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You know the drill. This is a listing of characters for ''[[The 39 Clues]]''. Beware of unmarked spoilers!

 

Note: Due to the official status of ''Vespers Rising'' as Book 11 of the first series, that book is considered part of the first series. Characters that debut after its publishment are placed in the folder for the [[Sequel Series]], and characters that debut before its publishment are placed in the other folders.

 

== Main Characters ==

=== Dan Cahill ===

* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Starts out as this.

* {{spoiler|[[Badass Driver]]}}: While escaping the {{spoiler|Janus hideout.}}

 

=== Amy Cahill ===

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: For Ian

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: She starts off [[Shrinking Violet|very easy on the "badass,"]] [[The Smart Guy|heavy on the "bookworm,"]] but then undergoes a lot of [[Character Development]].

 

=== Nellie Gomez ===

* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Has many talents that come in handy during the clue hunt.

* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Nellie's learned so many things that help the Cahills on their quest.

 

=== Saladin ===

The Cahills' pet Egyptian Mau. Originally belonged to Grace Cahill.

* [[Cool Cat]]

* [[Team Pet]]

 

== Enemies in the Clue Hunt ==

=== Ian Kabra ===

Ian is introduced as Natalie's handsome, scheming older brother, befitting his status as a high-ranking Lucian. Like his sister, he joins the clue hunt on orders from his mother, whom he follows blindly. In ''The Sword Thief,'' {{spoiler|he plays on Amy's crush on him and uses her and Dan to get the Clue and leaves them for dead in a cave. This leaves him with a nagging feeling of guilt which culminates in his and Natalie's abandoning the Kabra family at the end of the series.}}

* [[Abusive Parents]]

* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]

* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]

* [[The Rival]]: He and Natalie are a [[Brother-Sister Team]] like Amy and Dan, but with more money and resources. Ian is Amy's age, and Natalie is Dan's.

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Where to begin...

* [[Spoiled Brat]]

 

=== Natalie Kabra ===

Ian's younger sister who is just as scheming as he is. She dislikes doing dirty work and aspires to please her mother in every way. She starts out as a [[Rich Bitch]] but by the end of the series {{spoiler|she and Ian realize that [[Machiavelli Was Wrong|they were following Isabel mostly out of fear and leave the Kabras once she is thrown in prison.]]}}

* [[Afraid of Blood]]

* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: To Ian, occasionally.

 

=== Alistair Oh ===

A South Korean businessman hailing from Seoul, Alistair made his fortune from selling the microwavable burrito. But by the time of the series his money is running out and he swaps the million dollars for a hint to the first clue. He is an Ekaterina. Throughout the series often offers to help Amy and Dan, but they are openly distrustful of him: because not only does he seem fond of double-crossing them, {{spoiler|he was there on the night of the fire that killed their parents.}}

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]

 

=== Irina Spasky ===

{{quote|"You are afraid of everything except what you should fear."}}

A Lucian ex-KGB agent who agrees to change the one million dollars for a hint to the first clue at Grace's funeral. Throughout the series Irina works behind the scenes, following Amy and Dan and threatening people with her poisons. By the time the sixth book rolls around, however, it's revealed there's way more to her than we originally thought.

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: {{spoiler|Until her [[Heel Face Turn]] and subsequent death.}}

* [[Dark Action Girl]]

=== Jonah Wizard ===

International hip-hop sensation and teen idol, Jonah fits very nicely into the family's Janus branch. His mother is the famous Cora Wizard, who set up his career. Jonah joins the clue hunt to please her {{spoiler|because she wants the master serum for herself}}. At the beginning he is only concerned about his public image, but after he befriends Dan in ''The Emperor's Code'' this begins to change. {{spoiler|Because of his concern of what other people think of him, he doesn't let anyone know about his secret love of Shakespeare's works.}}

* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Who knew his love of Shakespeare would seriously come in handy {{spoiler|in the gauntlet?}}

* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!]]: Even though he lives in a nice, comfortable home in Beverly Hills.

=== The Holts ===

A Tomas family consisting of Eisenhower Holt, his wife Mary-Todd, and their children Hamilton, Madison, and Reagan, the Holts excel at everything athletic but are not the brightest crayons in the box. Out of the five of them, Hamilton is the most sympathetic, and is the one who forms alliances with Amy and Dan. {{spoiler|He was the one who went into the gauntlet, and as such the rest of the family was taken hostage by Isabel Kabra.}}

* [[Badass Family]]: You know it.

* [[The Big Guy|The Big Guys]]: ''The whole family.''

=== The Starlings ===

Genius thirteen-year-old triplets who turn down their three million dollars in favor of the Clue Hunt. All three are Ekaterina. They don't stick around, however -- {{spoiler|In the very first book they are severely injured and hospitalized by a blast set up by the Holts for Amy and Dan. They don't appear again until Book 10, wherein it's shown that Ted was blinded by the blast and can only see light and dark, whereas Ned frequently has migraines that interrupt his ability to think.}} Out of the three it's Sinead who we get to see the most of {{spoiler|because she was the least injured.}}

* [[Brainy Brunette|Brainy Brunettes]]: Have auburn hair.

* [[Break the Haughty]]: {{spoiler|Sinead after the explosion.}}

 

== Other Major Characters ==

=== Grace Cahill ===

Beatrice's younger sister, {{spoiler|Fiske's older sister}}, Hope's mother, and Amy and Dan's grandmother, she was one of the last genuinely nice Cahills. After she dies of sickness she chooses some of her relatives, the ones most likely to succeed in the clue hunt {{spoiler|and by extension the gauntlet}}, and offers either one million dollars or a hint to the first clue to them. Amy and Dan really were her favorites, and they spent almost every weekend with her. {{spoiler|She was a Madrigal.}}

* [[Badass Grandpa|Badass Grandma]]

* [[Chekhov's Classroom]] / [[Someday This Will Come in Handy]]: The little tidbits of information she gives Amy and Dan ''help'' in the clue hunt.

=== Arthur and Hope Cahill ===

Amy and Dan's parents. They died in a fire {{spoiler|set by Isabel Kabra (accompanied by Alistair, Irina Spasky, Cora Wizard, and Eisenhower Holt and his wife) after they refused to share information}} and were avid {{spoiler|Madrigal}} clue hunters. Arthur was the one who got Eisenhower expelled from West Point Military Academy.

* [[Capulet Counterpart]]: Arthur was born Arthur Trent and was {{spoiler|a Vesper. He stopped his Cahill-hating ways once he married Hope Cahill.}}

* [[Death by Origin Story]]

 

=== The Man In Black/ {{spoiler|Fiske Cahill}} ===

* [[The Men in Black]]: Is referred to as one throughout the series all the way until Book 9.

* [[Right Hand Versus Left Hand]]: {{spoiler|Amy and Dan initially see him as an enemy, but realize that they're playing on the same team.}}

* [[The Stoic]]: Was this in his younger years.

 

=== Isabel Kabra ===

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] / [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Her ticket out of prison is starting an organization dedicated to global disaster relief.}}

 

== Other Minor Characters ==

=== Cora Wizard ===

Jonah's mother.

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: To Jonah.

 

=== Broderick T. Wizard ===

Jonah's father.

* [[Character Tics]]: His BlackBerry is perpetually in his hands.

 

=== William McIntyre ===

 

=== Shep Trent ===

* [[Surfer Dude]]

 

=== Nataliya Ruslanova Radova ===

* [[Double Agent]]: For {{spoiler|the Madrigals.}}

 

=== Kurt ===

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: The book seemed to be setting him up as a possible love interest for Amy, however he's never heard from again.

* [[One-Shot Character]]

 

=== Lester ===

 

=== Beatrice Cahill ===

Grace's {{spoiler|and Fiske's}} older sister, an eccentric old woman who could care less about the Cahill family history. {{spoiler|It's revealed in the "Black Book of Buried Secrets" that this is only so because she couldn't handle the pressure put on by her sister and brother, who excelled in all the tests.}}

* [[Crazy Cat Lady]]: She has a thing for ceramic cats.

* [[Maiden Aunt]]: She would fit the trope if Amy and Dan were remotely fond of her.

 

== Characters Exclusive to the [[Sequel Series]], ''Cahills vs. Vespers'' ==

=== Evan Tolliver ===

Introduced in ''Vespers Rising'' as a boy who goes to school with Amy and Dan. In ''The Medusa Plot'', he has been {{spoiler|dating Amy}} for several months. After the Cahills fend off an attack by the Vespers in full view of Evan, he becomes understandably confused, and gets even more confused and upset when Amy cuts off contact with him in fear of him finding out about her family history. Eventually, however, Evan does find out about the Cahill story, as a result of his [[Geek|immediately being able to identify the obscure type of cell phone that Vesper One is using.]] Also because of this, Evan is invited to join Ian and Sinead at the Cahill Command Center, and helps them do research to aid Amy and Dan in their missions around the world. Evan is still helping the Cahills in ''A King's Ransom'' and ''The Dead of Night'', and is becoming increasingly worried about Amy.

* [[Adorkable]]: At least to his girlfriend, who thinks of him as being this.

* [[Blue Eyes]]

=== Casper Wyoming ===

A character, not the place. A Vesper who was named after a city where his parents robbed a bank. He's proud of that.

* [[For the Evulz]]

 

=== Cheyenne Wyoming ===

Like [[Theme Twin Naming|her twin, Casper,]] Cheyenne is a character not to be confused with the city. She's not ''as'' bad as her brother, but still pretty dangerous.

* [[Master of Disguise]]

 

=== Atticus Rosenbloom ===

A genius eleven-year-old friend of Dan's.

* [[Black and Nerdy]]

 

=== Jake Rosenbloom ===

The older brother of Atticus.

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: His display of this for his little brother is what causes Amy to decide he isn't so bad, after all.

* [[Third Option Love Interest]]: For {{spoiler|Amy Cahill.}}