TrurlConstructor
A cosmic constructor who travels with Klapaucius, goes to the kingdom of Atrocitus, and implements the Gargantius Effect.
KlapauciusConstructor
Trurl's traveling companion who visits the kingdom of Ferocitus, survives a trap set by police, and convinces the king to revolutionize his army.
King AtrocitusMonarch of Atrocia
A militaristic and deeply miserly ruler who nationalized high treason and employs Trurl.
Atrocitus
King FerocitusMonarch of the neighboring kingdom
A generous but autocratic martinet who enforces the Theory of Universal Happiness and employs Klapaucius.
Ferocitus
GargantiusHistorical inventor/thinker
The creator of the Gargantius Effect, which merges individual minds into a collective consciousness.
Bartholocaust the WalleyedHistorical monarch
A past ruler of Atrocia during whose reign the kingdom was flooded with denunciations.
ChildUndercover agent/bait
A seemingly innocent child in a village who tries to sell state secrets to Klapaucius and leads him into a police trap.
GrandmotherLocal chief of police
An undercover police chief disguised as a grandmother knitting socks in a village house.
Emperor TurbulonHistorical monarch
A ruler cited by Klapaucius who was destroyed because he listened to his staff and refused to revolutionize his army.
Turbulon
King EnamuelHistorical monarch
A ruler cited by Klapaucius who defeated Emperor Turbulon with a much smaller, revolutionized army.
Enamuel
Grand Prince BullionNoble
Cousin of King Atrocitus who loses his individual identity upon hooking himself into the army's collective line.