Armageddon 2419 A.D. · Characters
Character guide
Key figures in Armageddon 2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan.
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Unknown
major
Also known as myself, yours, your
A man out of his own century, he wakes into a 25th-century forest war and must learn the rules of flight, fire, and allegiance fast.
Wilma Deering
major
Also known as Wilma, Deering, hers, herself, Mine
A green-clad fighter who dives headfirst through enemy doors, Wilma pairs reckless courage with the inertron belt that makes her leaps possible.
The Hans
major
Also known as Hans, their, themselves
The armored occupiers of the 25th century, they hunt forest rebels with beam weapons and airborne ships, treating the American gangs as vermin to be cleared.
Boss Hart
major
Also known as Big Boss Hart, The Big Boss, Hart, The Boss, Boss, the Big Boss, Big Boss
The Big Boss of the forest gangs, Hart commands loyalty through grit and cunning, weighing every stranger against the cost of survival.
Mort Gibbons
supporting
Also known as Gibbons, Mort
A resistance fighter in the green ranks, Gibbons is the kind of steady hand who holds a hillside position when the shooting starts.
Bill Hearn
supporting
Also known as Bill, Hearn
A fighter among the Americans, Hearn stands ready on the hillsides with his handgun, waiting for the word to fire on the repellor rays.
The Sinsings
supporting
Also known as Sinsings, Their, their
The Sinsings are the first twenty-fifth-century humans the awakened Rogers encounters: a boy in tight green gear, a helmet-like cap, and a belt that doubles as a knapsack, moving through the woods with furtive, practiced caution. Their pursuers' suppressed voices and random grenade-like detonations reveal a running skirmish already in progress, a war Rogers has stumbled into without understanding either side. That single wounded youth, more dazed than hurt, becomes the doorway through which the novel's strange new America and its hidden conflicts first become legible.
Americans
supporting
Also known as the Americans, their
The Americans of 2419 A.D. exist as fugitives in their own land, their green uniforms and furtive movements betraying a life of ambush and retreat rather than open battle. The boy Rogers rescues is one of them: wounded, pursued, yet still firing back with a pistol that makes no flash or sound, his body capable of leaps that defy the physics Rogers knew. Their struggle against the Hans is the war the novel's early chapters drop Rogers into, and his choice to take up the fallen boy's weapon is his first step toward joining it.
Tony
minor
Also known as your
A named character, possibly a fighter or ally in the resistance.
Blash
minor
A named character with limited presence, possibly a fighter.
Bill Barker
minor
Also known as Barker
A minor character, possibly distinct from Twice Barker.
Ned Garlin
minor
Also known as Garlin
A minor character, possibly a scout or fighter.
Bad Bloods
minor
Also known as the Bad Bloods
A hostile group or gang encountered in the story.
Twice Barker
minor
Also known as Barker
A minor character, possibly a gang member or scout.
Bert Gaunt
minor
Also known as Gaunt, their
A minor character, possibly a member of the forest gangs.
Gerdi Mann
minor
Also known as Gerdi
A named female character with limited narrative role.
High Officer
minor
Also known as a high officer
An unnamed high-ranking officer among the Hans or Americans.
Pineys
minor
Also known as the Pineys
A group or tribe mentioned in the narrative.
Wyomings
minor
Also known as the Wyomings, The Wyomings
A group or faction, possibly from Wyoming, involved in events.