All 55 Apothecarydiariesdle characters
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Ah-Duo
Oldest of the four high consorts and the Emperor's childhood companion, known for her boyish style.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Consort
- Place
- Inner Court, Garnet Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Purple
- Debut episode
- 5
- Status
- Alive
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Ailan
Lady-in-waiting at the Jade Pavilion, part of the small trio who make up Gyokuyou's household staff.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court, Jade Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 2
- Status
- Alive
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Anshi
The Empress Dowager, mother of the current Emperor, whose past ties into the rear palace's old secrets.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Royalty
- Place
- Inner Court
- Clan
- Imperial
- Hair
- Purple
- Debut episode
- 6
- Status
- Alive
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Ayla
One of the two envoys from the western land of Shaoh who visit the court in season 2.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Envoy
- Place
- Shaoh
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Blonde
- Debut episode
- 25
- Status
- Alive
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Aylin
The second Shaoh envoy, who arrives at court alongside Ayla.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Envoy
- Place
- Shaoh
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Blonde
- Debut episode
- 25
- Status
- Alive
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Basen
Gaoshun's son, a stiff and earnest soldier who serves as Jinshi's aide.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Soldier
- Place
- Outer Court
- Clan
- Ma
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 5
- Status
- Alive
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Chou-u
Young boy of the Shi clan who escapes the northern stronghold and ends up at the Verdigris House.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Commoner
- Place
- Northern Province, Verdigris House
- Clan
- Shi
- Hair
- Brown
- Debut episode
- 41
- Status
- Alive
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Emperor
The bearded ruler of the land, who visits the consorts of the rear palace and trusts Jinshi.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Royalty
- Place
- Inner Court, Outer Court
- Clan
- Imperial
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 3
- Status
- Alive
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Fengming
Ah-Duo's head lady-in-waiting at the Garnet Pavilion, fiercely loyal to her mistress.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court, Garnet Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 5
- Status
- Dead
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Fengxian
Former courtesan of the Verdigris House with a love of Go, whose past is bound up with Lakan.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Courtesan
- Place
- Verdigris House
- Clan
- La
- Hair
- Green
- Debut episode
- 8
- Status
- Alive
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Former Emperor
The previous Emperor, whose reign and its scandals cast a long shadow over the court.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Royalty
- Place
- Inner Court
- Clan
- Imperial
- Hair
- Grey
- Debut episode
- 31
- Status
- Dead
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Fuyou
Low-ranking consort whose nightly dances on the palace wall spark rumours of a ghost.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Consort
- Place
- Inner Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 2
- Status
- Alive
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Gaoshun
Jinshi's calm, dependable attendant, who often ends up cleaning up after both him and Maomao.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Soldier
- Place
- Inner Court, Outer Court
- Clan
- Ma
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Guiyuan
Another of the Jade Pavilion's cheerful ladies-in-waiting, working under Hongniang.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court, Jade Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Brown
- Debut episode
- 2
- Status
- Alive
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Gyokuen
Gyokuyou's father, a powerful official from the Western Capital.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Official
- Place
- Western Capital
- Clan
- Gyoku
- Hair
- Grey
- Debut episode
- 49
- Status
- Alive
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Gyokuyou
One of the Emperor's four high consorts and mistress of the Jade Pavilion, who takes Maomao on as her food taster.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Consort
- Place
- Inner Court, Jade Pavilion
- Clan
- Gyoku
- Hair
- Pink
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Haku-u
One of three sisters who join Gyokuyou's household in season 2 as new ladies-in-waiting.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court, Jade Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Brown
- Debut episode
- 34
- Status
- Alive
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Hongniang
Head lady-in-waiting at the Jade Pavilion, strict, overworked and quietly fond of Maomao.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court, Jade Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Brown
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Jinshi
Strikingly beautiful official who runs the rear palace and keeps handing Maomao mysteries to solve.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Royalty
- Place
- Inner Court, Outer Court
- Clan
- Imperial
- Hair
- Purple
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Joka
Cool, learned courtesan of the Verdigris House, one of its three celebrated 'princesses'.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Courtesan
- Place
- Verdigris House
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Blue
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Kanan
A lady-in-waiting in Lishu's household at the Diamond Pavilion, first seen in episode 5.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court, Diamond Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 5
- Status
- Alive
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Koku-u
Another of the three sisters who come to the Jade Pavilion to lighten Hongniang's load.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court, Jade Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Brown
- Debut episode
- 34
- Status
- Alive
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Kounen
Outer Court official at the centre of one of Maomao's first-season cases.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Official
- Place
- Outer Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Grey
- Debut episode
- 9
- Status
- Dead
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Lahan
Lakan's adopted son, a short, numbers-obsessed official who sees the world in figures.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Official
- Place
- Outer Court
- Clan
- La
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 42
- Status
- Alive
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Lakan
Eccentric strategist of the La clan who can't tell faces apart and dotes on the daughter he wants back.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Soldier
- Place
- Outer Court
- Clan
- La
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 13
- Status
- Alive
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Lihaku
Big-hearted military officer who escorts Maomao on errands and falls hard for a Verdigris House courtesan.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Soldier
- Place
- Outer Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 6
- Status
- Alive
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Lihua
High consort of the Crystal Pavilion, proud and grief-stricken, whom Maomao helps back to health.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Consort
- Place
- Inner Court, Crystal Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Blue
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Lingli
Gyokuyou's baby daughter, a princess whose mystery illness first brings Maomao to the Jade Pavilion's attention.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Royalty
- Place
- Inner Court, Jade Pavilion
- Clan
- Imperial
- Hair
- Pink
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Lishu
Young high consort of the Diamond Pavilion, timid and pushed around by her own ladies-in-waiting.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Consort
- Place
- Inner Court, Diamond Pavilion
- Clan
- U
- Hair
- Brown
- Debut episode
- 5
- Status
- Alive
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Luomen
Maomao's adoptive father, a gentle, highly skilled physician who taught her everything she knows.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Healer
- Place
- Verdigris House, Inner Court
- Clan
- La
- Hair
- Grey
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Madam
The Verdigris House's stingy, sharp-eyed owner, who never misses a chance to make money.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Courtesan
- Place
- Verdigris House
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Grey
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Maomao
Sharp-tongued apothecary from the pleasure district, kidnapped into the rear palace, who solves its mysteries and tests poisons on herself.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Healer
- Place
- Verdigris House, Inner Court, Jade Pavilion, Outer Court
- Clan
- La
- Hair
- Green
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Maomao the Cat
White cat found in the rear palace in season 2, which ends up sharing Maomao's name.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Animal
- Place
- Inner Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- White
- Debut episode
- 25
- Status
- Alive
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Meimei
Elegant senior courtesan at the Verdigris House who helped raise Maomao.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Courtesan
- Place
- Verdigris House
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Purple
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Onsou
An Outer Court soldier who joins the cast in the second half of season 2.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Soldier
- Place
- Outer Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 40
- Status
- Alive
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Pairin
One of the Verdigris House's top courtesans, a dancer who treats Maomao like a little sister.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Courtesan
- Place
- Verdigris House
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Purple
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Quack Doctor
The rear palace's bumbling court physician, who comes to lean heavily on Maomao's skills.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Healer
- Place
- Inner Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Rikuson
Lakan's capable young aide, who remembers every face so his commander doesn't have to.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Soldier
- Place
- Outer Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 14
- Status
- Alive
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Sazen
Apothecary from the northern stronghold who later finds work in the pleasure district.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Healer
- Place
- Northern Province, Verdigris House
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 44
- Status
- Alive
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Seki-u
The third of the season 2 sisters serving at the Jade Pavilion, hard to tell from the other two.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court, Jade Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Brown
- Debut episode
- 34
- Status
- Alive
-
Shenlü
Grey-haired servant in the rear palace, first seen early in season 2.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Servant
- Place
- Inner Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Grey
- Debut episode
- 29
- Status
- Alive
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Shenmei
Proud, ruthless matriarch of the Shi clan, chasing an immortality potion at the northern stronghold.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Consort
- Place
- Northern Province
- Clan
- Shi
- Hair
- Purple
- Debut episode
- 43
- Status
- Dead
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Shin
One of Lihua's ladies-in-waiting at the Crystal Pavilion in the first season.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court, Crystal Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Blue
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Shishou
Head of the powerful Shi clan, a senior court official with a stronghold in the north.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Official
- Place
- Outer Court, Northern Province
- Clan
- Shi
- Hair
- Grey
- Debut episode
- 22
- Status
- Dead
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Shisui
Cheerful, insect-obsessed girl who befriends Maomao in the rear palace and keeps turning up where she shouldn't.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Consort
- Place
- Inner Court, Garnet Pavilion, Northern Province
- Clan
- Shi
- Hair
- Purple
- Debut episode
- 14
- Status
- Alive
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Suirei
Gifted healer with hidden ties to the Shi clan, whose knowledge of medicine rivals Maomao's.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Healer
- Place
- Outer Court, Northern Province
- Clan
- Shi
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 9
- Status
- Alive
-
Suiren
Jinshi's elderly lady-in-waiting and former nursemaid, gentle but firmly in charge of his household.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Outer Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Grey
- Debut episode
- 5
- Status
- Alive
-
Taihou
Lady-in-waiting of the rear palace whose story surfaces during season 2.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 34
- Status
- Dead
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Tairan
A healer of the Outer Court, first met during the first season.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Healer
- Place
- Outer Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Brown
- Debut episode
- 18
- Status
- Alive
-
Ukyou
One of the Verdigris House's male servants, seen around the brothel in season 1.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Servant
- Place
- Verdigris House
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 8
- Status
- Alive
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Uryuu
Official of the U clan, the same family as Consort Lishu, introduced in season 3.
- Gender
- Male
- Role
- Official
- Place
- Outer Court
- Clan
- U
- Hair
- Black
- Debut episode
- 49
- Status
- Alive
-
White Lady
Mysterious woman in white who wows crowds with apparent miracles, first seen in season 3.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Mystic
- Place
- Other
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- White
- Debut episode
- 52
- Status
- Alive
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Xiaolan
Gossip-loving palace maid and Maomao's first real friend in the rear palace.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Servant
- Place
- Inner Court
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Brown
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Yinghua
One of Gyokuyou's original ladies-in-waiting, a chatty girl who fusses over Maomao.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Lady-in-waiting
- Place
- Inner Court, Jade Pavilion
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Purple
- Debut episode
- 1
- Status
- Alive
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Zulin
A Verdigris House courtesan who joins the cast in season 3.
- Gender
- Female
- Role
- Courtesan
- Place
- Verdigris House
- Clan
- None
- Hair
- Brown
- Debut episode
- 51
- Status
- Alive
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