Clay’s Ark Character List

Compiled by Briana Whiteside

[Related: Mind of My Mind Character List & Wild Seed Character List]

Main Characters
1. Keira (woman protagonist who has cancer)
2. Eli (geologist who brought back the Clay’s Ark disease from space)

Supporting Characters
1. Blake Maslin (Keira’s white father)
2. Rane (Keira’s twin)
3. Ingraham (Eli’s friend who has been infected with the Clay Ark disease)
4. Meda Boyd (Eli’s current lover)
5. The woman
6. Christian (Meda’s brother)
7. Gwyn
8. Lupe (Ingraham’s wife)
9. Jacob (Eli and Meda’s clay ark son)
10. Stephen Kaneshiro (newest male member in the Clay Ark community)
11. Zera (Eli and Meda’s clay ark daughter)
12. Andrew Zeriam (Gwyn’s boyfriend who commits suicide)
13. Badger (Clay Ark enemy)
14. Smoke (Clay Ark enemy)
15. Jorah
16. Jacob Moore
17. Gabriel Boyd (Meda’s father)
18. Disa
19. Grove Kenyon
20. Lorene
21. Joseph
22. Clay Dana (the man who invented the space ship to fly into space)
23. The young girl
 
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Briana Whiteside is a graduate student in English at SIUE and a contributing writer for the Cultural Front.