In any outline of history, there will be people that are prominent in that history, people who in some way were key to understanding the historical development. These are some of those people in the universe of the Crucible.
Danforth Lewes The "Architect of Ruin" covertly stands for the restoration of the Third Imperium, and against everything the Regency stands for.
Terilla Sung The "Madwoman of Mora" is ambitious and amoral, and willing to use the power of her Regency office to violate Regency law.