Characters

This page is a list of all named characters in the Wayfarers universe.

* Jenks - a Human with dwarfism, born on Earth and comp tech aboard the Wayfarer.
* Kizzy Shao - a Human from Mudskip Notch and mech tech aboard the Wayfarer.
* Lovey - an AI installed aboard the Wayfarer.
* Ohan - a Sianat and Navigator aboard the Wayfarer.
* Rosemary Harper - a young Martian Human and clerk on the Wayfarer.
* Sissix Seshkethet - an Aandrisk from Hashkath and pilot of the Wayfarer.

### Secondary characters

* Bear - a Human custom shields builder on Cricket; Nib and Ember's brother.
* Ember - a Human friend of Kizzy and Jenks who lives on Cricket; Bear and Nib's younger sister.
* Nib - a Human custom shields builder on Cricket; Bear and Ember's brother.
* Pei - an Aeluon cargo runner and Ashby's lover.
* Pepper - a Human friend of Jenks and Kizzy who runs a tech shop in Port Coriol.
* Toum - a Toremi second guard of the New Mother and member of the Toremi Ka.
* Yoshi - a Human representative of the Galactic Commons Transport Board.

### Others

* Aya - a Human child; Ashby's niece.
* Bevel - a Quelin enforcer with the Interstellar Defence Bureau.
* Brehem Mos Tosh'mal'thon - a Harmagian representative in Parliament.
* Drave - A Human family doctor in Port Coriol; Dr. Chef's friend.
* Elai Jas Kapi - a senior Galactic Commons ambassador.
* Eshresh - Sissix' egg father.
* Eskat - a young Aandrisk boy, whose egg mother is Sissix.
* Ethra - a member of Sissix' hatch family.
* Fol - first guard of the New Mother and member of the Toremi Ka.
* Hish - owner of the Open Circuit, a shop in Port Coriol.
* Hiul - a Toremi first unit striker of the Toremi Ka.
* Issash - one of the elders in Sissix' hatch family.
* Ithren - a member of Sissix' hatch family.
* Jess - a retired ship tech who lives on Cricket.
* Kevin Liu - a Human and Martian President.
* Kirix - a member of Sissix' hatch family.
* Kirish Tekshereket - Author of *Thoughts on the Galaxy*, archived at the Reskit Museum.
* Ky - Ashby's nephew.
* Mala - Jenks' mother, a former Survivalist.
* Marcus Corbin - Artus Corbin's clonal father.
* Mas - a Solitary Sianat on Arun.
* Mikey - a retired ship tech who lives on Cricket.
* Mr Crisp - a body kit seller.
* New Mother of the Toremi Ka - a parthenogenetic Toremi (a *New Mother*) who leads the Ka clan.
* Oxlen - the Aeluon pilot on the Mav Bre.
* Pok - a Quelin tech in Port Coriol.
* Quentin Harris - Rosemary's father.
* Quinn Stephens - a Human and news anchor of The Thread.
* Raasek - a member of Sissix' hatch family.
* Ranya May - a Human and Admiral of the Exodus Fleet.
* Reskish Ishkarethet - an Aandrisk representative in Parliament.
* Rixsik - a member of Sissix' hatch family.
* Saery - an Aeluon tech on the Mav Bre who was killed in a Rosk attack.
* Saskist - Sissix' egg mother.
* Shaas - a member of Sissix' hatch family.
* Professor Selim - Rosemary's former interspecies relations professor at Alexandria University.
* Sita - a Human cargo runner from Mars, and Marcus Corbin's wife.
* Tak - a female Aeluon who serves as a military escort on the Mav Bre.
* Tasa Lima Nemar - an Aeluon representative in Parliament.
* Teshris - a young Aandrisk boy, whose egg mother is Sissix.
* Trikesh - a member of Sissix' hatch family.
* Tugu - an AI, assistant to Vlae Mok Han'sin'in.
* Twoh'teg - an AI at the GC Parliament in Hagarem.
* Tycho - an AI and Lovey's successor aboard the Wayfarer.
* Vlae Mok Han'sib'in - the Harmagian representative of the Transport Board who offers Ashby the Tokath/Hedra Ka project.
* Vush - a young Aandrisk boy on Hashkath.

## A Closed and Common Orbit

### Main characters

* Sidra - an iteration of the Lovelace AI, inhabiting a Human-looking body kit.
* Pepper (previously Jane 23) - a Human tech expert on Coriol, originally from Aganon, an Enhancement Colony.
* Blue (previously Laurian) - a Human artist and Pepper's partner, originally from the same colony.

### Secondary characters

* Owl - the AI that raised Pepper.
* Tak - an Aeluon tattoo artist on Coriol.

### Others

* AAAAAAAA - a Picnic user.
* ACuriousMind *AKA* CuriousMind2 - a Picnic user, banned for discussing attempts of artificial Sapient hybirdization.
* Both'pol - ship's doctor of the Yo'ton, the Harmagian ship that takes Pepper and Blue to Coriol.
* Esther - a glassblower on Coriol, who has a shop next to Blue's.
* fluffyfluffycake - one of Pepper's Picnic acquaintances.
* FunkyFronds - one of Pepper's Picnic acquaintances who is a shop inspector on Coriol.
* Gidge - a friend of Pepper's.
* Hish - the Aandrisk owner of a Port Coriol shop called the Open Circuit.
* Hoae - the Aeluon commander of the Han'forel Lookout Station.
* ilikesmash - a Picnic user.
* Issek - an Aandrisk from Reskit, who is a bartender on Coriol.
* Ithis - an Aandrisk doctor at the Han'forel Lookout Station.
* Jane 6 - one of the girls in the factory on Aganon, who is very good at sorting cables.
* Jane 8 - the girl in Pepper's dorm on Aganon who is always the first to get up.
* Jane 9 - one of the girls in the factory on Aganon where Pepper grew up.
* Jane 12 - one of the girls in the factory on Aganon.
* Jane 14 - one of the girls in the factory on Aganon.
* Jane 19 - one of the girls on Aganon who died in the explosion that caused a hole in an outer wall.
* Jane 21 - one of the girls in the factory on Aganon.
* Jane 25 - one of the girls in the factory who disappears after seeing something she was not supposed to.
* Jane 34 - one of the girls in the factory on Aganon.
* Jane 44 - one of the girls in the factory on Aganon.
* Jane 55 - one of the girls in the factory on Aganon.
* Jane 59 - one of the girls in the factory on Aganon.
* Jane 64 - Pepper's best friend and bunkmate in the factory.
* Joje - an Aeluon curator at the Kaathet branch of the Reskit Museum of Interstellar Migration.
* KAPTAINKOOL - a Picnic user.
* Mariko - one of the children of Owl's original owners.
* Max - one of the children of Owl's original owners.
* Mr Crisp - the manufacturer of Sidra's body kit.
* nebbit - a Picnic user.
* Nri - a Laru man in Port Coriol's tech district.
* Oouoh - the Laru algaeist aboard the Yo'ton.
* Pahkerr - the AI aboard the Yo'ton.
* Pere'tek - a Harmagian bartender at the Sand House on Port Coriol.
* Re - an Aeluon, one of Tak's fathers.
* scrubman - a Picnic user.
* Teah Lukin - a Human legal counsellor for the GC.
* Tethesh - an Aandrisk AI vendor on Coriol.
* Thekreh - the Aandrisk lead tech aboard the Yo'ton.
* Thixis - the Aandrisk third curator at the Reskit Museum of Interstellar Migration (Kaathet branch).
* tishtesh - a Picnic user.
* Velut Deg Nud'tharal - a professor who teaches a course in AI programming that Sidra takes.

### Main characters

* Eyas Parata - an inhabitant of the Exodus Fleet who works as a caretaker for the dead.
* Isabel Itoh - a senior archivist in the Fleet and the head of the Asteria archives.
* Kristofer "Kip" Madaki - a teenager who is desperate to get away from the Fleet.
* Sawyer Gursky - a Human from Mushtullo who moves to the Fleet to try and make a new home.
* Tessa Santoso - an inhabitant of the Fleet and mother of two who works in cargo management.

### Secondary characters

* Alton Madaki - Kip's father.
* Aya Santoso - Tessa and George's daughter, who witnesses the Oxomoco distaster as a four-year-old.
* George Santoso - Tessa's husband and Aya and Ky's father, who works as an asteroid miner.
* Ghuh'loloan Mok Chutp - a Harmagian ethnographer who visits the Fleet.
* Ky Santoso - Tessa and George's son.
* Pop - Tessa's (and Ashby's) father, who lives with her and her children on the Asteria.
* Ras - Kip's best friend.
* Serafina Madaki - Kip's mother.
* Tamsin Itoh - Isabel's wife.
* Sunny - a host in one of the tryst clubs on the Ratri, a ship in the Exodus Fleet.

### Others

* M Aho - someone Ras has worked for in the past.
* M Aksoy - a grocery seller aboard the Asteria.
* Alerio - one of Ky's friends on Seed.
* Alex - someone in the Fleet who kissed Kip at a party.
* Amad - one of the volunteers at the Exodan Cultural Education Collective.
* Amias Mitchell - an infant whose Naming Day is officiated by Kip.
* Amira - a young woman who works at a tech shop on the Asteria.
* Ammar - a friend of Tessa's who lived in the same neighborhood before moving to Seed.
* Anna - a young woman who attends a meeting at the Exodan Cultural Education Collective.
* Ayodeji - a doctor at a neighborhood clinic, and a volunteer at the Exodan Cultural Education Collective.
* Benjy - one of Isabel and Tamsin's five grandchildren.
* Grandma Brenner - an Exodan woman from the Oxomoco, who came to Mushtullo as a child.
* Britta - someone in the Fleet Ras has had sex with.
* Bruno - a spacer from Jupiter Station who is considering moving to the Fleet.
* Cari - a friend of Sawyer's on Mushtullo.
* Costel - Eyas' supervisor at the Centre.
* Dek Thompson - one of Isabel and Tamsin's hexmates.
* Deshi Arocha - a junior archivist on the Asteria.
* Dory - a member of an illegal scavenging crew.
* Dron - an Aeluon study friend of Kip's at the Kaathet Rakas school.
* Eloy - Tessa's boss in cargo management, who became supervisor when Faye stepped down.
* Etty - one of Aya's classmates who was involved in a bullying incident.
* Faye - Tessa's former supervisor in cargo management, who stepped down and was succeeded by Eloy.
* fluffyfluffycake - a Picnic user who sells Ras a tool that will allegedly let him change the date of birth on his wristpatch.
* Garren - the mech tech aboard the Rockhound, the asteroid mining ship that George works on.
* Griff Madaki - Kip's grandfather, who worked in water.
* Iana - the blue-haired receptionist at the White Door, a tryst club on the Ratri.
* Jacira - a bug farmer, and a volunteer at the Exodan Cultural Education Collective.
* Jaime - one of Aya's classmates who was involved in a bullying incident.
* Jannae Green - a member of the traffic control guild who accepted bribes from the Silver Lining crew.
* Jasmin - one of Aya's friends on Seed.
* Jules Parks - one of Tessa's hexmates.
* Kiku - a pilot on the Sunside Joyride.
* Kirby - Sunny's nephew.
* Grandma Ko - Kip's great-grandmother, who used to be a freighter pilot.
* Dr Koraltan - the Santoso's physician.
* Kreshkeris - an Aandrisk study friend of Kip's at the Kaathet Rakas school.
* Lael - a friend of Sawyer's on Mushtullo who makes a lot of puns.
* Lam - an Aeluon textile merchant from Sohep Frie who attends a meeting at the Exodan Cultural Education Collective.
* Lela - captain of the Rockhound, the asteroid mining ship that George works on.
* Len - a member of an illegal scavenging crew.
* Lili - a patrol dispatcher on the Asteria.
* Livia - former comp tech on the Silver Lining who somehow ended up in an Aandrisk prison.
* Lupe - a friend of Pop's.
* Mago - one of Kip's and Ras' acquaintances who has a bad bot tattoo.
* M Marino - one of Kip's hexmates.
* Marjo - someone Pop meets at a tryst club.
* Maxwell - a caretaker aboard the Asteria.
* Micah - one of Pop's friends.
* Muriel Saarinen - the captain of the illegal scavenging crew that Sawyer falls in with.
* M Nazari - an old lady who used to make a kick called Farmer's Friend.
* Neil - one of Tessa's hexmates.
* M Nguyen - one of Kip's hexmates.
* Nick - someone who lived in Tessa's neighborhood before moving to Seed with his husband, Ammar.
* Nuru - a teacher at the emigrant resource center who lived on Fasho Mal for a while.
* Nyx - pilot of the Silver Lining and member of an illegal scavenging crew.
* Oates - a member of an illegal scavenging crew who recruits Sawyer.
* Ollie - Isabel's six-year-old grand-nephew who enjoys growing beans.
* Omar - a friend of Kip's and Ras'.
* Opal - one of Aya's most frequent playmates until a bullying incident.
* Palmer - one of Aya's most frequent playmates until a bullying incident.
* Paola Parks - one of Tessa's hexmates.
* M Rajan - proprietor of Grub Grub, a food place on the Asteria.
* M Rebane - one of Kip and Ras' teachers.
* Robin Garcia - an infant whose Naming Day is officiated by Isabel.
* Rosie Lee - a friend of Kip's and Ras'.
* Ruby Boothe - a Fleet Safety Patrol member who lives in Tessa's neighborhood.
* Sahil - Tessa's coworker in cargo management.
* Sasha - one of Isabel and Tamsin's five grandchildren.
* Shani Brenner - a Human woman who was Sawyer's supervisor at a factory job on Mushtullo.
* Shiro - a friend of Sawyer's on Mushtullo.
* M Sousa - one of Kip's hexmates.
* Terra - one of Isabel and Tamsin's five grandchildren.
* Tirikistik - an Aandrisk who works for a comp developer in Reskit.
* Toby - a friend of Kip's and Ras'.
* Tohu - a ferry pilot, and a volunteer at the Exodan Cultural Education Collective.
* M Tsai - a nosy elderly lady who is one of Sunny's hexmates.
* M Tucker - the owner of a bean cake stall, and a family member of someone Eyas performed funeral rites for.
* Tuumuu - a Laru study friend of Kip's at the Kaathet Rakas school.
* M Ulven - Aya's teacher.
* Una - Toby's sister who makes and sells smash.
* Viola - a study friend of Kip's at the Kaathet Rakas school who is from Titan.
* Wymer - Kip's cousin.
* Xia - a little girl in Kip's hex.
* Zi - an ex of Ras' who moved to Coriol with her family.

## The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

See also: *The Galaxy, and the Ground Within*

### Main characters

* Ouloo – the Laru owner of the Five-Hop One-Stop.
* Pei – an Aeluon cargo runner and secret lover of Ashby.
* Roveg – an exiled Quelin artist.
* Speaker – an Akarak who is accutely aware of her species' difficult history, having a hard time socializing.
* Tupo – Ouloo's child.

### Secondary characters

* Tracker - Speaker's twin sister, who stays in orbit while Speaker visits Gora.

### Others

* Arikeep - 'farmer', an Akarak contact of Speaker's.
* Boreth - one of Roveg's four sons.
* Drae - one of the fathers at the Rin creche on Ethiris.
* Dux - one of Pei's siblings.
* Femlen - one of the fathers at the Rin creche on Ethiris.
* Gilen - one of Pei's fathers, who was the best dancer in her creche.
* Greshech - a Quelin officer on Vemereng.
* Hirikk - an Aandrisk of the Aashikset feather family, who run a *tet* house on Gora.
* Hron - one of Roveg's four sons.
* Kalsu Reb Lometton - a Harmagian work contact of Pei's.
* Kam - one of Pei's brothers.
* Kopi - an Aeluon shon at the tea garden on Gora.
* Kreiek - 'water maker', Speaker and Tracker's mother.
* Le - one of Pei's fathers, who tended a garden in the creche where Pei grew up.
* Malen - one of Pei's siblings.
* Dr Miriyam - a Human doctor on Gora, originally from the Exodus Fleet.
* Mudi - one of the fathers at the Rin creche on Ethiris.
* Po - one of Pei's fathers, who had an elaborate mek-brewing contraption.
* Segred - one of Roveg's four sons.
* Sen - an Aeluon on Gora's Transit Authority orbiter.
* Seri - Pei's mother, an Aeluon soldier who starting shimmering while deployed.
* Siksish - an Aandrisk who works for the Transit Authority at Gora.
* Sila - an Aeluon at the art walk on Gora.
* Tobet - an Aeluon on Gora who works at the Halfway Hotel.
* Tova - an Aeluon shon who fertilized Seri's egg.
* Tre - one of Pei's siblings.
* Tus - one of the fathers at the Rin creche on Ethiris.
* Varit - one of Roveg's four sons.

### Main characters

* Mas - a Sianat resistant to the Whisperer.

### Secondary characters

* Lum'matp - the Harmagian captain of the Remm Hehan, a tunnelling ship.

### Others

* Dyw - a Heretic Sianat on Arun who gives Mas the cure.