Meet the Cast
Beatrice "Tris" Prior
All the Women Who Are Independent, Throw Your Hands Up at UsTris (or Beatrice, if you want to get kicked in the shins), our narrator, is independent to a fault. Her main conflict throughout Insurge...
Tobias "Four" Eaton
Fear Factor Poor Tobias. The boy is cast as someone who, given his status in Dauntless, should be almost fearless (his nickname, "Four," is the number of fears he has), yet he has to play the pawn...
Jeanine Matthews
Brain Drain Jeanine is the big bad baddie of the story. She's the President Snow to Tris's Katniss Everdeen. The Captain Beatty to her Guy Montag. James the tracker to her Bella Swan.Well, we think...
Peter Hayes
Peter, PannedIf this were a CW high school drama and not a post-apocalyptic adventure (sometimes it can be hard to tell them apart in this book), Peter would be the main villain. He's a bully motiv...
Tori
So NoTORIous Tori is notorious. Her motivation is revenge, and that's pretty much the thing that defines her. She'll do anything to get back at Jeanine for killing her brother, George Wu. She decid...
Evelyn Johnson, née Eaton
Darth JohnsonEvelyn is Tobias's mother and the leader of the factionless. Yes, it's shocking that a group of people who are supposed to be scattered and disorganized have a leader. And by "shocking...
Edward
He's Got His Eye on YouYou might remember Edward from Divergent. We described him and his friend Myra as two people who "aren't all that interesting."So, okay, you might not remember Edward from Di...
Marcus Eaton
Daddy IssuesMarcus is Tobias's father. He has a plan to change the city, and he spends most of his time keeping that plan from Tris—who doesn't care, because she hates Marcus. Well, she hates him...
Christina
Where There Isn't a Will…Christina used to be Tris's friend... that is, until Tris shot Christina's boyfriend, Will, and kept it from her. She's one of the few people in this series who seems cap...
Caleb Prior
Oh, BrotherCaleb is Tris's brother, a.k.a. her only surviving family member, a.k.a. the only family member who didn't selflessly die to save Tris. She probably wishes he would just die, though, bec...
The Dauntless
Split Down the MiddleThe Dauntless faction is split in two. Those labeled as "loyal" Dauntless are allied against Jeanine. Those who are labeled as "traitor" are allied with her. Of course, we doub...
All the Rest
You Don't Know Jack, KangJack Kang is the leader of Candor. He administers truth serum to Tris to learn more about the simulation data and negotiates the lamest peace treaty ever. Why is it lame? W...