Preem Palver

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Preem Palver is a fictional character, part of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series.

Palver is portrayed as a rather loud and jolly simple farmer.

He is in reality the mastermind behind the plot to restore Hari Seldon's plan to its original course after the disruption by the Mule. This required meticulous planning, giving the Foundation a believable solution to the enigma of the Second Foundation.

He and his wife were leaving Kalgan where they had negotiated a trade agreement. They met up with Arkady Darell who was fleeing from Lord Stettin at the spaceport. They helped her evade capture and took her to Trantor.

Arkady then solved the riddle of the Second Foundation's location in a believable answer, and used Palver to pass it on to her father Toran Darell II in a coded message.

Preem Palver arranged for Kalgan to declare war on the Foundation through his agent Lady Callias mental manipulation of Lord Stettin. Kalgan lost the war, and so restored the Foundation's confidence in its purpose.

In his guise as a farmer/trader, he also negotiated to supply the Foundation with needed supplies at the close of the war, at which time he passed on Arkady's message.

He is the nineteenth First Speaker of the Second Foundation and direct descendent of Stettin Palver, another character in the Foundation universe. In fact, Palver's name literally means 'first speaker'.

Preceded by 18th First Speaker of the Second Foundation

First Speaker of the Second Foundation around 376 FE

Succeeded by 20th First Speaker of the Second Foundation