The Start of Eternity/Characters

In order of appearance:

Chapter 0

 * Noÿs Lambent - From a time over 10,000,000 years in the future. Traveled back in time with Andrew Harlan to stimulate development of space travel on Earth in the 20th century.
 * Andrew Harlan - From about 9,000 years in the future. Traveled back in time with Noÿs Lambent.
 * R. Rycleu - travels back in time from 1980 to 1947 and provides information to Noÿs Lambent and Andrew Harlan that will stimulate the development of positronics.

Chapter 1

 * Engineer Lorn-Kru - a Social Engineer specializing in the design of genetic changes that will improve social dynamics. A member of the Ouwui species.
 * Many Sails - artificial life form that is an intergalactic space ship with hyperspace drive
 * Captain Hooski - Captain of the Many Sails for the mission to Earth's galaxy. Member of the Huaoshy species, the first species that developed the hyperspatial jump drive.
 * Robot Jeed - chief cook and bottle washer for the Many Sails
 * Astrogator Fint - experienced astrogator with long experience for the Social Engineering Guild, but the journey to Earth's galaxy is Fint's first intergalactic space flight. Member of the Guiphoa species.
 * Demographer Wilry - experienced demographer of galaxies and member of the Deltrijoshnypwannem species.
 * Historian Nadit Daanour - long-time colleague of Wilry. A member of the bipedal Ghreliuw species.
 * Citizen Alkeirs - only member of the initial crew of the Many Sails who is not a member of the Social Engineering Guild.

Chapter 3

 * Avizeh and Ladislas - Two humans at the Observer Base visited by the Many Sails in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Both members of a human variant subspecies engineered for protogyny.
 * Sahiwha Nennoad - member of the Ressese species and leader of the "training mission" to Imfulri.
 * Commander Orleane - physiologically Earth-standard human
 * Roboticist Esselle - member of the genetically modified human subspecies, the Kighiz and wife of Rewhand.
 * Geneticist Rewhand - member of the Kighiz human subspecies. Husband of Esselle.

Chapter 4

 * Robot Daneel Olivaw - Now retired from managing the formation of Galaxia, Daneel continues to manage the conversion of the worlds of the First Foundation into worlds of the Galaxia collective.
 * Encyclopedist Pavao - Head of the Encyclopedia Galactica.

Chapter 5

 * R. Lackner, in charge of monitoring the world Imfulri. Has the body form of a member of the Ressese species.

Chapter 7

 * Fallom - a character that was created by Issac Asimov. Fallom is a genetically modified human from the planet Solaria. Fallom received many memories from R. Daneel Olivaw and is now in charge of completing Galaxia.
 * Robot Creal - a humaniform robot that was sent on the Many Sails as a kind of Trojan Horse.
 * R. Gohrlay - a humaniform robot that worked within Eternity.