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- "In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well plenty to defeat him, then in that very moment I too love him. And and so, in that very moment when I honey them.... I destroy them."
- — Ender's Game, Affiliate 13
SPOILER WARNING: Ender Quintet, Shadow Saga, and Short Story plot details follow.
Andrew Thomas Wiggin,[8] usually known by his nickname Ender Wiggin, was a Battle Schoolhouse Educatee, the commander of Dragon Army,[1] and subsequently a Speaker for the Dead.[2] He is the primary protagonist of the Ender Quintet, and was first introduced in Ender'due south Game.
History
Early Life
Andrew Wiggin was built-in in 11 BX to Theresa and John Paul Wiggin. He was their third child, his older siblings beingness Peter and Valentine. Theresa and John Paul were instructed to conceive a third child by the regime to exist hopefully one-half as ruthless as Peter, but half as empathetic as Valentine (both of whom were past Boxing School candidates). During his youth, Valentine gave him the nickname "Ender" considering she could not all the same pronounce "Andrew".[ane]
His birth illustrated Peter'south failure to fulfill a destiny in Battle School, and every bit a upshot Peter abused him mercilessly. Valentine always stood up for Ender during these conflicts. Peter would ofttimes force Ender to play Buggers and Astronauts, which commonly led to Peter beating up Ender.[ane]
Ender went to elementary school and was picked on for being a Third, too as because he wore his monitor much longer than usual.[1]
When his monitor was removed by the nurse Deedee, he experienced a seizure. Later that mean solar day, he was tormented and bullied by a fellow uncomplicated boy, Stilson. Upon going to the double-decker, he was stopped by Stilson and his coiffure. Under cocky defense, Ender defeated Stilson,[1] boot him repeatedly with his steel-toed shoes that were part of his uniform.[v] Stilson was hospitalized, and later died from his injuries. He was greeted by Hyrum Graff and Major Anderson in his home. Graff told Ender that he would at present be recruited for Battle School, as he had proven himself ruthless enough by defeating Stilson.[one]
Battle School
Ender was isolated on the flying to Battle School by Graff. His commencement enemy was Bernard, who bullied Shen often. He befriended Shen by standing upwardly for him in an act against Bernard. Ender would subsequently befriend Alai, who at the time was Bernard'south all-time friend. This bridged the gap between Ender and Bernard, and the tensions between the two seemed to relax. Before he could get used to the peace, he was transferred into Salamander Army, where he met its commander, Bonzo Madrid.[1]
Bonzo, thinking Ender would simply hinder the effectiveness of his army in the Battle Room, banned Ender from participation in all boxing practices, thus depriving him of the opportunity to larn how to fight in Zilch-Thou.[1]
Salamander Army's merely female person soldier, Petra Arkanian, took pity on him, and offered to give him private lessons during free time. Ender was later on traded to Rat Regular army, where he met commander Rose the Olfactory organ and Toon Leader Dink Meeker.[ane]
Some time passed, and Ender was traded from army to army, including Petra Arkanian's Phoenix Army. Ender started his own grooming sessions during complimentary time in the Battle Room, inviting various launches and members of other armies.[one]
The Battle School staff noticed Ender's successes and gave him an army of his own. He became the commander of Dragon Regular army. Dragon Army's proper name had been retired because of its record every bit an regular army that had never won a battle. Ender was given twoscore Boxing Schoolers for his army, nigh all of them fresh launchies. A few were veterans from other armies, simply weren't very practiced. One of the launchies in his army got Ender'south attention - Bean, who reminded Ender of himself at a younger age.[ane]
Ender'south Dragon Army was undefeatable in the Battle Room, beating every single ground forces it went up confronting. Ane of these armies was Salamander Army, however commanded by Bonzo Madrid. After his defeat past Ender, he became infuriated. Many people cautioned Ender that his life was in danger, but he brushed information technology off.[1]
When Bonzo and seven other boys, including Bernard, ambushed Ender in the showers, Ender shamed Bonzo into fighting him i on one, subsequently defeating him. Bonzo later on died from his injuries. Ender seemed to be aware of this despite the fact nobody told him, and refused to participate in Boxing School any longer. He returned to Earth with Graff, and lived on a lake for several weeks.[one]
Graff came to the Wiggin household, requesting that Valentine Wiggin come up with him to convince Ender to continue with Boxing Schoolhouse. Valentine agreed, and visited Ender on the lake. She eventually persuaded Ender to go along with his preparation, and he and Graff returned to space.[1]
Third Formic War
Ender went to Command Schoolhouse on the asteroid Eros. He was introduced to the simulator, where he was to exercise commanding the homo armada heading to the Formic Homeworld. There, he met Mazer Rackham, the state of war hero who defeated the Formics in the Second Invasion. He was taught about strategy, and how the Formics thought.[1]
After practicing on the simulator alone for a few weeks, he began to practice with his Jeesh, assigning them certain commander roles on the simulator.[1]
The twenty-four hour period of the "Graduation Boxing", Ender and his Jeesh were faced against an insurmountable Formic fleet. As before long as he realized he could not win, Ender decided to apply the Molecular Disruption Device on the Formic planet. This human activity destroyed the planet and the Formic fleet. Ender and the Jeesh historic, believing they had only won their last simulated battle of Control School. He was so informed by Graff that the battle was in fact real, not a simulation. The realization that he had annihilated a sentient species dawned dark upon Ender, and he passed out for 5 days.[one]
Ender in Exile
Afterwards the League War took place and was settled by the Locke Proposal, Admiral Chamrajnagar gave Ender the rank of Admiral due to his victory in the war. As the members of his Jeesh began to go their split up means, Ender spoke with some earlier he left. Han Tzu invited Ender to visit Cathay and said his goodbyes. When Ender found out that Graff would be court martialed for how he trained Ender, he came to Mazer only earlier the trial began and laid out his hypotheses well-nigh what was actually going on. He guessed correctly that he had killed Bonzo and Stilson, but Mazer did non confirm his theories, although when he saw the courtroom transcripts he found that he was right. Ender read the writings of Demosthenes and saw how his pro-American views for where Ender should become would atomic number 82 to him existence unable to render to Earth. Mazer spoke afterward with Ender about their plans later on the war, but Mazer explained that the family he knew was either dead or senile. Ender proposed that he go to a colony, but Mazer was unsure.[5]
Every bit Ender wondered why the Hive Queens had grouped themselves on the Formic Homeworld to die rather than escape after the Yard.D. Device was shown to them, Petra came to him and expressed that he had an unhealthy obsession with the Formics. They discussed the court martial and later on Ender dismissed Petra's attempts at helping him, she stormed off. Soon subsequently, Ender was informed that he was to become the governor of the get-go human colony and go on a 40 year voyage to the planet. He knew that this position was a joke but knew he had to exit the Solar System, and decided to proceed with it, as he wanted to see a Formic planet.[five]
After three days of inspecting the IFcoltrans1, the send that would be going to Colony 1, Ender spoke with the captain who had Ender duty that mean solar day where the captain explained the workings of interstellar flying via the Egg Drive. Ender realized that the drive was the origin of the Molecular Disruption Device'southward ability, and was shocked to learn that it was not a Human invention. When all of Ender'southward training sessions were finished, he spoke with Graff virtually his plans for the voyage. Graff informed Ender that the demagogue Demosthenes had retired and was becoming a colonist who would exist on the aforementioned ship equally Ender. After telling him that he had saved Ender from existence Peter'due south pawn on Earth, Ender realized that Peter was Locke and that Valentine was Demosthenes. He cried and Graff left his function to let Valentine reunite with Ender.[v]
Valentine told Ender that information technology was she who had seen to his inability to return to World, in order to continue him free from Peter and other governments that sought to employ him. She had come to Eros to join him on the kickoff colony vessel. Later, Ender emailed back and along with the current governor of the colony, Vitaly Kolmogorov. Ender proposed naming the colony Prospero, but due to the rapid death on the planet from airborne worms at the moment information technology was rejected. Ender expressed his affection for a name from The Storm, so Vitaly read it and liked the idea. Vitaly besides warned Ender that the captain of his send, Admiral Quincy Morgan, was writing to Vitaly behind Ender's dorsum, and would be a threat to him. Ender proposed the name Shakespeare, and afterward Vitaly asked some colonists it stuck.[5]
Leading up to their deviation, Valentine and Ender spent fourth dimension together, and Ender prepare himself to the task of learning all the colonist'south names and having a one-half-hour conversation with them before they went into Stasis. Before long earlier the transport departed, Graff and Mazer asked to have a commemorative film with Ender for it. During the flick, Chamrajnagar bestowed on him the highest medal the International Fleet could offering. Ender smiled for the pictures so that his family could see that he was happy, although on the inside he was non. He shook easily with Mazer and thanked him, and shook hands with Graff and wished him luck in his new job.[5]
Voyage to Shakespeare
Equally the IFcoltrans1 departed from Eros, Ender met with the ship's commander, Admiral Quincy Morgan, advising the officer that he would not interfere with any operations on the send. Ender made the betoken that he had no potency equally governor until he arrived at Shakespeare. This reassured Admiral Morgan, equally he had been secretly planning to usurp Ender as governor when the send reached its destination. Ensign Akbar led them to their room and asked to milk shake Ender's mitt and they saluted each other.[5]
Shortly after departing, Ender received an email from Graff explaining that the follow-up fleet to the Formic Homeworld had found that the dust cloud from the Grand.D. Device was reforming, and would eventually go a habitable planet.[5]
Ender spent his time aboard the ship getting to know the passengers who would soon be his fellow colonists, equally if he was to exist their governor, he wanted to know them also as possible. Amid them were Dorabella and Alessandra Toscano, a female parent and daughter from Italia. Dorabella wanted her daughter, Alessandra, to marry Ender. Ender knew that was her intent, but did not betray this knowledge. Dorabella and Alessandra mentioned Shakespeare'south plays, and the idea came well-nigh to host a reading of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew on board the ship. After three days of planning, equally they were near to start the play Jarrko Kitunen told Ender that Admiral Morgan wanted to see him.[v]
Morgan believed Ender was plotting mutiny by holding the play reading, which he figured was just a clever encompass up. He was more convinced of this when a large message from Earth interfered with the send's communications. Morgan was resentful that Ender Wiggin had the same rank equally him, every bit Ender was just a teenager, and threatened to put Ender in stasis. The bulletin, it turned out, was actually from Peter Wiggin to Valentine, updating her on Peter's ascension to Hegemon of Earth. Valentine arrived and explained the message to Morgan, who then allowed the play to go on, even like-minded to attend.. During the play, Ender performed opposite Alessandra Toscano, which increased Alessandra's affection for the futurity governor.[5]
At some signal during the journeying, Ender communicated via ansible with Dabeet Ochoa, a student at the new Fleet Schoolhouse, after Graff asked him to. He gave him communication for what to do about his situation.[nine]
Shakespeare
Upon their arrival at Shakespeare, Ender interrupted Morgan's planned ceremony on the surface of Shakespeare, receiving a hero'due south welcome from the original colonists, who he had commanded during the Third Invasion. Ender gave Morgan a note from Hyrum Graff and the new Polemarch Bakossi Wuri, warning Morgan not to interfere with Ender's position equally both governor and a superior officeholder or he would face charges of wildcat upon his return to Earth. Morgan left Shakespeare, defeated past Ender'southward strategy and tactics before the flight had left the solar arrangement, and Ender began his duties equally governor.[five]
Ender too gave Alessandra the confidence to leave her mother on the spaceship and stay on Shakespeare, also. The ii would never be lovers, but Alessandra was grateful to be free of her female parent's influence forever.[5]
Almost immediately after arriving at Shakespeare, Ender learned that a species of Formic-similar creatures called Gold Bugs had been discovered. He was saddened to learn that in that location were no Formics on the globe.[five]
More comfortable in his position as governor, Ender wrote a letter to his aged parents. Information technology was a heartfelt advice, the first he'd had with them since the age of six.[5]
After two years of governing Shakespeare, Ender had learned that people simply needed him when they wanted someone to blame. Ane day while sitting nether a tree, Luton Trey approached him on a Flivver, and said they had found fe-rich flakes in a Formic nursery and came to fetch Ender. They stopped at the public ovens and Audra Overhill happened to be baking, so they headed out for the iron army camp with fresh breadstuff. On the way, Ender asked why he was coming as he was non an expert. Luton explained that Royo and Clara, two grandchildren of the I.F. armada, had fallen in dear. Luton had ran a claret test on them to see if there were any complications and plant that they both carried the Sleepless Gene, a genetic illness that the Ministry of Colonization marked as not beingness allowed to propagate in any colony. Luton felt bad as information technology was not his place but Ender reminded him that it was important to know in such a fragile colony.[3]
When the reached the nursery, he asked the Xenologer Clara and geographer Royo about the findings at the plant nursery, and asked if they had checked with Zhang Fakhry, who had investigated the other nurseries. At dinner, Ender, Royo, Clara, Luton, Anwar and Munk had a traditional "completely unscientific specfest" where they would speculate on the things they found from the Formics to somewhen observe what they were.[3]
The next morning, Ender talked with Royo and Clara well-nigh the Sleepless Factor issue. They told Ender that they had already ran their compatibilities, and that they knew they had the gene. They protested and cited that iii/4 of the colony could vote to exempt them, but Ender said that he and others would debate strongly against it. Ender proposed a hypothetical that Earth was destroyed and Shakespeare, lacking iron from Earth, eventually lost medical knowledge and let the gene run rampant in the colony. Ender inferred that they had previously gotten pregnant, plant that it had the gene, and Royo existence an EMT aborted it, and Clara wept. Ender told them that since they conceived a child they would have to be prosecuted. He gave them a few days to decide what to do, and told them to resume their work at the Formic nursery. Royo lashed out at Ender, saying that all he knew how to do was kill children, and left. Clara stayed, nevertheless crying.[3]
Ender stayed with the fe team for another day, but by then it was clear that Luton had things well in hand, every bit they had plant a fashion to extract fe from the cave walls. A month later the fe team returned to the uppercase of Miranda victorious. Late that night, Clara came to Ender to tell him that she had gotten sterilized. Ender did not get to talk to Royo until another calendar month had passed, where Royo told him that he had gotten a reversible vasectomy only was going to go to World where the cistron policy did not apply, leaving Clara behind. Royo never had his vasectomy reversed, and decided to stay on Shakespeare and even later he married his romantic interest, his married woman did non become pregnant, so Ender thought his job was washed.[three]
Not likewise long later, Ender learned from Hyrum Graff that the Colony IX had refused the colony send headed for their planet, and asked Ender if he could accept them on Shakespeare. He agreed and began to look for a place on the planet for them to settle. Traveling with eleven-yr-former Abra Tolo, Ender discovered a grassy loma. He recognized information technology as having been re-created from his extended play of the Heed Game. Ender explored the area, discovered a Hive Queen cocoon, and so realized the Formics had left it there for him to find.[5]
Ender could communicate with the Hive Queen mind-to-heed; he promised to intendance for the alien forever. He wrote a volume about the Formic Wars from the perspective of the Formics. Publishing it nether the alias of "Speaker for the Dead", Ender titled the book The Hive Queen. The book spread throughout the man worlds, influencing people's opinions on Ender. It later on changed his public image from war hero to war criminal.[1]
Realizing who wrote the Hive Queen, Peter Wiggin, who at this point had become Hegemon of Earth, sent a bulletin to Valentine, asking "If he can speak for another species, he tin speak for me." Ender and Peter spent hours in costly ansible video messages, where he learned the wrongs and rights of Peter's life. Ender wrote another volume under the same alias, called The Hegemon.[5]
Ganges
At the asking of Hyrum Graff, Ender and Valentine traveled from Shakespeare to Ganges, where a Battle School graduate, Virlomi, was governor. On the same planet lived a boy named Randall Firth, who was the ninth kid of Bean and Petra Arkanian. Randall had acquired some problems for Ganges and its governor. During Ender and Valentine's journeying, Ender had decided to stay in Stasis, while Valentine opted to write a history of Shakespeare colony. Upon arrival at Ganges, Ender sought out Randall, hoping to tell him about his real parents.[5]
Their confrontation grew violent every bit Ender tried to tell Randall of his true parentage. Randall was disgusted at the thought that his "male parent'due south" killer was his real father. Fifty-fifty though Firth nearly killed Ender during their confrontation, he eventually came to accept that Ender was telling the truth. Randall changed his name to Arkanian Delphiki, later his real parents, Julian "Edible bean" Delphiki and Petra Arkanian.[five]
Ender presently left Ganges to travel to other worlds, with Valentine by his side, carrying the Hive Queen with him. He began to discontinue the use of the name Ender, which was steadily becoming a sort of profanity due to his crime of Xenocide, instead using his birth name, Andrew.[5] At beginning, the public pitied the child who had been manipulated into using his genius to destroy the Formics. Then his name came to be used for anyone who did monstrous things without agreement what he was doing. However, his name, popularized as Ender the Xenocide, eventually became a simple autograph for anyone who does the unconscionable on a monstrous scale.[10]
Interstellar travels
Valentine and Andrew left Ganges shortly after their arrival there. They embarked on a voyage to another planet with Captain Hong, and Valentine continued writing her books, making Andrew promise non to get himself in danger of being killed once again.[five] He and Valentine traveled to diverse planets including Helvetica, and others non specified. By around 100 AX, when Andrew was 18 and Valentine was 22, the siblings stopped staying at planets for prolonged periods and only stayed long plenty for Valentine to gather information for her next volume.[10]
Nigh 400 years subsequently the Xenocide, Andrew turned twenty due to the relativistic effects of interstellar travel. At this historic period, he had to showtime paying taxes to Starways Congress. He and Valentine disembarked on the planet Sorelledolce to pay off his taxes. Equally they logged into the rental computers in the starport, Andrew saw that his holdings seemed to keep forever, and Valentine plant she had fabricated information technology rich off of her books about the failed Helvetica colony. After the State of war of Xenocide, Graff had the Heed Game reprogrammed to invest Andrew's pension money. Equally a result, after 400 years he had accumulated a large sum of coin that he did not even know existed. Therefore, he needed a tax auditor to aid him sort through his fiscal situation. As he had to sort his taxes earlier leaving the port, he met the tax man Benedetto. Upon presenting his identification, Benedetto was baffled that he had the aforementioned name as Ender the Xenocide, and assumed it was a fake ID. Andrew explained that if information technology were a faux it would be a bad option, and he just simply had the bad luck to share his name with the Xenocide. He asked to get out the starport to sort out his taxes on a personal estimator, but Bendetto denied his asking. Every bit Andrew entered his ID on the computer to sort his taxes out, Bendetto had an illegal software logging his data. Andrew asked to merely free a portion of his funds until he could sort it out and Bendetto allowed it and gave him a xxx-day pass.[10]
Andrew and Valentine spent a whole twenty-four hour period finding a room to stay in. He browsed his vast fortune as Valentine kept up with correspondence from her readers. Andrew studied revenue enhancement law for several days, trying to figure out what to exercise. He saw an advertizing for fiscal software in his email, which struck him as strange equally interstellar travelers were not supposed to go ads. He opened the ad and it created a iii-D presentation of a woman's caput. She spoke to Andrew, which struck him equally odd for a software, and responded to his actions. She told him that if he liquidated his table salt mine avails it would cover his tax bill perfectly. She also said he would only take to pay around 7,000 starcounts, far less than Andrew had calculated. She told Andrew to call her Jane, and she called him Ender which shocked him, and he ordered her to terminate the program. Later some thought he tried to remember Jane again but found the program was no longer on his estimator.[10]
Valentine noticed an ad for a Speaking for the Dead nearby. Andrew was not comfortable with the way his pseudonym, "Speaker for the Dead," had been picked upward by others and turned into the title of a quasi-clergyman of a new truth-speaking urreligion. They went to the Speaking in a smallish public room in a hotel, with a couple of dozen people in omnipresence. After the Speaking, Andrew approached him and asked how he became a Speaker, and he explained that he simply started doing it. When he mentioned that his mean solar day job was an accountant, Andrew asked if he had always seen the Jane programme, but he said no. After Andrew searched online for Jane, she reappeared on his computer. She explained that if he "installed" her information technology would exist safe and cheap, and she could exist his companion. Andrew was impressed at how real she seemed. He agreed for her to help with the tax forms and they were completed in a moment, explaining that his brother Peter wrote the tax laws to benefit the rich. Stunned that she knew his brother was Peter, she explained that people could easily runway who Andrew was through his voyages, and offered to protect the data.[10]
Andrew then returned to Benedetto to file his taxes, who did not believe that his tax sum was authentic. Benedetto revealed that he knew Andrew was Ender the Xenocide, and threatened to expose it to the newsnets. Andrew asked for proof, and when Benedetto pulled up his voyage log he found that they were blanked by Jane. Benedetto grumbled and gave Andrew a laissez passer for his taxes and his stay on Sorelledolce.[10]
Afterward Benedetto published an essay exposing Andrew as the Xenocide, Jane also fastened an essay exposing Benedetto's blackmailing. Andrew was brought in by the police for questioning, simply it was but a formality. In prison, Benedetto was killed by someone he had fabricated an enemy of. Feeling as though it were somehow his mistake, he gave Benedetto's family some of his money, and decided to Speak for the Dead at his funeral. Jane helped him gather the information on the human. 10 weeks after their arrival on the planet, Andrew left with Valentine and Jane. On the customs form, he listed his occupation as a Speaker for the Dead for the first time.[10]
After leaving Sorelledolce, Andrew and Valentine traveled to Rov, where citizens of the planet first saw Andrew wearing the Cifi unit in his ear that connected him to Jane. This was the beginning planet where Andrew had his occupation listed as a Speaker for the Dead.[5]
Almost 100 years afterward, Valentine heard near the individual Kenneth Argon on the planet of Catalunya. She sought to write a biography on him, and and so she and Andrew traveled to the planet. While en road, Argon was killed and the proconsul of the planet, Dabeet Ochoa, called for a Speaker for the Dead to help calm down the agitated inhabitants of the planet. Later on arriving, Andrew and Valentine investigated Argon'southward death and his relation to the pseudo-sentient Llop.[xi] They afterward left the planet and continued their relativistic travel.[2]
During his travels between "Renegat" and Speaker for the Dead, Andrew visited various planets including Moctezuma, Mindanao, and others non specified. He traveled for roughly 2,620 more than years.[2]
Trondheim
Three m years later on the Xenocide, Andrew Wiggin, age 35, had completely dropped the nickname "Ender", as the balance of humanity saw Ender Wiggin as a heinous war criminal. Andrew was living with Valentine on the planet Trondheim every bit a university teacher. The ii siblings were comfortable, especially Valentine, who had married a native of the planet named Jakt, and was pregnant with her first kid. Andrew heard near the death of a Xenologer on a planet named Lusitania, and received a telephone call from a daughter named Novinha on the same planet for a Speaker for the Dead. He decided to travel to Lusitania and Speak the death of Pipo Figueira, but left Valentine backside on Trondheim, as she did not want to get out her family unit.[2]
Speaking for the Lusitanians
Purchasing the starship Havelok, Andrew traveled to Lusitania, performing a Park Shift when entering the Lusitanian system. The duration of the flight was 22 years, merely to him it was only a few weeks.[ii]
When Andrew arrived, he was received relatively coldly. The planet had a Catholic license, and the church had spoken out against Speakers for the Dead. The colony'southward governor Bosquinha greeted him, but had secretly banned him from access to the colony'southward maps. In the plaza, Andrew found a boy, Olhado, who led Andrew to the Ribeira firm - the abode of Novinha, who had called him to Speak.[two]
In that location, he was treated quite desperately past near of the children. Yet, the longer he was in their home, waiting to meet their mother Novinha, the more they warmed up to him.[2]
His first coming together with Novinha did non go well, though. She was angry that he had come, even though she had cancelled her call for a Speaker before long after she sent information technology (after Andrew had already left), and tried to cast him from her house. Her children spoke upward on Andrew'south behalf, though, and Novinha listened to him, admitting angrily.[2]
The next mean solar day, he investigated the life of Marcos Ribeira, whom he had been requested to speak for as well, after his departure. He plant that Novinha had been unfaithful to her husband. With Jane'due south help, he learned it was Libo, her now-dead babyhood friend and son of Pipo, who had fathered her six children.[2]
Hoping for more data on Marcos and Novinha, Andrew visited the abbot of a Catholic society known every bit the Children of the Listen of Christ. During their conversation, Jane kept making comments nearly information technology. Frustrated, Andrew turned off the jewel in his ear, shutting out her voice. Jane was insulted by this act and didn't talk to Andrew for a long time.[two]
Though many of the Riberas held him in disdain, Andrew found he had established a particularly shut rapport with Ela Ribeira, who confided in him her hopes and dreams, and how Novinha had tried to quash them to preserve Ela's life.[2]
When Andrew performed the Speaking for the late Marcos Ribera, he exposed Novinha and Libo's adultery. The revelation sent daze waves through the colony, simply the surprise was short lived. Immediately post-obit the Speaking, Andrew learned that Starways Congress had stripped the Lusitanian computers of their files and revoked the planet's charter. This was due to the discovery that xenologers Miro Ribeira and Ouanda Figueira had gone against the Congress and gave the native Pequeninos engineering that they had been forbidden to requite. Andrew realized it had been Jane who had exposed the violations of police that resulted in the congressional deportment.[2]
He besides knew that it had been Miro and Ouanda'south piece of work with the Pequeninos that had violated the police. The ii xenologers were to be arrested and sent to Trondheim, the nearest member planet of the Hundred Worlds. Andrew refused to allow that happen, telling governor Bosquinha to hold a meeting with Lusitania's religious leaders and rebel confronting Congress's orders.[two]
Andrew discovered that Miro had been hurt trying to climb the contend that surrounded the colony of Milagre, separating the Pequeninos from the humans. Andrew and Lusitania's leaders raced to relieve Miro'south life. There, Andrew and Ela convinced the Pequenino named Man to take them to the Pequeninos' leaders, the females known as the Wives. Using Human as a translator, Andrew spoke with a wife named Shouter. With her, he wrote up a treaty that would ascertain the relationship betwixt humans, Pequeninos, and Formics on Lusitania.[2]
Although Andrew would non make any promises for The Hive Queen'south actions, he swore to allow the Pequeninos to have access to her and her engineering. Humans and the Pequeninos would maintain their own lands and not impale one another, and the Pequeninos would non make war with other tribes of their species either. To make the treaty a reality, Andrew was forced to "plant" Human - a sacred ritual to the Pequeninos, which would bring one into the "3rd Life". Information technology was very hard for Andrew to do, merely he performed the ordinance equally ordered.[2]
He signed the treaty as "Ender Wiggin", revealing his true identity as Ender the Xenocide to Novinha and the others. Novinha realized that considering he'd wiped out an entire species, Andrew hadn't judged her for her infidelity. The revelation brought Andrew and Novinha close emotionally.[2]
Andrew and Olhado Ribeira constitute a identify near the Pequenino forests for The Hive Queen to be reborn from her cocoon. He later introduced Jane to Miro, and they soon had a close bond. Andrew's sister Valentine, at present twenty years older, had told him that she decided to go to Lusitania with her husband Jakt. Miro left Lusitania on the Havelok to meet Valentine's ship at a halfway point.[2]
Life on Lusitania
Xenocide
Andrew began his life on the planet. He was now married to Novinha and knew his life work was complete. Yet, a new challenge awaited him - Starways Congress had sent a Lusitania Fleet, armed with the Molecular Disruption Device to destroy the planet and the virus with it.[7]
During the three decades waiting for Valentine and the Lusitania Fleet to arrive, Andrew befriended a talented Pequenino scientist named Planter. He often visited Homo, now a fully grown Fathertree, and spent much of his fourth dimension with his ain family unit. His stepchildren had become the superlative scientists on the planet. They were all working tirelessly to fight the Descolada virus. When his stepdaughter Quara Ribeira theorized that the Descolada was a sentient organism and that wiping it out would be xenocide, Andrew encouraged farther study and told the family not to reveal their findings to anyone outside the field until more was known.[vii]
Quara ignored this directive and informed the Fathertrees that the humans were hoping to annihilate the virus that the Pequeninos needed to live. Andrew chastened her for this revelation and told the Fathertrees himself that more research was being done, simply information technology was too late. The Fathertrees had already decided to send Pequeninos to get out Lusitania with the Descolada still alive in them, in gild to preserve their species from devastation by either the human scientists or the Lusitania Fleet. They contacted The Hive Queen and asked them to create a starship that would let them get off the planet.[7]
Andrew was present when Miro returned from space, forth with Valentine, her family unit, and Plikt. Due to the furnishings of relativistic space travel, Miro had only aged a few weeks during his thirty years of spaceflight. Andrew and Valentine rejoiced in their reunion. Falling instantly back to the sarcastic banter that had divers their relationship for nigh three millennia, the two were glad to be together again.[7]
Nearly immediately afterward their inflow, Andrew took Valentine, Plikt, and Miro to see The Hive Queen in her lair. In the visit, Andrew learned that he was correct in his estimate that the Queen was building ships to take the Formics and the Pequeninos off Lusitania. In their conversation, The Hive Queen promised Andrew that she would not kill any humans by leaving Lusitania; the Formics would purge the Descolada on their ships once they had left the planet.[vii]
Tardily into the nighttime a few days afterwards, Jane contacted Andrew, warning him that a girl named Han Qing-jao on the planet Path was close to uncovering Demosthenes' true identity and Jane'due south own program of making the Lusitania Fleet "disappear". Andrew replied with subvocalizing into his Gem Implant. Yet, Novinha heard him silently talking, and it bothered her. Andrew promised her he would try to find a way for her to leave the Ansible network and exist on her own, merely she had to truly figure out what she was showtime - she had to find her soul.[7]
The next twenty-four hour period, Andrew participated in a meeting with the colony's leaders, where he supported his Catholic Priest stepson Quim Ribeira's program to convert a woods of heretic Pequeninos.[vii]
His relationship with Novinha would not last much longer. She was angry with him for his relationship with Jane and for supporting Quim'southward mission to the Pequeninos. She remained silent for days, simply finally exploded at him with hateful insults.[vii]
Andrew led the recovery party when it was discovered that Quim had been captured by the heretic Fathertree Warmaker and his forest. He and his party plant Quim's torso, and they sent back word to Milagre that the priest was dead.[7]
A few days later, Andrew sought out Novinha. She had taken the news of Quim's death very difficult and had joined the Children of the Listen of Christ, a monastic order for married couples. When he went at that place to speak with her, she refused reconciliation, instead choosing to focus on her service to Christ.[7]
Andrew sought out The Hive Queen to run into if she had any data on the concept of faster-than-light travel. She had zip to offer on that subject, but instead revealed to him Jane'south true origin.[7]
The Hive Queen taught Andrew almost the truthful nature of Philotes - they existed in another space/time continuum, waiting to exist chosen by a life form to inhabit and develop a biological body. Once in this body, the philotes created connections between different beings. The Formics called upon a philote to enter Andrew's trunk when he was at Boxing School, hoping that information technology would create a connectedness with them and him. Instead, the philote bonded with the Listen Game, which Andrew had been focusing on profoundly at the fourth dimension. The philote used the connection to build a bridge between Andrew and the Hive Queens. Its "body" was not a part of the ansible network as was idea, just was a part of Andrew. Information technology explained why Andrew and Jane were so closely tied to one some other.[7]
The theory of calling on philotes from their home infinite opened the door for Grego and Olhado Ribeira to come up with a way to brand faster-than-light travel possible. They thought that if a person could phone call on the philotes that made them to return dwelling house, they could then call on those to create the design of the location to which they wished to travel. It would require a powerful memory to maintain the traveler'southward philotic pattern, and prevent it from dispersing in the other dimension.[7]
Jane had a memory powerful enough to remember the patterns of a few potential travelers. Miro, Ela, and Andrew were assigned to travel into this "Outside" space and test the theory. One time in the Outside, Andrew and his party needed to focus on their own philotic patterns. Andrew tried to do so, but was shocked to encounter that somehow, the philotes had created new versions of his siblings Peter and Valentine, with their personalities patterned later Andrew'due south memories of them. He was shocked to meet these new "children", Peter Two and Valentine 2, who had the concrete advent of their predecessors in their teen years.[seven]
Despite this distraction, Andrew helped Ela create her Descolada antivirus, the Recolada, in the Outside. The Recolada was successful, and the Descolada was eradicated on Lusitania.[seven]
Children of the Mind
In one case he was back on the planet, Andrew had to deal with the results of his journey to the Outside - his creation of clones of his siblings. He refused to always go back Outside, fearing that he would brand more than reincarnations of Peter and Valentine.[4]
Novinha reached out to Andrew and asked if he would visit her at the monastery. She invited him to join her amidst the Children of the Mind of Christ, and he eventually accustomed. Later, Novinha found Andrew comatose in the monastery's gardens, struggling to breathe. His wife chosen for help, and several of the monks came to offering assist.[4]
Andrew lay dying in the monastery, with his onetime student Plikt watching over him. She wanted to Speak his Decease and had devoted her life to studying him. She was there when he spoke one give-and-take from his unconscious state: "Peter". Why he called out the name of his dead blood brother, or the clone from the Outside was unclear, just it led to a confrontation betwixt Plikt, Novinha, and Valentine. They prepare aside their differences when Andrew awoke briefly and spoke to them.[4]
Jane was forced from her reckoner network abode presently earlier Andrew was to die. Her Aiúa searched desperately for a new torso to inhabit. She tried to alive within Andrew, only he still had his Aiúa, and the 2 souls fought violently within him. He thrashed effectually on his deathbed, injuring Novinha, Valentine, and Plikt. Jane's soul left, and Andrew regained consciousness briefly.[four]
When he awoke, Novinha told him that he could leave her. She loved him and knew he loved her, but he was okay to die. Andrew smiled and knew what to do. He closed his eyes, and his Aiúa left his body. The vanquish of Andrew Wiggin that remained on the bed dissolved, leaving only a few hairs from his caput. His Aiúa was guided to Peter Ii'south body. He did not have all of Andrew's memories, merely felt a shadow of them in his new life.[4]
Personality
- "You took away the monitor. I had to take care of myself, didn't I?"
- — Ender on why he dedicated himself against Stilson.
Ender was a very humble person, despite his enormous achievements and intellect. He was unremarkably at-home, but when pushed or forced to defend himself, he had no qualms about injuring his enemy, and hurt them enough so that he would forbid hereafter attacks, as illustrated with his defeat of the Formics. Noble, empathetic, generous, and strong willed, he was adamant to win and crush those who stood in his way.[1]
Relationships
Family unit
- Peter Wiggin - Ender and Peter's relationship was tearing and strained. Peter, who lost his destiny to his ruthless acts would constantly abuse his younger brother through his babyhood.[1] Subsequently Ender was sent off to Battle School, the two went over 50 subjective years without advice. When they both talked years later during Shadow of the Giant, Ender had forgiven Peter for his cruelty during childhood.[5]
- Valentine Wiggin - The two siblings were very close, loving and strong, with Valentine always taking his side against their brother, Peter.[1] After the war, they both traveled through the stars together and grew closer over the countless years they spent together.[5]
Friendships
- Bean - At kickoff, Ender isolated Edible bean from the remainder of Dragon Army just as Hyrum Graff had washed to him. However, Bean and Ender soon began to rely on each other more often and became close friends during the Third Invasion.[1] Afterwards Edible bean had left World to try to live long enough to see a cure for his disease, he tracked Ender'south flights beyond the galaxy to encounter where his former friend was going.[12]
- Petra Arkanian - Later joining Salamander Army, Ender mistook her as a boy similar many. After meeting each other, Petra offered to requite the launchie special training sessions, and taught Ender how to utilise his gun to shoot, likewise as several other Battle Room maneuvers. This drew the ire of Bonzo, who hated Ender. Petra would later have command of Phoenix Ground forces, in which Ender would be a Toon Leader, and the two became good friends. Petra afterwards was part of Ender'due south Jeesh, but she was the commander Ender relied upon most, and she failed during a of import boxing.[ane]
- Dink Meeker - Dink was Ender's toon leader later he was traded to Rat Army, and was friendly to him when nobody else was. He later was a part of Ender's Jeesh and helped defeat the Formics.[1]
Teachers/Mentors
- Hyrum Graff - Colonel Hyrum Graff was put in charge of finding children suitable for Battle School, including Ender Wiggin. During their initial flight to Battle Schoolhouse, Hyrum isolated Ender from the rest of the launch group, believing he was setting him up for success.[ane] Years after Battle School, Ender still remained in contact with his old teacher, now the Minister of Colonization.[5]
- Mazer Rackham - The great state of war hero, Mazer Rackham was Ender'south mentor during the Third Invasion. At get-go Ender had a dislike of Mazer, even nicknaming him "Jailor Rackham".[1] Withal, especially after the boxing was over, Ender looked to Mazer as a source of advice and wisdom.[5]
Enemies
- Bonito "Bonzo" de Madrid - Ender and Bonzo became enemies from the start of Ender's Game, with Bonzo immediately developing an intense dislike for the younger boy equally before long equally he was drafted into his army. Bonzo hated him with passion, wanting the new soldier to be traded. This hatred became uncontrollable fury after Ender defeated Bonzo's Salamander Army in the Battle Room. Wanting Ender expressionless, Bonzo attacked him in the showers, leading to a hand-to-paw battle with Bonzo existence injured in the back of the caput - a fatal wound. The Bonzo incident was pivotal in Ender's evolution, as information technology forced him to realize that he must fend for himself at all times, as the teachers refused to offer him help—an attitude fostered past Graff.[1]
- Bernard - Bernard was Ender'south kickoff enemy in Battle School, later Ender broke his arm on the shuttle to the school. After Alai became Ender's friend, tensions relaxed between the two, simply Bernard was afterward seen every bit part of Bonzo's group every bit he attacked Ender in the shower.[1]
- Stilson - Stilson was a groovy in Ender'due south elementary school. An antagonist for Ender, his demise came from their last confrontation where Ender defeated Stilson (to stop all fights, then he could win all fights).[1] Though Ender was glad he won the battle, he would be traumatized for years afterward when he discovered that he killed Stilson.[5]
Trivia
- Known email adresses:
- GovNom%Colony1@colmin.gov[v]
- GovDes%ShakespeareCol@ColMin.gov/voy[5]
- Ender was portrayed by Asa Butterfield in Ender's Game (Picture).[6]
- Andrew was named after Saint Andrew, one of the twelve apostles and brother to the apostle Simon Peter, whom Christ called "the rock on which I volition build my church" (Matthew sixteen:18).[one] He was besides named for his uncle, Andrew Wieczorek.[xiii]
- He did non similar being touched by strangers.[5]
- In the original "Ender's Game" brusque story, his surname is Wiggins.[14]
Quotes
- "I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you tin can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll crush you lot unfairly first."
- — Ender'south Game, Chapter 12
- "Information technology's good to hear your vocalism, Peter."
- — Shadow of the Giant, Chapter 26
- "I don't think information technology has anything to do with truth, Olhado. It'south only cause and effect. Nosotros never can sort them out. Scientific discipline refuses to acknowledge any cause except first cause - knock downwards one domino, the i side by side to it also falls. But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is concluding cause, the purpose. What a person had in heed. Once you lot understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. Y'all can fear them, but y'all tin't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your ain heart."
- — Speaker for the Dead, Chapter 18
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 ane.02 one.03 1.04 1.05 ane.06 1.07 one.08 1.09 1.10 1.xi 1.12 1.thirteen 1.xiv one.fifteen one.16 ane.17 1.18 ane.19 1.20 ane.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 i.25 ane.26 1.27 ane.28 1.29 one.xxx 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 ane.38 1.39 i.40 1.41 i.42 1.43 1.44 one.45 Ender's Game
- ↑ 2.00 two.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 two.ten 2.eleven 2.12 two.13 2.fourteen 2.fifteen ii.16 2.17 2.18 2.nineteen two.twenty Speaker for the Dead
- ↑ 3.0 three.i 3.two 3.3 3.4 "Governor Wiggin"
- ↑ 4.0 4.one four.ii iv.3 four.four 4.5 4.half-dozen 4.7 Children of the Mind
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 v.03 5.04 v.05 5.06 five.07 5.08 5.09 v.ten five.11 5.12 five.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 v.17 5.18 5.nineteen 5.xx 5.21 5.22 5.23 v.24 v.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.thirty five.31 Ender in Exile
- ↑ 6.0 half dozen.1 half dozen.2 vi.3 Ender'southward Game (Motion picture)
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 seven.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 seven.13 7.14 7.15 vii.16 7.17 7.xviii 7.19 7.20 7.21 Xenocide
- ↑ The Authorized Ender Companion
- ↑ Children of the Fleet
- ↑ x.0 10.1 ten.2 10.three ten.four 10.5 ten.vi "The Investment Counselor"
- ↑ "Renegat"
- ↑ Shadows in Flight
- ↑ "The Smoothen Boy"
- ↑ "Ender'southward Game"
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