# Krakatit — Character guide

> Key figures in Krakatit by Karel Čapek.

- [Engineer Prokop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/prokop.md): A brilliant, nerve-shredded engineer who has just synthesized Krakatit, an explosive so absolute that possessing it feels less like triumph than a sentence.
- [The Princess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/princess.md): An aristocrat whose cool composure and sudden, reckless tenderness pull Prokop toward both desire and surrender, making her as dangerous as anything in his laboratory.
- [Mr. Carson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/carson.md): A wealthy industrialist who hunts Prokop through coded newspaper notices, wanting Krakatit badly enough to make his interest feel less like an offer than a threat.
- [Annie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/annie.md): A young woman from Prokop's past whose quiet grief at his leaving exposes the human cost of his obsession, and whose brother's letter pulls him back toward the world.
- [George Thomas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/george_thomas.md): Prokop's fellow engineer, whose disappearance with the Krakatit secret and reappearance in the shadows of Grottup make him both rival and warning.
- [Comrade Daimon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/daimon.md): A revolutionary with yellow teeth and enormous hands who offers Prokop the world, then drinks himself into a fit, revealing the chaos beneath his grand promises.
- [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/doctor.md): Physician attending to Prokop during his illness and recovery.
- [Mr. Holz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/holz.md): Holz moves through the inventor's orbit as Carson's right hand, calm and concentrated where Prokop is feverish and unraveling. His silence is a kind of pressure: he is always there, always observing, and never quite expl
- [Dr. Krafft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/krafft.md): Krafft stands among the men who understand what Prokop has made and what it could be worth to states, armies, and industry. Where Prokop is consumed by passion and guilt, Krafft represents the cooler logic of colleagues 
- [Paul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/paul.md): Acquaintance of Prokop, appears in social contexts.
- [Uncle Rohn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/uncle_rohn.md): Uncle Rohn belongs to the old, titled world of Balttin, where charm and hospitality are instruments of influence. His geniality makes the aristocratic circle around the Princess feel almost harmless, even welcoming, to a
- [Mon Oncle Charles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/oncle_charles.md): Charming French uncle of the Princess, a figure of old-world elegance.
- [Krakatit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/krakatit.md): Krakatit is the invention everyone wants and no one can safely hold: a substance that could blow humanity to pieces in the wrong hands. It shadows every conversation, every negotiation, every embrace, turning allies into
- [Mazaud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/mazaud.md): Older scientist or industrialist, connected to the Krakatit network.
- [Prince Hagen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/prince_hagen.md): Aristocratic figure, possibly a rival or ally in the power games.
- [Bob](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/bob.md): Minor character, possibly a servant or acquaintance.
- [Prince Suwalski](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/prince_suwalski.md): Haughty aristocrat, part of the Princess's circle.
- [Mr. d'Hémon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/mr_dhemon.md): Minor character, possibly French.
- [Von Graun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/krakatit_se/characters/von_graun.md): German-sounding name, possibly a military or political figure.

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