You know how life is. You meet people you never thought you would and take away from them what you never thought you would.
I, in my life, have been blessed by those who have let me take away values and virtues that have enabled me to complete writing a novel.
As my expression of dedication to each one of those gentle souls, I have named one character in the book after their initials. While I am bound by the limitations on the number of characters I can have in the book and the number of people I can dedicate this book to, I would like to assure you that this list is not exhaustive and I feel terrible for not being able to include them all.
Meanwhile, feel free to browse through the names of my beloved people & their character names:
| Name | Character | |
| 1 | Abhay Soningra / Ayaan Sayyed / Angela Shao | Ashton See |
| 2 | Abhinav Umbarje | Alexys Underwood |
| 3 | Ajinkya Adukia | Alvis Alekseev |
| 4 | Akash Pol | Aaron Palmer |
| 5 | Anuja Mulye | Alan Myke |
| 6 | Bhalala Raj | Benjamin Ryder |
| 7 | Bhavesh Parmar | Brando Purnell |
| 8 | Bhavika Shah | Bob Sally |
| 9 | Chetan Gandhi | Clyde Galloway |
| 10 | Chetan Vartak | Cristos Viera |
| 11 | Deeptanshu Thakar | Donnie Trugirl |
| 12 | Dilip Mulye | Dom Miller |
| 13 | Dominik Klaus | Darren Knox |
| 14 | Elesh Mehta | Emily Min |
| 15 | Emily Coe-Bjorsell | Eliah Cassia-Barrco |
| 16 | Eugenia D’Amario | Enid Douglas |
| 17 | Filippo Qiao | Fabian Quine |
| 18 | Flora Chardigny | Fitz Cresto |
| 19 | Francisco Santos / Furqan Sayyed | Faye Sebastian |
| 20 | Garv Gandhi | Glen Gonrow |
| 21 | Gautam Rajadhyaksha | Gene Rocco |
| 22 | Geeta Vadhani | Garrey Vicari |
| 23 | Geoffrey Brown | Gehard Berner |
| 24 | Gianmarco Clementoni | Graham Carlton |
| 25 | Gwyneth Perreira | Giuliano Penna |
| 26 | Hardik Mehta | Husani Maalouf |
| 27 | Harshad Vadhani | Heike Vicari |
| 28 | Heena Gandhi | Haemon Gedney |
| 29 | Jan Otta | Jaffar Osman |
| 30 | Jasmin Thakar | Jake Trent |
| 31 | Jessica Thiry | Jurgen Tobias |
| 32 | JF Mlaki / Jigna Mehta / Jiyaan Mehta | Jeremiah Miko |
| 33 | Jyothi Bhat | Jacob Barnes |
| 34 | Kedar Naik | Kimberley Nettle |
| 35 | Khusbhu Botadra | Kirk Bradford |
| 36 | Kirtan Mehta | Kris Mahone |
| 37 | Kunal Sehgal | Kristine Sebastian |
| 38 | Kushal Dave | Khloe Denver |
| 39 | Leelavati Vadhani | Lars Vosz |
| 40 | Lev Fomchenkov | Layton Fishler |
| 41 | Macher Gabor | Myriam Ginny |
| 42 | Marta Csaszar | Micah Chambers |
| 43 | Mayuri Vora | Mario Vaccaro |
| 44 | Miriam Vergara | Mel Vatican |
| 45 | Monali Mehta | Merrick Martin |
| 46 | Mrinmayee Anerao | Mervyn Aubrey |
| 47 | Namrata Kudav / Nandha Kumar | Nelson Kraft / Nene Kris |
| 48 | Namrata Vadhani | Nolyn Vicari |
| 49 | Nandan Chiklikar / NC | Nigel Castillo |
| 50 | Naveen Narayanan | Nadeel N’Cree |
| 51 | Nikunj Mehta | Nelson Madden |
| 52 | Nimish Fadnis | Nicholas Floros |
| 53 | Parag Shah / Parth Shah / Pranav Shetty | Pauline Salters |
| 54 | Paras Botadra | Pam Bryan |
| 55 | Pia Doshi | Prince Dunce |
| 56 | Piyush Mahendru / Pratham Mehta | Peter Martin |
| 57 | Prachi Pandya / Pooja Pawar | Petronela Peska |
| 58 | Praveen Kumar / Prashant Kale | Panlo Kippins |
| 59 | Rishikesh Ganapathy | Ryan Greg |
| 60 | Rohit Solanki | Ronald Salters |
| 61 | Rushabh Doshi | Ricky Dexter |
| 62 | Rushali Thakar / Robin Tiroloque | Ramsey Towner |
| 63 | Rutuja Mulye / Rupal Mehta | Rodwell McLarty |
| 64 | Sagar Raiyani | Samson Ryder |
| 65 | Sahil Maru / Sushila Mulye | Sugreev Murthy |
| 66 | Sarfaraz Hussain | Shannon Hoover |
| 67 | Sergio Cano / Shishir Chitnis | Slade Collymore |
| 68 | Shilwardhan Wakode | Seline Watt |
| 69 | Soniya Sanap | Scoville Som |
| 70 | Sudhir Kedar | Selwyn Karpin |
| 71 | Sumit Upadhyay | Samuel Underwood |
| 72 | Sunny Ambekar | Simeon Ang |
| 73 | Tania Cameron | Ty Colton |
| 74 | Tanuj Diwate / Tripti Daulatani | Timothy Denver |
| 75 | Tejarshi Hardas | Tam Heinersdorff |
| 76 | Uthi Sree | Ulrich Sebastian |
| 77 | Vaishali Mehta (Doshi, not Mehta) | Vaughn Mills |
| 78 | Veer Bhalala | Vincenzo Baldwin |
| 79 | Vidya Mulye | Vestar Marken |
| 80 | Vidya Rishikesh | Vincent Ryder |
| 81 | Vikrant Hardas | Vetero Heracio |
| 82 | Vikrant Naik | Vitus Naim |
| 83 | Yolande Chen | Yusuf Chandi |
| 84 | Zachary Smith | Zavier Schutz |
| 85 | Zuzana Mullerova | Zane Martinez |
Note:
- The above list is arranged alphabetically and not in the order of my closeness with them. I do not like Abhay any better than I do Zach. They both suck.
- Some of the characters in the book are short-lived, while some are running the show. Once again, it does not reflect my true admiration and love for the people after whom I have named them.
If you are interested to know more about the character, ask me in the comments! Sending you a lot of love. Hold on to your seats until The Ryders’ Riddance is out in the market for your grab!
The Muffled Quail 