Characters in Foundation

Hari Seldon

The founder of psychohistory who predicts the Empire's fall and works to shorten the coming dark age.

Also in Foundation and Empire, Prelude to Foundation, Forward the Foundation, The Foundation Trilogy

Salvor Hardin

First mayor of Terminus, who navigates the Foundation's early crises.

Hober Mallow

Master Trader who steers the Foundation through a later crisis via commerce.