Characters in Shadow of the Hegemon

Bean

Julian Delphiki, a gifted former member of Ender's army, who searches for his captured classmates and has to decide how far to serve Peter Wiggin.

Also in Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant

Achilles de Flandres

A brilliant, psychopathic strategist who seizes Battle School graduates to serve his plans of world conquest.

Also in Ender's Shadow, Shadow Puppets

Peter Wiggin

Ender's ruthless older brother, who writes online as Locke and seeks to unite the world through political persuasion.

Also in Ender's Game, Shadow Puppets, Xenocide, Shadow of the Giant

Petra Arkanian

A Battle School graduate and gifted strategist from Ender's army, whose fate drives much of the story.

Also in Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant

Sister Carlotta

The nun who found Bean on the streets of Rotterdam and acts as his guardian and ally.

Also in Ender's Shadow

Suriyawong

A Battle School graduate who heads the planning division of Thailand's military.

Also in Shadow Puppets

Virlomi

A Battle School graduate who works with the Indian military during its campaigns against its neighbours.

Hyrum Graff

The Battle School military figure from Ender's Game, still shaping events around the exiled graduates.

Also in Ender's Game, Shadow Puppets

Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin

The hero of Ender's Game, who stays offstage in exile while the story follows his former soldiers.

Also in Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Ender in Exile