List of Divergent characters

The following is a list of characters in the Divergent series by Veronica Roth, set within a dystopian post-apocalyptic version of Chicago.

Major characters

Beatrice "Tris" Prior

Beatrice "Tris" Prior
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Allegiant
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Shailene Woodley Elyse Cole (aged 10)
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Andrew Prior (father; deceased) Natalie Prior (mother; deceased) Caleb Prior (older brother)

Beatrice "Tris" Prior is the viewpoint character in Divergent and Insurgent, and shares the viewpoint character role in Allegiant with Tobias "Four" Eaton. Born in the Abnegation faction to Andrew and Natalie Prior, she describes herself as having pale blonde hair, gray-blue eyes, and a short and skinny stature. She bears a tattoo of three ravens on her collarbone leading down to her heart, each one representing one of her family members; she also has a Dauntless seal on her left shoulder and an Abnegation seal on her right shoulder.

In Divergent, she is sixteen years old when she has to take the aptitude test to determine her future faction, but Tori, her test administrator, tells her that she is "Divergent", that is, she has aptitude in multiple factions; in her case, she can fit in Dauntless, Erudite and Abnegation. Tori warns her never to share that information. In the Choosing Ceremony, Beatrice transfers to Dauntless, and undergoes initiation and training under her name "Tris" to qualify to become a member. She learns that only the top ten initiates will become members; but instead of being discouraged by the news, she becomes more determined to get through initiation. Tris befriends fellow initiates Will, an Erudite transfer and Al from Candor. During Tris's first physical match, she is paired against Peter and is badly beaten. During a game of Capture the Flag, Tris is on Four's team and plays a major part in their team's victory. During knife-throwing practice, she has a row with Eric when he places Al in front of the target despite Al's fear of getting hit by the knives. Tris volunteers to stand in place of Al while Four throws knives at the target behind her. He accidentally-on-purpose nicks her ear. On visiting day, her mother comes to meet her. Natalie tells her to ask her brother to research the Erudite's simulation serum before leaving. Tris realizes her mother was originally from Dauntless. The second phase of initiation involves putting the initiates in simulations of their fears to monitor their response, only ending once they calm down. Tris fears being devoured by crows, but she manages to calm down; she wakes up in a fit and is comforted by Four. During her second simulation, Tris is in a glass box filling with water while her fellow initiates watch and tease her. Tris bangs on the glass until it breaks, and the simulation ends. Because she was able to manipulate the simulation, Four realizes she is Divergent and tells her to hide this or else she may end up dead. She faces four more fear simulations in which she is being burned on a stake by Peter, drowning in the middle of an ocean, watching her family bleed to death and shooting them while she was held at gunpoint. During this time she also finds out through Four that Erudite are planning to attack Abnegation by using Dauntless and that Four's real name is Tobias Eaton. At the end of initiation, Tris ranks first and becomes a member of Dauntless. The Dauntless are also injected with another serum which supposedly will help in tracking down people in case of someone going missing but instead it is used to induce a simulation which hypnotizes them to attack the Abnegation. However, since Tris and Four are both Divergent this does not work on them. They then try to escape but are caught and presented to Jeanine Matthews, the Erudite leader, who sentences Tris to death, because she was shot while attempting to escape with Four, while Four is injected with another serum which affects Divergents and is sent to oversee the attack from the control room in Dauntless headquarters. Tris is placed in a real tank filling with water, but she is saved by her mother. Natalie, her mother, is killed during the escape, and Tris is later forced to shoot Will who tries to attack her while he is under the influence of the simulation. Tris heads back to the Dauntless compound with her father, Caleb and Abnegation leader Marcus Eaton, Four's father. Tris finds Four in the control room. Under the influence of a simulation, Four attacks her but she refuses to kill him, crying out a plea to the real Four, hoping the simulation will be broken. This leads Four to break out of his simulation and stop the Erudite simulation and free the Dauntless. Tris, Four, Caleb, Peter, and Marcus then board the train to Amity.

In Insurgent, Tris, Four, Marcus, Caleb, and Peter reach the Amity sector, where the Abnegation survivors are hiding. She overhears a conversation between the Amity leader, Johanna Reyes, and Marcus that Abnegation leaders died protecting a secret. Soon Dauntless and Erudite traitors arrive to capture Abnegation. They recognize Four's tattoos and during a fight, Tris, Four, Caleb, and Susan manage to escape by jumping on a train and meet with Edward who is now a part of the factionless and meets their leader Evelyn who is Four's mother. Later Tris and Four go to Candor and under truth serum influence, she reveals to Four that she has killed Will. She injures Eric during his attack on Candor. She later surrenders herself to Erudite to save Dauntless, where she finds out that her brother is working for Jeanine but is later able to escape with Four and Peter. She joins Marcus Eaton in order to obtain the information stolen by Erudite from Abnegation and transfer it to every faction. When Four finds about this, he is shocked and angry at her, but they later reconcile and she hopes that they will have no secrets from each other.

Tris dies in Allegiant, after discovering that the Bureau of Genetic Welfare, a US government agency, has decided to wipe the memories of all people in Chicago to prevent the closure of their last experiment and tries to wipe the memories of the board members, initially surviving the death serum, but being shot to death later by David.

Shailene Woodley plays Beatrice "Tris" Prior in the 2014 Divergent and 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent films.

Tobias "Four" Eaton

Tobias "Four" Eaton
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	The Transfer
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Theo James
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Marcus Eaton (father) Evelyn Johnson-Eaton (mother)

Tobias "Four" Eaton is a member of Dauntless and serves as the instructor to the initiates born outside of Dauntless. He was born in the Abnegation sector to Marcus and Evelyn Johnson-Eaton. His mother abandoned him at young age and he grew up with his father, who was abusive to him. During his Choosing Ceremony, he chooses Dauntless as his faction to escape Marcus. He has dark blue eyes and dark brown hair with a scar on his chin and a few freckles on his nose. He has tattooed the symbol of each faction on his spine, starting from Dauntless at the top, then Abnegation, Amity, Candor and Erudite. He gets the nickname "Four" from his instructor Amar due to having only four fears: heights, shooting someone, claustrophobia and his father Marcus Eaton.

In The Transfer, he first appears as a sixteen-year-old before his Choosing Ceremony and later as a Dauntless initiate.

In Divergent, he is eighteen years old. He is the instructor for the transfer initiates and develops feelings for Tris. He leaves the room when during the training Tris gets beaten by Peter and later says it is "not something I wanted to see," suggesting his feelings for Tris and not wanting to see her hurt. During the knife throwing training, when Tris took Al's place to stand in front of a target, he nicks her ear to show Eric that he does not care about her as if Eric finds out about his feelings toward Tris, it will lead Eric to hurt her. This is because he is jealous of Four since their previous leader Max wanted Four to take his place as a Dauntless leader instead of Eric. In Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene, the retelling of chapter thirteen of Divergent from Four's perspective, it is revealed that he was going to leave Dauntless and become factionless but after meeting Tris, who like him came from Abnegation, decided to stay for her. During simulation initiation, he finds out that Tris is Divergent like him; he tells her to be careful about it and deletes the footage of the incident. He also finds out that Erudite are planning to use Dauntless to attack on Abnegation. The serum through which Erudite control Dauntless does not work on Tris and Four as they both are Divergent. They try to escape but caught out and brought in front of Jeanine Matthews, the leader of Erudite. She injects Four with the serum which works on Divergent and sends him to oversee the attack in control room. When Tris comes back and tries to stop him, he attacks her under the influence of serum but she does not want to hurt him at all which cause him to break his simulation and he along with Tris stop the Erudite simulation and free other Dauntless. Later he, Tris, Caleb, Peter and Four's father Marcus board the train to Amity to find the Abnegation survivors.

In Insurgent, Dauntless and Erudite traitors recognize him at Amity headquarters. During the fight he, Tris, Caleb and Susan manage to escape through boarding a train, which is full of factionless including former Dauntless Edward, who leads them to the factionless leader who is also Four's mother Evelyn. She wants Four to convince other Dauntless to join the factionless. He and Tris head towards Candor. When they reach Candor, they are subjected to truth serum, during which Four reveals that he joined Dauntless to escape his abusive father. He also finds out that Tris shot Will while he was under the influence of the serum, which makes him angry because she did not reveal that information to him. Eric, along with other Dauntless traitors, attacks Candor but gets caught. Four, along with others, secretly observes a meeting between Candor representative Jack and Erudite representative Max, who wants Eric back but the meeting becomes unsuccessful as Max gets killed. During the secret meeting of Dauntless, Four, Tori and Harrison are selected as new leaders. They sentence Eric to death and Four executes him. He also makes an agreement with the factionless to destroy Erudite and establish a new government. Later they find out about a simulation that will kill Dauntless members until a Divergent is given to Erudite. As a result Tris decides to sacrifice herself but he begs her not to. She agrees, but leaves for Erudite as he sleeps. He also surrenders himself to Erudite and later he and Tris escape the Erudite headquarters with the help of Peter. They arrive at Abnegation sector to meet the Dauntless and the factionless. He and Tris also admit their love to each other. He was deeply shocked and hurt, when he finds out that Tris aligned with his father Marcus but they later reconcile.

In Allegiant, he grieves badly because Tris was killed by David with a gun. He tries to drink memory serum but is interrupted by Christina. Two years after Tris's death, he over comes his fear of heights and rides the zip-line knowing Tris would want him to.

English actor Theo James plays Tobias "Four" Eaton in the 2014 Divergent and 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent films.

Caleb Prior

Caleb Prior
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Ansel Elgort
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Andrew Prior (father; deceased) Natalie Prior (mother; deceased) Beatrice "Tris" Prior (sister; deceased)

Caleb Prior is a member of Erudite faction. He was born in Abnegation to Andrew and Natalie Prior. He is the older brother of Beatrice "Tris" Prior. He is described as having green eyes with hooked nose, has dark hair and dimpled cheeks. He, like his sister, chooses a different faction than the Abnegation.

In Divergent, during the choosing ceremony, he chooses Erudite and fits well with other Erudite initiates. At the advice of their mother, Tris goes to the Erudite compound to meet and talk to him about the simulation serum but he defends his faction. He also feels disappointed by knowing that Natalie went to visit Tris and not him. He is also shocked when he finds out that members of Abnegation are banned in the Erudite compound. Later he leaves Erudite after learning about their plan to use Dauntless to attack Abnegation. He joins the surviving Abnegation members along with his father and goes to Dauntless with him and Tris. After Tris and Four shut down the simulation of Erudite, he escapes with them on the train towards Amity.

In Insurgent, he manages to escape with other when Erudite and Dauntless traitors attack Amity and board a train. They meet the factionless at the train and arrive at said sector. He later leaves for the Abnegation sector with Susan. He also appears at Candor with Marcus Eaton, after Eric's attack on Candor but leaves again. When Tris surrenders herself to Jeanine, to save Dauntless from simulation, she sees him at the Erudite headquarters and finds out that he was working for Jeanine all along and he also transferred information about Tris' aptitude test to her. During the invasion of Marcus's group at Erudite, he tries to stop them but knocked down by Marcus.

Ansel Elgort plays Caleb Prior in the 2014 Divergent and 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent films.

Marcus Eaton

Marcus Eaton
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	The Transfer
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Ray Stevenson
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Tobias "Four" Eaton (son) Evelyn Johnson-Eaton (ex-wife)

Marcus Eaton is one of the council members of Abnegation and is the only one out of these who remains alive after the attack of Dauntless controlled by Erudite through simulation. He was born in Abnegation and chooses Abnegation as his faction. He is the father of Tobias "Four" Eaton and since his childhood was abusive to him. He was close to Tris's father Andrew, as he was also one of the council member of Abnegation. His wife, Evelyn left him due to his abusive nature. He is described to have been similar in appearance to his son - in particular, both of them have similar dark blue eyes.

In The Transfer, he appears as the controlling and abusive father of Four, who wants his son to choose Abnegation as his faction. He appears very shocked, when Four actually chooses Dauntless instead of Abnegation as his faction at the Choosing Ceremony.

In Divergent, he, along with Tris, Andrew, Caleb and others, tries to stop the mind-controlled Dauntless to kill members of Abnegation. He later gets on a train with his son, heading towards Amity to find the Abnegation survivors.

In Insurgent, he arrives at Amity sector and also reveals to the Amity leader Johanna that Abnegation leaders died to protect a secret. He appears at Candor with Caleb after Eric's attack. Four attacks him in front of everyone as Dauntless members were teasing him to be a coward due to his confession under the influence of truth serum. He later manages to convince Tris that Jeanine Matthews stole the information her parents and other Abnegation leaders died to protect. He wants to share this information with other factions as well. He along with his group invade Erudite headquarters and knocks down Caleb Prior when he tries to stop them.

Ray Stevenson plays Marcus Eaton in the 2014 Divergent and 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent films.

Jeanine Matthews

Jeanine Matthews
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Insurgent
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Kate Winslet
In-universe information
Gender	Female

Jeanine Matthews is the primary antagonist in Divergent and Insurgent. She was born and later chooses Erudite as her faction. Later she is appointed as leader of Erudite solely based on her IQ score. She developed the Aptitude Test, which has to be taken before the Choosing Ceremony. She creates many articles about Abnegation based on lies and published in newspapers run by Erudite, to make people believe that they are not a selfless faction but rather greedy and selfish. She created the serum, through which she mind-controlled Dauntless and with the help of Dauntless leader Eric, she makes them attack Abnegation sector. She has watery gray colored, sharp eyes with attractive face and also wears glasses. She has stretch marks on her knees and her fingernails look to have been bitten raw.

In Divergent, she develops the serum to control Dauntless and make them kill Abnegation. When Tris and Four get caught, she injects Four with another serum that works on Divergent and sends him to the control room to oversee the attack while sentencing Tris to death.

In Insurgent, she sends Dauntless traitors and Erudite to hunt down the Divergents and bring them to Erudite headquarters for testing. She later creates another serum, which Eric injects into Dauntless during his attack at Candor. She sends Max to Candor to bring Eric, Divergent and those who are not injected with the serum but the mission becomes a failure as Max gets killed. When Tris surrenders herself to save the Dauntless injected with serum, she injects Tris with a terror-inducing drug so that Four will give up the locations of the factionless safe houses but she remains unsuccessful up to the end as she cannot find a simulation to control Tris. She later orders for Tris's execution. When Dauntless and factionless attack Erudite compound, Tori corners her in her laboratory. Tori wants to avenge her brother, who was Divergent and was killed on Jeannie's order. Despite Tris's insistence that they need her alive to access the information, stolen from Abnegation, Tori stabs her with a knife, which kills her.

Kate Winslet plays Jeanine Matthews in the 2014 Divergent and 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent films.

Christina

Christina
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Zoë Kravitz
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Stephanie(mother) Rose (sister)

Christina is a member of Dauntless faction and friend of Tris. She was born in Candor but chooses Dauntless as her faction at the Choosing Ceremony. She was in relationship with Will which ends with his death. She has short black hair with dark brown skin and eyes. She along with Tris got a tattoo of the Dauntless seal.

In Divergent, she appears as a transfer from Candor into Dauntless. She helps Tris on to the train and later they jump from the moving train together on the roof below. They become friends and she also helps Tris in her makeover. During the sparring in training activity, she pairs up against Molly, who brutally beat her up and in the end she forfeits the fight. Eric, not happy with her, leads her and other initiates to the Chasm. He shoves her towards the railing and orders her to climb over it and hang over the other side for five minutes - if she fails to do that she will have to leave Dauntless and become factionless. Despite her injuries, she manages to stay there for five minutes. The second time she fights, Will is placed against her to whom she also loses. During the game of Capture the Flag, she is picked by Four as one of his team members. Tris formulates the plan to capture the flag but Christina takes the flag and later apologizes to her. On Visiting Day her mother and sister come to meet her. During the second stage of initiation involving simulations, it is revealed that she is afraid of moths. She also starts a relationship with Will before the fear landscape stage of initiation. She walks out on Tris when Tris comes out first among the transfers for their rankings for stage two and Peter accuses Tris for manipulating others but they reconcile after Peter's attack on Tris. She along with other Dauntless controlled by simulation through serum attack on Abnegation and wakes up when Tris and Four shut it down.

In Insurgent, she meets Tris at Candor not knowing that Tris killed Will. Under the influence of truth serum Tris reveal the truth about Will's death but she forgives Tris and understand that she has no other option as Will was controlled by simulation completely. Later, she along with Tris find out about the new simulation killing Dauntless. She goes with Tris and Marcus at Amity to inform their leader about the information stolen by Erudite and also invade Erudite compound but becomes disabled after a fight.

In Allegiant, Christina escapes out of Chicago with Tris and the others, where they find the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. Along with Tobias, Peter and Amar, she goes into the city to inoculate its inhabitants against the memory serum, but gives a vial of the serum itself to Tobias to use on his mother or father in the hopes of stopping the conflict. After Tris's death at the hands of David, Christina manages to convince Tobias not to wipe his memory with the memory serum, and in the epilogue they are shown to be close friends.

Zoë Kravitz plays Christina in the 2014 Divergent and 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent films.

Tori Wu

Tori Wu
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	The Transfer
Last appearance	Allegiant
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Maggie Q
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	George Wu (brother)

Tori Wu was born in Erudite and later choose Dauntless as her faction along with her brother George. Her brother was thought to be killed by Dauntless and Erudite, when they found out that he was Divergent, but later turns up alive in Allegiant. She administers the aptitude test for both Tris and Four. She is also one of the tattoo artists in the Dauntless compound and tattooed ravens on Tris's collarbone. Later in Insurgent, she becomes one of the leaders of Dauntless along with Four and Harrison. She is of Asian descent and has small black eyes and hair with a few streaks of gray. She has a tattoo of a black and white hawk with a red eye on her neck.

In The Transfer, Tori administers the aptitude test for Four and remains quiet about him being Divergent; she later becomes friends with him during his initiation at Dauntless.

In Divergent, she is the evaluator of Tris's test and warns her to keep quiet about being Divergent or her life will be in danger. During Tris' simulation, she manages to break through the manipulation; she goes to Tori for answers. Tori reveals to her that Divergents are capable of shutting down and breaking through the simulation. She also reminds her to keep quiet about it by telling her about her brother George, who was also Divergent and got killed because of it. She along with other Dauntless attack the Abnegation sector under the influence of serum and killed a man.

In Insurgent, she and Zeke arrive at the Candor sector in injured condition and it is revealed that they were working as spies among Erudite and Dauntless traitors but when their secret was revealed they escape to Candor to join other Dauntless. She along with Four and Harrison elected as new leaders of Dauntless and sentence Eric to death. During the attack on Erudite compound, she manages to corner Jeanine Matthews in her laboratory and stabs her with knife which leads to Jeanine's death to avenge her brother, who was killed on Jeanine's orders. Later she calls Tris a traitor because Tris tries to stop her from killing Jeanine, so they can retrieve the information stolen from Abnegation.

Tori was killed during an ambush in Allegiant while attempting to leave the city. Tragically, she dies right before she would have been reunited with George.

Maggie Q plays Tori in the 2014 Divergent and 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent films.

Eric

Eric
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	The Transfer
Last appearance	Insurgent
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Jai Courtney
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Eric was born in Erudite and transfers to Dauntless. In Divergent, he is one of the leaders of Dauntless. He is Four's nemesis as they were in the same year of initiation and Four was ranked first while he was second. Four also suspects him of being responsible for the death of Amar, who was their instructor and a Divergent (this is later proven wrong). He is described as tall with long dark colored hair in dread-locks and has numerous piercings. He has dull gray color eyes which appears cold and a loud and long evil laugh.

In The Transfer, he is a Dauntless initiate, along with Four.

In Divergent, he appears as one of the leaders of Dauntless. He is cruel and harsh and takes pleasure from others' pain. He punishes Christina when she forfeits her fight due to her injuries by making her hang over the Chasm at the risk of becoming factionless if she is incapable of doing so. He has a competitive nature as shown during the game of Capture the Flag, where his team loses to Four's; he reacts sullenly and later violently. He works for Jeanine Matthews and injects Dauntless with the serum which makes them attack Abnegation. Tris shoots him in the leg when he tries to shoot Four.

In Insurgent, he along with Erudite and Dauntless traitors attack Candor, to capture Abnegation survivors and Divergent for testing and also injects the Dauntless with another serum. During the attack he kills the little Divergent boy and gets caught when Tris injured him. When Dauntless find out that one of Erudite's peace conditions for Candor is to hand over Eric safely, the newly elected Dauntless leaders sentence him to death. He asks Four to be his executioner, who complies. Despite his taunting and casualness, even in the face of death, he cannot be brave.

Jai Courtney plays Eric in the 2014 Divergent and 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent films.

Peter Hayes

Peter Hayes
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Miles Teller
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Unnamed (father) Unnamed (mother)

Peter is the central antagonist in Divergent. He was born in Candor but chooses Dauntless as his faction. He is described as having an angelic face, dark green eyes and dark hair. His nose is long with a narrow bridge.

In Divergent, he first appears in the train with Christina and Tris and mocks Tris by calling her "Stiff". During the sparring in training, he beats Tris until she falls unconscious, but loses to Edward. Eric chooses him as his team member in the game of Capture the Flag. At the last day of their initiation's stage one, he along with Molly, Drew, and some others make fun of Tris's physique, when she heads back to the dorm to fetch her dress as her pants do not fit her anymore because of her new muscles. Peter yanks off her towel and they laugh and make fun of her. When stage one's results come out and Edward comes first followed by Peter, Peter in his jealousy stabs Edward in the eye with a knife that night. But Tris and Christina decide not to report him as they know that Dauntless will not do anything to Peter. When Tris comes first for the second stage of initiation, he does not take it well at all and turns Tris's friends against her by accusing her of manipulating others to seem weak and achieving better results. He then kidnaps Tris along with Al and Drew, gropes her and hangs her over the chasm until Four comes to her rescue, supposedly in a mere attempt to scare her rather than kill her. He is one of the few people who is not under simulation controlled by Erudite because of his already violent nature and encounters Tris, Andrew, Caleb and others when they return to stop the simulation where Tris shoot him in the arm. He agrees to help them stop the simulation if the party will take him with them to Amity due to his fear that he will get killed because of his knowledge of computers controlling the simulations.

In Insurgent, he appears at Amity with the others, still suffering from the bullet wound. Later he steals the Erudite disk from Tris's room but later gets caught and beaten up by Tris. During the Erudite and Dauntless traitors attack on Amity, Tris saves his life. When Tris surrenders herself to Erudite, she found out that after the attack on Amity, Peter has joined the Erudite and he is assigned as her guard. He fakes her death and later helps her and Four escape from Erudite. He arrives at Abnegation where factionless and Dauntless are staying and Edward confronts him. He later declines to join the others in their invasion at Erudite.

In Allegiant, Tobias gives him the memory serum to reset his memory as he no longer wants to be mean and cruel and wants to change.

Miles Teller plays Peter in the 2014 Divergent and 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent films.

Edward

Edward
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Allegiant
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Ben Lamb
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Edward was born in Erudite but transfers into Dauntless. He later becomes voluntarily factionless after Peter stabs him in the eye as his injury makes it difficult for him to complete the Dauntless initiation. He is great in hand-to-hand combat, which he learned since he was ten and is often described as fast and athletic. He is in a relationship with Myra, who also leaves Dauntless with him but they later break up because of his increasingly violent nature.

In Divergent, he appears as a Dauntless initiate. During the sparring training he beats Peter. When the results of stage one of initiation are announced, Edward is ranked first followed by Peter. Peter, out of anger and jealousy, along with Drew, stabs Edward in the eye with a butter knife. Tris comforts him until the nurse arrives just like her mother did to her once and also cleans his blood off the floor. After that he and Myra leave Dauntless and become factionless.

In Insurgent, he meets Tris, Four and others after their escape from Amity on the train. He leads them to factionless leader Evelyn Johnson/Eaton. It is revealed that he and Myra are no longer together due to his increasingly violent nature. He brutally beats up Molly and Drew when they try to join the factionless division in which Edward is. He also hit Peter in the face, when he arrives at Abnegation sector with Tris and Four. He gets shot to the side, during the attack on Erudite headquarters.

In Allegiant, he is killed in the beginning of the book, after trying to destroy the ceremony's bowls. He gets shot.

Ben Lamb plays Edward in the 2014 Divergent film.

Factions

Abnegation

Abnegation is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent. It is dedicated to selflessness and forgetting oneself for the sake of others. It was formed on the principle that selfishness and greed is the cause of human problems. Their chosen color is grey, as they all wear grey colored, loose fitting clothes. Grey stones represents it at the Choosing Ceremony.

Natalie Prior

Natalie Prior
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Allegiant (mentioned only)
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Ashley Judd
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Andrew Prior (husband) Beatrice "Tris" Prior (daughter) Caleb Prior (son)

Natalie Prior is the mother of Beatrice "Tris" Prior and Caleb Prior and wife of Andrew Prior. She was born in Dauntless to a Dauntless leader. She, like her daughter, is Divergent and on the advice of her own mother chooses Abnegation as her faction because she will get killed if Dauntless find out about her being Divergent. She is described as pretty and has pale green eyes with dimples on her cheeks.

In Divergent, she tells Tris that she loves and supports her no matter which faction she chooses. Her husband becomes disappointed when their children choose factions other than Abnegation but she smiles at them and supports their decision. She comes to visit Tris on Visiting Day and after finding out her being Divergent, instructs her to visit her brother and talk to him about simulation serum. She also appears in Tris's Fear Landscape. When Jeanine sentences Tris to death, she comes to her rescue. She saves her from drowning in the tank and also reveals that she herself is Divergent. This is the reason she left the Dauntless faction for Abnegation. She dies protecting her daughter.

In Allegiant, it is revealed that Natalie is actually from Milwaukee,and left the city after her mother murdered her father. She was found in the fringe by the Bureau of Genetic Welfare, who took her in and allowed her to stay in their compound. She volunteered to enter the Chicago experiment as a 15-year-old Dauntless and then transferred to Erudite on Choosing Day. However, she fell in love with an Erudite (Andrew Prior) and they transferred to Abnegation.

Ashley Judd portrayed Natalie Prior in the live-action film.

Andrew Prior

Andrew Prior
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Allegiant (mentioned only)
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Tony Goldwyn
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Natalie Prior (wife) Beatrice "Tris" Prior (daughter) Caleb Prior (son)

Andrew Prior is the father of Beatrice "Tris" Prior and Caleb Prior and husband of Natalie Prior. He was born Erudite and his parents were friendly with Jeanine Matthews but he chooses Abnegation as his faction. He is one of the council members of Abnegation along with Marcus Eaton. He is described as having a hooked nose with black hair and is an affectionate and caring man. He becomes angry and disappointed when both his children choose other factions over Abnegation and does not visit Tris on Visiting Day as a result.

In Divergent, he becomes angry when both his son and daughter do not choose Abnegation as their faction. He appears in Tris's fear landscape. He reunites with his son and daughter during the attack of Dauntless (controlled by Erudite) at Abnegation. He goes to the Dauntless headquarters with Tris and others and becomes upset with her when she shoots Peter. He dies due to a gunshot to the stomach from a Dauntless guard under simulation control.

Tony Goldwyn plays Andrew Prior in the 2014 Divergent film.

Susan Black

Susan Black
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Mr. Black (father) Robert Black (brother)

Susan Black is a member of Abnegation faction. She was born in Abnegation and her father is one of the council members of Abnegation. Her brother Robert transfers to Amity during the Choosing Ceremony. She has blond hair. The Blacks are neighbors of the Prior family and she along with her brother, grew up with Tris and Caleb.

In Divergent, she appears to have a crush on Caleb Prior, which he reciprocates.

In Insurgent, she meets Tris, Caleb and Four at Amity, having survive the Dauntless attack on Abnegation. During the attack on Amity, she escapes with Tris, Four and Caleb and meets the factionless on the train. Later she and Caleb move towards the safe zone, where the surviving Abnegation are living.

Mr. Black

Mr. Black
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Insurgent (mentioned only)
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Susan Black (daughter) Robert Black (son)

Mr. Black is one of the council members of Abnegation. He has a daughter, Susan Black, and a son, Robert Black. He is the neighbor of the Priors. He uses his car to work around the city and also drives his children to and from school everyday. He occasionally offers to drive the Prior siblings as well, but they always politely turn down his offer as they would not want to inconvenience anyone.

In Divergent, he gets killed by the Dauntless during their attack on Abnegation sector.

Erin

Erin
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Female

Erin is a member of Abnegation faction. She works with Natalie Prior and informs her about a student who got sick during the Aptitude Test.

Tessa

Tessa
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Female

Tessa is a member of Abnegation faction. She is the wife of an Abnegation council member and lives down the street from the Prior family. She also arrives at the safe house during the attack on Abnegation.

Erudite

Erudite is one of the five factions in the Divergent trilogy and it's dedicated to knowledge, intelligence, curiosity, and astuteness. It was formed on the principle that lack of knowledge and ignorance is the cause of human problems. Their chosen color is blue, and all members must wear at least one piece of blue clothing. Water represents it at the Choosing Ceremony.

Cara

Cara
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Will (brother; deceased)

Cara is a member of Erudite. She was born in Erudite along with her brother, Will, who later transfers to Dauntless. She also works with Jeanine to develop a longer-lasting serum before the latter becomes the leader of Erudite. She has golden hair and a crease between her eyebrows like her brother.

In Divergent, she comes to visit Will at Dauntless sector on Visiting Day and insults Tris and Natalie after finding out that they are from Abnegation. On her rudeness Tris threatens to punch her but Will defends her sister while Natalie pulls her daughter away.

In Insurgent, she arrives at Candor with Erudite and Dauntless traitors but she and Fernando help the group of loyal Dauntless against them and Eric. She has changed her mind after watching an Abnegation woman get killed during a mission. She also comforts Christina about Will's death and explains to her that it was not Tris's fault and she had no other choice but to kill Will, who was completely under simulation control and who would have killed her. She later escapes to Amity on Tris's advice. She also invades the Erudite headquarters with Tris and others.

Fernando

Fernando
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Insurgent
Last appearance	Insurgent (He got shot in his leg and later it is implied that he got killed in gunfire)
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Fernando is a member of Erudite faction. He and Cara switch their loyalties when they find out about Jeanine Matthews' plans. He described Caleb Prior as brilliant but one of those Erudites who completely believe whatever Jeanine Matthews said.

In Insurgent, he arrives with Cara and other Erudite at Candor but both of them help Dauntless instead. They also show prototype gadgets to Dauntless and even lets Cara use a stunner on him. He later called Tris an insurgent and says that he enjoys categorization. He flirts with Christina when she calls him "Nando" but this upsets her as she is still mourning Will. During the invasion mission, he is the last person to climb the ladder as he was holding onto the other end for the others. He climbs slowly and in the middle his glasses fall down, the mind controlled Candor below fire and shoot him in his leg. He tells Christina and others not to waste time for him and complete their mission. Later it is implied that he is killed by Candor gunfire.

Dauntless

Dauntless is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent and it is dedicated to courage, bravery, and fearlessness. It was formed on the principle that cowardice and fear are the causes of human problems. Their chosen color is black, and all members wear black clothes. Most members also sport tattoos, piercings and unusual hair colors. Lit coal represents it at the Choosing Ceremony.

Will

Will
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Insurgent (Tris saw him in fear simulation and had to shoot him again)
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Ben Lloyd-Hughes
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Cara (sister)

Will is a member of Dauntless faction. He was born in Erudite but later transfers to Dauntless. He is one of Tris's close friends during initiation. He has blond shaggy hair and a crease between his eyebrows just like his sister Cara. He was in a relationship with Christina which ends with his death. He is described as having pale green eyes. He has memorized a map of the city and also the manifestos of all of the different factions.

In Divergent, he becomes friends with Tris, Christina and Al during their initiation. During the Visiting Day his sister comes to meet and on finding out that Tris and her mother are from Abnegation, she insults them. Will defends her sister when Tris threatens to punch her. During the sparring training Al knocks him out and in his next fight, he defeats Christina. During Capture the Flag Four chooses him as one of his team members. He comes third for the first stage of initiation. He, Christina and Al do not like Tris's friendship with Dauntless-born initiates. He also calms down Tris when Molly told lies about Tris to an Erudite reporter. He also tells Tris that the simulations that they are in are not real but just in their minds, which helps her break through her simulation. He along with others walk out on Tris, after she comes in first the second stage of initiation and when Peter accused her of manipulating others to believe her to be weak and then snatching the victory right under their noses. After Peter, Al and Drew's attack on Tris, he along with Christina reconcile with her and is shocked to hear about Al's involvement in the attack. He also constantly argues with Christina. Later he kisses her and they start a relationship. He along with most other Dauntless are controlled under the Erudite-developed simulation serum, which leads him to follow Tris. When she does not have any other choice, she has to shoot him in self-defense, which she regrets very much.

In Insurgent, Tris sees him during a fear simulation, in the defense room to the lab of Jeanine Matthews. She shoots him again in order to pass.

Ben Lloyd-Hughes plays Will in the 2014 Divergent film.

Uriah Pedrad

Uriah Pedrad
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Allegiant
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Keiynan Lonsdale
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Hana (mother) Zeke (older brother)

Uriah is a Dauntless-born member. It is later revealed that he is also Divergent. He has an older brother Zeke, also in Dauntless. He is close friends with other Dauntless-born Marlene and Lynn and later starts a relationship with Marlene which ends with her death. He is also friends with Tris. He is described as tall and handsome and has black eyes with bronze skin. Against his skin his smile looks white . He also has a tattoo of a snake behind his ear, its tail curls around his earlobe and another tattoo right above the waistband of his pants.

In Divergent, he appears during the game of Capture the Flag and Four selects him in his team. Later on the train back to Dauntless, he makes acquaintances with Tris by squirting a paintball in her face and talks to her along with Marlene. He also invites Tris to join him and other Dauntless-born initiates for an initiation ritual and after that she becomes friend with Uriah and some other Dauntless-born initiates. Christina, Al, and Will do not take Tris's friendship with them well. He later invites Tris to training room to celebrate after she comes first in the second stage of initiation. He bets with Marlene to shoot a muffin off her head without her flinching, which they both win. He also argues with Will two times.

In Insurgent, he meets Tris and others at Candor with Marlene and Lynn. When Eric attacks Candor and release a new serum which does not effect Divergent, it does not knock out him like others and Tris finds out that he is Divergent like her. When Zeke and Tori return and reveal that they were actually spying on Erudite, he does not show surprise because he and Shauna already knew their plan. He and Marlene start flirting with each other, which irritates Lynn. At the Dauntless compound, she tells them to just come out with their relationship and in answer to her, Marlene kisses him. He becomes greatly depressed, when Marlene becomes the victim of the new serum of Jeanine Matthews (which Eric releases at Candor) by killing herself. He later strongly opposes the idea of surrendering any Divergent to Erudite for the safety of those who are containing the serum in their bodies. He escorts Tris down after Tori accuses her of being a traitor but does not act differently or negatively to her and tells her that he had to shoot many people to get inside the building. Lynn gets shot in the stomach and is carried to the floor he and Tris are in. He brings a doctor for her but could not save her. Before dying Lynn reveals to him that she was in love with Marlene.

Uriah dies in Allegiant from serious injuries to his brain caused by an explosion. Tobias was a part of the group who set the explosion off. Tobias partly blames himself for Uriah's death and was troubled because he promised Zeke that he would protect Uriah, which he was unable to do. Uriah was in a coma and the doctors said he would not wake up. They were going to turn off his life support straight away but Christina pleaded with them so they agreed for four more days, so that his family could be informed. He dies towards the end of the book and his family (mom and his brother) are with him as he gets unplugged.

Keiynan Lonsdale plays Uriah in the 2015 film The Divergent Series: Insurgent.

Al

Al
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Insurgent (mentioned only)
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Christian Madsen
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Unnamed (father) Unnamed (mother)

Al (full name: Albert) was born in Candor. He chooses Dauntless at the Choosing Ceremony. He does not like to hurt people but chooses Dauntless because he and his parents admire bravery. He is described as largest and broadest of all the initiates and bit clumsy. His eyes are very dark brown in color with thick eyebrows and a kind face. He gets a tattoo of a spider on his arm during Dauntless initiation.

In Divergent, during his first night, he cries himself to sleep. He later becomes friends with Tris, Christina and Will. During the sparring training, he unwillingly defeats Will. He helps Christina against Eric's orders, when Eric forces her to hang over the chasm. When sparring for the second time, he loses to Drew on purpose because he does not want to fight anymore and later he also is defeated in the same way by Christina. During the knife throwing activity, Al is the only initiate who has not hit the target, even after a half hour. Eric orders him to collect his knives while the other are still throwing, putting him in their line of fire. When Al refuses to do so, Eric makes him stand in front of the target while Four throws knives at him until he stops flinching, but Tris stands up for him and takes his place in front of the target. He does not show up to meet his parents during the Visiting Day even though they look for him. He also develops feelings for Tris. When she asks him why he is hiding from his parents, he tells her that he does not want to disappoint them. He makes a subtle move on her but she politely turns him down. Once the second stage of initiation starts he often cries during his sleep and wakes up screaming. He become sad and hurt after Tris's refusal and in his jealousy and anger he joins Peter. He along with Peter and Drew kidnaps and attacks Tris and hangs her over the chasm, but he and Peter run away when Four arrives. He deeply regrets what he did to Tris and apologizes to her but she refuses to forgive him. He commits suicide by throwing himself into the chasm. At his funeral, Eric calls his suicide courageous but Tris disagrees with him, as does Four.

Christian Madsen plays Al in the 2014 Divergent film.

Marlene

Marlene
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Insurgent (Died under the control of simulation by jumping off a roof)
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Suki Waterhouse
In-universe information
Gender	Female

Marlene is a Dauntless-born. She is close friends with other Dauntless-born Uriah and Lynn. She also starts a relationship with Uriah which ends with her death. She is also good friends with Tris. She is described as having a flirtatious smile.

In Divergent, she first appears during the game of Capture the Flag. She is in Four's team and tries to convince him to reveal a good place to hide the flag. She talks to Tris on the train back to Dauntless and compliments her on successful plan and her decision to climb Ferris wheel to find the other team's flag by calling it Erudite-smart. She meets Tris again when Uriah invites Tris to join him and other Dauntless-born initiates for an initiation ritual and after that she becomes friend with them. She bets with Uriah to shoot a muffin off her head and she will not flinch as he shoots, which they both win while Lynn and Tris watch, but are caught in the act by Zeke and Four who kick them out of the room.

In Insurgent, she meets the other loyal Dauntless at Candor with Uriah and Lynn. During his attack on Candor, Eric releases new a serum which lasts longer and Marlene with others is affected by it. During this time she and Uriah start flirting with each other and when Lynn snaps at them for not admitting their relationship, she kisses Uriah and starts a relationship with him. But soon she along with Hector and Kee get under the simulation's control. She delivers the Erudite message that until a Divergent is given to Erudite, more people will die every two days. After that she jumps off the roof and kills herself under the influence of the serum. Christina and Tris manage to save the other two before they jump. After the attack at Erudite headquarters, Lynn gets shot in the stomach and before dying reveals to Uriah and Tris that she was in love with Marlene.

Suki Waterhouse plays Marlene in the 2015 film The Divergent Series: Insurgent.

Lynn

Lynn
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Insurgent (Died due to gun shot in stomach)
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Rosa Salazar
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Shauna (sister) Hector (brother)

Lynn is a Dauntless-born. She is close friends with other Dauntless-born Uriah and Marlene. She is in love with Marlene but does not tell her. She initially is not very fond of Tris but later becomes good friends with her. She has an elder sister Shauna and a younger brother Hector. She initially has a shaved head but later her hair grows back. She has a ring in her eyebrow and her eyes are golden-brown color.

In Divergent, she first meets Tris when she steps on her foot. Later during the game of Capture the Flag, she is in Four's team along with Tris and others. She meets Tris again when Uriah invites Tris to join him and other Dauntless-born initiates for an initiation ritual. She also talks to her during Uriah and Marlene's bets to shoot a muffin off Marlene's head without her flinching.

In Insurgent, she meets other loyal Dauntless at Candor with Uriah and Marlene. She secretly observes along with Tris, Four and Shauna a meeting between Candor representative Jack and Max who comes as a representative of Erudite, he demands that Candor hand over Eric along with the Divergent, and those has not injected with the new serum injection. Lynn shoots Max in the chest and during the escape Shauna gets shot in the back and becomes paralyzed for which Lynn blames herself. She also snaps at Marlene and Uriah when they start flirting with each other because she Loves Marlene but to her dismay they start a relationship. Later Marlene kills herself under the control of simulation but her brother Hector gets saved by Christina and Tris. She gets shot in the stomach during the attack at Erudite headquarters and before dying reveals to Uriah and Tris that she was in love with Marlene.

Rosa Salazar plays Lynn in the 2015 film The Divergent Series: Insurgent.

Max

Max
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Last appearance	Insurgent (Shot in the chest by Lynn)
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Mekhi Phifer
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Max is a member of Dauntless faction. He was the Dauntless leader but later appoints Eric leader on Jeanine Matthews' orders. He wants Four as the leader of Dauntless and offers him the position but Four turns down his offer. He is also the one who changed the training methods of Dauntless, making them more brutal to test the strength of initiates. He has black eyes and gray hairs at his temples.

In Divergent, he first appears on the train roof at the beginning of Dauntless initiation and tells the initiates that they have to jump off the moving train on the roof to get at the Dauntless compound. He along with others watches the simulation initiation. He also does not put under simulation control to attack Abnegation by Erudite.

In Insurgent, he meets with Candor representative Jack as a representative of Erudite. He demands that Candor hand over Eric along with the Divergent, and those has not injected with the new serum injection. Tris, Four, Lynn, and Shauna secretly observes the meeting but Tris realizes that Jeanine is near and telling Max what to say through an earpiece. As they try to search Jeanine, Lynn moves away from them and shoots Max in the chest.

Mekhi Phifer plays Max in the 2014 Divergent and 2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent films.

Lauren

Lauren
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Justine Wachsberger
In-universe information
Gender	Female

Lauren is a member of Dauntless faction. She serves as the instructor for Dauntless-born Initiates. She is described as having black hair. She has many piercings including a lip piercing, one in her ear from top to bottom and three silver rings through her right eyebrow.

In Divergent, she welcomes Tris along with Four after Tris lands at the Dauntless compound after jumping from the roof. During the second stage of initiation involving simulation, initiations have to pass through her fear landscape which consists of spiders, suffocation, walls that slowly close and trap you in, getting thrown out of Dauntless, bleeding uncontrollably, getting run over by a train, her father being killed, public humiliation, and kidnapping by men without faces.

Justine Wachsberger plays Lauren in the 2014 Divergent film.

Zeke

Ezekiel 'Zeke' Pedrad
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	The Transfer
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Hana (mother) Uriah (younger brother, deceased)

Zeke is a Dauntless-born member of Dauntless faction. He has a younger brother Uriah, also in Dauntless. He is friends with Four and Shauna. He and Uriah look completely different from each other except they have a similar skin color. He is slightly shorter than Uriah but faster and stronger than him.

In Divergent, when Uriah invites Tris to join him and other Dauntless-born initiates for an initiation ritual, there she also meets Zeke who helps her and other with harnesses for ziplining off the Hancock Building.

In Insurgent, he and Tori arrive at Candor and it is revealed that they were working as spies among Erudite and Dauntless traitors but when their secret was revealed they escape to Candor to join the other loyal Dauntless. Uriah and Shauna knew about their plan already. He also helps Shauna, when she gets paralyzed from the waist down from a gunshot wound.

In Allegiant, he stayed in the city to rebel against the Evelyn and the Factionless. He and Hana were next to Uriah as they removed his life support at the end of the book.

Shauna

Shauna
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Lynn (sister, deceased) Hector (brother)

Shauna is a Dauntless-born member of Dauntless faction. She is friends with Four and Zeke. She has a younger sister Lynn and a younger brother Hector. She was Four's fellow initiate. She does not trust Divergent because according to her they cannot be loyal to one faction due to their Divergence. According to Lynn, Shauna's opinion on Divergent comes from their mother.

In Divergent, she first meets Tris when Uriah invites Tris to join him and other Dauntless-born initiates for an initiation ritual by saying that Four talks about her. She later explains to Tris that she was in Four's initiate class and he taught her how to fight.

In Insurgent, she shares her opinion on Divergent when Dauntless find out that Erudite wants Divergent in exchange of peace. She secretly observes along with Tris, Four and Lynn a meeting between Candor representative Jack and Max who comes as a representative of Erudite. Lynn shoots Max in the chest and during the escape Shauna gets shot in the back and becomes paralyzed, after which she uses a wheelchair.

In the Epilogue of Allegiant, it is revealed that Caleb makes her some leg braces in order to walk and function normally.

George Wu

George Wu
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent (mentioned only)
Last appearance	Allegiant
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Tori Wu (sister, deceased)

George Wu was born in Erudite and later chooses Dauntless as his faction along with his sister Tori. He was killed by Dauntless and Erudite, when they found out that he was Divergent. He easily passes his simulation initiation and next day his body was found at the bottom of the Chasm. His death was officially ruled out as suicide but his sister Tori does not believe that, knowing her brother was happy and also dating a fellow initiate. She knows that he was murdered because his divergence was discovered.

In Divergent, his sister Tori tells Tris that he got killed because he was Divergent.

In Insurgent, he gets mentioned again by Tori when she corners Jeanine Matthews in her laboratory to avenge him because he was killed on Jeanine's orders. Tori stabs her with knife which leads to Jeanine's death but demands her to speak George's name before she dies which Jeanine does.

In Allegiant, it is revealed that George is alive and living outside of Chicago and the faction system.

Amar

Amar
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	The Transfer
Last appearance	Allegiant
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Amar is a member of Dauntless and serve as the instructor to the initiates outside of Dauntless. He was Four's instructor during his initiation. He is Divergent and later found dead near the railroad tracks.

In The Transfer, he appears as an instructor to the Dauntless initiates. He gives Tobias the nickname "Four", because of his four fears.

In Divergent, Four has a suspicion that Eric is the one who killed Amar.

In Allegiant, it is revealed that Amar was in fact still alive and was living in the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. He is reunited with Tobias after him and his company leave the city boundaries. He introduces Tris to the fringe and, with the help of George Wu, protects the Bureau.

Harrison

Harrison
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Harrison is the member of Dauntless faction. In Insurgent, he becomes the leader of Dauntless along with Four and Tori. He is described as having a blond ponytail.

Bud

Bud
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Bud is the one of the older members of Dauntless faction. He works in the Dauntless tattoo parlor with Tori.

In Divergent, he appears when Tris goes to meet Tori at the parlor but he does not notice Tris as he is drawing a tattoo of lion on a man's arm.

In Insurgent, he volunteers to guard Jack Kang during his meeting with Erudite so that he can eavesdrop and collect information to share with other Dauntless. He is the first person who calls for Eric's execution. When the loyal Dauntless get back to their compound, he also hands out paintball guns to fire at the hidden cameras at Dauntless compound.

Gabe

Gabe
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Gabe is a member of Dauntless faction. He is described as having a metal ring between his nostrils.

In Divergent, he appears when Uriah invites Tris to join him and other Dauntless-born initiates for an initiation ritual.

Rita

Rita
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Unnamed (sister)

Rita is the Dauntless-born who later choose Dauntless as her faction.

In Divergent, she first appears when Tris sees her during the beginning of initiation on the train roof crying while a Dauntless boy holds her back. Apparently her sister fell down and died during the jump from the moving train and on to the roof.

Candor

Candor is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent and it is dedicated to honesty. It was formed on the principle that dishonesty and deception is the cause of human problems. Their chosen color is black and white to represent that truth as black and white only. Glass represents it at the Choosing Ceremony.

Jack Kang

Jack Kang
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Insurgent
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Daniel Dae Kim
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Jack Kang is a member of Candor faction.

In Insurgent, he represents Candor. He attempts to negotiate for peace with Erudite leader Jeanine, who sends Dauntless-traitor Max in her place. At the meeting, Max taunts him, explaining that Candor is a non-essential faction and thus has no bargaining power. He later acquiesces to Erudite's demands.

Daniel Dae Kim plays Jack Kang in the 2015 film The Divergent Series: Insurgent.

James Tucker

James Tucker
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male

James Tucker was born in Dauntless but later chooses Candor as his faction. During the choosing ceremony in Divergent, he is the second person to choose a faction and is also the first transfer. He almost falls down on his way to the bowls at the ceremony.

Amity

Amity is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent and it is dedicated to peace. It was formed on the principle that war and fighting are the causes of human problems. Their chosen color is red and they wear red and yellow color clothes. Soil represents it at the Choosing Ceremony.

Robert Black

Robert Black
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Mr. Black (father; deceased) Susan Black (sister)

Robert Black is a member of Amity faction. He was born in Abnegation sector to a council member. His family were the Priors neighbors in Abnegation. He, along with his sister, Susan, grew up with Tris and Caleb. He is described as having curly blond hair, and his nose is wide at the tip and narrow at the bridge.

In Divergent, he later meets Tris after the Choosing Ceremony, when she along with the Dauntless makes a trip to the fence and calls her by her real name Beatrice. He along with other Amity members are delivering apples into the city. He hugs her and after seeing the bruises on her face, tells her that Dauntless do not seem friendly. Molly, who spots them together, starts making fun of them.

In Insurgent, Susan mentions him to Tris that she and Robert have grieved for their parents' deaths separately with their own factions. He later appears when Tris, Christina and Marcus ask Amity for help and he with other Amity and Abnegation members go to the Erudite compound to save defenseless and innocent Erudite members during the attack of Dauntless and factionless.

Johanna Reyes

Johanna Reyes
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Insurgent
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Octavia Spencer
In-universe information
Gender	Female

Johanna Reyes was born in Candor but later transfers to Amity. She serves as Amity's representative, since they don't believe in having a formal leader. She is described as having a long scar from her eye to her chin, causing blindness in one eye and also a lisp. She appears to be fond of Marcus Eaton.

In Insurgent, she lies to Erudite and Dauntless traitors during their attack on Amity to capture Abnegation survivors and loyal Dauntless by denying their presence at Amity. Before their invasion at the Erudite compound, Marcus, Tris and Christina asks Amity for help. She arranges a meeting and asks Amity members to reconsider their decision to remain neutral. She asserts that they must save the innocent Erudite during the attack or all their knowledge will be dead with them. When Amity members still do not change their decision then she says that she does not want Amity faction to be divided but she will go with Tris's group to protect innocent Erudite and those who want to, can join her. Some Amity members join her including Robert Black. She is sent back to Amity by Tori after the attack on Erudite with an apparent message that Amity are not part of new political system due to their neutrality during the war. She hints at the factionless' real motives before leaving.

Octavia Spencer plays Johanna Reyes in the 2015 film The Divergent Series: Insurgent, the sequel to Divergent.

Factionless

Factionless is a term, use to define those who are not part of any faction. They either do not agree with the faction system or were unable to complete their initiation into their chosen faction. They are the lowest part of the faction society. According to Evelyn Johnson-Eaton, the factionless population is twice the size of the Dauntless population.

Evelyn Johnson-Eaton

Evelyn Johnson-Eaton
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	The Transfer
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Naomi Watts
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Marcus Eaton (ex-husband) Tobias "Four" Eaton (son)

Evelyn Johnson-Eaton is the leader of the factionless. She is the mother of Four. She was born in Erudite but realizes that she is not smart enough for Erudite even before her initiation test. She chooses Abnegation as her faction and marries Marcus Eaton. During their marriage Marcus abuses her and eventually she had an affair and left Four with Marcus. Marcus fakes her death but she contacts Four after his transfer into Dauntless, according to Four their meeting was not a happy one. She and Tris do not see eye to eye and Tris does not trust her because she left Four with Marcus despite knowing his abusive nature. She is described as having dark hair and eyes, distinct olive skin, strong angular features and appears middle-aged.

In The Transfer, she is mentioned by Four.

In Divergent, Four sees her during his fear landscape and has to shoot her.

In Insurgent, she meets Four, Tris and others as the factionless leader. She convinces Four to join Dauntless with the factionless to defeat Erudite and form a new government system. After the attack on Erudite, she deceives Four and the factionless take control of all weapons and announce the government of factionless.

Naomi Watts plays Evelyn in the 2015 film The Divergent Series: Insurgent.

Molly Atwood

Molly Atwood
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
Portrayed by	Amy Newbold
In-universe information
Gender	Female

Molly Atwood (alias The Tank) is factionless. She was born in Candor but chooses Dauntless as her faction. Later due to her low ranking in initiation, she becomes factionless. She is enemies with Tris and along with Peter and Drew, always taunts or make fun of her. She is described as having dark eyes and hair with bronze skin. She is also tall and has broad shoulders.

In Divergent, she fights Christina during the sparring training and brutally beats her up but during her second time, her opponent Edward defeats her. She makes fun of Tris and Robert Black and tells Tris that she should go back to Abnegation. Later she gets beat up by Tris until she is bloody. To take revenge on Tris, she tells lies to an Erudite reporter about Tris and her father Andrew. She becomes factionless due to her low ranking in initiation.

In Insurgent, it is revealed that she and Drew tried to join the factionless division in which Edward is in, but Drew gets beat up by him.

Amy Newbold plays Molly Atwood in the 2014 Divergent film.

Drew

Drew
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Drew is factionless. He was born in Candor but chose Dauntless as his faction. According to Christina, he, Peter and Molly were inseparable since birth. He, along with Peter and Molly, are enemies with Tris. Later, due to his low ranking in initiation, he becomes factionless. He has orange-red hair, which resembles the color of a carrot. He is built like a boulder but in height he is shorter than Peter and Molly. Also he laughs silently, which makes him look like he’s in pain. Later, due to his low ranking in initiation, he becomes factionless.

In Divergent, he along with Peter and Al kidnap Tris and try to kill her by hanging her over the chasm. He gets a low ranking in the final results of initiation and becomes factionless along with Molly.

In Insurgent, it is revealed that he and Molly tried to join the factionless division in which Edward is in, but he gets beat up by Edward and barely makes it alive.

Myra

Myra
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Divergent
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Female

Myra was born in Erudite but chooses Dauntless as her faction along with her boyfriend Edward, although it is implied she does not actually have aptitude for Dauntless. When he leaves Dauntless due to his injury, she also leaves Dauntless and becomes factionless with him, although she would have become factionless anyway due to her low ranking in stage one of initiation. She has mousy brown color hair.

In Divergent, she is shown as a weak fighter as she lost her fight against Will in three minutes, and also loses to Tris. After the results of stage one of initiation comes and Edward is announced first, he gets stabbed in the eye with knife by Peter in jealousy. After that they leave Dauntless and become factionless.

In Insurgent, it is revealed that when Edward almost kills Drew and Molly who try to join the factionless division in which he and Myra are, she ends her relationship with Edward by saying that she can not handle his increasing violence.

Bureau of Genetic Welfare

The Bureau of Genetic Welfare is an organization set up by the US Government to monitor the genetically damaged people living in the experiments. They have large compounds at the edges of major metropolitan areas, such as Chicago, Milwaukee and Indianapolis.

David

David
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Allegiant
Last appearance	Allegiant
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male

David is the leader of the Bureau of Genetic Welfare's experiment in Chicago. It is his goal to cure the United States from genetic damage caused during the Purity War, a series of battles after an attempt to rid society of its main issues. He appears as the main antagonist in the novel Allegiant. Tris initially finds him to be a nice man after he lets her read the journal of Natalie Prior, Tris's mother. Later Tris saves his life, during the attack by Nita. As the violence increases inside the city and Allegiants start to prepare for the fight against the Factionless, he tries to save his experiment and decides to use the memory serum on the people in the city, to erase their memories completely and start the experiments again. He later shoots and kills Tris, when she breaks into his lab to use the memory serum on the people of the Bureau to stop further genetic experiments and discrimination.

Matthew

Matthew
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Allegiant
Last appearance	Allegiant
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Male

Matthew lives in the Bureau of Genetic Welfare compound at the site of O'Hare International Airport. He is a scientist who does research on serums and monitors the Chicago experiment. He assists the GD (genetically damaged) rebels in the compound as he sees the injustices they face. He formulates the plan to send Caleb to release the memory serum on the compound that ultimately results in Tris's death.

Nita

Nita
The Divergent trilogy character
First appearance	Allegiant
Last appearance	Allegiant
Created by	Veronica Roth
In-universe information
Gender	Female

Nita is a GD member of support staff in the Bureau's compound near Chicago. She is resentful towards the genetically pure leaders of the compound and plans the rebellion in which Uriah is fatally injured. She convinces Tobias to assist the rebellion. Tris considers her to be attractive and is worried that she is attempting to attract Tobias's attention. Tris joins the effort until Matthew tells her that, contrary to Nita's promises that they are seeking the memory serum, Nita actually wants the death serum.

During the attack, she interrogates David in an attempt to learn the code. David is seriously injured but is saved from Nita's growing rage when Tris appears and shoots David.

Later in the story, Nita assists Tris in her plan to wipe the memory of the leadership of the compound.

Other characters

• Edith Prior — She appears at the end of Insurgent in the video retrieved by Four and Caleb. In the video, she explains that the world had become corrupt and for this reason factions are established in Chicago. After that, the city was sealed from the rest of the world. She further explains the importance of Divergent and says that once they increase in number, then Amity have to open the gates of the city and the people in Chicago will re-enter the world. Her birth name is Amanda Ritter, which she changes as she enters Abnegation in Chicago. After her video ends, the room erupts into voices. Her last name is Prior, making her one of Tris's ancestors.

• Bobby — He was born in Candor. He is described as a young boy, who is approximately ten years old. During Eric's attack on Candor, when he releases the new serum which still does not effect Divergents, he, along with Tris and Uriah, remain conscious. Eric shoots him to death since his brain is not developed much due to his young age which renders him useless to experiment on by Jeanine Matthews.

• Hector — is a Dauntless-born, who is the younger brother of Lynn and Shauna. He gets injected by the new serum at Candor and later under simulation control tries to kill himself along with Marlene and Kee but fortunately is saved by Tris and Christina. Emjay Anthony plays Hector in the 2015 film The Divergent Series: Insurgent.

• Kee — She along with Marlene and Hector tries to kill herself under simulation but is saved by Tris and Christina.

• Danielle Pohler — She is Amity-born and stands to one side of Tris during the Choosing Ceremony. She is described by Tris as wearing a yellow dress and has red cheeks.

External links

• Veronica Roth's official website