The grandson most prominently featured, known for his keen senses and adaptability to the wilderness, who develops a closer bond with Smith than his siblings and shows curiosity about the pre-plague world.

Brothers who work as goatherds and fishermen, portrayed as rude and disrespectful towards Smith, with little interest in learning from him.

An upper-class woman who experienced a dramatic fall from wealth after the plague, caught in a love triangle involving Smith and subjected to domestic abuse by Bill.

A former chauffeur who becomes the book's primary antagonist, exerting a tyrannical hold over Vesta and embodying class resentment and brutality.