Nightfall | Characters
Aton 77
Director of Saro University, Aton 77 is the elderly leader of a group of astronomers who are determined to leave a record of the night of darkness. A stern and stiff leader, Aton arranges the swap of information between the astronomers and the Cultists that leads to the discovery of the impending eclipse. It is Aton who expresses the moral to the story when he cries out at the end that they ‘‘didn’t know that they couldn’t know.’’
Beenay 25
Beenay, a ‘‘husky telephotographer,’’ is the character who brings the reporter to the Observatory and...
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