Editing Minor Fictional Characters in A Different Flesh

This article lists the various minor fictional characters who appear in ''[[A Different Flesh]]''. These characters are identified by name, but play at best a peripheral role in the series. Most were simply mentioned once, or had a very brief, unimportant speaking role that did not impact the plot, and never appeared again.

=Frame story=

==Ernest Simpson==
(POV)

'''Ernest Simpson''' was the historian who wrote ''[[The Story of the Federated Commonwealths]]''.

="[[Vilest Beast]]"=

==Cecil Cooper==
'''Cecil Cooper''' (b. April 1610) was the first [[human (A Different Flesh)|human]] born in [[Jamestown (A Different Flesh)|Jamestown]]. [[Claire Cooper]] was his mother. Cecil's father [[Allan Cooper]] was killed in a scuffle with [[sim]]s, three months after Cecil's birth.

==Claire Cooper==
'''Claire Cooper''' (b. ''c.'' 1584) was the wife of [[Jamestown (A Different Flesh)|Jamestown]] colonist [[Allan Cooper]], and mother of [[Cecil Cooper]], the first baby born in the colony. In July 1610, Claire and her husband came to the aid of [[Anne Wingfield]], who had been attacked by [[sim]]s in a home invasion. A few days later, Claire's husband was killed in a scuffle with the sims.

="[[And So To Bed]]"=

==Sir William Henry==
'''Sir William Henry''' was a member of the [[Rota Club (A Different Flesh)|Rota Club]]. During a dinner at the [[Turk's Head (A Different Flesh)|Turk's Head]] on May 10, 1661, he noticed [[Samuel Pepys (A Different Flesh)|Samuel Pepys]] (pronounced peeps) eying [[Kate (A Different Flesh)|an attractive serving girl]]. Sir William Henry exclaimed "See how Samuel peeps!", much to Pepys' chagrin.<ref>See e.g. ''[[Kaleidoscope]]'', pg. 6, mpp.</ref>

===Literary comment===
This person may be an obscure historical figure from the Pepys diary.

==Kate==
'''Kate''' (b. ''c.'' 1645) was a young [[human (A Different Flesh)|human]] serving girl at the [[Turk's Head (A Different Flesh)|Turk's Head]] in [[London (A Different Flesh)|London]] in 1661. On 10 May, [[Samuel Pepys (A Different Flesh)|Samuel Pepys]] ogled her as she served his fellows of the [[Rota Club (A Different Flesh)|Rota Club]]. [[Sir William Henry]] noticed, and made a pun, exclaiming: "See how Samuel peeps!"<ref>See e.g. ''[[Kaleidoscope]]'', pg. 6, mpp.</ref>

==Sim-seller==
A '''sim-seller''' sold two [[sim]]s to [[Samuel Pepys (A Different Flesh)|Samuel Pepys]] at the [[London (A Different Flesh)|London]] docks on May 4, 1661. Pepys at first found the man (whom he described at "ferret-faced") as loutish and animalistic as the sims themselves, but quickly had to admit that that was only hyperbole. When the man pointed out that the newly arrived [[Gloucester (ship)|''Gloucester'']] had replenished his stock, Pepys felt joy at pointing out that the man could not jack up the price unreasonably. Nevertheless, Pepys was unable to get the price down lower than £11.6s.4d. As the man delivered the sims to Pepys, the latter noted his proficiency in [[Sign language (A Different Flesh)|sim sign language]].

At the sim-seller's advice, Pepys took his [[Tom (And So to Bed)|two new]] [[Peg (sim)|chattels]] to view the cautionary sights on [[Shooter's Hill (A Different Flesh)|Shooter's Hill]].<ref>E.g., ''[[The Best of Harry Turtledove]]'', pgs. 445-447.</ref>

="[[Around the Salt Lick]]=

==Lord Emerson==
'''Lord Emerson''' was the Royal Governor of [[Virginia (A Different Flesh)|Virginia]]. Emerson chose [[Thomas Kenton]] to go on an expedition to the untamed western lands, passing over several younger and stronger but less experienced candidates. "Oh, aye, a youngster might travel faster and see a bit more," Emerson told Kenton, "but you're more likely to return and tell us of it."

="[[The Iron Elephant]]"=

==Patrick Bailey==
'''Patrick Bailey''' (died 1782) was part of the crew of [[Richard Trevithick (A Different Flesh)|Richard Trevithick's]] [[Iron Elephant (engine)|Iron Elephant]] steam-engine. He participated in the race between the engine and [[Prem Chand]]'s [[hairy elephant]] train.

Bailey was killed when the Iron Elephant derailed and fell into a trap dug by wild [[sim]]s. The sims carried his body off, presumably to eat it.

==Caesar==
'''Caesar''' was one of the two [[hairy elephant]]s that pulled the train driven by [[Prem Chand]]. Prem Chand rode Caesar in the race against [[Richard Trevithick (A Different Flesh)|Richard Trevithick's]] [[Iron Elephant (engine)|Iron Elephant]], and then used Caesar to rescue Trevithick from wild [[sim]]s.

==Dubois==
'''Dubois''' was the straw boss of tame [[sim]]s at [[George Stephenson]]'s railroad station. [[Prem Chand]] regarded him as more capable than his boss.

==Hannibal==
'''Hannibal''' was a [[hairy elephant]] in [[Prem Chand]]'s train. [[Paul Tilak]] rode Hannibal.

==One-eye Jim==
'''One-eye Jim''' (d. 1782) was part of the crew of [[Richard Trevithick (A Different Flesh)|Richard Trevithick's]] [[Iron Elephant (engine)|Iron Elephant]] steam-engine. He participated in the race between the engine and [[Prem Chand]]'s [[hairy elephant]] train.

One-eye Jim was killed when the Iron Elephant derailed and fell into a trap dug by wild [[sim]]s. The sims carried his body off, presumably to eat it.

==Unnamed Mayor of Springfield==
The '''Mayor''' of [[Springfield, FCA|Springfield]] presided over the opening ceremony of the race between the [[Iron Elephant (engine)|Iron Elephant]] and [[Prem Chand]]'s train, firing a ceremonial pistol into the air. Chand knew that it would have taken all [[hairy elephant]]s and steam engines combined, to keep the Mayor away from the event.

="[[Though the Heavens Fall]]"=

==Adams==
'''Adams''', along with [[Westerbrook]], was running for [[Censor of the Federated Commonwealths of America]] in 1804.

==Jason Bros==
'''Jason Bros''' ran a business in [[Portsmouth (A Different Flesh)|Portsmouth]] in 1804, catching runaway [[slavery (A Different Flesh)|slaves]]. The sign on his cabin read "Jason Bros: Runaway [[sim]]s and [[black people (A Different Flesh)|n----rs]] catched," with a picture of a sim treed by hounds with improbably sharp teeth and red mouths. [[Jeremiah Gillen|Jeremiah]], a runaway black man, saw this sign and was frightened by it.<ref>''[[A Different Flesh]]'', p. 148.</ref>

===Literary comment===
Due to the deliberately bad spelling, the correct reading of the sign may be the plural "Jason Brothers" rather than an individual named Jason Bros.

==Jasper Carruthers==
'''Jasper Carruthers''' was a client for whom [[Alfred Douglas]] was drawing up a will. Douglas had fallen behind on the work.<ref>Ibid., p. 160.</ref>

==Margaret Douglas==
'''Margaret Douglas''' (died 1802) was the wife of [[Alfred Douglas]]. She died of swamp fever. After her death, the dwellings of her husband, a horrible housekeeper, remained messes until he hired [[Jeremiah Gillen]] to be his assistant.

==Jane Gillen==
'''Jane Gillen''' (b. ''c.'' 1771) was the wife of [[Virginia (A Different Flesh)|Virginia]] plantation owner [[Charles Gillen]]. She was prone to being snappy with the house-[[Slavery (A Different Flesh)|slave]], [[Jeremiah Gillen|Jeremiah]].

==Sally Gillen==
'''Sally Gillen''' (b. 1793) was the daughter of [[Virginia (A Different Flesh)|Virginia]] planter [[Charles Gillen]].

==Joe==
'''Joe''' (died June 1804) was a [[sim]] on the [[Virginia (A Different Flesh)|Virginia]] plantation of [[Charles Gillen]]. His duties included lumberjacking. He died of lockjaw after he stepped on a thorn. Gillen mourned the loss of a 100-denaire body.

==Pickens==
'''Pickens''' was a plantation owner and neighbor of [[Charles Gillen]]'s. In 1804, Gillen loaned his [[Slavery (A Different Flesh)|slave]] [[Jeremiah Gillen|Jeremiah]] to Pickens when his cook got sick. A few months later, [[Diphtheria (A Different Flesh)|diphtheria]] ravaged the [[sim]] populations of both Pickens and Gillen. Pickens himself was ill.

==Rafe==
'''Rafe''' (died September 1804) was a [[sim]] on the plantation of [[Charles Gillen]]. In June 1804, he took over the lumberjacking duties of [[Joe (sim)|Joe]], who died of lockjaw. Then in September, like many of his fellow sims, Rafe was struck down by [[Diphtheria (A Different Flesh)|diphtheria]].

==Tom==
'''Tom''' was a [[sim]] on the plantation of [[Charles Gillen]]. When weeding the wheat fields in 1804, he pulled out a wheat plant along with the weeds. Overseer [[Harry Stowe]] rebuked Tom for this, but Tom defiantly did it again. Stowe was somewhat lenient with Tom, simply because sims were not as consciously intelligent as [[Human (A Different Flesh)|men]].

==Westerbrook==
'''Westerbrook''', along with [[Adams (A Different Flesh)|Adams]], was a candidate for [[Censor of the Federated Commonwealths of America]] in 1804.

="[[Trapping Run]]"=

==James Cartwright==
'''James Cartwright'''<ref>See [[Inconsistencies (A Different Flesh)]]</ref> was a merchant who helped nurse [[Henry Quick]] back to health, after Quick returned from the wilderness in 1815. Cartwright tried to convince Quick to tell him where Quick had stashed the load of furs he'd gathered on his last trip. Quick refused to tell him, because to do so would lead [[human (A Different Flesh)|humans]] to the home of the [[sim]] band that saved Quick's life. Cartwright suggested that Quick give up the trapping business, and make advocating for sims' rights his new mission in life. Quick replied that this was a good idea, saying "Sims aren't animals, after all."

==Sim-hunter==
'''A hunter sitting at the next table''' to [[Henry Quick]] and [[James Cartwright]] in a bar, raised his voice in agreement when Quick proclaimed "[[Sim]]s aren't animals, after all." The hunter said that sims were much better sport for hunting than common beasts, and then proudly displayed a necklace made of sim ears. Quick very nearly strangled the man to death before four men pulled him off.

="[[Freedom (A Different Flesh story)|Freedom]]"=

==Abel==
'''Abel''' was the first [[sim]] to orbit the [[Earth]] in a space capsule. Six months after his success proved it was feasible, a [[human (A Different Flesh)|human]] made the same trip.

==Bryan==
'''Bryan''' was a [[Censor of the Federated Commonwealths of America]] in 1988. He called for an investigation into how the local constabulary handled the pro-[[sim]]s' rights riots that took place in [[Philadelphia (A Different Flesh)|Philadelphia]] in 1988, and was vetoed by his fellow Censor [[Jennings (A Different Flesh)|Jennings]], which marked perhaps the greatest split between the two censors during their term.

===Literary comment===
The names of the two censors are an allusion to [[American]] lawyer and politician William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925).

==Butler==
'''Butler''' was a reporter with the [[Terminus]] ''Constitution''. He called Dr. [[Peter Howard]] shortly after members of the [[sim]] justice movement freed [[Matt (sim)|Matt]].

==Coleman==
'''Coleman''' was a security officer at the [[Terminus]] [[Disease Research Center]]. He acted as a contact between the DRC and the local police.

==Dee==
'''Dee''' was a member of the [[sim]]s justice movement. She was a locksmith, a trade that came in handy when she helped free [[Matt (sim)|Matt]] from the [[Terminus]] [[Disease Research Center]] in 1988.

==Doris==
'''Doris''' was Dr. [[Peter Howard]]'s receptionist.

==Edward==
'''Edward''' was a technician at the [[Disease Research Center]]. He and a guard named [[Lloyd (A Different Flesh)|Lloyd]] were drugged by [[Ken Dixon]] and [[Melody Porter]] when they freed [[Matt (sim)|Matt]] from the DRC.

==Emily==
'''Emily''' and her husband [[Isaac (A Different Flesh)|Isaac]] were members of the [[sim]] justice movement. They gave [[Ken Dixon]], [[Melody Porter]] and [[Matt (sim)|Matt]] a place to stay for the night when the group was on the run.

==Isaac==
'''Isaac''' and his wife [[Emily (A Different Flesh)|Emily]] were members of the [[sim]] justice movement. They gave [[Ken Dixon]], [[Melody Porter]] and [[Matt (sim)|Matt]] a place to stay for the night when the group was on the run.

==Jane==
'''Jane''' was a female [[sim]] at the [[Terminus]] [[Disease Research Center]]. Like [[Matt (sim)|Matt]], with whom she often mated, Jane had been infected with [[HIV (A Different Flesh)|HIV]].

==Jennings==
'''Jennings''' was a [[Censor of the Federated Commonwealths of America]] in 1988. He vetoed his colleague [[Bryan (A Different Flesh)|Censor Bryan's]] call for an investigation into the pro-[[sim]]s' rights riots that took place in [[Philadelphia (A Different Flesh)|Philadelphia]], perhaps the greatest split between these two censors during their term. Nonetheless, he sent his aide [[Joseph Tanaka]] to the [[Terminus]] [[Disease Research Center]] to make sure that the sims being used in [[AIDS (A Different Flesh)|AIDS]] research were being treated humanely.

===Literary comment===
The names of the two censors are an allusion to [[American]] lawyer and politician William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925).

==Lloyd==
(POV)

'''Lloyd''' was a guard at the [[Disease Research Center]]. He and a technician named [[Edward (A Different Flesh)|Edward]] were both drugged by [[Ken Dixon]] and [[Melody Porter]] the night they freed [[Matt (sim)|Matt]].

==Lucy==
'''Lucy''' was a [[sim]] belonging to [[Saul (A Different Flesh)|Saul]] and [[Rhoda (A Different Flesh)|Rhoda]], members of the sim justice movement. Saul and Rhoda gave [[Ken Dixon]], [[Melody Porter]] and [[Matt (sim)|Matt]] a place to stay for the night when the group was on the run. Lucy's presence caused a conflict as the [[HIV (A Different Flesh)|HIV]]-infected Matt wanted to mate with her.

==Reynolds==
'''[[Glossary: "Freedom"|Mistress]] Reynolds''' was one of the reporters who attended Dr. [[Peter Howard]]'s press conference announcing the development of [[HIVI]].

==Rhoda==
'''Rhoda''' and her husband [[Saul (A Different Flesh)|Saul]] were members of the [[sim]] justice movement, living in [[Springfield, FCA]]. They gave [[Ken Dixon]], [[Melody Porter]] and [[Matt (sim)|Matt]] a place to stay for the night when the group was on the run. They had a sim named [[Lucy (sim)|Lucy]], which caused a conflict as the [[HIV (A Different Flesh)|HIV]]-infected Matt wanted to mate with her.

==Saul==
'''Saul''' and his wife [[Rhoda (A Different Flesh)|Rhoda]] were members of the [[sim]] justice movement, living in [[Springfield, FCA]]. They gave [[Ken Dixon]], [[Melody Porter]] and [[Matt (sim)|Matt]] a place to stay for the night when the group was on the run. They had a sim named [[Lucy (sim)|Lucy]], which caused a conflict as the [[HIV (A Different Flesh)|HIV]]-infected Matt wanted to mate with her.

==Stephen==
'''Stephen''' was a student in [[Terminus]]. He was a member of the [[sim]] justice movement, and helped [[Ken Dixon]] and [[Melody Porter]] free [[Matt (sim)|Matt]].

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