Perdido Street Station
Characters in Perdido Street Station
9 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin
A dissident scientist and outcast academic whose commission to restore a garuda's flight sets the plot moving.
Also in The Scar
Antagonists
Mr. Motley
A remade crime boss who trades in dangerous creatures and holds sway over Lin.
Supporting characters
Bentham Rudgutter
A senior figure in New Crobuzon's government who has dealings with the city's underworld.
Construct Council
A sentient gathering of discarded machinery whose strange intelligence Isaac consults.
Lin
Isaac's lover, a khepri artist who sculpts with her own spit and is drawn into a crime boss's schemes.
Yagharek
A garuda from the far desert who has lost his wings and asks Isaac to help him fly again.
Derkhan Blueday
A journalist and friend of Lin who publishes a dissident paper and helps uncover the truth.
Lemuel Pigeon
A fence with criminal connections who helps Isaac acquire specimens.
The Weaver
An enigmatic, extradimensional spider-being who moves between planes of reality.