When his crime is detected, he is forced to become a double agent in a covert power struggle between the Neo-Victorians and the Chinese Celestial Kingdom. He makes an illicit copy of the Primer for his daughter Fiona, who is Nell's age.
He is a Neo-Victorian nanotech engineer, and develops the code for the Primer.
John Percival Hackworth – The novel's second protagonist. After Bud's death, she has a series of boyfriends who mistreat the children to varying degrees. Tequila – Nell and Harv's neglectful thete mother. When he robs a couple who are members of the powerful Ashanti phyle, he is executed for this crime early in the novel. He is obsessed with his muscular body, and possesses a cranial weapon implant (known as a "skull gun"), which he uses to mug people. Bud – A petty criminal and "thete", or tribeless individual, Bud is Tequila's boyfriend and Nell and Harv's father. Harv is forced to leave Nell when she is accepted by the Neo-Victorians, and is later bedridden by asthma caused by the inhalation of dead nanomachines ("toner") in his childhood. Harv – Nell's older brother, who plays an important role in the beginning as her protector he obtains the Primer for his sister by mugging John Percival Hackworth. She is born to Tequila, a lower-class single mother, and, with the help of the nanotech Primer, grows up to become an independent woman and the leader of a new phyle. Nell – The story's protagonist, from the viewpoint of the novel as a coming-of-age story. The Diamond Age, Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer Home The Diamond Age, Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer Wikipedia: Characters
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