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Fiammetta is the only daughter of Sicilian Cosa Nostra boss Vincenzo Cavallaro, raised to serve the Family through an advantageous marriage. She is forced into an arranged marriage with Dario Ferretti after her engagement to Niccolo Malatesta is broken, then secretly builds the Oracle identity and a network of allies in Chicago. She is defined by grief, rage, desire, and a refusal to remain a passive doll.

Arc: She moves from an obedient, grieving bride into a secret investigator and eventually co-boss of the Chicago Outfit. She survives kidnappings, betrayals, and the loss of Dario, then chooses a life with Luca and their daughter while honoring Dario's sacrifice.

• Dario Ferretti — her arranged husband
• Luca Ferretti — Dario's identical twin and her lover, later husband
• Niccolo Malatesta — her former fiancé and first love
• Vincenzo Cavallaro — her father
• Ricco Cavallaro — her older brother
• Beppe Cavallaro — her brother
• Carla Ferretti — her mother-in-law and enemy
• Lando Ferretti — her father-in-law
• Bonnie — housekeeper and friend
• Alessia di Monti — her best friend and betrayer
• Cerberus — her guard dog
• Hank — ally and friend
• Finn — private investigator ally

Dario is the Chicago Outfit heir who enters a cold arranged marriage with Fiammetta to secure a Sicilian alliance and control of the Family. He is possessive, violent, secretive, and emotionally withdrawn, but he also protects Fiammetta in brutal ways and admits that she means more to him than is safe. He is Luca's identical twin and Lando and Carla's son.

Arc: He begins as a controlling stranger and distant husband, then becomes a tortured captive and finally a sacrificial protector. He kills Carla and dies in the Wicker Park fire so that Fia and Luca can be happy and so Fia's family can be restored.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — his arranged wife
• Luca Ferretti — his identical twin brother
• Carla Ferretti — his mother, whom he kills
• Lando Ferretti — his father
• Alessia di Monti — his prisoner during interrogation
• Cesare — his consigliere and right-hand man
• Ksenia — his past love

Luca is Dario's identical twin, legally declared dead at nine and raised in the shadows as the assassin Lo Spettro, also called the Ghost. He has impersonated Dario for years and becomes obsessed with Fiammetta, watching her and wanting her for himself. He is a killer, a protector, and a man who says his language is written in blood.

Arc: He moves from hidden assassin and Dario's stand-in to Fiammetta's confessed lover, rescuer of Dario, and eventually husband and father under Dario's identity. After Dario's sacrifice, he becomes capo dei capi and a softer man at home with Fia and Giada.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — his brother's wife and his lover, later his wife
• Dario Ferretti — his identical twin brother
• Carla Ferretti — his mother
• Lando Ferretti — his father
• Booker Watson — mentor and friend
• Giada Francesca Ferretti — his daughter
• Tene (The Shadow) — described as his brother

Carla is Dario and Luca's mother and Lando's wife, publicly a composed Mafia matriarch who claims to support Fiammetta. In private she is a long-scheming conspirator who kills Lando, works with Niccolo, and plans to take the Outfit for herself. She treats people as tools and says sacrifices are demanded in their life.

Arc: She moves from a seemingly comforting mother-in-law to the hidden architect of a coup. She is killed by Dario in the burning Wicker Park house after her plot collapses.

• Lando Ferretti — her husband, whom she kills
• Dario Ferretti — her son
• Luca Ferretti — her son
• Niccolo Malatesta — her lover and accomplice
• Alessia di Monti — co-conspirator
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — her daughter-in-law and target

Niccolo is Fiammetta's former fiancé and first love, believed dead after being shot at her wedding. He returns masked as Orpheus, claims he still loves Fiammetta, and feeds her information and torture photos of Dario. He is Felipe's son and later works with Carla against the Ferrettis.

Arc: He moves from lost love and mourned friend to a manipulative enemy and Carla's accomplice. He is poisoned during the Wicker Park attack and then shot by Luca.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — her former fiancé and first love
• Felipe Malatesta — his father
• Carla Ferretti — his lover and accomplice
• Luca Ferretti — his enemy

Alessia is named as Fiammetta's first friend in Chicago and best friend, and she becomes Fia's assistant in her secret Oracle work. She is secretly working with Carla for power and independence, manipulating Fia and helping plot her death. She is found wounded at the church and later tortured for information.

Arc: She moves from trusted best friend to revealed betrayer and co-conspirator. Under torture she reveals Carla's plan, and she says Fia went willingly into the enemy's camp and is meant to die.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — her friend and employer, whom she betrays
• Carla Ferretti — co-conspirator
• Cesare — her lover
• Lando Ferretti — old boss she slept with
• Luca Ferretti — her captor and interrogator
• Dario Ferretti — her captor and interrogator

Serena is a Ferretti capo who took territory north of the river and often visited Dario's office. At the casino poker table she denies problems, then later holds a gun on Dario and admits she wants power. She says 'This is for the Sicilians' before firing.

Arc: She moves from trusted capo to traitor and would-be assassin. She is shot by Fiammetta and Dario, interrogated, and dies after saying 'Ghosts' are out for Dario's blood.

• Dario Ferretti — her boss, whom she betrays
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — fellow poker player who suspects and shoots her
• Tony Accardi — called her right-hand man by Fia

Professor Hewitt is Fiammetta's professor who threatens to fail her if she does not perform oral sex on him. He is later found bound in the basement wet room, tortured by Dario for touching Fia. He admits he knew she was Dario's wife but claims he did nothing.

Arc: He moves from a predatory professor to Dario's torture victim. Dario cuts off three of his fingers with a dagger as punishment.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — his student whom he tried to blackmail
• Dario Ferretti — his torturer
• Katya — a student in one of his classes
• Spiros — helps restrain and beat him

Joey is an ambitious Ferretti capo who plays at the private poker table and lost a pinky to Dario's keris knife after backing Lando. He is later captured and tortured by Luca after a sniper attack. Under torture he names Maksim, says Dario is held at the Church of Santa Maria, and mentions the alias Tarpeia.

Arc: He moves from poker player and traitor to Luca's tortured prisoner. Luca kills him with his keris blade despite his cooperation, saying Joey endangered Fia.

• Luca Ferretti — his torturer and killer
• Dario Ferretti — Dario found him and he is Family
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — played cards with her at North River Casino
• Maksim Aslanov — names him under torture

Daniil is one of Fiammetta's Russian captors who argues for killing her if Dario does not agree to terms. He is driven by greed for the ransom and leaves to contact The Fallen, using Hank Horton's details. Afansay blames his greed for endangering their position.

Arc: He remains a greedy captor whose actions create the fault line Fia exploits. He is said to have spoken to an Italian-speaking man about the ransom.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — her captor
• Afansay — fellow Russian thug who resents him
• Petyr — fellow captor

Afansay is a violent and quick-tempered Russian captor who argues to kill Fiammetta, backhands her, and calls her a bitch. Fia manipulates him by claiming Daniil is secretly seeking more ransom for himself. He storms out without locking the door, allowing her to escape.

Arc: He remains a brutal captor whose temper and resentment of Daniil are turned against him by Fia.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — her captor who backhands her
• Daniil — resentful fellow Russian mobster
• Petyr — bullies him

Lando is Dario and Luca's father and the older Ferretti patriarch, determined to retain influence through the Sicilian alliance and an heir. He is old-school, authoritarian, and often compares Dario unfavorably to Luca. He is shot by Niccolo and then killed by Carla.

Arc: He moves from a resisting patriarch to a murdered obstacle in Carla's coup. Carla says he tried to warn Fiammetta and interfere with her business.

• Carla Ferretti — his wife and killer
• Dario Ferretti — his son
• Luca Ferretti — his son
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — his daughter-in-law
• Niccolo Malatesta — the man who shoots him

Ricco is Fiammetta's older brother, shot in the chest and lung at her wedding. He survives, leads Cosa Nostra through Felipe, and arrives in Chicago with his family. He tells Fia she seems happy and that Luca looks at her like his personal sun.

Arc: He moves from a wounded brother believed dead to the surviving leader of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. He is shot again by Carla but survives and is reunited with Fia.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — his sister
• Vincenzo Cavallaro — his father
• Beppe Cavallaro — his brother
• Zita — his wife
• Vinnie — his son
• Margherita — his daughter
• Felipe Malatesta — acted as his proxy
• Niccolo Malatesta — his right hand

Vincenzo is Fiammetta's father and the Sicilian Cosa Nostra boss. He breaks her engagement to Niccolo and arranges her marriage to Dario to end the feud between the Ferretti and Cavallaro families. He escorts her down the aisle and is shot dead on the cathedral steps.

Arc: He is killed during the wedding shooting, and Fiammetta later recalls his destroyed eye. His death begins her transformation and grief.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — his daughter
• Ricco Cavallaro — his son
• Beppe Cavallaro — his son
• Dario Ferretti — his son-in-law through the arranged marriage

Beppe is Fiammetta's brother, one year older than her, who hugs her at her wedding and assures her they will love her wherever she is. He is shot in the chest and throat during the cathedral attack. Carla later reports that he died shortly after arriving at the hospital.

Arc: He is killed in the wedding shooting, and his death is one of the losses Fiammetta grieves as she reinvents herself.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — his sister
• Vincenzo Cavallaro — his father
• Ricco Cavallaro — his brother

Bonnie is the Edgemont House housekeeper who welcomes Fiammetta in Italian and helps her settle into Chicago. She cares for Fiammetta like family, though Fia later learns Bonnie knew about the deception around Luca. She also cares for Giada.

Arc: She remains a maternal household presence, moving from Fia's first welcome in America to caring for Fia's daughter. Fia avoids her after the deception but expects to forgive her later.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — housekeeper and friend
• Dario Ferretti — her employer
• Luca Ferretti — knew his secret
• Ciro — whispers with him about the deception
• Giada Francesca Ferretti — cares for her

Cerberus is the Doberman puppy Dario gives Fiammetta with a note calling the dog a weapon that will go where she goes. He becomes her loyal guard dog and constant companion, growling at threats and protecting her. He stays close through her pregnancies and herds Giada away from trouble.

Arc: He grows from a gift puppy into an exceptionally vigilant guard dog. Luca wonders if trauma from Carla and Niccolo made Cerberus so protective.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — her guard dog and companion
• Dario Ferretti — gave him to Fia
• Giada Francesca Ferretti — herds her away from trouble

Cesare is Dario's consigliere and right-hand man, standing beside him like a guard dog and later serving Luca. He is Alessia's lover and had considered marrying her, though he remains loyal to the Outfit. He retrieves Fia when Dario is reported taken and later helps with interrogations.

Arc: He moves from Dario's trusted man to Luca's subordinate while dealing with Alessia's betrayal. He agrees to have Alessia treated and kept alive for questioning.

• Dario Ferretti — his boss
• Luca Ferretti — his boss after Dario
• Alessia di Monti — his lover, who betrayed the Outfit
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — retrieves her from the party

Hank is one of Fiammetta's older motorcycle-riding friends from the gun club and a member of The Fallen MC. He becomes a loyal ally who provides cover fire, contacts, and blunt warnings. He tells Fia she has more family than the one she married into and promises she will never be alone again.

Arc: He moves from a drinking, joking friend to a committed protector who helps rescue Dario. He warns Luca that sacrifice is easy, but staying to fight is harder.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — ally and friend
• Finn — fellow ally with Fiammetta
• Luca Ferretti — wary ally
• Madman — Fallen MC president whose orders he follows

Finn is Fiammetta's private investigator ally, connected to private forensics and financial research. He helps her test the severed ear, investigate Lo Spettro, and locate Dario without alerting the authorities. He is part of her trusted circle and stands with Elijah.

Arc: He remains a steady ally, moving from providing lab results to joining the rescue and later treating Fia's revelations as information that must be acted on.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — private investigator ally
• Elijah — close companion
• Hank — fellow ally with Fiammetta

Elijah is one of Fiammetta's friends, working in private security and closely paired with Finn. He is protective of Fia, argues with her about living under the same roof as Luca, and helps get Dario to the van during the rescue. Gertie is besotted with him.

Arc: He remains an overprotective friend and ally, moving from social guest to active participant in Fia's rescue operations.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — friend and ally
• Finn — close companion
• Gertie — she is besotted with him

Akira owns the martial arts studio where Fiammetta trains in self-defense and is one of her trusted friends. He is angry and eager to protect her, saying The Fallen was already looking for her before the kidnappers contacted them. He helps get Dario to the van during the rescue.

Arc: He remains a fierce friend and self-defense instructor, moving from training Fia to actively aiding her rescue efforts.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — self-defense instructor and friend
• Katya — she flirts with him
• Aoto — his father

Katya is Fiammetta's friend and gossip source, a Russian immigrant who attends an ESL club with Fia. She helps with the plan against Professor Hewitt and later offers Bratva contacts connected to Maksim. She also comforts and supports Fia after the kidnapping.

Arc: She moves from social friend and gossip source to an active ally in Fia's investigations and rescue network.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — friend and ally
• Professor Hewitt — her professor and the target of the plan
• Akira — she flirts with him

Renata is one of Fiammetta's dearest friends from the Outfit wives, a thirty-seven-year-old widow happy to be widowed after an abusive husband. She comforts Fia, comments on Dario's attractiveness, and is part of Fia's trusted circle. She is present when Fia is tended after the kidnapping.

Arc: She remains a supportive friend and fellow Mafia wife, moving from social companion to part of Fia's chosen family.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — dear friend
• Alessia di Monti — friend

Lily is a high-society matriarch and editor of Notable who meets Fiammetta while shopping and adopts her as a friend. She attends Fia's anniversary dinner and later helps comfort her after the kidnapping. She insists a woman should never shop alone.

Arc: She remains a society friend and contact, moving from shopping companion to part of Fia's support network.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — friend and society contact

Bryson is Fiammetta's across-the-street neighbor and daily walking companion, a doctor who walks his Doberman, Maya. He cares for Fia and challenges Dario, implying she might be happier with someone else. Dario likely arranges his move to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

Arc: He moves from close neighbor and friend to a departing admirer after Dario arranges his relocation. He remains a source of comfort and tension in Fia's marriage.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — close friend and neighbor
• Dario Ferretti — Fia's husband, whom he challenges
• Maya — his dog

Booker owns the gun club Fiammetta joins and is a tenth-generation Chicagoan with a handlebar mustache. He is Fia's friend and Luca's former mentor, and his Lake Forest house becomes a fortress during the final conflict. He uses a bazooka against Carla's men.

Arc: He moves from gun club owner and social friend to a key ally and defender of Fia and Luca.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — friend he loves like a daughter
• Luca Ferretti — friend and former student
• Dario Ferretti — Luca's twin and guest

Walter is one of Fiammetta's older motorcycle-riding friends from the gun club. He taught Fia lock-picking years earlier and waits in the getaway van during Dario's rescue. He grumbles that all of Fia's friends will stay when Dario orders them out.

Arc: He remains a loyal friend and ally, moving from social guest to active helper in the rescue.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — friend and ally

Ciro is one of the Ferretti guards and inner-circle men, loyal to Luca and later Dario. He manages security, gives Fia gloves to open the severed-fingers gift, and brings urgent news. He whispers with Bonnie about the deception.

Arc: He remains a loyal guard and security manager through the twins' deception and the final conflict.

• Luca Ferretti — loyal guard
• Dario Ferretti — his boss
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — guard
• Bonnie — whispers with her

Luigi is one of Dario and Luca's bodyguards, often paired with Stefan. He protects Fiammetta at the casino and during the rescue, follows her lead, and becomes more her man than Dario's. He also protects Cerberus and takes the severed ear to Red.

Arc: He remains a loyal bodyguard, moving from Dario's guard to Fia's trusted protector.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — bodyguard and close friend
• Stefan — colleague and roommate
• Dario Ferretti — his boss
• Luca Ferretti — his boss

Stefan is one of Dario and Luca's bodyguards, often paired with Luigi. He is playful about winning rock paper scissors and sweeps locations before Dario and Fia enter. He also helps guard Fia at the casino and after the shooting.

Arc: He remains a loyal bodyguard and security man throughout the Ferretti conflicts.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — bodyguard
• Luigi — colleague and roommate
• Dario Ferretti — his boss
• Luca Ferretti — his boss

Felipe is Niccolo's father and a Sicilian capo dei capi who corresponds with Fiammetta. Niccolo claims Felipe is holding and torturing Dario in Palermo, while Luca says Felipe requests a meeting with Lando to renegotiate terms. Felipe is later found dead, and the murder is pinned on Dario.

Arc: He moves from an off-page ally and alleged captor to a murdered figure whose death escalates the final conflict.

• Niccolo Malatesta — his son
• Dario Ferretti — alleged captive according to Niccolo
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — correspondent and ally
• Lando Ferretti — requests a meeting with him

Maksim is the Russian Pakhan who meets Fiammetta at the Edge Foundation Event and explains that his Moscow brethren want total domination while he has no issue with the Outfit. He apologizes for Fia's kidnapping by rogue Bratva and later helps save Tene and fake his death. He keeps an eye on Luca and Fia.

Arc: He remains a powerful and ambiguous rival ally, moving from charming Fia at the gala to helping Tene in the aftermath.

• Igor Mattson — his right-hand man
• Tene (The Shadow) — his oldest friend
• Petyr — his man
• Dario Ferretti — rival Pakhan with a past connection
• Ksenia — his sister

Tene is the Shadow, saved by Maksim and Petyr after being left for dead and given a faked death with pulled teeth. He narrates the final section, watching Luca and Fia, and says he has spent two years trying to learn who killed Ksenia. He has been hired to kill a thief called Zaika and suspects she may be Ksenia.

Arc: He moves from a surviving shadow to a hunter pursuing answers about Ksenia and the identity of Zaika.

• Maksim Aslanov — his oldest friend
• Petyr — Maksim's man who saved him
• Luca Ferretti — described as his brother
• Ksenia — the woman whose death he investigates
• Zaika — his hired target

Ksenia is Maksim's sister and Dario's past love, remembered through Dario's tattoos and Maksim's history. She is dead, and Tene has spent two years trying to learn who killed her. Tene wonders whether the thief Zaika might actually be Ksenia.

Arc: She remains an absent figure whose death drives Tene's search and connects Dario, Maksim, and the Russian storyline.

• Maksim Aslanov — her brother
• Dario Ferretti — her past love
• Tene (The Shadow) — her death haunts him
• Zaika — Tene suspects she may be Ksenia

Tony is the North River Casino backroom manager who deals the private high-roller poker game. Fia exposes his cheating racket and warns him that Dario will learn what he has been up to. He panics, throws chips, tries to flee, and is stopped by Cerberus and Luigi.

Arc: He moves from casino manager to exposed cheater and frightened prisoner of the Ferretti organization.

• Dario Ferretti — his boss, whose wrath he fears
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — exposes his racket
• Serena Nenci — Fia calls him her right-hand man

Mario is an old-school misogynist who plays in the private poker game and belittles Fiammetta. He asks whether Dario would want his wife gambling his money and murmurs that women should not be in charge. He fidgets and flushes when Fia names Maksim Aslanov.

Arc: He remains a dismissive, old-school Outfit figure whose discomfort reveals the internal tensions Fia is probing.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — fellow poker player who belittles her
• Joey Erizzo — fellow poker player
• Eliza — his mistress, who is blackmailing him

Michael is Dario's third cousin once removed, who grew up with him and plays in the private poker game. He greets Fiammetta, snickers at her retort to Mario, and says no one would be stupid enough to go against Dario. Fia trusts him because he is not motivated enough to plot.

Arc: He remains a minor Outfit figure and poker player, useful to Fia mainly as a low-risk source.

• Dario Ferretti — third cousin once removed
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — fellow poker player
• Bobby Fiori — relative and fellow poker player

Bobby is Dario's third cousin once removed, who grew up with him and plays in the private poker game. He greets Fiammetta and snickers at her retort to Mario. Fia trusts him because he is not motivated enough to plot.

Arc: He remains a minor Outfit figure and poker player, useful to Fia mainly as a low-risk source.

• Dario Ferretti — third cousin once removed
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — fellow poker player
• Michael Fiori — relative and fellow poker player

Angelica is the pit boss at North River Casino who listens to Fiammetta's report of suspicious activity at three tables. She nods and speaks into her lapel microphone, helping Fia investigate the casino theft.

Arc: She remains a minor casino ally who assists Fia's investigation without knowing her larger role.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — pit boss to whom Fia reports suspicious gamblers
• North River Casino — pit boss

Bill approaches Maksim Aslanov at the Edge Foundation Event, grabs his arm, and pleads with him, saying he can bring even more. Maksim refuses him and tells him to disappear. Fia later uncovers that Bill used the Bratva's online gambling platform to launder stolen profits.

Arc: He moves from a desperate supplicant at the gala to an exposed money launderer in Fia's investigation.

• Maksim Aslanov — man he pleads with
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — she investigates his finances

Igor is Maksim Aslanov's right-hand man, standing at the bar with him during the Edge Foundation Event. He remains close to Maksim while Bill Wellington pleads and is dismissed.

Arc: He remains a minor Russian syndicate figure and Maksim's close aide.

• Maksim Aslanov — his right-hand man

Johnny hosts the penthouse party and gives Fiammetta a tour of his parents' home. He is flirtatious and eager to impress her, not realizing she is using him. In his father's office he accepts a spiked drink and passes out, allowing Fia to access the computer.

Arc: He moves from party host and flirt to an unwitting target of Fia's Oracle work.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — the woman who targets and drugs him
• Harry Bellocchi — his father, whose office computer Fia accesses

Petyr is one of Fiammetta's Russian captors, young and eager to please, with a crush on her. He lies about being twenty-one and is drawn into her attempt to seek outside payment. He later confronts her with a gun but reveals that the man Daniil spoke to wanted her alive and spoke Italian, then lets her escape.

Arc: He moves from nervous captor to the man who lets Fia go, later becoming a contact who texts her information about Orpheus and Felipe's murder.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — her young captor who lets her escape and later contacts her
• Daniil — fellow captor
• Afansay — fellow captor who bullies him
• Maksim Aslanov — his boss

Griselda is Fiammetta's aunt who fusses with her veil before the wedding and tells her she looks beautiful like her mother. She appears only briefly around the wedding, offering family warmth before the violence.

Arc: She remains a minor family figure tied to Fiammetta's Sicilian life before the wedding shooting.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — her niece

Aria arrives at Edgemont House wearing a diamond tennis bracelet, blushes at Dario's compliment, and leaves with him for jazz and drinks. Fiammetta sees her as Dario's date and is humiliated. Dario later says he has not spoken to her in years.

Arc: She remains a brief source of marital tension and public humiliation for Fia.

• Dario Ferretti — the man who greets her intimately and takes her out
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — the wife who sees her as Dario's date

Mickey is a flirtatious acquaintance at the penthouse party who tells Fia that everyone knows Dario does not care about her. Fia notes he is sometimes a useful source about his mother Nella, the female capo of the Camorra out of Boston. He is socially careless and eager for attention.

Arc: He remains a minor social source whose flirting adds to the public perception of Fia's marriage.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — flirtatious acquaintance
• Nella — his mother, a Camorra capo

Dr. Valenti treats Dario's infected ear, lost fingers, dehydration, and malnutrition after the church rescue. He orders Dario to rest and is also noted as the doctor who saved Luca at nine.

Arc: He remains a minor medical figure who keeps Dario alive long enough for the final conflict.

• Dario Ferretti — his patient
• Luca Ferretti — doctor who saved him at nine

Detective Ansley comes to Fia's door with Detective Davis after Felipe Malatesta is murdered. She accuses Dario and asks to search without a warrant. She leaves after Lando arrives and tells them to get off the lawn.

Arc: She remains a police investigator pressing the Ferrettis during the aftermath of Felipe's death.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — questions her
• Dario Ferretti — suspect
• Detective Davis — partner

Detective Davis comes to Fia's door with Detective Ansley and backs her accusation that Dario killed Felipe. He leaves with her after Lando arrives and orders them off the lawn.

Arc: He remains a police investigator pressing the Ferrettis during the aftermath of Felipe's death.

• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — questions her
• Dario Ferretti — suspect
• Detective Ansley — partner

Giada is Fiammetta and Luca's daughter, cared for by Bonnie and later pushed on the swing by Luca. Her birth follows Dario's sacrifice and Fia's pregnancy with her. She is part of the new life Fia and Luca build.

Arc: She represents the healing and future that follows Dario's death and the fall of Carla and Niccolo.

• Luca Ferretti — her father
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — her mother
• Bonnie — housekeeper who cares for her

Zita is Ricco's wife who arrives in Chicago with him and their children. During the Wicker Park attack she is dropped from the second story to a tarp and injures her shoulder but survives. She is rescued along with her children.

Arc: She survives the final attack and remains part of Ricco's family in the aftermath.

• Ricco Cavallaro — her husband
• Vinnie — her son
• Margherita — her daughter
• Fiammetta 'Fia' Ferretti — her sister-in-law

Vinnie is Ricco and Zita's son, present during the Wicker Park attack with his family. He is rescued along with his mother and sister when Dario sends them out the window to a tarp.

Arc: He survives the final attack as part of Ricco's restored family.

• Ricco Cavallaro — his father
• Zita — his mother
• Margherita — his sister

Margherita is Ricco and Zita's daughter, present during the Wicker Park attack. She is dropped to the tarp and caught after Ricco calls to her, surviving with her family.

Arc: She survives the final attack as part of Ricco's restored family.

• Ricco Cavallaro — her father
• Zita — her mother
• Vinnie — her brother

Ben is one of Luca's trusted foot soldiers. He reports the shooter's location and Paulie's injury through Luca's earpiece, then pursues the shooter around the North Pond.

Arc: He remains a minor soldier assisting Luca's protection of Fia during the sniper attack.

• Luca Ferretti — trusted foot soldier

Paulie is one of Luca's foot soldiers who is shot in the knee by an assailant during the park ambush. He kills the attacker despite being wounded.

Arc: He remains a minor soldier wounded while defending Fia and Luca during the sniper attack.

• Luca Ferretti — trusted foot soldier

Zaika is a relatively infamous thief whose name means bunny in Russian. Someone has hired Tene to kill her. Tene suspects she might actually be Ksenia.

Arc: She remains an off-page target and possible identity twist in Tene's search for Ksenia.

• Tene (The Shadow) — his hired target
• Ksenia — Tene suspects she may be Ksenia