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Book cover of The Deep
The DeepRivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes

Characters in The Deep

3 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Yetu

    The Historian of the wajinru, who alone carries their people's traumatic memories and flees to the surface to escape the burden.

Supporting characters

  • Oori (The Deep)

    A surface dweller and memory-keeper of her own people, whom Yetu meets and bonds with after fleeing the deep.

  • Basha (The Deep)

    Yetu's predecessor as Historian of the wajinru, whose past actions shaped their relationship with the surface world.