The World Is Round - Major Characters

Major Characters

  • Stringer - An aimless, unsociable drifter who always speaks his mind and cares little what others think of him. He's brusque, dour, and bored with life on Two-Bit. Pike enlists him to join the expedition to Hendig's World (Patra-Bannk) after Stringer shows his skill with a sword in a tavern fight.
  • Pike - Wealthy owner of the Two-Bit Transportation Corporation. Recognizes that the artifact that Hendig brought back from Patra-Bannk on his previous voyage is indeed metallic hydrogen, and that he could transform civilization if he could find more of it. He commands the expedition to Patra-Bannk and provides the spacecraft.
  • Valyavar - A former priest and another member of the expedition to Patra-Bannk.
  • Hendig - An oafish braggart who visited Patra-Bannk on an earlier voyage and makes outrageous claims about it, some of which might be true. The fourth member of the expedition.
  • Paddelack - The navigator on Hendig's previous voyage to Patra-Bannk. He was left stranded and has remained there, living among the natives, for about twenty years when the story begins.
  • Taljen - A Tjenen woman who befriends Stringer when he is stranded there.
  • The Time Keeper (Alhane) - The hereditary scientist of Ta-tjenen. He believes the world is round and is determined to prove it, even though none of the other Tjenens believe him.
  • Barbalan - A Gostum woman who helps Pike and Paddelack escape from Konndjlan.
  • Neberdjer - Guiding intelligence of Patra-Bannk.

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