The World We Make
The World We MakeN. K. JemisinThe Great Cities, book 2
Characters in The World We Make
8 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Manny
Avatar of Manhattan and a graduate student, one of the six human avatars of New York City.
Bronca
Avatar of the Bronx, who runs the Bronx Art Center, one of New York's six avatars.
Venezia
Avatar of Jersey City, a young Black woman of Portuguese descent who joins the New York avatars.
Padmini
Avatar of Queens, a mathematician and immigrant on a student visa, one of New York's six avatars.
Neek
The primary avatar of New York City, embodying the city's heart and magic.
Brooklyn
Avatar of Brooklyn, a former rapper turned politician, one of New York's six avatars.
Antagonists
The Enemy
A mysterious, subtler foe who funds a populist mayoral candidate to change the city from within.
Woman in White
The antagonist the avatars stopped in the previous book, still a threat to the city.