(listed in the order that the character appears in the book)
Sargonian Space Bureau’s historian and the story’s narrator.
Sargonian Space Director, Telhan Bashari’s superior.
Sargonian Space Deputy Director, Zerhia’s subordinate.
was No. 009’s by-the-book lead pilot with twenty-two years of experience.
No. 009’s flight engineer
Taliyah’s eldest daughter, Khalhi’s granddaughter, future wife of Naram, and mother of La’ibum, and grandmother to Sargon the Great.
Tahashr’s second elder of Tahashr.
Menat’s and Shelah’s only son.
Tahashr’s lead archer, was killed in the 2nd raider attack.
Tahashr’s new lead archer.
elder of the village of Assyrah.
Shahat’s daughter.
Dharya’s oldest and only daughter, older sister to Shalhan and Bhasal
Dharya’s eldest son and Shahat’s grandson.
Nehtia’s best friend, has a dalliance with Naram’s son La’ibum and gives birth to Shargani, aka ‘Sargon the Great.’ After being kidnapped, she takes the name, aka Zelhina, to keep her captors from knowing who she really is and where she comes from.
the son of Bahar and Dhesha.
master of a camel caravan.
tyrannical ruler of the city of Kish.
Captain of King Ur Zababa’s infantry and later Sargon’s ally and the general of his army.
Ruler of Umma and later self-proclaimed King of Uruk and ruler of Lower Sumer.
a senior inspector with the Central Government’s Crime Bureau.
in charge of all Special Operations personnel at the Planetary Protection & Security Service’s training facility.
current Deputy Prime Director of Shakalin Ur & Akkad Ur.
current President of the United States of America.
current Secretary General of Earth’s United Nations Assembly.
Vice President to President Garcia.
current Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Chief Military Advisor to President Garcia.
current President of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.)
current President of the Russian Federation.
current president of India.
current president of Iran.
a North Korean army general, is the current supreme leader of North Korea.
current NATO secretary-general.
Admiral and current head military advisor to NATO.
current head of the People's Liberation Army (P.L.A.), and President Wang Wei Zhang’s top general.
current marshal and general of the Russian Federation’s armed forces, and Dmitri Federov’s chief of staff.
current senior U.N. intervention commander, from Sweden.
a Sargonian Special Forces major, on intervention missions, from Shakalin Ur.
current archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela.
the current priest of a parish in Caracas, Venezuela.
currently an archeologist on Baghdad’s Museum’s staff and expert in Linear Elamite scripts, Sumer-Akkadian cuneiform, and Sumer-Akkadian symbolism.
the lost pilot on ISV 555, disappeared while exploring the Draco II galaxy.
the lost flight engineer on ISV 555, disappeared while exploring the Draco II galaxy.