A Civil Campaign characters

Appears from the start

An Imperial Auditor recently returned from a classified inquiry on Komarr. His military career ended after injuries left him with a seizure disorder. He hopes to court the recently widowed Ekaterin, but initially offers her professional work designing a native garden.

Appears from the start

Ekaterin's late husband and Nikki's father. The public account treats his death during the Komarr inquiry as an accident, while the details remain protected.

Appears from the start

Miles and Mark's father, and the senior holder of the Vorkosigan title.

Also known as Countess Vorkosigan

Appears from the start

Miles and Mark's mother and a senior member of the Vorkosigan family.

Also known as Ekaterin

Appears from the start

Tien's widow and Nikki's mother. Living with her great-uncle while resuming her education, she accepts paid work designing Miles's Barrayaran native-plant garden. She values the independence the commission offers and says she does not intend to marry again.

Appears from the start

Ekaterin and Tien's son. He remains in his mother's guardianship, and a retroviral treatment is expected to prevent his inherited dystrophy from developing.

Also known as Professor Vorthys

Appears from the start

Ekaterin's great-uncle and an Imperial Auditor. His household shelters Ekaterin and Nikki while she plans her studies and seeks work.

Appears from the start

Miles's longtime armsman and driver. He also watches over Miles during seizure risks and handles practical household duties.

Also known as Ivan

Appears from the start

Miles's cousin, a captain temporarily assisting Lady Alys Vorpatril with the Imperial wedding. He promises to give Miles a fair chance to pursue Ekaterin before approaching her himself.

First appears in chapter 2

The Imperial wedding coordinator who assigns Miles and Ivan duties connected with Gregor and Laisa's ceremonies.

Appears from the start

Miles's clone brother, recognized by the family as a brother in his own right. He is studying and receiving therapy on Beta Colony while working to establish an identity separate from Miles.

First appears in chapter 2

A Koudelka daughter newly returned from Beta Colony. She wants further study but cannot readily finance it, and she keeps her intimate relationship with Mark private from her family.

First appears in chapter 2

The ImpSec chief responsible for Komarran affairs and Delia's fiance. He is a senior security contact during the politically sensitive preparations for Gregor's marriage.

Also known as Gregor

First appears in chapter 2

The Emperor of Barrayar and Laisa's fiance. He oversees their politically sensitive wedding preparations and assigns Miles to keep a disputed countship case from disrupting them.

First appears in chapter 2

Gregor's Komarran fiancee. Trained in economics, she is helping shape wedding arrangements whose political meaning extends across Barrayar and Komarr.

First appears in chapter 4

An Escobaran biochemist and genetic entomologist who created the butterbugs. He collaborates with Mark and tends the rescued organisms on which their proposed business depends.

First appears in chapter 4

A Vorrutyer family member whose formal challenge has delayed Richars's confirmation as count. She has gone to Beta Colony to obtain evidence for her case.

First appears in chapter 4

The prospective successor to the Vorrutyer countship. His confirmation has been delayed by Lady Donna's legal challenge.

Also known as Bai

First appears in chapter 4

Lady Donna's cousin and supporter. He works on her legal impediment case against Richars while maintaining that he does not seek the countship himself.

First appears in chapter 4

A formal suitor for Ekaterin who uses a traditional matchmaker to offer marriage. His plans include sending Nikki to a Vor school.

First appears in chapter 6

A friend helping an isolated countess through the Vorbretten inheritance controversy as former acquaintances withdraw from the household.

First appears in chapter 6

A practical supporter of the embattled Vorbretten household while its social circle contracts under the pressure of an inheritance dispute.

First appears in chapter 7

Formerly known as Lady Donna Vorrutyer, Dono returns from Beta Colony medically male and claims the Vorrutyer countship as Count Pierre's brother. He has the household armsmen's loyalty and seeks a public Council decision against Richars.

First appears in chapter 6

The incumbent in a disputed countship succession. His claim rests on an earlier confirmation in his family line, while a challenger alleges that confirmation was invalid. Miles pledges him the Vorkosigan district vote as his Council support and social circle weaken.

Also known as Byerly

First appears in chapter 8

Dono's cousin and political contact. He knew of Dono's plan before the public claim and supports the effort to win the Vorrutyer countship.

Also known as Illyan

First appears in chapter 9

Miles's former ImpSec superior. At Miles's dinner, an indiscreet remark from him unexpectedly exposes the purpose behind Miles's attention to Ekaterin.

Also known as Rene

First appears in chapter 14

The incumbent in the Vorbretten succession dispute and Dono's ally in Miles's linked Council strategy. He needs a majority of thirty-one votes to retain his countship.

First appears in chapter 16

Tien's cousin, who previously participated in transferring Nikki's guardianship to Ekaterin. Claiming a family duty to protect Nikki, he threatens to challenge her custody because of the allegations surrounding Miles.

First appears in chapter 16

Ekaterin's brother. He initially accepts the rejected suitor's accusations as sincere and joins Vasily in pressing Ekaterin to avoid Miles.

First appears in chapter 17

The covert identity Miles invented and later embodied while commanding a mercenary fleet for ImpSec. Miles discloses to Ekaterin that Admiral Naismith was his own operational persona.