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Hober Mallow
Hober Mallow is a bold, pragmatic trader and a central figure in the Foundation’s use of commerce in its rise to power. Introduced as a Master Trader, Mallow’s ability to blend economic strategy with political…
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Hari Seldon
Hari Seldon is the quiet genius whose work shapes the entire future of humanity. As the creator of psychohistory, a discipline that uses mathematics to predict the behavior of civilizations, Seldon foresees the inevitable…
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Salvor Hardin
Salvor Hardin is the cool-headed realist who saves the Foundation when its survival is anything but certain. As Terminus’s first Mayor, Hardin is a master of political strategy. He knows that power isn’t always about…
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Limmar Ponyets
Limmar Ponyets is a resourceful and cunning trader whose quick thinking and adaptability enable him to resolve crises where others fail. His character embodies the entrepreneurial spirit of the Foundation’s traders, who use their wits…
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Gaal Dornick
Gaal Dornick is a young and talented mathematician from the planet Synnax who travels to Trantor to join Hari Seldon’s psychohistory project. As an outsider, Gaal serves as the reader’s introduction to the Galactic…
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Ankor Jael
Ankor Jael is Minister of Education and Propaganda and a trusted friend and advisor to Mallow. When Mallow discusses his plans to secure a council seat with Jael, Jael warns Mallow that he might…
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Minor Characters
Jaim Twer
Twer is a trader turned politician who tries to get Mallow to join his campaign. Instead, he ends up traveling with Mallow while Mallow investigates Korell. Eventually, Mallow figures out he is a spy who works for Sutt.
King Lepold I
King Lepold I is a young ruler of Anacreon. He is impressionable and inexperienced, relying heavily on his uncle Wienis’s guidance, though he harbors doubts about his uncle’s motives and methods.
Lewis Pirenne
Lewis Pirenne is a rigid and bureaucratic leader. As head of the Encyclopedia Foundation, he prioritizes academic work over political threats, which often puts him at odds with Salvor Hardin.
Public Manlio
Public Manlio is the Foundation’s Foreign Secretary and a devout religious leader. He is serious and dutiful, holding a high position in the church that connects him to the Foundation’s political and spiritual authority.
Lord Dorwin
Lord Dorwin is an aristocratic and superficial representative of the Galactic Empire. He is more interested in trivial matters like archaeology than addressing serious issues.
Jord Parma
Jord Parma is a Foundation missionary. He is committed to spreading the Foundation’s influence but gets caught up in a Korellian political trap, leading to his capture.
Poly Verisof
Poly Verisof is the Foundation’s high priest and ambassador to Anacreon. He is intelligent, pragmatic, and skilled at managing the delicate balance between religion and politics in foreign territories.
Jorane Sutt
Jorane Sutt is the ambitious secretary to the Mayor who seeks to consolidate power by undermining Salvor Hardin and exploiting religious influence.
Jord Fara
Jord Fara is a Trustee who places faith in Hari Seldon’s predictions and believes the Time Vault holds solutions to Terminus’s crises.
Sef Sermak
Sef Sermak is the leader of the Action Party. He advocates for a more aggressive stance against the surrounding kingdoms.
Prince Regent Wienis
Wienis is the manipulative ruler of Anacreon who attempts to annex Terminus. He ultimately fails because Hardin outsmarts him.
Anselm haut Rodric
Anselm haut Rodric is an envoy from Anacreon who underestimates Terminus’s strength and technology during his interactions with Salvor Hardin.
Lewis Bort
Lewis Bort is a member of the Action Party who criticizes Salvor Hardin’s policies.
Theo Aporat
Theo Aporat is a priest who halts Anacreon’s attack on the Foundation by invoking religious authority.
Prince Lefkin
Prince Lefkin is Wienis’s son and the commander of Anacreon’s fleet. He is forced to abandon his mission.
Eskel Gorov
Eskel Gorov is a trader and agent of the Foundation imprisoned on Askone for introducing nuclear technology.
The Grand Master
The Grand Master of Askone is a conservative ruler who resists technological progress.
Pherl
Pherl is an ambitious Askonian official who accepts technology from Limmar Ponyets for personal gain.
Onum Barr
Onum Barr is an elderly patrician from Siwenna who provides Hober Mallow with insights into the planet’s history and nuclear capabilities.
Commdor Asper Argo
The Commdor is the pragmatic ruler of Korell who is interested in trade but resistant to religious influence from the Foundation.
The Commdora
The Commdora is the ambitious wife of the Commdor who pressures him to act against the Foundation.
Linge Chen
Chen is the Chief Commissioner of the Commission of Public Safety on Trantor. He oversees Seldon’s trial.
Senior Lieutenant Drawt
Mallow places Drawt in charge of his ship while he is away on Siwenna.
Yohan Lee
Yohan Lee is Salvor Hardin’s loyal ally and strategist.
Wiscard
Wiscard is a former viceroy whose rebellion led to the devastation of Siwenna.
The Tech-man
The Tech-man is a guild member who controls nuclear generators on Siwenna.
Parma
Parma is a missionary on Korell whose staged persecution serves as a political ploy.
Jerril
Jerril is a spy for the Commission of Public Safety on Trantor.
Lors Avakim
Avakim is a lawyer who works for Seldon.
Les Gorm
Les Gorm is a trader who assists Limmar Ponyets.
Fulham
Fulham is a minor Trustee aligned with Pirenne.
