Characters in Ender's Shadow

Bean

Also in Il gioco di Ender, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant

Achilles de Flandres

A crippled Rotterdam bully whom Poke's crew recruits for protection; Sister Carlotta's testing exposes what he really is.

Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin

Also in Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Ender in Exile

Poke

Orphan girl who leads a crew of street children in Rotterdam and takes Bean in; she is the one who gives him the name Bean.

Sister Carlotta

A Catholic nun recruiting for the International Fleet who finds Bean on the streets and gets him into Battle School, then digs into where he came from.

Nikolai Delphiki

An older Battle School launchie who befriends Bean; Sister Carlotta's research establishes how closely the two are connected.

Petra Arkanian

The Armenian Battle School student who is the only girl in Ender's jeesh, and the one member of it Bean chooses to trust.

Also in Il gioco di Ender