# She — Character guide

> Key figures in She by H. Rider Haggard.

- [Ayesha](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/ayesha.md): A powerful, immortal queen ruling the lost city of Kôr, who awaits her reincarnated lover.
- [Leo Vincey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/leo_vincey.md): A handsome young Englishman who journeys to Africa to uncover his ancient lineage.
- [Horace Holly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/horace_holly.md): A scholarly Cambridge don and guardian of Leo, who narrates their African adventure.
- [Job](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/job.md): A loyal, superstitious English servant who accompanies Holly and Leo to Africa.
- [Billali](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/billali.md): An elderly Amahagger chieftain who serves as a guide and intermediary to Ayesha.
- [Ustane](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/ustane.md): A beautiful Amahagger woman who becomes devoted to Leo and defies Ayesha.
- [Kallikrates](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/kallikrates.md): An ancient Greek priest and warrior, reincarnated as Leo, beloved by Ayesha.
- [Amenartas](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/amenartas.md): An ancient Egyptian princess who fled with Kallikrates and left a cryptic sherd.
- [Mahomed](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/mahomed.md): An Arab guide who leads the expedition into the African interior.
- [John Vincey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/john_vincey.md): Leo's father, whose death sets the quest in motion.
- [Tisisthenes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/tisisthenes.md): An ancient Greek ancestor of Leo, mentioned in the family history.
- [The Amahagger](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/she_se/characters/the_amahagger.md): A fierce, cannibalistic tribe dwelling in the caves of Kôr.

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