# Triplanetary — Character guide

> Key figures in Triplanetary by E. E. Smith.

- [Conway Costigan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/conway_costigan.md): Triplanetary officer and later agent, central to the pirate and Nevian conflicts.
- [Clio Marsden](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/clio_marsden.md): Daughter of a Triplanetary official, captured by pirates and rescued by Costigan.
- [Captain Ralph Kinnison](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/captain_ralph_kinnison.md): Triplanetary officer and later commander, key figure in the Nevian war.
- [Roger](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/roger.md): Pirate leader and Eddorian agent, antagonist in the space piracy arc.
- [Captain Bradley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/captain_bradley.md): Triplanetary captain commanding the ship Chicago, later involved in Nevian encounters.
- [Lyman Cleveland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/lyman_cleveland.md): Triplanetary communications officer and inventor, part of the super-ship project.
- [Fred Rodebush](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/fred_rodebush.md): Triplanetary scientist and engineer, develops the super-ship's defenses.
- [Captain Nerado](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/captain_nerado.md): Nevian commander who captures humans for study, later an uneasy ally.
- [Eunice Kinnison](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/eunice_kinnison.md): Ralph Kinnison's wife, a capable and resourceful woman.
- [Virgil Samms](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/virgil_samms.md): Founder of the Triplanetary Service and later the Galactic Patrol.
- [Gharlane of Eddore](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/gharlane_of_eddore.md): Eddorian entity manipulating events across millennia against Arisia.
- [Patroclus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/patroclus.md): Atlantean grand champion and warrior during the fall of Atlantis.
- [Fermius](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/fermius.md): Gaulish gladiator and champion in Rome, later a rebel leader.
- [Livius](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/livius.md): Roman senator and conspirator against Nero, involved in the fall of Rome.
- [Nero](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/nero.md): Roman emperor, antagonist in the Rome arc.
- [Theodore K. Kinnison](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/theodore_kinnison.md): Ralph Kinnison's son, a Triplanetary officer and later Lensman.
- [Kinnexa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/kinnexa.md): Arisian entity who mentors and guides human agents.
- [Captain Phryges](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/captain_phryges.md): Atlantean captain and naval commander during the Atlantis arc.
- [Artomenes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/artomenes.md): Bithynian officer serving under the Roman Empire.
- [Celeste de St. Aubin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/celeste_de_st_aubin.md): French woman involved in the World War I espionage plot.
- [Thomas Keller](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/thomas_keller.md): Triplanetary officer and pilot, part of the pirate pursuit.
- [Atlantis Ariponides](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/atlantis_ariponides.md): Atlantean ruler during the fall of Atlantis.
- [Enphilistor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/enphilistor.md): Young Arisian entity involved in the cosmic conflict with Eddore.
- [Tigellinus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/tigellinus.md): Roman praetorian prefect and ally of Nero.
- [Psychologist Talmonides](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/psychologist_talmonides.md): Atlantean psychologist and advisor to the ruler.
- [Franklin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/franklin.md): Triplanetary officer involved in the World War I arc.
- [Senator Morgan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/senator_morgan.md): Corrupt politician in the World War I era.
- [Major Moulton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/major_moulton.md): Triplanetary officer commanding the planetoid assault.
- [Stoner](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/stoner.md): Triplanetary agent in the World War I arc.
- [Spartacus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/triplanetary_se/characters/spartacus.md): Historical gladiator mentioned in the Rome arc.

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