Beatrice Prior

Beatrice is Divergent's sixteen-year-old protagonist. She joins Dauntless on Choosing Day and begins calling herself Tris. As a divergent, Tris plays a major role in foiling Erudite's attempt to wrest power from the Abnegation council.

Caleb Prior

Caleb, also sixteen, is Beatrice's brother. On Choosing Day, he joins Erudite. Caleb becomes enamored with Jeanine's philosophical stance on governing the city but withdraws his allegiance to Jeanine when he discovers that she has been creating long-range transmitters to control Dauntless soldiers.

Andrew Prior

Andrew is Natalie's husband and the father of Caleb and Tris. He is noticeably upset when both his children choose to leave Abnegation on Choosing Day. Despite his misgivings, Andrew later teams up with Tris and Caleb to defeat Jeanine. He dies in a shootout with Dauntless soldiers on his way to retrieve the simulation data from the control room of Dauntless headquarters.

Natalie Prior

Natalie is Andrew's wife and the mother of Caleb and Tris. Originally from Dauntless, she declared for Abnegation when she was sixteen. Because of her background, Natalie supports Tris's decision to join Dauntless. It is Natalie who rescues Tris from the glass tank at Abnegation headquarters. Later, she dies in a hail of bullets after she puts herself between Tris and Dauntless soldiers.

Jeanine Matthews

Jeanine is Erudite's leader and representative. Dissatisfied with the city's power structure, she uses her skills as a scientist to depose Abnegation council leaders and to take over the city. Jeanine is Tris's archenemy.

Tobias Eaton

Also known as Four, Tobias is the trainer of the Dauntless transfer initiates and Tris's romantic interest. He rejects Jeanine's modifications to the Dauntless initiate program and works with Tris to thwart Jeanine's plans for the city. Later in the novel, Tobias is revealed to be divergent.

Marcus Eaton

Marcus is Tobias's father. His abuse led Tobias to leave Abnegation for Dauntless. He later joins forces with Tris, Andrew, Caleb, and Tobias to dismantle the simulation program that is controlling the Dauntless soldiers.

Eric

Eric is the lead trainer of all Dauntless initiates. He dislikes Four and is jealous of Four’s superior bravery and fighting skills. In the novel, Eric works with Jeanine to scout out divergents.

Lauren

Lauren is the leader of Dauntless-born initiates. She works with Four and Eric. It is her fear landscape that all the Dauntless initiates enter during a training session.

Uriah

Uriah is a Dauntless-born initiate. He invites Tris to a zip-lining activity at the Hancock building to distract her from Peter and Drew's grisly attack on Edward.

Marlene

Marlene is a Dauntless-born initiate.

Zeke

Zeke is Uriah's older brother. He always seems to have inside information about Dauntless events before they occur.

Lynn

Lynn is a Dauntless-born initiate.

Shauna

Shauna is a Dauntless-born member. She joins Uriah and a group of Dauntless-born initiates in a zip-lining activity at the Hancock building.

Edward

Edward is an Erudite transfer and Myra's boyfriend. He places first during Stage One and is later stabbed in the eye by Peter and Drew.

Myra

Myra is an Erudite transfer and Edward's girlfriend. She and Edward voluntarily leave Dauntless after Edward is injured.

Peter

Peter is a Candor transfer. He is close friends with Drew and Molly. It is Peter who teams up with Drew and Al to throw Tris into the Chasm. He also participates in a nighttime attack on Edward.

Drew

Drew is a Candor transfer who allies with Peter and Molly. He and Peter attack Tris and Edward after both initiates place ahead of them in rankings.

Molly

Molly is a Candor transfer who constantly mocks Tris...