# Space Viking — Character guide

> Key figures in Space Viking by H. Beam Piper.

- [Lucas Trask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/lucas_trask.md): Trask moves through the galaxy as a nobleman-adventurer whose private war against Andray Dunnan slowly becomes something larger: the founding of a new civilization on Tanith. He is courteous, calculating, and unflinching
- [Otto Harkaman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/otto_harkaman.md): Harkaman commands the Nemesis for Trask and treats the whole galaxy — rival captains, hostile planets, awkward nobles — with the same amused, unflappable competence. His scarred face and easy banter mask a professional's
- [Andray Dunnan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/andray_dunnan.md): Dunnan is the wound at the center of Trask's story — a killer who escaped Gram and turned himself into a legend among the Space Vikings, gathering ships and reputations while Trask builds Tanith. He is never quite onstag
- [Simon Bentrik](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/simon_bentrik.md): Bentrik is a man of a stratified world trying to understand men who refuse to bow — he is genuinely shocked that Trask's crew expect to drink in the best places in town. He is a democrat by conviction and a prince by inh
- [Zaspar Makann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/zaspar_makann.md): Makann is the domestic face of the same violence Trask fights in space: a rabble-rouser who seized a kingdom with Dunnan's ships at his back and ruled through terror and torture. He is glimpsed mostly through the wreckag
- [Boake Valkanhayn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/boake_alkanhayn.md): Valkanhayn first appears as a rival squatting on Tanith with Garvan Spasso, then becomes one of Trask's captains — a man whose instinct is to loot and whose new commander keeps telling him not to. He is aghast at the ide
- [Angus of Gram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/angus_gram.md): Angus rules Gram from Wardshaven, styling himself king while Count Lionel of Newhaven and Duke Joris of Bigglersport defy him, hang his tax collectors, and build their own fleets. His chartered ships and court favorites 
- [Garvan Spasso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/garvan_spasso.md): Spasso once let himself go into barfly decay, but since Amaterasu he dresses sharper, speaks cleaner, and fights his ship well enough that his men jump to obey again. He is still the chicken-thief at heart, outraged at t
- [Nikkolay Trask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/nikkolay_trask.md): Trask arrives at King Mikhyl's court on Odin as a curiosity — a raider who saved a life at Audhumla and spoke face-to-face with a king — and the diplomats crowd him accordingly. The King's private summons and the phrase 
- [Elaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/elaine.md): Wife of Lucas Trask, whose murder sets the plot in motion.
- [Baron Rathmore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/rathmore.md): Nobleman and political figure in the Tanith power struggles.
- [Guatt Kirbey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/guatt_kirbey.md): Space Viking and crew member serving under Trask.
- [Sesar Karvall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/sesar_karvall.md): Nobleman and ally of Trask, involved in Tanith's governance.
- [Rovard Grauffis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/rovard_grauffis.md): Space Viking captain and occasional ally of Trask.
- [Count Steven of Ravary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/steven_ravary.md): Young nobleman who becomes a key figure in Tanith's court.
- [Alvyn Karffard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/alvyn_karffard.md): Space Viking and crew member, known for his loyalty.
- [Sir Paytrik Morland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/paytrik_morland.md): Knight and officer serving under Trask's command.
- [Crown Prince Edvard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/edvard.md): Crown prince of a major kingdom, involved in diplomatic missions.
- [Lady Valerie Alvarath](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/valerie_alvarath.md): Noblewoman and love interest of a main character.
- [Vann Larch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/vann_larch.md): Space Viking and crew member on Trask's ships.
- [Admiral Shefter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/shefter.md): Naval officer commanding forces in the interstellar conflict.
- [Duke Omfray of Glaspyth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/omfray_glaspyth.md): Duke and political rival in the Tanith power struggles.
- [Sir Nevil Ormm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/nevil_ormm.md): Knight and officer serving under Trask.
- [Paul Koreff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/paul_koreff.md): Scientist and engineer serving under Trask.
- [Lothar Ffayle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/lothar_ffayle.md): Space Viking and crew member, known for his cunning.
- [Basil Gorram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/basil_gorram.md): Space Viking and father of Alex Gorram.
- [King Mikhyl VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/mikhyl_viii.md): King of a major kingdom, father of Crown Prince Edvard.
- [Crown Princess Melanie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/space_viking_se/characters/melanie.md): Crown princess of a major kingdom, involved in diplomacy.

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