List of minor Foundation universe characters

Bor Alurin

Bor Alurin The sole member of the Second Foundation to be present amongst the initial members of the First Foundation. He taught Salvor Hardin

Salvor Hardin

Salvor Hardin is the first mayor of Terminus, the capital planet of the Foundation in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, and the main protagonist of the second and third parts of Foundation. He is portrayed as a shrewd and ruthless politician, a master manipulator who acts in the interests of the...

the basics of psychohistory, but neglected to instruct his pupil further out of fears that a properly-trained Psychohistorian would catch on to the Seldon Plan. This resulted in Hardin's entry into politics and establishment as the first Mayor of Terminus.

Pelleas Anthor

Pelleas Anthor (Second Foundation
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) was originally introduced as a researcher in electroencephalographic

Electroencephalography

Electroencephalography is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp. EEG measures voltage fluctuations resulting from ionic current flows within the neurons of the brain...

analysis. Together with Toran Darell II, Jole Turbor, Dr. Elvett Semic and Homir Munn, he sets about using information obtained from brain scans to find the Second Foundation

Second Foundation

Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press....

, and to eventually destroy it. However, it turns out that he is in fact a Second Foundation agent who had infiltrated the group to monitor, and if possible control, the direction of the dangerous actions being taken. In a twist within a twist, he was actually part of a Second Foundation deception led by Preem Palver

Preem Palver

Preem Palver is a fictional character, part of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. Palver is portrayed as a rather loud and jolly simple farmer. However, in reality he is the mastermind behind the plot to restore Hari Seldon's plan to its original course after the disruption by the Mule...

Lors Avakim

Lors Avakim (Foundation
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) Lawyer to Gaal Dornick when the Commission of Public Safety arrested Gaal Dornick. Used a static field to block out the Commission of Public Safety by using a pocket recorder.

Ducem Barr

Ducem Barr (Foundation and Empire
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) is the sixth son of Onum Barr, and enlisted in the fleet as a gunner under an assumed name in order to avoid being killed. Later, he takes revenge by killing the man responsible for the harm to his family. Forty years after this, he becomes an unwilling advisor to Bel Riose

Bel Riose

Bel Riose is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. He was the last strong General of the Galactic Empire, Commander of the legendary Twentieth Fleet, who eventually came to be known as "the Last of the Imperials", and earned this title well. His tactical genius was compared...

who blackmails him with the secret knowledge of Ducem's revenge. He forms a partnership with the Trader, Lathan Devers, and they escape Riose in an attempt to frame him as a traitor.

Onum Barr

Onum Barr (Foundation
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) is a patrician of the old Galactic Empire of Trantor

Trantor

Trantor is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series and Empire Series of science fiction novels.Trantor was first described in a short story by Asimov appearing in Early Asimov Volume 1. Later Trantor gained prominence when the 1940s Foundation Series first appeared in print . Asimov...

, and a senator of Siwenna. He had six sons, five of whom died after being betrayed in a rebellion; his only daughter committed suicide

Suicide

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as well. Whilst living quietly and in poverty in exile, Onum meets with Hober Mallow

Hober Mallow

Hober Mallow is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. He is the central protagonist of "The Merchant Princes", the final short story of Asimov's Foundation.-Fictional biography:...

, who thinks that Siwenna is still the provincial capital; that position has been taken by Orsha II. Onum helps Mallow obtain information on the atomic power of the planet, and is repaid with a box of provisions.

Harla Branno

Harla Branno (Foundation's Edge
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) Mayor of Terminus during the Eighth Seldon Crisis

Seldon Crisis

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. Known informally as 'Branno the Bronze' or disparagingly as the "Old Lady". A quiet and calm administrator, she harbors secret sorrow at feeling she will not be remembered in history. For this reason her natural inclination to expand the Foundation Federation prematurely is able to be played upon by Gaia.

Ammel Broderig

Ammel Broderig (Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire
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) is an influential courtier and Privy Secretary at the court of Cleon II

Cleon II

Emperor Cleon II is a fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. He is the last strong monarch of the Galactic Empire, and reigned during the time when Bel Riose, the last great Imperial general, was engaging in a successful campaign against the early Foundation...

. He is sent to observe the general, Bel Riose

Bel Riose

; being anxious of Riose's abilities. However, he forms a partnership with Riose instead. Their military successes breed suspicion and jealousy in the court which, ultimately, causes their arrest and execution.

Lady Callia

Lady Callia (Second Foundation
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) is the consort of Lord Stettin, ruler of the planet Kalgan. Arkady Darell

Arkady Darell

Arcadia "Arkady" Darell is a fictional character, part of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. She appears in Second Foundation...

uses her to persuade Lord Stettin to allow Homir Munn access to the Mule

Mule (Foundation)

The Mule is a fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. One of the greatest conquerors the galaxy has ever seen, he is a mentalic who has the ability to reach into the minds of others and "adjust" their emotions, individually or en masse, using this capability to forcibly enlist...

's palace for research purposes. She does this by dropping hints to Lady Callia that Lord Stettin may be in line to rule the galaxy. Lady Callia helps Arkady escape Lord Stettin, who keeps Homir hostage while he sets his plans in motion. Arkady initially thinks (rightly), based on Lady Callia's information, that Lord Stettin may be interested in her as a new consort. Despite being only 14 at the time, a relationship with an established Foundation family might help Lord Stettin. So it appears that Lady Callia is just removing her as a rival. However, in the last seconds of their parting, Arkady realises there is a lot more to Lady Callia than meets the eye, and that she is in fact a member of the Second Foundation

Second Foundation

Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press....

, and is subtly manipulating the power on Kalgan.

Linge Chen

Linge Chen (Foundation
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) Chief commissioner of Public Safety, and judge of Seldon's trial. He is described as the "real" ruler of the Galaxy while the child that actually bears the title of Emperor is merely a puppet in his hands. In Foundation
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he is described by Hari Seldon

Hari Seldon

Hari Seldon, a fictional character, is the intellectual hero of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. In his capacity as mathematics professor at Streeling University on Trantor, he developed psychohistory, allowing him to predict the future in probabilistic terms...

's word as a shrewd politician: although he publicly disputes Seldon's prediction of the incoming fall of the Empire. As a politician, he is aware of the value of public sentiment.

Munn Li Compor

Munn Li Compor (Foundation's Edge
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) He is a fellow councilor with Golan Trevize, the story's protagonist. Compor's family come from a small world called Comporellon in the Sirius Sector.

Compor betrays Trevize to the Mayor, and also follows him in his search for the Second Foundation. He is also an agent of the Second Foundation

Second Foundation

Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press....

, an Observer, with limited powers, but able to report back on new developments. This is a new category of Second Foundationer, created after the near-disaster involving the Mule

Mule (Foundation)

, whose importance was missed until it was almost too late.

Well-meaning, but weak, his role is secondary. He does, however, give Trevize a vital clue about the location of Earth by directing him to Comporellon, which he visits in Foundation and Earth

Foundation and Earth

Foundation and Earth is a Locus Award nominated science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation series and chronologically the last in the series...

Lundin Crast

Lundin Crast (Foundation
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) Member of the Board of Trustees of the Encyclopedia Committee.

Toran and Bayta Darell

Toran and Bayta Darell (Foundation and Empire
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) are husband and wife. Toran is a Trader and was born on Haven and married Bayta, of Terminus

Terminus (planet)

Terminus is a fictional planet at the edge of the Galaxy in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series, home of the Foundation .-Position in the universe:Terminus is the sole planet orbiting an isolated star...

and a descendant of Hober Mallow

Hober Mallow

. They are sent by the government of the Independent Trading Worlds to Kalgan to seek possible support from the Mule

Mule (Foundation)

. There they rescue a small man who calls himself “Magnifico” and return to Terminus. It falls to the Mule, and they then flee to Haven with Ebling Mis

Ebling Mis

Ebling Mis is a fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. Specifically, he is one of the main characters from the latter half of the novel Foundation and Empire. Mis is the Foundation's greatest psychologist and a very prominent scientist...

, and then to Trantor

Trantor

. There, Mis attempts to find the Second Foundation, being driven by the Mule’s psychological control. Bayta realizes that Magnifico is the Mule and kills Mis before he can reveal the location, for which she becomes a Foundation hero. Their son is Toran Darell II, and his daughter is Arkady Darell

Arkady Darell

Arcadia "Arkady" Darell is a fictional character, part of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. She appears in Second Foundation...

Toran Darell II

Toran Darell II (Second Foundation
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) is the son of Toran and Bayta Darell and the father of Arkady Darell, and was known for his advances in electroencephalographic

Electroencephalography

Electroencephalography is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp. EEG measures voltage fluctuations resulting from ionic current flows within the neurons of the brain...

analysis. He was able to quit his job as he receives a stipend from the Foundation due to his mother's services in thwarting the Mule. The stipend is sufficient for a comfortable home in a pleasant suburb, and allows the presence of a servant named Poli to take care of him and his daughter. His abrupt resignation was due to fear that the Second Foundation might learn of his activities and adjust him.

Together with Pelleas Anthor, Jole Turbor, Dr. Elvett Semic and Homir Munn, he tried to locate the Second Foundation in hopes of eventually destroying it.

He discovered that the mental manipulations by the Second Foundation left a detectable pattern in brain wave activity, and called it a “Tamper Plateau.” Using this, he could determine who had been directly affected by the Second Foundation. With Semic, he developed a mind static device capable of protecting against this, and further refined it into a weapon against Second Foundationers. With the use of this, he and the First Foundation seemingly destroy the Second Foundation; the small group that is revealed is a decoy, though, and the Second Foundation survives on Trantor.

Lathan Devers

Lathan Devers (Foundation and Empire
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) is a Trader sent by the Foundation to spy on Bel Riose

Bel Riose

and determine his military intents. He and Ducem Barr steal a message sent by Brodrig to Riose, attempting to use it to make it seem like Riose is betraying the emperor. However, this proves both futile and innecessary, since socio-politic forces work to prevent Riose from defeating the Foundation.

Dom

Dom (Foundation's Edge
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) is one of the inhabitants of Gaia. He answers questions about Gaia for Golan Trevize and Janov Pelorat

Janov Pelorat

Janov Pelorat is a character in the Foundation Series of books by Isaac Asimov. The two books in which he appears are Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth....

. His full name begins "Endomandiovizamarondeyaso..." and contains 253 syllable

Syllable

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Lord Dorwin

Lord Dorwin (Foundation
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) is Chancellor of the Galactic Empire and a representative who arrives on Terminus in response to their appeal for military support.

Lord Dorwin has an interest in the origins of the human species, trying to determine if it began on a single planet, and, if so, which. He mentions 'Sol'

Earth (Foundation universe)

This article is on the history of Earth, as presented in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series, Robot Series, and Empire Series.- Ancient :* 1982: Susan Calvin born...

, Sirius

Sirius

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...

, Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus...

, 61 Cygni and Arcturus (though Since humans still used Earth's day and year, it is an oddity that Earth's status could be in doubt). The name Dorwin is a reference to Darwin

Charles Darwin

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, reflecting a common interest in the origins of humanity.

Although he claims to have an interest in science, Lord Dorwin does not wish to conduct original research (as indicated when Salvor Hardin

Salvor Hardin

asks if he plans to visit any of the possible originating planets) but rather base his studies on the work of scholars dead many centuries before. Asimov marks this as a sign of stagnation of science outside Foundation.

Lord Dorwin is a skilled diplomat responsible for negotiating the treaties that granted autonomy to Anacreon and the other three entities collectively known as the Four Kingdoms. Dorwin disputes that these territories are independent of the Empire, and his comments are taken by the members of the Encyclopedia Board as proof that the Empire will protect Terminus from threats made by the neighboring Kingdom of Anacreon. However, Salvor Hardin

Salvor Hardin

's analysis shows that all of his statements cancel out, meaning that he has spoken for five days without actually saying anything.

Tamwile Elar

Tamwile Elar (Forward the Foundation
Forward the Foundation
Forward the Foundation is a novel written by Isaac Asimov. It is the second of two prequels to the Foundation Series. It is written in much the same style as the original novel Foundation, a novel composed of chapters with long intervals in between...

) is a senior mathematician working on the Seldon Project. The creater of 'the achaotic equations' that make it more possible to get around the problem of chaos and aid in developing psychohistory, Seldon thinks of him as a brilliant man, though is sometimes a bit begrudging or annoyed internally because he thinks of himself as no longer as good as he used to be, as he ages, and dislikes Elar's loud laugh and habit of calling Seldon 'the Maestro.' Elar designs an 'Electro-Clarifier', a device whose purpose is to allow more information to be stored in 'Prime Radiants' that hold psychohistorical equations. However, whilst collaborating with the military junta

Military junta

A junta or military junta is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term derives from the Spanish language junta meaning committee, specifically a board of directors...

that rules Trantor, he kills Dors Venabili

Dors Venabili

In Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series, Dors Venabili is a good friend, protector and later wife of Hari Seldon, the primary character of Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation. At face value, Dors is an attractive woman, two years younger than Seldon...

with the use of an intentse Electro-Clarifier (which, as a side effect he purposely makes use of, creates an electomagnetic field that, while it does not measurably effect humans, does harm the electromagnetic machinery of robots). - It seems Elar wants to become the head of the Psychohistory Project, and the junta wants Seldon out of the picture so he can't potentially decry their government as failing, but feels Dors would be difficult to get past. However, Elar does not appear to especially dislike Seldon, and even is perhaps glad that can think Seldon would drift away with Dor's death and would not have to be killed by the junta or otherwise. - Dors manages to kill Elar and tell Seldon what has happened before dying.

Jord Fara

Jord Fara (Foundation
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) A member of the board of trustees of the Foundation of the Encyclopedia Galactica in its early years.

Sennett Forell

Sennett Forell (Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire is a novel written by Isaac Asimov that was published by Gnome Press in 1952. It is the second book published in the Foundation Series, and the fourth in the in-universe chronology...

) is a leader of the Merchant Princes and putative leader of the Foundation at the time of Bel Riose

Bel Riose

. He's Hober Mallow's illegitimate son, but this isn't publicly acknowledged, and he passes only as a collateral relative of Mallow.

Yate Fulham

Yate Fulham (Foundation
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) Member of the Board of Trustees of the Encyclopedia Committee.

Stor Gendibal

Gendibal (Foundation's Edge
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) is a Speaker of the Second Foundation; the youngest but privately acknowledged by the First Speaker as his probable successor. He is the only Speaker to realise that both Foundations are being controlled by another more powerful external force, which is eventually revealed to be Gaia

Gaia (Foundation universe)

Gaia is a fictional planet described in the book Foundation's Edge and referred to in Foundation and Earth , by Isaac Asimov. The name is derived from the Gaia hypothesis, which is itself eponymous to Gaia, the Earth Goddess....

Mandell Gruber

Gruber is a gardener in the grounds of the Imperial palace on Trantor. Hari Seldon praises his dedication to Cleon I who decides to reward him with promotion. Elevated unwillingly to the post of Chief Gardener, he becomes the assassin of Emperor Cleon, for which deed he is executed. The action shocks Seldon as it is a random element that Psychohistory could not have predicted.

Mayor Indbur III

Mayor Indbur III (Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire
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). He was a one time ruler of the Foundation. His grandfather, Inbur I, seized power and was described as brutal and capable. He removed the last remnants of free elections, and his father Inbur II, was described as only half of Indbur I: he was merely brutal. Mayor Inbur III was described as having neither trait, and as 'a bookkeeper in the wrong job'. He was obsessed by order and detail, and lacked the ability to see the bigger picture.

He dispatched Captain Han Pritcher

Han Pritcher

Han Pritcher is a fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. He is an important character in the second part of Foundation and Empire and the first part of Second Foundation.- Fictional history :...

to investigate taxes on Haven, an order the Captain ignored. He also met with Ebling Mis

Ebling Mis

who alerted him to the fact a Seldon Crisis

Seldon Crisis

was about to occur.

Laskin Joranum

Laskin 'Jo Jo' Joranum is a rising politician and demagogue on Trantor. He campaigns on a platform of sector equality, but is actually aiming ultimately at the imperial throne. He tries and fails to persuade Hari Seldon to join his organisation and later tries to destabilise the Imperial government. Hari deduces that he is a renegade from the Mycogen sector, not from the distant planet of Nishaya as per his claim. Seldon is able to unmask Joranum and have him disgraced and exiled.

Yohan Lee

Yohan Lee (Foundation
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) One of Salvor Hardin

Salvor Hardin

's advisors and friends.

Jenarr Leggen

Jenarr Leggen is originally introduced as a meteorologist at Streeling University. His contributions to meteorology pale before what has ever since been known as the Leggen Controversy. That his actions helped to place Hari Seldon in jeopardy is indisputable, but argument rages -– and has always raged –- as to whether those actions were the result of unintentional circumstance or were part of a deliberate conspiracy. The suspicions that were raised helped poison Leggen’s career and private life in the years that followed.

King Lepold I

King Lepold I (Foundation
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) King of the Anacreonian Empire. He is described as young, not yet of age, and more interested in hunting that in ruling the planet. His uncle Prince Regent Wienis is the current Regent. The story takes place when Lepold is coming of age and about to be crowned. Wienis convinces him to attack the Foundation, in order to become ruler of the whole Galaxy. Lepold, although not blindly trusting Wienis, agrees. When Wienis' plan is defeated by the Foundation, he is forced to accept the actual rule of the Foundation's Priesthood.

Publis Manlio

Publis Manlio (Foundation
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) is Foreign Secretary to Jorane Sutt and Primate of the Church, Purveyor of the Holy Food, and Master of the Temples.

Cinda Monay

Cinda Monay (Forward the Foundation
Forward the Foundation
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) is a physicist

Physicist

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working on the Seldon Project. She builds the 'Electroclarifier' based on the design of Tamwile Elar, and also an intense Electroclarifier that is stronger than the first type. She thinks Elar is a good candidate for becoming the leader of the Psychohistory Project after Hari Seldon, and says to Dors Venabili, Hari's wife, when she is asked that she would vote for Elar as the successor, before Yugo Amaryl

Yugo Amaryl

Yugo Amaryl is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. Amaryl, along with Hari Seldon, worked on psychohistory until his death at age 52....

, who was very devoted to his work and had been working on psychohistory the longest after Hari Seldon.

Homir Munn

Homir Munn (Second Foundation
Second Foundation
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) is a librarian

Librarian

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and owns one of the biggest collections of information about the Mule

Mule (Foundation)

.

Munn is one of a group of conspirators who plan to find the location of the Second Foundation. Together with Toran Darell II, Pelleas Anthor, Jole Turbor, Dr. Elvett Semic they set about piecing together the evidence.

He agrees to go on a mission to Kalgan to find information about the second foundation from the Mule's palace. Arkady Darell

Arkady Darell

Arcadia "Arkady" Darell is a fictional character, part of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. She appears in Second Foundation...

, then 14, decides to be a stowaway on the flight, to take part in the adventure. Munn discovers her presence mid-trip. However she quickly persuades him that it is a good idea to have her along, and likewise persuades her father too, that her presence makes the whole trip appear more natural.

When at Kalgan, Munn, with Arkady's help, manages to persuade Lord Stettin to allow him access to the Mules palace for research purposes. Subsequently he unwittingly causes a war with the Foundation

Foundation (novel)

Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951...

at Terminus

Terminus (planet)

, although the real cause is a combination of Arkady's machinations reinforced by Lady Callia.

He discovers the magnitude of the Mule's search for the Second Foundation and after the war finishes, returns to Terminus, convinced that the Second Foundation never existed. A mental analysis reveals that he has been manipulated by Callia into believing so.

Sura Novi

Sura Novi (Foundation's Edge
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) is an agent of Gaia (Foundation's Edge
Foundation's Edge
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) who lives on the planet Trantor (Hame) in the guise of an unmarried Hamish woman. Her full name is Suranoviremblastiran. Foundation Speaker Stor Gendibal detects inconsistencies in her brain that cannot be accounted for, making him aware of the existence of a powerful mentallic agent interfering with the Second Foundation. She goes with him to the Gaia system, and then reveals that she has been part of a large plan to make him go there. After the final confrontation in Foundation's Edge, she erases Gendibal's memories of her being an agent of Gaia, and returns Trantor with him, again (and permanently) disguised as a Hamish.

Stettin Palver

Stettin Palver studied history at the University of Langano but worked at a menial job on Trantor. He was an accomplished student of a Heliconian martial art known as "Twisting," and was initially employed by Hari Seldon

Hari Seldon

as his bodyguard because of this. He was later found to share mentalic

Mentalic

Mentalic is a term Isaac Asimov's Foundation series uses to cover a range of unusual psionic capabilities. Not precisely telepathic, the Second Foundationers are able to sense and adjust the emotions of humans. Gaia, the group mind of Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth, considers the Second...

powers with Wanda Seldon, and became a member of the early Second Foundation

Second Foundation

Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press....

. After this discovery, he worked on the Seldon Plan

Seldon Plan

The Seldon Plan is the central theme of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series of stories and novels.-Psychohistory:According to Asimov's novels, Hari Seldon devised the Seldon Plan using a mathematical analysis he originally developed and called psychohistory...

along with Gaal Dornick

Gaal Dornick

Gaal Dornick is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. It is Gaal Dornick that introduces the Foundation series, appearing in the first chapter of Foundation, describing his meeting with Hari Seldon. He eventually went on to be his biographer...

, reporting directly to Seldon on its refinement. As Stettin worked with Wanda in finding other people with mentalic powers, improving and discovering their own, and continuing work on the Seldon Plan, Seldon observed that the two "seemed to be inseparable" and looked at each other "with an intensity born not only of intellectual stimulation but emotional motivation as well."

One of his distant descendants was Preem Palver

Preem Palver

, a First Speaker

First Speaker

First Speaker is a post in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series of stories and novels.The First Speaker is the effective head of the Second Foundation, actually First Speaker is the Supreme and Highest Monarch all over the Galaxies...

of the Second Foundation.

Jord Parma

Jord Parma (Foundation
Foundation (novel)
Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951...

) appears to be a priest, but is really a member of the Korellian Secret Police sent to entrap Hober Mallow

Hober Mallow

Dr Lewis Pirenne

Lewis Pirenne (Foundation
Foundation (novel)
Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951...

) Chairman of the board of trustees of the Foundation of the Encyclopedia Galactica on Terminus

Terminus (planet)

, about fifty years after its establishment. Salvor Hardin

Salvor Hardin

eventually takes over when it is clear that the Foundation needs to be led by a politician rather than a scientist.

Anselm haut Rodric

Anselm haut Rodric (Foundation
Foundation (novel)
Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951...

) The sub-prefect of Pleuma and Envoy Extraordinary of his highness of Anacreon. He visits the foundation to offer it protection in exchange for other services. A veteran of several conflicts with the kingdom of Smyrno, he is an image of the beginnings of barbarism within the periphery of the galaxy during the fall of the 1st Galactic Empire. Haut Rodric was tasked with informing the rulers of the Foundation with the true intentions of the Kingdom of Anacreaon, and to determine the scope and nature of the Foundation's control of Terminus.

Dr Elvett Semic

Dr. Elvett Semic (Second Foundation
Second Foundation
Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press....

) A physicist who works with Toran Darell II to make a mind static device.

Sef Sermak

Sef Sermak (Foundation
Foundation (novel)
Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951...

). A young "Actionist" politician who tries to convince Salvor Hardin to change his policies; it is implied that he later becomes Mayor. His name may be an allusion to Anton Cermak

Anton Cermak

Anton Joseph Cermak was the mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1931 until his assassination by Giuseppe Zangara in 1933.-Early life and career:...

, who was the mayor of Chicago and (briefly) one of the most powerful local politicians in America.

Quindor Shandess

Quindor Shandess (Foundation's Edge
Foundation's Edge
Foundation's Edge is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fourth book in the Foundation Series. It was written more than thirty years after the stories of the original Foundation trilogy, due to years of pressure by fans and editors on Asimov to write another, and, according to Asimov...

) 25th First Speaker

First Speaker

of the Second Foundation

Second Foundation

Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press....

Jorane Sutt

Jorane Sutt (Foundation
Foundation (novel)
Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951...

) is Secretary to the Mayor of the Foundation in Hober Mallow

Hober Mallow

's time.

Tomaz Sutt

Tomaz Sutt (Foundation
Foundation (novel)
Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951...

) Member of the Board of Trustees of the Encyclopedia Committee.

Golan Trevize

Trevize was a citizen of the First Foundation. He is a former officer of the military forces and later elected to Council. He is self-confident, almost to the point of rudeness, and arrogant, but also intelligent and with a sense of judgement. He is entrusted upon by Gaia to decide whether the future history and evolution of the Galaxy and the human species will be shaped by the First or the Second Foundation or by Gaia, and which of the three courses of action represented by the three parties is the best choice for humanity.

At the climax to Foundation's Edge
Foundation's Edge
Foundation's Edge is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fourth book in the Foundation Series. It was written more than thirty years after the stories of the original Foundation trilogy, due to years of pressure by fans and editors on Asimov to write another, and, according to Asimov...

, he chooses Gaia, using his particular intuition. In the sequel, Foundation and Earth
Foundation and Earth
Foundation and Earth is a Locus Award nominated science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation series and chronologically the last in the series...

, he debates with himself why — and if — he made the right decision. He searches for Earth and meets R. Daneel Olivaw

R. Daneel Olivaw

R. Daneel Olivaw is a fictional robot created by Isaac Asimov. The "R" initial in his name stands for "robot," a naming convention in Asimov's future society...

, on Earth's moon. Olivaw discusses with him the Zeroth Law of Robotics, and Trevize suddenly realises the most basic postulate of Psychohistory: the species the predictions were being made for must be humans, under the assumption that they are alone in the Universe.

Jole Turbor

Jole Turbor (Second Foundation
Second Foundation
Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press....

). A journalist and one of the conspirators with Toran Darell II, Semic and Munn.

Jaim Twer

Jaim Twer (Foundation
Foundation (novel)
Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951...

) is one of the first outlanders to receive a Foundation education. Journeys with Hober Mallow, and campaigned for trader recognition on the Foundation council. However, during Hober Mallow's trial for leaving Jord Parma in the hands of the Korellians, it is revealed that Twer is in reality a priest and was put to spy on Hober Mallow and perhaps frame him. (Mallow realises this when Twer demonstrates ignorance about the Seldon Crisis

Seldon Crisis

Victra Vancier

Victra Vancier (Second Foundation
Second Foundation
Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press....

) was the leader of a fringe religious activist group on Old Earth.

Poly Verisof

Poly Verisof (Foundation
Foundation (novel)
Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951...

) High Priest of Anacreon

Anacreon

Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets.- Life :...

and Foundation Ambassador. He leads Hardin's mob to the Anacreon

Anacreon

Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets.- Life :...

Royal Palace.

Prince Regent Wienis

Prince Regent Wienis (Foundation
Foundation (novel)
Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951...

) The power behind the regency of Lepold I, Prince Regent Wienis attempted a military conquest of the Foundation, but is thwarted by the religion of Scientism, which gives the Foundation control of Anacreon's technology, including its military. Frustrated by Salvor Hardin

Salvor Hardin

, he despairs and commits suicide.

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