Editing Consider Phlebas (section)

== Characters ==
* '''Bora Horza Gobuchul''' is a Changer and an operative of the Idiran Empire. He was one of a party of Changers allowed on Schar's World, and for that reason is tasked by the Idirans with retrieving a Mind that had crashed to the planet. Horza is humanoid, but committed to the Idiran cause despite the fact that he does not believe in their god and does not agree with their harsh and aggressive expansion. He despises the Culture for its dependence on machines, and the fact that Culture's machines seemingly rule over the Culture humans, which he perceives to be spiritually empty and an evolutionary dead end.
* '''Juboal-Rabaroansa Perosteck Alseyn Balveda dam T'seif''', usually referred to as '''Perosteck Balveda''', is an operative of the Culture assigned to track and apprehend Bora Horza Gobuchul. She works for the Special Circumstances branch of Contact, and despite being ambivalent about the methods they use, deeply believes in their objectives.
* '''Kraiklyn''' is the captain of the ''Clear Air Turbulence''.
* '''Yalson''' is a slightly furry humanoid woman working aboard the ''Clear Air Turbulence''. She forms an intimate relationship with Horza during the time he is aboard the ship.