Uncompromising Honor characters

Also known as Honor Alexander-Harrington, Duchess Harrington, Steadholder Harrington

Appears from the start

Grand Fleet's commander, a Manticoran duchess, and a Grayson steadholder. She directs the Grand Alliance's strategy while Manticore rebuilds from the Yawata Strike.

Also known as Earl White Haven, White Haven

Appears from the start

Honor's husband and a senior Manticoran statesman. He helps shape Alliance policy as its members confront the Solarian League and recover from the Yawata Strike.

Appears from the start

Honor and Hamish's senior wife and a central member of their family.

Also known as Elizabeth

Appears from the start

Manticore's sovereign and a determined backer of the Grand Alliance. She oversees reconstruction and the kingdom's response to an expanding war.

Appears from the start

Honor's bonded tree-cat companion. His mind-speech remains impaired, but his empathic connection with Honor and his use of sign language keep him closely involved in her life and work.

Appears from the start

Nimitz's mate and a tree-cat memory singer. She can spread learned signs and safety knowledge among other tree cats through memory song.

Also known as President Pritchart, Pritchart

Appears from the start

President of Haven and Manticore's partner in the Grand Alliance. She supports the combined political and military effort against the League.

Also known as Theisman

Appears from the start

A senior Havenite military leader and Alliance representative. He helps reconcile the member navies' different institutions and strategic traditions.

Appears from the start

A senior Manticoran intelligence leader pursuing the hidden network behind attacks and political manipulation directed at the Grand Alliance.

Also known as Zilwicki

Appears from the start

An experienced investigator of Mesa and the Alignment. His specialized knowledge helps the Alliance interpret evidence left by a deeply concealed adversary.

Also known as Gold Peak

Appears from the start

Commander of Tenth Fleet.

First appears in chapter 93

A Manticoran admiral commanding Third Fleet at Beowulf. She organizes the system's defense while supporting a common Alliance shipbuilding program.

Appears from the start

A Beowulfan leader responsible for major defense decisions as the system prepares to separate from the Solarian League.

Appears from the start

A senior Solarian official who helps direct the League's coercive response to Manticore and to systems considering secession.

Appears from the start

A senior Solarian propagandist who shapes denials of League abuses and public accusations against Manticore.

Appears from the start

Head of the Mesan Alignment. As Alliance pressure increases, he accelerates the secret evacuation called Operation Houdini.

Appears from the start

Albrecht Detweiler's son and the Alignment's naval leader.

First appears in chapter 2

A Manticoran research leader who relocates Weyland's staff to Bolthole as the Alliance expands the base's research work.

First appears in chapter 3

The Solarian admiral commanding Task Force 783 for Operation Buccaneer. He distrusts official intelligence and prepares for a capable opponent.

First appears in chapter 4

An associate of Honor Harrington who attends an informal gathering with her and Grayson officers aboard a Grayson warship.

First appears in chapter 5

A Solarian captain conducting an off-books investigation into a suspected network inside League institutions. He and his allies conceal their work because ordinary counterintelligence channels may be compromised.

First appears in chapter 5

A Solarian lieutenant colonel working with Al-Fanudahi on a concealed inquiry into a suspected hostile network inside League institutions.

First appears in chapter 6

The popular Office of Frontier Security governor of Maya. Reports suggest secret contact with Manticore, but their authenticity and the purpose of any contact remain uncertain.

First appears in chapter 8

A midshipman retained beyond his training cruise to assist Bill Knight with forensic analysis of a captured Solarian warship's computer core.

First appears in chapter 12

A Mayan military leader who helped defend Torch. He has long warned that Solarian authorities underestimated Manticoran and Havenite advances.

First appears in chapter 17

The Manticoran commodore commanding the force that holds the Prime Terminus.

First appears in chapter 19

Commander of HMS Boomslang and the concealed light attack craft force stationed at the Ajay Terminus.

First appears in chapter 25

A prominent Hypatian senator who opposes secession and seeks a legal injunction against the referendum.

First appears in chapter 26

Hypatia's system president. He insists that every vote be counted and the secession result legally certified before foreign warships enter the system.

Also known as Katoch

First appears in chapter 41

Commander of the small Manticoran force hidden near Hypatia. He launches a surprise defense after the Solarian task force begins preparing its attack on the system.

First appears in chapter 41

A member of Katoch's operational planning team who directs the Ghost Rider platforms' missile employment during the defense of Hypatia.

First appears in chapter 43

Commander of HMS Arngrim. Katoch sends her ship away from his expected last stand to observe the battle, aid survivors, and warn approaching reinforcements.

Also known as Gogunov

First appears in chapter 45

The Solarian officer who inherits command of the battered Hypatia task force. He insists on continuing Operation Buccaneer and orders attacks on Manticoran survivors.

Also known as Yountz

First appears in chapter 45

A Solarian cruiser commander who becomes the Hypatia force's second-in-command. He receives control of its cruisers and destroyers as the operation approaches a moral and military breaking point.

Also known as Haskell

First appears in chapter 45

Gogunov's chief of staff. She recognizes the tactical implications of the Manticoran force's faster-than-light fire control as the battle for Hypatia continues.

First appears in chapter 57

A captured Alignment covert operative transported to Manticore under parole. The lethal mechanism he expected after capture has not activated, making him both a rare intelligence opportunity and a serious security concern.

First appears in chapter 60

A tree-cat survivor of the Yawata Strike and the destruction of his clan. Chosen to guard the former Alignment operative, he instead forms an adoption bond with him.

First appears in chapter 64

The Solarian chief of naval operations. He views Operation Buccaneer as politically damaging and warns that a proposed attack on Beowulf could become a catastrophic defeat.

Also known as Firebrand

First appears in chapter 81

The former Alignment operative previously known as Firebrand. Now cooperating with Manticore and bonded to Firewatch, he combines his inside knowledge with Anton Zilwicki's evidence to help locate the hidden organization.

Also known as Clean Killer

First appears in chapter 81

The tree cat previously called Clean Killer and now bonded to Damian Harahap. His judgment supports Harahap's loyalty, and his protective training includes safe use of a cat-sized pulser.

First appears in chapter 95

Beowulf's chief of naval operations. He readies Mycroft and remote-controlled block ships as a large hostile force enters the system and threatens its essential industry.

Also known as Cachat

Appears from the start

A Havenite operative and Anton Zilwicki's investigative partner. Their work on Mesa contributes to the Alliance's understanding of the hidden Alignment.

First appears in chapter 5

A Solarian lieutenant colonel associated with the covert investigation into a hostile internal network. She is kept outside its core group so that her future usefulness will not be compromised.

First appears in chapter 5

A Solarian major working with the off-books investigators. He favors forceful action against the suspected network, while his colleagues insist on identifying the correct target first.

Appears from the start

A senior Solarian Interior official involved in the League leadership's coercive response to Manticore and political dissent among member systems.

Appears from the start

A senior Solarian Treasury official who warns the League's leaders that war, secession, and collapsing protectorate revenues are driving a severe fiscal crisis.

First appears in chapter 57

Leader of Seraphim's independence movement. He accompanies Firebrand to Manticore despite knowing the operative helped expose his rebellion to Solarian retaliation, because Firebrand also aided and fought beside the movement.

First appears in chapter 57

A Grayson naval officer and steadholder's daughter serving aboard HMS Tristram. She distrusts Firebrand, accompanies his transfer to Manticore, and is drawn to Indiana Graham.

First appears in chapter 75

A Solarian ally of the unauthorized internal investigation. She helps assess Maya's false-flag evidence and notices indications that the Navy is planning an operation against Beowulf.