# D-503 — We character guide > D-503 in We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Unknown, I., myself, me. **First appearance:** 0001-we ## Snapshot The One State's chief engineer, building the Integral while his own mind quietly cracks open into dreams, doubt, and a soul he never knew he had. ## Who they are D-503 is a dutiful Number, mathematician, and Builder of the Integral, the glass spaceship meant to spread the One State's happiness across the universe. His orderly life frays when he begins keeping a secret diary, developing a soul, and falling under the pull of I-330, whose world is everything his is not. His inner collapse is the novel's engine: through his precise, unraveling voice, the reader watches a faithful citizen become the very thing the State calls a criminal. ## In the story ### [We](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/we) The narrator and protagonist, a mathematician and builder of the Integral, who expresses pride in the rational order of OneState. ### [Record One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-one) The narrator and builder of the Integral, who records the announcement and expresses his dedication to the United State. ### [Record Two](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-two) The narrator and builder of the Integral, experiencing a growing inner conflict between his loyalty to the One State and the unsettling influence of I-330. ### [Record Three](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-three) Narrator and protagonist, reflecting on the Tables and the superiority of the United State's system. ### [Record Four](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-four) Narrator; attends lecture and feels disturbed by I-330's music; later meets with O-90. ### [Record Five](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-five) Narrator who confesses his discomfort with his hairy paws and his internal conflict between rational order and irrational feelings. ### [Record Six](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-six) Accompanies I-330 to the Ancient House, feels disturbed by the chaos and her behavior, struggles with his conditioned responses and delayed duty to report her. ### [Record Seven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-seven) Torn between confessing his visit to the Ancient House and hiding it; experiences a disturbing dream and feels ill. ### [Record Eight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-eight) The narrator, struggling with irrational thoughts and his desire to report to the Bureau of Guardians. ### [Record Nine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-nine) The narrator, observing the execution and reacting to R-13's participation. ### [Record Ten](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-ten) Struggles with internal duality after I-330's kiss; feels his rational self breaking apart. ### [Record Eleven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-eleven) Struggles with jealousy and a fractured identity after a conversation about I-330. ### [Record Twelve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twelve) Narrator; reflects on mathematics, poetry, and the Guardian-Angel; feels invigorated by the watchful presence. ### [Record Thirteen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirteen) Narrator who steals work from the United State, becomes intimate with I-330, and experiences a dreamlike state of submission and love. ### [Record Fourteen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-fourteen) Experiences emotional conflict and alienation, unable to reconcile his feelings with the rational laws of the One State. ### [Record Fifteen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-fifteen) Feels lost and disconnected, struggling with guilt and imagination after his encounters with I-330. ### [Record Sixteen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-sixteen) Protagonist; diagnosed with a 'soul' and consumed by longing for I-330. ### [Record Seventeen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-seventeen) Protagonist and narrator; experiences intense emotional and psychological turmoil, including a temporary death state, as he searches for I-330. ### [Record Eighteen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-eighteen) Narrator; tormented by dreams, logical confusion about the soul, and emotional turmoil from O-90's letter. ### [Record Nineteen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-nineteen) Torn between his desire for I-330 and his loyalty to the State; he coldly reports O-90 after she begs for a child. ### [Record Twenty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty) Narrator who undergoes a psychological 'discharge,' rejecting his former doubts and embracing the State's logic. ### [Record Twenty-One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-one) The narrator and protagonist, who goes to the Ancient House seeking I-330 and later writes about his anxieties. ### [Record Twenty-Two](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-two) Narrator and protagonist; experiences a crisis of identity and rebellion after mistaking a condemned woman for I-330. ### [Record Twenty-Three](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-three) Narrator, deeply in love with I-330, feels his rational self dissolving and experiences a blooming of irrational, soul-like emotions. ### [Record Twenty-Four](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-four) Struggles with the logical function equating love to death, yet desires I-330; reflects on the Day of Unanimity and calls I-330. ### [Record Twenty-Five](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-five) Experiences intense jealousy and confusion, attacks R-13, and carries I-330 away; reflects on his 'disease' and the collapse of certainty. ### [Record Twenty-Six](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-six) Narrator, experiencing anxiety and laughter at the Integral docks, then seeking reassurance in the Journal of the United State. ### [Record Twenty-Seven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-seven) Narrator who crosses the Green Wall, drinks the Mephi cup, and is celebrated as the Builder of the Integral. ### [Record Twenty-Eight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-eight) Narrator, torn between his duty to the United State and his growing attachment to I-330; hides his manuscript during the raid. ### [Record Twenty-Nine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-twenty-nine) Feels a painful compression in his heart, pity for O-90, and is unable to brush off foreign threads on his face. ### [Record Thirty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty) The narrator, torn between loyalty to the United State and his involvement with I-330 and the Mephi plot. ### [Record Thirty-One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-one) Experiences euphoria over the Great Operation, then inner conflict when I-330 forces him to choose between the Operation and her. ### [Record Thirty-Two](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-two) Narrator; experiences existential dread and a sense of unreality; deceives O-90 to avoid leading S-4711 to I-330. ### [Record Thirty-Three](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-three) The narrator, preparing to leave his room and facing the final operation announcement. ### [Record Thirty-Four](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-four) The narrator and Builder of the Integral, conflicted and quivering with inner turmoil as he prepares to betray the United State. ### [Record Thirty-Five](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-five) Plagued by a murderous obsession with U-, he arms himself with a piston-rod and searches for her amid city-wide chaos. ### [Record Thirty-Six](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-six) D-503 is interrogated by the Benefactor, experiences white-page memory lapses, and flees in anguish, longing for a mother's comfort. ### [Record Thirty-Seven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-seven) Runs to I-330's room, finds pink checks with his name, and learns of the Wall's destruction. ### [Record Thirty-Eight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-eight) Narrator who awakens to find I-330 in his room; confesses his visit to the Well-Doer but withholds the Benefactor's final statement. ### [Record Thirty-Nine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-thirty-nine) In a desperate state, D-503 decides to confess to the Bureau of Guardians, revealing his inner turmoil and his involvement with I-330 and the rebellion. ### [Record Forty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/chapters/record-forty) Narrator, now operated on and fully loyal, reports the events and his certainty in Reason. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/characters/d-503 - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_se/characters