Firefly

  • Adelai Niska

    Adelai Niska

    You don’t cross Adelai Niska. If he tells you he has a job you take it, it’ll be worth the bucks, but double-cross him and you pay the ultimate price.…

  • Badger

    Badger

    A small time crook based on the planet Persephone, Badger has been a constant source of business (and disappointment) for the Serenity crew. They have known each other for years, and have…

  • Recurring Characters

    Recurring Characters

    Guest Cast

  • Shepherd Derrial Book

    Shepherd Derrial Book

    Shepherd Derrial Book first came aboard Serenity at Eavesdown Docks on the planet of Persephone. He wasn’t looking at where the ships were going, just at the ships themselves. He…

  • River Tam

    River Tam

    Whereas Simon is gifted, River Tam is some level above that. Born on Osiris, River enjoyed a comfortable childhood. She was more intelligent than her older brother and was often…

  • Simon Tam

    Simon Tam

    Brought up on a wealthy core planet, Osiris, with his sister River and family, the Tam family was a wealthy one. Simon was known to be gifted and very intelligent…

  • Kaylee Frye

    Kaylee Frye

    Kaylee’s seen as the baby of the crew, the youngest out of them that’s for sure, but that in no way demeans her value to the crew. She’s the ship’s…

  • Inara Serra

    Inara Serra

    Nicknamed the Ambassador by Mal, Inara is the onboard Companion, bringing an air of class to the ship. She was born on the planet Sihnon and trained to be a…

  • Zoë Alleyne-Washburne

    Zoë Alleyne-Washburne

    Zoë Alleyne was brought up on a ship, although she only mentions this to her husband Wash. The only other survivor of Mal’s platoon from the war, Zoë is Mal’s…

  • Captain Malcolm Reynolds

    Captain Malcolm Reynolds

    The son of a rancher, Mal Reynolds was brought up on the planet Shadow by his mother and a large amount of other helping hands, which leads to the obvious…

  • Regular Cast

    Regular Cast

    Series Regulars

  • Firefly

    Firefly

    “After the Earth was used up, we found a new solar system and hundreds of new Earths were terraformed and colonized. The central planets formed the Alliance and decided all…

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