Capitán Tiago did not receive a formal education due to his mother's cruelty. He became a servant for a Dominican priest and later assisted in his family's trading business. He married Doña Pía Alba from another wealthy family, and they were given a daughter, María Clara, who resembled Padre Damaso. Pía Alba died during childbirth, and the truth was that she was raped by Damaso to bear a child.

1. CAPITAN TIAGO

2. [Don Santíago de los Santos, commonly
known as Capitán Tiago, is the only son of a
wealthy trader in Malabon. Due to his
mother's cruelty, Capitán Tiago did not
attain any formal education. He became a
servant of a Dominican priest. When the
priest and his father died, Capitán Tiago
decided to assist in the family business of
trading before he met his wife Doña Pía
Alba, who came from another wealthy
family. Because of their consistent devotion
to Santa Clara in Obando, they were given
a daughter who shared same features as
Padre Damaso, who is Maria Clara

3. PIA ALBA

4. · PÍA ALBA - WIFE OF CAPTAIN
TIAGO AND MOTHER OF MARÍA
CLARA. SHE DIED GIVING BIRTH
TO MARÍA CLARA. THE TRUTH
IS, SHE WAS RAPED BY DÁMASO SO
SHE COULD BEAR A CHILD.

5. MARIA CLARA

6. · MARÍA CLARA - MARÍA CLARA DE
LOS SANTOS, IBARRA'S SWEETHEART;
THE ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF
FATHER DÁMASO AND DOÑA PÍA ALBA

7. CRISOSTOMO IBARRA

8. Crisóstomo Ibarra, or commonly called
as Ibarra, is a half-Filipino half-Spaniard
who is the only descendant of the wealthy
Spanish Don Rafael Ibarra. He was born
and grew up in the Philippines, but during
his adolescence, he spent seven years in
Europe for education. Those years
prevented him from knowing what was
happening in his country.

9. PADRE DAMASO

10. Padre Dámaso
Dámaso Verdolagas (commonly known as Padre
Dámaso/Padre Damaso or Father Damaso), of
Franciscan order, was the former curate of the
parish church of San Diego. He was the curate for
almost twenty years before he replaced by much
younger Padre Salvi. Padre Damaso was known to
be friendly with the Ibarra family, so much that
Crisóstomo was surprised by what the former
curate had done to Don Rafaél.