This is a list of characters in the book series The Pendragon Adventure by D. J. MacHale.
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Nevva Winter is a fictional character in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. She appears in The Quillan Games and in its sequels The Pilgrims of Rayne and Raven Rise. She then betrays all the other travelers and decides to join Saint Dane. But she eventually "fufills her duty as a Traveler."
In The Quillan Games, Nevva befriends Bobby Pendragon by telling him she is heartsick after he sees Remudi, the traveler from Ibara, die playing the brutal games of Quillan. Later in the The Quillan Games, Bobby finds out that Nevva betrayed Quillan and the Travelers. Nevva's mother, Elli, then took her place as a Traveler. At the end of the book, however, it is made known that Nevva is actually the first (out of two so far, the other being Alexander Naymeer) Traveler to join Saint Dane’s side, and she aids in the destruction of Mr. Pop. She scammed Bobby the same way as Remudi and obtained some of the same powers as Saint Dane, including the power to shapeshift. She also seems to know the "true" nature of the travelers. Bobby now faces two enemies of the same power after the book ends.
In the Pilgrims of Rayne, Nevva disguises herself as Telleo, a naive but kind doctor on Ibara who helps anyone, even the Jakills when they are injured. She seems to like things as they are on the island, not wishing the world to change. On First Earth, it is revealed that she saved Mark's parents from a plane crash in exchange for selling his invention, Forge, on First Earth, changing history. Telleo's identity is not revealed until the end of the book, when Saint Dane refers to Nevva as "Telleo".
In Raven Rise, Nevva appears to Mark and demands his Traveler's ring. She threatens that if he does not, she will return to Second Earth and stop herself from saving Mark's parents from a plane crash. Mark, after thinking, reluctantly gives up his ring. When he does this however, Nevva seems disappointed. Why this is is unknown. Later, as a raven, she heals a dying boy and gives him the ring, changing history again and causing the Ravinian cult to be created.
In Soldiers of Halla, we learn that Nevva was the one that had the idea to exile the opposers of Ravinia instead of killing them. She sends them to Eelong because she wanted to keep one Territory 'clean'. She decides that Saint Dane is evil, and joins the travelers. But before she could escape, Saint Dane kills her. Her final words hold the information Bobby needed to save the territories and kill Saint Dane. If not for her, the demon would have won. Her spirit was killed, instead of going to Solara because of her joining Saint Dane. However, it is likely she was revived after Saint Dane's defeat, as the history of all territories were rewritten so that Saint Dane never interfered with them.
Alexander Naymeer ( /neɪˈmɪər/) first appears in Raven Rise as the main antagonist. Naymeer was originally chosen to be Bobby's mentor, but he became corrupted by Saint Dane, so the job went to Press. He is the leader of the cult Ravinia. Originally a child prodigy, he came extremely close to death at the age of seven. However, he was saved when Saint Dane gave him a Traveler ring stolen from Mark Dimond, healing him and allowing him to discover Halla. Due to Saint Dane's interference, he becomes the sadistic villain seen in Raven Rise, ultimately causing and then dying in the collapse of Yankee Stadium later deemed the "Bronx Massacre."
Veego and LaBerge are siblings, business partners, and the CEOs of the Quillan Games. They were originally from Veelox and were taken to Quillan by Mr. Kayto (Saint Dane in disguise) after the incident on Veelox. They were taken to the other territories where they stole the ideas from the territories and "created" them on Quillan. The games included wippen from Eelong, spinney-do from Cloral, and the game from Zadaa involving knocking off pegs from your opponent. They also stole tang knives from Eelong and air bubbles from Cloral. This angered Bobby, though he realized they knew no better about mixing the territories. Bobby eventually lost Quillan after the plan involving winning the Grand X backfired. Veego and LaBerge, to Bobby's horror, were immediately restored to their celebrity status while Quillan lay to waste. LaBerge loves to play games, and Veego loves the attention and money she makes from the games, so they make a good team. Veego also appears in Raven Rise to be given the island of Ibara from the trustees.
Alder is a Bedoowan knight from the territory Denduron. He is the second Traveler that Bobby meets on his journey. Alder is described as clumsy (except during combat), but is also regarded as the kindest and most honorable of the Travelers. Over the course of the series, he becomes one of Bobby's best friends. In battle, Alder is a fierce warrior, and he is skilled in healing other Travelers. During the events of Raven Rise, he tries to leave Denduron (to return weapons used in the previous book) and discovers the Milagoo and Bedoowan have united and will use tak to destroy their enemies. He attempts to stop the combined nations, but is captured and sentenced to execution. Whilst in his jail cell, Bobby finds him and the two escape, heading for Second Earth. He assists Bobby in healing their ally and fellow Traveler Patrick Mac when Patrick appears in the flume mortally wounded. In the climax of Book 9, the UN's vote is revealed to favor Ravinia, whereupon the 70,000 protesters gathered in Yankee Stadium are pulled into a giant flume which Naymeer creates, causing the true Bronx Massacre. Alder tries to stop him, but before he can make it to the podium and take out Naymeer,his Ravinian Guards shoot,killing him almost instantly. Later in The Soldiers of Halla, he and the other Travelers appear and help battle Saint Dane's armies while Bobby himself defeats Saint Dane, subsequently saving all of Halla.
Aja Killian ( /ˈeɪʒə ˈkɪljɨn/) is the Traveler from Veelox. Aja was an orphan, raised in a group home that trained intelligent children to work to their full potential. She was adopted by Evangeline, one of the workers at the home, who she now calls her aunt and acolyte. The former traveler was Headmistress Nilssin, who was the headmistress of the school Aja attended. She was then promoted to what is called a "Senior Phader" on her territory. A "Senior Phader" is a person who helps control other people's "jumps" into a "Matrix" like dreamworld called Lifelight. She is concerned about the fact that the people of her territory prefer the 'fantasy world' over reality. Her territory is crumbling because its inhabitants spend more time in this dreamworld instead of living in the real world. To destroy her territory's dependence on this dreamworld, Lifelight, she creates "The Reality Bug". This bug is a computer virus that makes Lifelight fantasies less than desirable, so that people may be encouraged to leave Lifelight and live their own lives. However, the bug works far too well, actually harming the people in Lifelight, creating the conflict in The Reality Bug.
In The Pilgrims of Rayne, the other Travelers visit Veelox and Aja tells them that the Lifelight system is destroyed. After the people in Lifelight ran out of gloid, a food substitute, the people were dying in such mass numbers so quickly they were not even pulled from their fantasies. After facing this morbid reality, Aja comes up with a plan to save as many people as she could: she moved everybody to an island, which is known as Ibara. She plans to execute a pilgrimage once the population of Ibara is steady to repopulate and recivilize the original territory, Veelox. This pilgrimage she tries ultimately fails. Bobby Pendragon asks her to leave her home territory of Veelox for reasons undisclosed, but after pressing for the reason why, Aja was explained to by Siry Remudi, the traveler from Ibara, that she would be assassinated before the departure of the forty. She is afraid that her survival may change the future of Veelox and Ibara forever. She appears in the end of Raven Rise with all of the other travelers. She is currently deceased on Ibara but alive on Veelox.
Patrick Mac is the Traveler from Third Earth, also a teacher and librarian. The Traveller before him was his student Em Stickler whose acolyte was Jay Oh (also Patrick's student), and both are much younger than he is. He appears in both The Never War and The Pilgrims of Rayne. He is about Bobby's size, and looks like what Bobby Pendragon says to be a sort of nerd. In The Never War he showed Gunny and Bobby information and compiled a simulation of what would have happened if the Hindenburg did not crash. In The Pilgrims of Rayne he almost went over the brink of insanity when he woke up one day with 'dados' (robots) on Third Earth, where he met up with Bobby and met Courtney. It was revealed by a 'dado' receptionist at the doctors that Patrick's last name was Mac after addressing him as "Mr. Mac" in The Pilgrims of Rayne. He plays a role trying to find out what happened to the Earth territories in Raven Rise, but is killed when a Ravinian truck swerves in front of his car, causing a deadly collision. He, along with all the other travelers, appears in the end.
Siry Remudi ( /sɪˈriː rɛˈmuːdi/) is the Traveler from the territory Ibara and the adopted son of Jen Remudi, who was the previous Traveler. He first appears in The Pilgrims of Rayne as a member of the rebellious group, the Jakills (the name comes from Aja Killian, the Traveler from Veelox), in the jungles of Ibara. Gradually, Bobby convinces Siry to accept himself as a Traveler, and they help lead a battle to gain the territory Ibara. However, Siry ends separated from Ibara when Bobby blows up Ibara's flume. Siry returns to Zadaa with Loor to return the dygo, later appearing in an unknown area with the other travelers at the end of Raven Rise.
Elli Winter was first chosen to be the Traveler from Quillan until Nevva is ready to be a Traveler, but was frightened of the stories she heard and therefore handed the task to her daughter Nevva. When Nevva betrayed the Travelers, Elli accepted her task. She appears in the end of Raven Rise along with all the other travelers in an unknown place. In The Soldiers of Halla she helps by "unabandoning" Nevva and bringing her to the side of the Travelers.
Bobby's uncle
Osa was the adoptive mother of Loor, and like her daughter, a fierce warrior. However, different than Loor, Osa was more loving and caring with her allies. She was present in one of Bobby's flashbacks of his Uncle Press, where she appeared at a party with him. She was described as being incredibly beautiful and had kind eyes even though she did not speak (of course, Bobby had no idea at that time that she was a Traveler). In his flashback, Bobby surmised that she seemed to be Uncle Press's girlfriend. However, this was not confirmed.
In Merchant of Death, Osa appeared on Second Earth to give Mark Dimond his acolyte ring. She was later present when Bobby awoke in a hut in the Milago village. As Press had been captured, Osa took over Bobby's Traveler training, educating him. She told him information about the Travelers' roles and abilities, including the ability to hear all languages as their own and cause others to perceive their speech as their native language. Osa also showed Bobby the Milago mines, showing him the adverse conditions the Milago had to work in and the tyrannous dominance that the Bedoowan had imposed upon the Milago. Upon their exit of the mines, however, Osa, Loor, and Bobby were ambushed by a group of Bedoowan knights. During the fight with the Bedoowans, Osa was tragically shot full of arrows by Bedoowan sharpshooters and killed. Her daughter replaced her as the Traveler from Zadaa.
Benn Spader was the penultimate traveler from Cloral. He was well-acquainted with Press, but met his demise when he was poisoned by Saint Dane. He had visited the city of Faar and was honored among its people, thus granting his son safe passage.
Seegen was a klee (a sentient cat) and the Traveler from Eelong. He made a map from Leeandra to Black Water and was killed similarly to Spader's father, and with exactly the same poison. He was administered the poison by Saint Dane who was disguised as his acolyte, Yorn, and died upon his arrival from the flume on Second Earth. His daughter, Kasha, replaced him.
Remudi was the Traveler from the territory Ibara. He appeared briefly in The Quillan Games, where he was competing in a Tato match, (a game that has two people fight to the death on a raised platform), as Challenger Yellow against Challenger Green, (who was Saint Dane in a different form), when he fell off the Tato platform to his death. This was broadcasted all over Quillan on giant television screens on the top of the buildings just as Bobby Pendragon arrived to this territory. His adopted son, Siry, is the new Traveler for Ibara.