Leviathan Characters

Because everyone's always telling old Prince Aleksander of Hohenberg how important he is, we're going to let him take a backseat for now and discuss Deryn Sharp first. Ha. And boy, is Deryn Sharp s...

Though his name is technically His Serene Highness, Prince Aleksander of Hohenberg, we'll just call him Alek. That's what everyone else does, anyway, plus it's, um… way shorter.What's the number...

Duty. Honor. Country. If a word would fit right in on an armed forces recruiting poster, it probably also sums up Wildcount Volger, a.k.a. Count Volger, or just Volger. Volger is Alek's fencing mas...

Dr. Barlow is a scientist so important that the Leviathan picks her up in the middle of London, and she's not going to let anyone forget it. She's also on a secret mission to the Ottoman Empire, a...

Tazza and Dr. Barlow are rarely apart. Tazza is a Tasmanian tiger, a non-fabricated animal that seems like a cross between a dog and Tigger from Winnie-the-Pooh. While Tazza never says a word, he's...

Otto Klopp is Alek's piloting teacher, and the best master of mechaniks in Austria-Hungary. Like Volger, he has given up everything to keep Alek safe from his enemies, but unlike Volger, he's not a...

Mr. Rigby is the Leviathan's bosun, which makes him the guy in charge of all the midshipmen. He's sort of like Deryn's boss, and he's one of those loud, blustery, in-charge types who has a heart of...

While Mr. Newkirk's commitment to Darwinism is a bit questionable due to his Monkey Luddite mother, he's clearly pretty good at what he does since he's the only other midshipman chosen to stay aboa...

The captain's name is a nod to Thomas Hobbes, author of the famous political work called… wait for it… Leviathan. It's a nice little Easter egg planted in the book for those who get the joke. W...

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Real live person alert… or at least he was both real and alive at one time. Of course, by the time Leviathan opens, he's been assassinated—just like in real-world histo...