# Lea Morees — Planet of the Damned character guide > Lea Morees in Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Professor Morees, Lea, Professor Lea Morees, Dr. Morees, Dr. Lea Morees, Goodbye Lea **First appearance:** 0001-planet-of-the-damned ## Snapshot A sharp-tongued professor who trades laboratory certainties for a desert crossing, rationing water and sarcasm in equal measure while her body gives out. ## Who they are Lea is a scientist pulled into the Nyjord crisis, quick to puncture Brion's grim solemnity with dry wit even as hysteria titters at the edges of her mind. She is brilliant but physically unprepared for the desert — her feet become raw wounds, her scalp bleeds, and she collapses before noon while Brion walks on apparently untouched. Her collapse forces Brion to choose between the mission's pace and the life of the woman he is carrying, and her expertise remains the one asset he cannot afford to lose. ## Relationships ### [Brion Brandd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/brion_brandd) _romantic_ Brion and Lea share a deep romantic bond, with Lea often serving as his emotional anchor and confidante. ### [Disan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/disan) _friendship_ Disan and Lea share a respectful friendship, often working together to support Brion. ### [Ulv](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/ulv) _friendship_ Lea and Ulv are allies who cooperate to protect each other and advance their shared goals. ### [Winner Ihjel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/winner_ihjel) _professional_ Lea works with Winner Ihjel as part of the same organization, sharing intelligence and resources. ### [Krafft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/krafft) _professional_ Krafft and Lea have a working relationship, often coordinating on mission logistics. ### [Telt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/telt) _friendship_ Lea and Telt are friendly allies who share information and support each other's efforts. ### [Brion Brandd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/brion_brandd) _romantic_ Brion and Lea share a deep romantic bond, with Lea often serving as his emotional anchor and confidante. ### [Brion Brandd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/brion_brandd) _romantic_ Brion and Lea share a deep romantic bond, with Lea often serving as his emotional anchor and confidante. ### [Ulv](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/ulv) _friendship_ Lea and Ulv are allies who cooperate to protect each other and advance their shared goals. ### [Disan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/disan) _friendship_ Disan and Lea share a respectful friendship, often working together to support Brion. ### [Krafft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/krafft) _professional_ Krafft and Lea have a working relationship, often coordinating on mission logistics. ### [Winner Ihjel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/winner_ihjel) _professional_ Lea works with Winner Ihjel as part of the same organization, sharing intelligence and resources. ## In the story ### [Planet of the Damned](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/planet-of-the-damned) A professor who accompanies Brion and provides scientific insight. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/iv) Introduced as the exobiologist; angry at being kidnapped and manipulated, but ultimately agrees to the mission. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/v) Learns of the Disan threat and the Foundation's mission; her expertise in exobiology and anthropology is deemed valuable; she agrees to cooperate. ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/vi) Suffers a concussion from being pushed to the ground, becomes hysterical and disoriented, but is cared for by Brion. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/vii) Semi-conscious after the ambush, mumbles fears from her past, laughs hysterically at Brion's poem, treats his wound, and drinks from the vaede. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/viii) Arrives as a patient suffering from heat-syncope; Brion plans to recruit her expertise in exobiology and anthropology. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/xi) Works at the microscope despite injuries; debates Brion's alien theory; suggests alternative explanations for magter behavior. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/xii) Describes Earth's overcrowded and aggressive romantic culture, then realizes Brion's intentions and reciprocates his feelings. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/xiii) Mentioned as dead in the Foundation building destruction; Brion mourns her as 'beautiful and cruelly dead Lea.' ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/xiv) Rescued by Ulv but deeply traumatized by witnessing Dr. Stine's murder; withdrawn and apathetic, wanting only to leave the planet. ### [The Autopsy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/xv) Exhausted and traumatized, she performs the autopsy and discovers the symbiotic organism in the magter's cells. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/xvi) Performs the autopsy on the magter, identifies the brain-symbiote, and explains its evolutionary role and parasitic nature. ### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/xvii) Returns to the Nyjord fleet with the magter corpse to convince Krafft to delay the bombing. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/xviii) Mentioned as having arrived with the hacked-up corpse and the green leech, contributing to the understanding of the parasite. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/chapters/xix) Confronts Brion about their relationship; accepts the impossibility of marriage; agrees to work for the C.R.F. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters/lea_morees - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/planet_of_the_damned_se/characters