Characters
- Bel Riose, the last strong general who attempted to capture the Foundation.
- Ducem Barr, Siwennian patrician and hostage of Riose.
- Lathan Devers, trader sent to spy on Riose.
- Cleon II, the last strong emperor before the sack of Trantor.
- Brodrig, Cleon II's Privy Secretary.
- The Mule, mutant who captures the Foundation and attempts to establish a Second Empire.
- Toran and Bayta Darell, the Mule's companions.
- Captain Han Pritcher, intelligence agent for the Foundation, and first to recognise the power of the Mule.
- Mayor Indbur III, mayor of the Foundation during the Mule's conquest.
- Ebling Mis, psychologist who discovered the location of the Second Foundation.
- Dagobert IX, one of the last emperors on Neotrantor
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