Characters in Cinder

Linh Cinder

Also in Scarlet, Cress, Winter, Stars Above

Linh Adri

Cinder's legal guardian and stepmother, who treats her as property and volunteers her for medical research.

Kai (The Lunar Chronicles)

Crown Prince of the Eastern Commonwealth, who brings a broken android to Cinder's market booth and is drawn into a political alliance he does not want.

Also in Scarlet

Iko (The Lunar Chronicles)

The household android with a faulty personality chip, and Cinder's closest friend.

Also in Scarlet, Cress

Linh Peony

Cinder's younger stepsister, and the only member of the Linh household who treats her with affection.

Dr. Dmitri Erland

The court research scientist leading the search for a letumosis cure, who takes an unusual interest in Cinder.