- Pilar, Eve Six ("the Fungus") – Instructor: Bees and Mycology (Mushrooms)
- Nuala, Eve Nine ("the Wet Witch") – Seamstress; Instructor: Little kids, Fabric Recycling, Buds and Blooms Choir
- Rebecca, Eve Eleven (“the Salt and Peppler”) – Cook; Instructor: Culinary Arts
- Adam One – the charismatic leader of the cult
- Zeb, Adam Seven ("the Mad Adam") – Instructor: Urban Bloodshed Limitation, Predator-Prey Relationships, Animal Camouflage
- Burt, Adam Thirteen ("the Knob") – Bernice's father; Veena's husband; in charge of Garden Vegetables; Instructor: Wild and Garden Botanicals
- Bernice – Veena and Burt's daughter
- Shackleton (Shackie) – (oldest brother) – named after explorer Ernest Shackleton
- Crozier (Croze) – (middle brother) – named after explorer Francis Crozier
- Oates – (youngest brother) – named after explorer Lawrence Oates. He is murdered by Blanco following an ambush in Heritage Park at the end of the novel.
- Lucerne – Ren's mother
- Katuro (“the Wrench”) – Water Systems Maintenance; Instructor: Emergency Medical
- Philo (“the Fog”) – Shackleton, Crozier, and Oates’ stand-in father; Instructor: Meditation
- Surya – Instructor: Sewing
- Mugi (“the Muscle”) – Instructor: Mental Arithmetic
- Marushka Midwife (“the Mucous”) – Instructor: Human Reproductive System, former gynecologist
- Stuart (“the Screw”) – Furniture maker
- Veena – Bernice's mother; Burt's wife
- Amanda – Pleebrat that Ren brought home to live with her; Ren's best friend
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