Prelude to Foundation
Characters in Prelude to Foundation
10 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Hari Seldon
A provincial mathematician who presents the theory of psychohistory in Trantor and is pursued for it.
Also in Forward the Foundation, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, The Foundation Trilogy
Antagonists
Eto Demerzel
The Emperor's First Minister, who pursues Seldon and his work.
Also in Forward the Foundation
Supporting characters
Cleon I
The Emperor of the Galactic Empire, anxious about threats to his rule and interested in using Seldon's theory.
Dors Venabili
A history professor who accompanies Seldon through Trantor's sectors as his protector and guide.
Chetter Hummin
A journalist who helps Seldon evade the Emperor's agents and urges him to keep moving.
Yugo Amaryl
A heatsink worker in Dahl who aspires to become a mathematician.
Also in Forward the Foundation
Sunmaster Fourteen
The High Elder of the Mycogen sector.
Minor characters
Jenarr Leggen
A Streeling University meteorologist who helps locate Seldon.
Rogen Benastra
A Streeling University seismologist who helps find Seldon.
Endor Levanian
A pilot who flies Seldon and Venabili to Mycogen.