Children of Time
Characters in Children of Time
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Holsten Mason
A classicist aboard the ark ship Gilgamesh, awakened across centuries to witness humanity's decline.
Portia (Children of Time)
The lead jumping-spider viewpoint — a name carried down the generations of Kern's World's evolving arachnid civilisation rather than a single individual.
Antagonists
Vrie Guyen
Commander of the ark ship Gilgamesh, whose grip on the surviving crew tightens as the voyage drags across centuries.
Supporting characters
Isa Lain
Chief engineer of the Gilgamesh, holding the failing ship together and speaking for its ship-born generations.
Dr. Avrana Kern
The scientist whose terraforming experiment sets the spiders' rise in motion, her mind lingering over the world.
Bianca (Children of Time)
A generational spider name borne by the warrior-scientists of the arachnid society, often its sharpest theoretical mind.
Fabian (Children of Time)
A generational male spider name; his line pushes against a society in which males are treated as expendable.