| | Ta'aroa | | The artist who created Earth. |
| | Tane | | The artist who decorated Sky. |
| | Ina | Aroita | Rafi Young's wife. |
| | Rafi | Young | One of the protagonists. |
| | Hariti | | Ina and Rafi's daughter. |
| | Afa | | Ina and Rafi's son. |
| | Todd | Keane | One of the protagonists. The creator of Playground. |
| | Maui | | The wormy. |
| | Puoro | | The Trawler co-owners. |
| | Patrice | | The Trawler co-owners. |
| | Lai | | The owner of Makatea's only store. |
| | Tamatoa | | The hermit of Tahiva. |
| | Didier | Turi | Makatea's elected mayor. |
| | Roti | | Didier's wife. |
| | Sondra | Young | Rafi's sister. |
| | Jules | Amaru | Former Mayor. Deceased. |
| | Hone | Amaru | Jules's son. |
| | Manutahi | Roa | Secretary of Energy. |
| | Poretu | | The widow. |
| | Evelyne | Beaulieu | A marine biologist. One of the protagonists. AKA: Evie. |
| | Baptiste | Beaulieu | Evie's brother. |
| | Cousteau | | The captain. The inventor of the Aqualung. |
| | Sophie | Dupis-Beaulieu | Evie's mother. |
| | Camillien | Houde | The City's Mayor. |
| | Emile | Beaulieu | A Mongrel Engineer. Evie's father. |
| | Maurice | Fargues | The first mate who died. |
| | Miss | Ebberson | Rafi's teacher. |
| | Loner | | A Chevron-Morph Goliath. |
| | Keesha | | Rafi's cousin. |
| | Janard | | Rafi's friend. |
| | Boggis | | One of the white farmers. |
| | Bunce | | One of the white farmers. |
| | Bean | | One of the white farmers. |
| | Donald | Young | Rafi's father. AKA: Donny. |
| | Hampton | | Donnie's acquaintance who was killed by the police. |
| | Clark | | Donnie's acquaintance who was killed by the police. |
| | Father | Terry | One of Rafi's teachers. |
| | Miss | Rapp | One of Rafi's teachers. |
| | Drunk | Gramma | One of Rafi's grandmothers. |
| | Evil | Gramma | One of Rafi's grandmothers. |
| | Eliezer | Kaplan | Rafi's classmate. |
| | Joey | Blackman | Rafi's classmate. |
| | Dr. | Vedral | The school principal. |
| | Moody | Stepdad | Rafi's step-father. |
| | Dra | | Rafi's girlfriend. |
| | Father | Reeves | The Jesuit coach. |
| | Bart | Mannis | Evie's husband. |
| | Dean | Michelson | The Dean at Evie's school. |
| | Mona | | Evie's favorite fish. |
| | Wai | Temauri | Evie's friend. |
| | Kinipela | | Wai's daughter. |
| | Taka | | Wai's stout advance scout. |
| | Madame | Martin | Ina's neighbor. |
| | Oio | | The father of all the Mihiroa. |
| | Palila | Tepa | The Queen. |
| | Wen | Lai | The woman who ran the store. |
| | Jillie | Simmons | Rafi's former lover. |
| | Danny | | Evie's son. AKA: Daniel. |
| | Dora | | Evie's daughter. |
| | Dr. | Earle | Evie's captain. |
| | Neria | Tepau | The postmistress and co-founder of Paruru. |
| | Tino | Fortin | Chief of sanitation. |
| | Kinipela | | Wai's daughter. |
| | Tiare | Tuihani | The nurse who ran up the clinic. |
| | Phillippe | | Evie's uncle. |
| | Profunda | | Artificial assistant. |
| | Lee | Sedol | A GO professional player. |
| | Kali | | Goddess of Time. |
| | Kim | Janekin | Todd's chief legal officer. |
| | Tsumego | | The Playground member who suspected Rafi. |
| | Becky | | A development officer. |
| | Isabel | | Todd's caregiver. |
