# Invaders from the Infinite — Character guide

> Key figures in Invaders from the Infinite by John W. Campbell.

- [Arcot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/arcot.md): Arcot commands the Ancient Mariner and the scientific team behind Earth's defense, translating alien technologies and negotiating with the Warless Ones of Venone through thought-communication. He carries the weight of a 
- [Morey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/morey.md): Morey handles logistics, power systems, and the unglamorous arithmetic of interstellar war, checking manifests and worrying over the last tube in a ray-power bank. He is the counterweight to Arcot's daring, fretting that
- [Wade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/wade.md): Wade flies, fights, and listens, offering soft reassurance when Zezdon Afthen grieves for a homeworld that may no longer exist. He moves easily between the hangar's frantic loading and the hilltop where an alien physicis
- [Russ Evans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/russ_evans.md): Evans commands a tiny patrol ship with nothing to watch but several million stars, trading barbs with his red-haired assistant Murphy over fuel rolls and energy food. His posting seems pointless, a sentinel in empty spac
- [Zezdon Afthen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/zezdon_afthen.md): Zezdon Afthen sends messages of friendship to suspicious Sirian cities and reads the emotions behind their replies, hoping to find allies against Thett. He is torn between gratitude to his Earth hosts and an aching fear 
- [The Thessians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/the_thessians.md): The Thessians were banished to the prison worlds of Thett generations ago, and their revolt against Venone produced the Twin-ray that destroys relux and lux alike. They are not a single villain but a civilization forged 
- [Stel Felso Theu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/stel_felso_theu.md): A Thessian scientist and colleague of Zezdon Afthen.
- [Torlos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/torlos.md): A powerful alien being encountered during the journey.
- [Thett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/thett.md): Thett is the shadow behind the alliance's panic: a hostile power from the sun Ansteck, in the galaxy Venone, whose fleets and molecule-director rays have already fused mountains and hurled them into space. Long ago Thett
- [Zezdon Fentes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/zezdon_fentes.md): Another Thessian, possibly a leader or scientist.
- [The Talsonian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/the_talsonian.md): An individual from the Talson race, encountered in space.
- [Thalt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/thalt.md): A being from the Sthanto race, possibly a leader.
- [Ranstud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/ranstud.md): A minor character, possibly an alien or human.
- [Fuller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/fuller.md): A human character, possibly a scientist or crew member.
- [The Venonians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/the_venonians.md): The Venonians rule most of their universe, having banished their undesirables to Thett rather than execute them — a mercy that curdled into catastrophe when the prison world revolted six centuries ago. Their slow freight
- [Dad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/dad.md): Arcot's father, mentioned in passing.
- [Zezdon Inthel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/zezdon_inthel.md): A Thessian chemist, part of the scientific delegation.
- [The Terrestrians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/the_terrestrians.md): Another name for Earth humans, used in contrast to aliens.
- [Taj Lamor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/taj_lamor.md): A minor alien character, possibly a leader.
- [The Ortolian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/the_ortolian.md): An individual from the Ortol race.
- [The Ancient Mariner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/the_ancient_mariner.md): A poetic reference, not a literal character.
- [Venone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/venone.md): A planet or alien race, home of the Venonians.
- [The Thessian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/the_thessian.md): An individual from Thessia.
- [Earthman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/characters/earthman.md): A generic term for a human from Earth.

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