript, saying the publisher would not consider it for two years

Witnesses the second scantily‑clothed woman on Sadovaya Street during the post‑show scandal.

Secretary of the house management on Sadovaya Street, mentioned as possibly involved in theft of Soviet money.

Mistress linked to the hidden treasure of Dunchil, appears in the dream narrative.

Short, fair‑haired citizen who voluntarily confesses to possess $1,020 in gold hidden with his aunt.

Wife of Sergei Dunchil, referenced during his interrogation.

Unnamed master of ceremonies who runs the dream theatre program, repeatedly urges audience to turn over currency.

Chairman of house committee at 302‑bis Sadovaya Street, detained in clinic room 119, interrogated about hidden $400 and Koroviev, experiences a surreal dream‑theatre.

Aunt of Kanavkin, alleged keeper of his hidden gold on Prechistenka.

Actor who performs a distorted version of Pushkin’s ‘The Covetous Knight’ in the dream theatre, collapses and is dismissed.

Accused man claimed to hide $18,000 and a necklace in Kharkov; his wife appears; he is expelled from the dream stage.

Host of the dream theatre, greets audience, announces Bosoy’s appearance and directs the theatrical proceedings.

Ash‑coloured dog known as the famous Ace of Diamonds, appears in the findirector’s office, growls at the broken window, howls, and is taken away.

Personal secretary of Prokhor Petrovich, appears sobbing with smeared lipstick and mascara, pleading for help.

Chairman of the Commission on Spectacles and Entertainment, heard shouting in the chaotic commission office.

Bookkeeper and senior member of the Variety staff, tasked with reporting to the Commission and handling the day's receipts.

Girl selling literature at the city affiliate, weeps, sings hysterically, and experiences mass hypnosis with staff.

Variety Theatre barman who meets Woland, receives a death prophecy, and later consults Professor Kuzmin about his predicted liver cancer.

Maid in a lacy apron who greets the barman at the front hall and directs him toward Woland’s study.

Woman who runs naked across the courtyard while Professor Kuzmin watches, contributing to his disorientation.

Berlioz’s uncle, industrial economist from Kiev, comes to Moscow to claim Berlioz’s apartment No. 50 and is thwarted by Koroviev, the cat and Azazello.

Medical professor at First MSU who examines the barman, orders tests, and is haunted by a kitten and a dancing sparrow.

Assistant who helps Professor Kuzmin after the kitten appears, fetching the kitten and guiding Kuzmin’s actions.

Margarita receives a mysterious cream from Azazello, applies it, undergoes a magical transformation that gives her levitation and flight, writes a farewell note to her husband, and escapes on a broom. Margarita is chosen as hostess of the Spring Ball of the Full Moon and learns of her alleged royal blood; she meets Woland, Azazello, Hella, Behemoth and Abaddon in a surreal bedroom scene. Woland is asked to also take Margarita with the Master Rides alongside the supernatural entourage, endures a powerful whistle that hurls her from her horse, witnesses massive destruction of Moscow’s skyline, and sees the city vanish. Delivers final monologue promising the Master an eternal refuge of peace, music and loved ones

Natasha assists Margarita in packing clothes, reacts awestruck to the transformation, and watches her depart.

Nikolai Ivanovich, a neighbor, sits on a bench observing Margarita, receives her farewell, and is knocked over by a discarded shift.

A gaunt figure in dark glasses named Abaddon briefly materialises in Woland’s room and disappears on Woland’s command.

A naked witch named Hella tends a sulphur‑smoking pot and applies ointment to Woland’s knee in the bedroom scene.

A black bird‑driver (the rook) transports Margarita in a flying car, lands it in a cemetery and crashes it into a ravine before disappearing.

Employee of the Spectacles Commission, invited by Woland, killed at midnight with his blood filling a cup. Baron Meigel enters apartment 50 as a guest, disappears, and later his charred corpse is found on the burning parquet after the cat’s firefight.

A young woman who repeatedly chants her name, drinks champagne, and later disappears in the chaos.

A lady with a green neck band and a Spanish boot, who sold poison water to husbands.

Annushka, known for spilling sunflower oil and causing scandals, is seen at the stairwell with a can and bag; she loses a magical horseshoe to a foreign stranger who pays her.

A foreigner in a white waistcoat, first speaking with a strong accent, takes Annushka’s horseshoe, pays her two hundred roubles, then loses his accent and warns her not to hide stolen items.

The Master appears in Woland’s bedroom, sick, wearing a hospital robe, author of a burned manuscript about Pontius Pilate, becomes anxious, collapses and vanishes. Woland is instructed to take the Master to peace, resolving his fate Experiences intense emotional turmoil, bids farewell to Moscow, sees the city’s destruction, and declares his farewell completed. Transformed with white hair, braid, spurs on jackboots; learns his novel is unfinished and is granted freedom and an eternal home

Secret‑service chief of Pilate, presents murder evidence, discusses burial and hunt for killers

Murder victim whose death sparks the investigation

Young Greek woman pursued by Judas

Assistant of the secret guard who oversaw the burial

A disheveled young man arrives from a Crimea flight, wearing a sheepskin hat, Georgian cape, nightshirt and blue leather slippers, and is taken for questioning, indicating Woland’s infiltration of the Variety Theatre.

Briefly occupies the findirector’s post at the Variety Theatre after Rimsky’s resignation and later moves to Briusovsky Lane and Rimsky’s office.