Ember Transcript Notes (Character & Setting Summary)

Main Characters

• Lina Mayfleet

  • Age: 12; an orphan who lives with Granny and Poppy, trades jobs with Doon to become a messenger, close with Doon, sister figure to Poppy, daughter/grandchild to Granny

• Doon Harrow

  • Age: 12; wants to save Ember; trades jobs with Lina to become a Pipeworks technician, adolescent who aims to play a crucial part in the city’s future

• Poppy

  • Lina’s toddler sister, rips/eats the Instructions, a critical artifact for leaving Ember

• Granny

  • Lina’s and Poppy’s grandmother, owns a yarn and thread shop; provides family support and a home base

• Clary

  • Greenhouse keeper; worked with Lina’s dad, helps Lina, offering practical knowledge and support

• Mayor Cole

  • Mayor of Ember, keeps a secret supply room hidden from the citizens, indicating concealed power and possible corruption

• Mrs. Murdo

  • Lina’s neighbor, cares for Lina and Poppy when Granny dies; serves as a local caregiver figure

• Lizzie

  • Lina’s friend, assigned to the Supply Depot; involved in handling or encountering stolen goods from Looper

• Looper

  • Store owner, steals supplies and helps the mayor keep supplies hidden; presents a link between petty crime and political power

• Mr. Harrow

  • Doon’s father, runs the Shop of Small Things; connects family to the city’s consumer and supply networks

• The Builders

  • Original builders of the underground city of Ember, left the foundational instructions for how to escape; equipped Ember to last for 200\text{ years} and then leave (the source of the Instructions)

• The Believers

  • A group that gathers to sing happy songs about the Builders coming again and showing the way, represents faith-based or hopeful responses to the city’s isolation and crisis